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PS3 to play Xvid and DivX?
8:18 AM on 11.09.2007, Dale North 20 comments

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Well, not yet. But, after this week's version 2.0 update has been installed, it seems that the PS3 is "aware" of more video file types, including the DivX and Xvid video codecs.

The sharp and beady eyes of Kotaku noticed that the PS3 now can "see" these once unseen, unsupported file types in the system's browser. It's a shame that these files won't play (yet), but if the file types are now acknowledged, it could point to something that Sony may be working on for a future update.

Support of these codecs is the holy grail for video downloading fiends like myself. Let's hope that Sony isn't just pulling our chain on this.


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Trev at 11/09/2007 08:29
This would be pretty cool, especially advantageous with their great media server support. It will be even more impressive if MS doesn't release similar support; its a feature people on both sides have been asking for (especially people that don't have PCs hefty enough to handle transcoding and serving higher quality files) and if only one gets it, it will be a nasty mark for the other.
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DrXym at 11/09/2007 08:29
There is no such thing as "DivX and Xvid video formats". The video format is MPEG-4 Part 2 ASP (Advanced Simple Profile) and XVid & DiVX are just implementations of it.

Since it is part of the MPEG-4 specification, Sony should be implementing it. They already support SP and AVC (H264) so I don't see why not. Whether they implement avi, mkv container support is another matter. Personally I really don't care too much since tools exist to move data to a mp4 container which is the standard anyway.

Proper ASP support would be the final piece to put in place for the PS3 to be a truly wondrous multimedia centre.
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Justin Villasenor at 11/09/2007 08:30
I'd finally be able to watch most of my AMV collection on my TV!
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cjpkiller at 11/09/2007 08:35
DO WANT!!!!

also, you can currently easliy convert video with ps3 video 9 and ps media tunnel to send it from your computer to your ps3...
nice and easy. all around awesome...
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bhive01 at 11/09/2007 08:40
You're right DrXym. It isn't really a format. Sony has been holding this up on purpose IMO, but if they really want to tout the multimedia capabilities of the PS3 as a digital hub this is a big way to win over people like me and you.
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bhive01 at 11/09/2007 08:43
"easliy convert video with ps3 video 9"

Yes it is easy to set up, but it makes the videos about twice as large and it takes hours to convert. At least in my experience. It should just work IMO. Get on it Sony!
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TorpedoTed at 11/09/2007 08:47
haha how mad i saw an article about the same thing but on xbox 360 on newsnow
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TorpedoTed at 11/09/2007 08:51
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BluDesign at 11/09/2007 09:04
I'm with DrXym and bhive here.

Honestly I could care less. I throw my Divx and Xvid encoded files into Visual Hub on my iMac and they process faster than realtime into the H.264 wrapper that's compatible with the PS3 and Xbox.

So, since I've got batch processing support on this application whether they add it or not, it's still going to look and play the same for me either way, so honestly, it's not that big of a deal.
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nademagnet at 11/09/2007 09:41
YAY PORN!
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CaffeinePowered at 11/09/2007 10:51
If it has all the compatibility of the Combine Community Codec Pack, and I can play things like OGG and all the other odds formats I have, it would be massive win.
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Crunshii at 11/09/2007 11:20
shit I turn my PS3 on @ night when i go zZz, hook up to the web, hit anime6.org and watch some hent... anime to happy zZz-land :D

anywayz back on the subject, most web videos are flash or divx
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SubOrbital at 11/09/2007 12:03
I can't wait till the PS3 starts playing games too! Woot!
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Corak at 11/09/2007 12:47
I can't wait till my 360 comes back from Microsoft for the third time.
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uglymofo at 11/09/2007 14:36
Oh man, that's awesome. Now i can watch my downloaded copy of Talladega Nights!
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Samit Sarkar at 11/09/2007 16:42
I’ve been hoping and praying for this since I tried using that media server functionality and saw those damn “Unsupported Type” filename placeholders. If Sony pulls this off ahead of Microsoft, it’d be an epic win.
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Necros at 11/09/2007 19:37
I've heard that the 360 is also on the verge of DivX support as well.
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