Simple actions will revive the PS3's work with discs; more complex ones are almost impossible. What file formats does PS3 read?

The PlayStation 3 gaming console can almost completely replace a personal computer. This console allows the owner to do literally everything that can be done on a computer. With it you can listen to music, movies and play games. special games. As for music, photos and videos, you first need to transfer them to the console itself. There are several ways to do this. For example, you can transfer using a USB flash drive or use a special application.

It's no secret that the PlayStation 3 has two USB ports. One can be used as a charger for joysticks, and in the other you can install a USB flash drive, which will contain music, photos or videos. Then all that remains is to turn on the set-top box itself and select the appropriate item in the XMB menu.

As for the multimedia application, firstly, for it to work you will need a PlayStation 3 connection to the network, and secondly, you will need a computer connected to the same network. The application itself is called PlayStation 3 Media Server and it is installed on the computer. After installation, you need to launch the application on both devices and wait until the program finds the PlayStation 3 and synchronizes with it (or do it manually). After this, the user has the opportunity to download various files from the computer to the console.

Supported formats and extensions

As a matter of fact, the PlayStation 3 console itself supports all modern video, audio and photo formats, so there shouldn’t be any problems with this. For example, supported video formats are: MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (PS,TS), H.264/MEPG-4 AVC, MPEG-4 SP (the files themselves will have the following extensions: .mpg, .mpeg, .mp1 , .mp2, .mp3, .m1v, .m1a, .m2a, .mpa, .mpv). As for audio recordings, the supported formats are: ATRAC (.oma .msa .aa3), AAC (.3gp .mp4), MP3 (.mp3), WAV (.wav). The image formats, in turn, will be the following: JPEG (.jpg, .jpe), GIF(.gif), PNG (.png), TIFF (.tif), BMP (.bmp, .dip).

Thus, it turns out that if you are trying to run a file with one of the extensions presented above, you can be 95% sure that it will run for you. There remains a few percent that the file may be corrupted or that problems may arise. unexpected errors in the system itself, or some other kind of problem may arise.

If you are still wondering whether to install firmware on your PS3 or not, find out from this article what benefits you will get. And also about what disadvantages the firmware has. Make a decision after weighing all the pros and cons.

PS 3 firmware is the installation of a modified software. Official version The firmware is replaced with a custom one and a special MultiMan or Rogero Manager shell is installed, which makes launching games more convenient.

What will you get by flashing your console?

If you install the firmware on the PlayStation 3, you will be able to:

Record on internal disk console games from licensed discs or downloaded from the Internet (these games can be copied to the console via ftp or from a flash drive). In the future, you will not need discs to run these games.

Run games not only from disks and internal memory, but also external usb drive or flash drives. These can also be games downloaded from the Internet or copied from licensed discs.

Use homebrew - unofficial programs for PS3 - more convenient file managers and shells for launching games, video players, etc.

In other words:

You save money on games (you don't have to buy them anymore)

You save drive life (you don’t have to use it at all)

You expand the capabilities of your console

Agree, these are good reasons to flash the PlayStation 3. However, the firmware also has some disadvantages.

PlayStation 3 firmware

Disadvantages of the firmware

Sony provides the service network games PSN for most of its consoles. Including for PS3. But it works on PSN protective system DNAS, which can detect unlicensed versions of games. In this case you will be banned. To avoid this, play only licensed games online and do not use homebrew programs while online.

In other words, the firmware features can only be used when you are disconnected from the PSN network. And even in this case, the possibility of a ban remains.

But this is not the biggest drawback of the firmware (and if you are not interested in multiplayer, then this is not a drawback at all). The firmware has another bold minus.

The worst news

So, you were delighted with the new possibilities and decided to flash your console. But don’t rush to take it to a repair shop or download firmware from the Internet for self-installation. The fact is that

Not all PlayStation 3 models can be flashed

You can only flash set-top boxes with official software version no higher than 3.55. If you have more than a new version, then you need to do a downgrade - downgrade the version of the official shell to a “flashed” one.

Downgrade requires connecting a special programmer (E3 flasher). Therefore, downgrade must be done in a specialized workshop. You, of course, can downgrade the firmware version yourself, but the cost of the programmer required for this will be even higher than a downgrade with subsequent firmware update at a service center. That is, by giving your set-top box to specialists for firmware, you will save money and receive a guarantee for all work.

Unfortunately, not all models can be downgraded for further firmware. All “thick curling irons” are being downgraded (and therefore flashed) - that is, PS 3 FAT, which were produced before July 2009. The PS3 Slim series includes consoles released before 2010 and some revisions released in the first half of 2011.

PlayStation 3 SuperSlim and PS3 Slim, produced since July 2011, cannot be downgraded or flashed! But on most of them you can install ODE, which has similar functionality.

How do I know if my console is flashing?

If you have a PS3 Super Slim, it's definitely not flashing (yet).

If you have a PlayStation 3 Slim, you need to know specific model your firmware and release date. This information is written on the back panel of the console.

The PS3 Slim console series is designated by the code CECH2*** or CECH3***, where *** are numbers indicating a specific model. The release date is indicated using DATA CODE of the form 0A. The number indicates the year of release (0 is 2010; 2011 is indicated by one), and the letter indicates the quarter in which the prefix was released: A - I (from January to March); D - IV (October to December) The second and third quarters are designated by the letters B and C, respectively.

Once you know the model and release date, call our service center, and the experts will answer you - is it possible, or on it (drive emulator).

Produced in our workshops PlayStation 3 firmware. You can confidently trust the many years of experience of our specialists. Call and make an appointment!

Playstation 3- seventh generation gaming console, 3rd in the family gaming systems"PlayStation". With its help, you can play games, watch movies, listen to music, access the Internet and almost everything else.

The full number of consoles sold can be found on the official Son website y: scei.co.jp

Download latest firmware there is a possibility here: www.playstation.com

The most exclusive Playstation 3 games are:

You can find out which games are the most purchased here: vgchartz.com

What does 4D reality mean for PLAYSTATION 3?

4D, based on the beliefs of the developers, is a progression of life in time, when every material object in game world lives and constantly changes.

This can be done using dynamic processing procedural textures. Now only two platforms can cope with this task: a cool PC, costing a few thousand dollars and...

Of the currently announced titles for PS3, 4D graphics are used in Killzone 2, White Knight Story and Eight Days.

Procedural textures- These are the textures associated with the method. Instead of drawing newest texture pixel by pixel, you define a method for how the old pixels should change to make the final texture.

Technical properties of the set-top box

The theoretical power of the PlayStation 3 is two trillion floating point operations per second (2 teraflops), which is 35 times greater than the capabilities of the PlayStation 2.

The PS3's microprocessor is the Cell Broadband Engine, a multi-core microprocessor co-developed IBM companies, Sony and Toshiba Corporation. Cell consists of 1 processing element based on POWER architecture (PPE - POWER Processor Element) and eight synergistic processor parts (SPE - Synergistic Processor Element).

The console uses an RSX graphic microprocessor or a “Reality Synthesizer” made by NVidia and SCEI. The video chip runs at 550 MHz and has 256 MB of memory, which allows you to display two high-quality HDTV streams along with it.

PS3 has 256 MB XDR DRAM RAM manufactured by Rambus.

Main optical media For PlayStation games 3 is Blu-ray, but the set-top box drive also allows you to play regular DVDs and CDs.

Network and wireless technologies are provided with Wi-Fi standards (IEEE 802.11b/g), Gigabit Ethernet and Bluetooth 2.0. On the body of the console there are four USB port 2.0 for connecting external devices.

When, where and how much was Playstation 3 released?

What audio/video outputs does the set-top box have:

What media does the set-top box support?

Flash drives: exclusively in “60GB” and “80GB” consoles.

What file formats does the set-top box understand:

Video:(*.mov and *.mkv containers are not supported)

video: MPEG-4 SP; H.264/MPEG-4 AVC MP and HP
audio: AAC LC

video: DivX, Xvid, Motion JPEG
Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 3, Linear PCM, μ-Law

video: MPEG-1, MPEG-2
Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 2, AAC LC, Dolby Digital (AC3) and Linear PCM

Sound:

Images:

Which media server to choose for Playstation 3

Now is the opportunity to allocate a little software media servers:

But the most comfortable and functional is ps3mediaserver

You can download it here: code.google.com

Additional Playstation 3 Features

What accessories are there for PS3?

You can view the full list on the official website: ru.playstation.com

Primary sources:

Additionally on the site:

Using a flash drive to access it on PS3 and operating the same device on personal computer V Windows system- This a big difference. Let’s go through the preparation of this equipment for its further use in conjunction with the console.

USB port on PlayStation

The PlayStation 3 itself has on board from two to four ports (most often two) USB. Their format is 2.0.

They are intended by the developer to connect peripheral devices, and not for viewing photos, videos or downloading games.

Sony believes that from Blu-ray discs or regular DVDs(licensed, of course). The same applies to games that can still be downloaded after purchase from online services.

Let's face it, in our country a considerable proportion of gamers are not going to respect copyrights (although they would not think of giving their own rights to anyone as an insult). Therefore, the flash drive as an object in game console PS3 is often associated with pirated evil spirits.

The developer has made it possible to use it with white intentions - for saving, screenshots, saves. You can also record video files on it and update software from it (on PS4).

File system

First of all, you should know that if the flash drive is in NTFS format, then the PS3 does not see the flash drive and therefore does not read it.

The file system of the flash drive must be FAT32. It must be said that it does not allow recording files exceeding four gigabytes.

Whichever household appliances you have not used NTFS format will be inaccessible to it, and therefore to your console.

The formatting procedure looks very simple: when the flash memory is connected to the computer, you need to right-click on its icon in Explorer and call the “Format” command. But at the same time, make sure that the FAT32 format is selected in the “File System”. Then the set-top box will see your files.

Do not forget that when formatting the device, everything will be deleted from it and then new format Flash drives will not please you.

If you are faced with the task of formatting a large drive in FAT32, then it is convenient to use the HP utility for this USB Disk Storage Format Tool.

You can check the available media format by right-clicking on its icon in “My Computer”. Call properties:

File structure

In addition, the console must not only see the files, but also perceive their correct structure in order to start programs.

So, for games, it is necessary to have a GAMES root folder (only capital letters). Required condition for each game - the presence of a “PS3_GAME” directory, and in it - USRDIR. Otherwise you will be Googling asking “Why?”

How to build folders and directories can be seen from the pictures below.

For updates it should be structured like this: PS3/UPDATE.

To display content on removable device files, do not forget to use the button, and then “Show” flash drive data.

In conclusion, we can add that by hacking the console software and installing various key fobs or so-called custom firmware, you can “force” the PS3 to read other formats and merge cut files for playback.

Now you know how to handle a pair of consoles and flash drives, so that there is complete understanding and friendship between them.

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In this article I will tell you the main ways you can record images of your licensed games on PS3

Attention! The author of this article believes that you will use images of your licensed discs that were made by you personally to reduce wear and tear on the console drive. The DNS/TP club and the author of this material do not support the illegal distribution of content

There are 4 main ways:

1. Record games to internal HDD via FTP connection to PC
2. Record games to external HDD from PC
3. Recording games to internal HDD from external
4. Creating an ISO image and running it from an external NTFS drive

Record games to internal HDD via FTP connection to PC

1. Install between PS3 and computer network connection one of the methods described in the article. Better to use wired connection, because its speed is higher and more stable, and the games weigh quite a bit
2. Run MultiMAN(when the program is launched for the first time, it will create the GAMES folder in dev_hdd0. If the Network is configured correctly, then in File manager the program below will write the IP address of the set-top box on the network

! Information on using MultiMAN can be found in the article

3. Leaving the PS3 in this state, go to the computer
4. On your computer, use an FTP client to make copies. This is described in more detail in the article.
5. If everything is done correctly, you will see the folder GAMES, located on PS3 in dev_hdd0
6. Go to GAMES. Games should be stored in this folder
7.

* God of War III PS3_GAME, and inside PS3_GAME already contained USRDIR. Folder God of War GAMES

! These folders ( PS3_GAME And USRDIR) are present in any game and are shown as an example, besides them there are other files and folders, which are also required to be copied to in this example Only these folders are indicated as an example of the structure of the correct location

As a result, for the internal HDD it will be like this: dev_hdd0/GAMES/God of War III/PS3_GAME/USRDIR/etc.

8. http://redcom.4pu.com/files/playstation/select.png + http://redcom.4pu.com/files/playstation/l3.png

Record games to external HDD from PC

For some reasons (including the limitation of the FAT32 file system to a file size of no more than 4Gb), not all games can run from an external drive

1. For PS3 Any will do external USB storage device: Flash drive, USB HDD, Memory card connected via USB adapter. It is not recommended to use low-speed cards and flash drives, because... this will increase game loading times
2. The drive must have file system FAT32, can be formatted on PC standard means or special utilities, for example Acronis Disk Director
3. You need to create a folder GAMES, this is where all games will be copied. The structure will be the same as for the internal HDD, described just above:

The game folder can be named anything you like, the main thing is that the name does not contain Cyrillic (Russian letters)

* For example, the game folder is called God of War III, there should be a folder inside it PS3_GAME, and inside PS3_GAME already contained USRDIR. Folder God of War we have to copy it to a folder GAMES

As a result for external HDD it will be like this: F:/GAMES/God of War III/PS3_GAME/USRDIR/etc., where F: is the name of the disk/flash drive when connected to a PC, so the letter may be different

4. After connecting the drive to the PS3, you need to launch MultiMAN, the games should be displayed. If MultiMAN has already been launched, you can restart MultiMAN or press the combination http://redcom.4pu.com/files/playstation/select.png +http://redcom.4pu.com/files/playstation/l3.png to update content list

Recording games to internal HDD from external

! Some games cannot be launched from an external drive. If you are not able to set up an FTP connection between the PS3 and PC for data exchange, you can use this method

! The point is that we can use external drive with the NTFS file system, in which there is no limit on file size, in order to copy the game from the PC to it, and from it to the internal HDD of the console. It is not yet possible to launch games directly from it

! The following procedure is not necessary for every drive. MultiMAN can detect some of them independently. Try it, if the PFS driver does not recognize the partition, then perform the procedure

1. To get started, you will need any FAT32 drive of any size. Any flash drive will do
2. Open the flash drive and create a new one on it Text Document. It will have an extension .txt(by default it will be called Text Document.txt)
3. Rename it (including extension) to USB.CFG(should be USB.CFG, not USB.CFG.txt)
4. Open it with notepad, write it down at the very beginning
0xVID :0xPID :N

The values ​​highlighted in blue are individual for each media, they must be found out as follows:

A. Connect your USB storage device, which will have a file NTFS system(or one of its partitions will be NTFS) to the PC
b. Open Control Panel -> Device Manager -> Universal Serial Bus Controllers
V. Find a connected drive
RMB -> Properties -> Information
d. Select from the drop-down list Parent or Device Instance ID
e. The Value field will contain the following:
USBVID_13FE &PID_1E00 �78215AB04B0

Hence VID= 13fe, and PID 1e00

N is the number of partitions on the media if the disk consists of one single NTFS partition, then N= 1 , if 2 partitions, N= 2 etc.

Back to USB.CFG, all the information is there, you need to fill it out

In this example it turns out:
0x13fe :0x1e00 :1

! Attention VID and PID must be in lower case, for example:

0x13fe :0x1e00 :1- Right
0x13FE :0x1E00 :1- Wrong

5. Save changes to USB.CFG, it must be copied to a folder on the PS3 file manager. To do this you need:

A. Connect a flash drive to PS3
b. Launch MultiMAN
V. Go to the File Manager by clicking http://redcom.4pu.com/files/playstation/select.png +http://redcom.4pu.com/files/playstation/start.png
d. Open in the right panel dev_hdd0/game/BLES80608/USRDIR/
d. Open in the left panel dev_usb001(this is a flash drive)
e. Select USB.CFG, click http://redcom.4pu.com/files/playstation/circle.png, select Copy

6. The flash drive can be removed
7. Restart MultiMAN
8. Connect the NTFS HDD for which this setting was made
9. Go to the file manager by clicking http://redcom.4pu.com/files/playstation/select.png +http://redcom.4pu.com/files/playstation/start.png
10. Activate the NTFS driver by clicking http://redcom.4pu.com/files/playstation/start.png +http://redcom.4pu.com/files/playstation/triangle.png, answer the question posed honestly
11. It will appear in the left panel new disk, its folder will be called pfd_usb001
12. Now you can copy files and folders from it to the internal HDD of the console.

! Let me remind you, on the internal HDD games you need to copy from the folder dev_hdd0/GAMES, more details about the game folder structure are written above, in the first method

13. When copying is complete, you can restart MultiMAN or press the combination http://redcom.4pu.com/files/playstation/select.png +http://redcom.4pu.com/files/playstation/l3.png to update the content list . In order to go to the list of games from the File Manager, you must click http://redcom.4pu.com/files/playstation/l1.png or http://redcom.4pu.com/files/playstation/r1.png - this is a change to the program's "desktop"

Creating an ISO image and running it from an external NTFS drive

This is the simplest option, but not the most common. Appeared relatively recently due to the spread of ODE devices. Latest versions custom firmware paired with new versions of MultiMAN I can run games packed in ISO images located on external NTFS disk. At the time of updating this material, the current custom versions are 4.55, the MultiMan version is 04.55.01. Firmware from Cobra definitely supports this feature.

The only drawback this method- games for PS3 packed in ISO are still a rarity, although you can make it yourself, it’s complicated, emnip, there’s nothing there
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