PS3 not streaming AVI >6GB (Open-DML) with DTS Audio

[Alterego]

Hi everyone,

My PS3 has been working fine for streaming the DVD and Blu-Ray rips perfectly. With new firmware it can now handle AVI files greater than 4 GB which are on Open-DML standard. However this one file has been giving me problem no matter what so ever I do, it always shows as "This data is not supported" on PS3.

Here the whole story,

1. I downloaded a Blu-ray rip of a movie around 7 GB in size. The file container was MKV, Video Codec was H.264 and Audio is DTS 5.1 48Khz.

2. Obviosuly as the PS3 with any DLNA (Tversity and Twonky I have both) will not stream MKV file so I had to convert it to AVI file using XVID4PSP which is working quite great. I used the AVI Hardware HD setting with Extreme Q2.0 profile for minimal quality degradation.

3. The resulting AVI file was around 6.5GB in size with XVID as video codec and the same DTS audio stream as in the original file (since I wanted to hear to DTS).

4. Then i muxed the DIVx format XSUB subtitles with this AVI file using AVIAddXSubs ver 7.3 which resulted with a file with DIVx extension. (Which is no problem as you can just change the file extension to AVI , eitherways it plays in PS3 as I have done with my other files).

5. The file doesnt plays on PS3, no matter what tricks I do with it.

I have other files around 1 ~4 GB in VOB/AVI format which play perfectly on PS3 (these are also converted from big size MKV files). I just cannot figure out what is causing this trouble.

Can anybody help with it. I just was thinking that is PS3 able to play AVI files with Open-DML (required for large AVIs) and secondly is DTS audio causing some trouble on PS3 . Has anyone tested playing a similar media file via streaming.

Thanks in advance for reading and replying.

[t0nee1]

Try with mkv2vob and save to .vob file and stream with Tversity since you already have it,I mean why convert to avi? it's obvious the resulting avi is not saving any space....MKV2vob will transcode video file if necessary, and convert DTS audio to ac3 audio...And yes I've done it successfully.....
There's other methods to try if that won't work for you....
If using XviD4PSP try by converting to .mp4 instead ......

[Alterego]

Thanks,

But i dont want to convert to VOB for two reasons.

1. You cannot seek forward or backward thru a VOB file. To my knowledge etiher you can do it in M2TS or in AVI. M2TS is good selection for High Definition rips since it keeps the original AVC/H.264 codec. But I prefer the classic AVI with beloved XVID for the following reason.

2. AVI is global, easy to handle and it allows the muxing of subtitles in DiVx's native XSUB format. The one which is compatible to be shown on PS3. On high bitrates XVID is as good in enconding as H.264/AVC without any difference. For the mentioned file I badly need english subtitles since its in chinese mandarin. ( and I hate burning hard subtitles directly onto VOB, looks unprofessional).

Well I hope anyone else comes up with some better suggestions. Thanks to everyone in advance anyways.

Regards.

[t0nee1]

Ok to each there own,enjoy the classic beloved xvid ...I just don't get the Bluray to xvid quality conversion.....But whatever suits your fancy....

Regards!

[Alterego]

Well yeah. But given the benefits I have described in my previous mails, the other container formats are just useless. Maybe you can give a shot to XVID4PSP, works excellent with highest quality profile for conversion in XVID.

If the original video is H.264 then I would love it. Converting to H.264/AVC probably needs supercomputing power since i tried it once and my PC went on running for three days continually before giving me an output file. But then if you already have a H.264/AVC rip then its container is MKV , which is not playable on PS3 or it can be MP4 which is playable on PS3 but you cannot add XSUB subtitles to it as a switchable stream.

That leaves no choice for containers other than AVI. H.264/AVC can be closed inside an AVI container , I have tried it using AVC2AVI , but it gave me a shaky result which was not recognized by DLNA server and playable on PS3. For that we resort back to Divx and XVID codecs. And then XVID since its open source and has many quality parameters freely adjustable, is the choice for masses of rips over the internet.

VOB is fine format with MPEG2 conversion resulting in greater file size with good quality. But its not seekable as file on PS3 unless it is burned on to a DVD using a DVD authoring/buliding program.

Anyways just sharing my ideas and opinions for making a logical choice.

Regards.

[fabpozzi]

Hi, I am always looking for a HD player for ripped files...
Have you a guide for beginners that can teach me the usage of the PS3 as a media player/streamer and what is the required software?

[Alterego]

Well,

I dont have a defined guide. Whatever I have learned is mainly thru the various forums on internet. Not everything was applicable, so I had to experiment on my own and build up from collective advices/guides/opinions shared by different forums. I started research before buying PS3, to me it was the best deal available in the price, since it can play digital media / DVD / Blu-Ray plus you can use it for gaming if you like. It gives you high definition output and rest of the specs you can read on its website.

The setup I have is PS3 connected via wired LAN to my router linksys WRT54SLGS which has a USB port. I have one 500GB harddisk hooked up to this USB and shared as a network drive. Attached to the same router is my normal desktop PC Dell Optiplex 2GB RAM. It running TVersity DLNA media server software to catalog all the media i have placed in the 500GB HardDisk (Movies, Songs, Pictures). I use automatic IP address assignment for all devices. I can browse all media on PS3 in various folders.

PS3 is connected to Samsung 32" LCD via HDMI Cable (max 720p, 1080i output). For audio i have used optical audio cable from PS3 to Yamaha YHT-185 5.1 Channel (entry level) Home Theatre system. Its a reasonably good setup for me to enjoy my movie watching experience. I keep on adding to it. Just recently I have added a 1TeraByte Western Digital My Book World Edition (Network Access Storage) device. I modified/upgraded its firmware and installed a couple of useful utilities. Now it can serve as a standalone TwonkyMedia DLNA server installed on it (Linux version). So i have moved much of my collection to it, in this way I dont have to keep my Desktop PC on all the time for Tversity server.

PS3 needs the video files to be in various defined formats, HD-Rips are usually in MKV/MP4 formats, which PS3 does not play. So they need to be converted. My format of choice is AVI since I like to add subtitles too. So I process the video files on desktop using different softwares available. After that I tranfer them to the attached NAS to play on PS3. The convertor I would prefer these days is XVID4PSP which does a pretty fair job of converting from almost any format to a reasonable file without quality loss. There are lots of setting in it which you can read in detail.

If you are ready to do all this or even a part of it to make yourself a Media Theater system which can work with HD-DVD or Blu-Ray Rip file then you have your options open.

Best Regards,
Myself.

[t0nee1]

@ fabpozzi,
Get yourself a PS3 and enjoy..... Have fun reading

https://www.videohelp.com/guides/category/how-to-convert-to-playstation-3-xbox360-media...ters-4;70#4;70

http://www.digital-digest.com/articles/PS3_H.264_Conversion_Guide_page1.html

Best Regards,
Metoo.