Is there a VLC plugin for the PS3?

Question

I tried plugging my external hard drive into one of the usb slots in the PS3. The hard drive has movies on it i watch with VLC but the PS3 showed no videos. do i need to download a vlc plugin or a windows media player plugin? Where do i get these for the PS3

Answer 1

The problem is that PS3's OS is a closed one. You can't install additional plug-ins. On www.pspvideo9.com there is a free converter which'll allow you to convert almost any movie into PS3's format.

Answer 2

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Is there a VLC plugin for the PS3?

I tried plugging my external hard drive into one of the usb slots in the PS3. The hard drive has movies on it i watch with VLC but the PS3 showed no videos. do i need to download a vlc plugin or a windows media player plugin? Where do i get these for the PS3

Answer 3

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Answer 4

You can't install anything like that on the PS3. Sony has to approve everything that goes into the XMB operating system, so you won't be able to install plugins.



You can, however, install Linux on your PS3, which will let you install VLC player. The process is pretty difficult if you aren't very tech savvy, though.

Answer 5

You can download VLC. Here is a good link: http://bit.ly/1v82375



VLC (Video lan connect player) is a great free opensource software. VLC has a built in dvd decoder and can play pretty much any media file. Some formats it can play: MOV WMV AVI DVD MPEG MP4 VOB 3GP MPG.



When Windows Media player doesn't work, use VLC.

I highly recommend VLC over any other media player.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

several things

-external HDD must be formatted in Fat32

-must be stored in a specific VIDEOS (all caps) folder for the PS3 to list them on the XMB

-some files won't play, the list is on the Ps3 site.

-you can install Linux on the Ps3, which you cna install VLc or many other video programs on that.

Answer 8

The problem is with your external harddrive, it is incorrectly formatted and so the PS3 will not recognize anything on it.



It must be formatted to a FAT32 file system for the PS3 to read it correctly.



Another note you can not add any dowloads to the PS3, this is controlled by sony. Which in my opion is a very good thing.

Answer 9

You can get for free VLC Media Player from this link http://bit.ly/WhuHmW



VLC is definitly the best and more complete video player that you can find.