Sony PS3 needs firmware update to support NTFS: over 4GB files
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3 | By: Daniel
Posted on: February 16, 2008 | 29 Comments
Following our last post on the difference between external and internal hard drives on the Sony PS3, we had an interesting point raised by one of Product Reviews readers. If you have files that are over 4GB they are not supported on the PS3, this may include 1080p HD quality video that you want to play on your Playstation 3 and cannot because the current FAT file structure does not support files more than 4GB.
The answer would be a PS3 firmware update to support the NTFS file system, then you could play 4GB plus video files on your PS3.
Do you have files over 4GB that you would want to play from an internal or external drive?
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I guess you could buy a 2.5 inch hard drive put into the PS3, format it, remove it again and put it into an enclosure.
It’s the only way I can think of getting the Sony partition system on an external drive.
My PS3 plays files over 4gb. Have only got it to work with VOBs, just change file extension to mpg.
Do you mean >4GB file on your external USB HDD or on the internal sony HDD. Because we know it play >4gb files on the internal HDD.
OK I get that Microsoft is a pain in the ass and who wants to deal with them to license NTFS, especially Sony. But cmon…FAT32 came out w/Windows 95. It slows annoyingly as its main inherent fault allows increasing fragmentation. And the 4GB file size limit is not workable moving forward. People say it’s only Windows users that have to deal w/NTFS (notwithstanding the Linux support), but anyone who has upgraded their Windows OS since 98 or ME probably has NTFS drives laying around. It’s completely retarded for Sony to ask us to go back and reformat (or format in the 1st place) with a 13 year old technology just b/c its not convenient for them.
Easy solution. Fomat the external HD in ext2 using a Linux O/S and the PS3 will recognise the format and you can save any size files to drive and copy them over to your PS3. Knoppix is a free version of linux which you can run from a CD to format the HD’s and copy the files from.
Hi Glassy,
I formatted my external HDD from NTFS to Linux ext2/3 thro’ Partition Magic 8. I’ve also installed a special program into my window’s OS to read and write the ext2/3 external HDD. Then i added a 7.5GB HD video file into the HDD and connected to my PS3. But the ps3 did not read any external drive with and without the 7.5GB file. Can you or anyone help me out?.
NB: Before this, i have formatted my HDD to FAT32 and the ps3 worked well with no files larger than 4GB.
NTFS would be ideal. Lately, though, I’ve been using HFS File Server ( http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/ ) to transfer my HD movies. over to my PS3. Sure, it takes awhile, but you could always just leave it on overnight to transfer multiple files.
The best solution is a PC running TVersity. I have a 1GB switch so I simply stream anything I like from the PC to the PS3 as a Media Extender. Wireless can handle 720p but 1GB wired does 1080p. With 8 SATA connections in my PC I have potentially unlimted amounts of storage. NTFS, EXT3 or FAT32 doesn’t matter.
just got a 1TB external hd for xmas and just wondering wtf i do so that my ps3 can see it and i can actually use it
help plz sum1
haha I got a TB drive for x-mas too. I just plan to make a 15gb FAT32 partition and the rest NTFS. When I want to play/copy something to my ps3 ill just move it to the small partition.