Thanks Don.
Well I just bought a 1tb WD drive and it is formatted in FAT32.
How do I set up the directory I can find and play the video files on the PS3?
Should I use DVD Decruypter or DVD Fab? and what is the best way to save the files, as one big file or as chapter files and use sequncial play?
Wbassett is the "go to" guy for PS3 video. I don't own one nor even used one; but I have used a number of dedicated set-top DVD recorders, and of course my PC, to edit and burn both real DVD's and ISO images for playback. Like many here I am building a hard disk library of my videos.
As I understand it, the PS3 can
only see FAT32 formatted hard drives. This limits you to using file sizes of 4 GB or less. Many of my DVD ISO images are larger than this so since my playback devices can see NTFS that is how I format my hard drives.
I use DVD Decrypter, DVD Shrink and DVDFab Platinum (for problem discs); and this is a program suite I would recommend to most people. If I have problems converting a DVD to an ISO image I use DVDFab since it seems to not be bothered with bad areas of the DVD (and yes, commercial DVD's do go bad over time); the final ISO might not be perfect, but it will play. I don't use DVDFab as my first choice since it won't convert to ISO in one step, but converts to DVD format first and then converts those to ISO.
I like the ISO format since all files are contained in a single file. I'm one that likes the commentary tracks of DVD's.
I can't help you make a directory that will be seen by the PS3. Bill, or another PS3 user, will have to answer that. It is probably in his Sticky thread here as well:
http://www.hometheatershack.com/for...ver-media-server-preliminary-setup-tests.html
Of all the external hard drives I have used, I much prefer the Fantom Green Drives.
http://www.hometheatershack.com/for...digital-wd-tv-hd-media-player.html#post129478 I just got a new version that is 2 TB! They use WD Green drives.