Playstation 3 Support Audio and Video Formats

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So, since I just caved and got a PS3, I’m interested in what types of formats it supports playing because the reported March 23rd OS update to version 1.6 is suppose to add full UPnP video streaming off of UPnP AV devices on the network, unlike Microsoft’s XBox 360 which naturally uses a proprietary version of UPnP AV to stream WMV formated files ONLY.

After looking this up, I found a couple of articles that enumerated the formated, here are the sites and what they said:

Site Link
MPEG-1
MPEG-2 (PS,TS)
H.264/MEPG-4 AVC
MPEG-4 SP MUSIC
ATRAC (.oma .msa .aa3)
AAC (.3gp .mp4)
MP3 (.mp3), WAV (.wav)
IMAGES

Site Link
MPEG-4 SP (AAC LC)
H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile(AAC LC)
MPEG-1 (MPEG Audio Layer 2)
MPEG-2 PS(MPEG2 Audio Layer 2)
MPEG-2 TS (MPEG2 Audio Layer 2)

So just eye-balling this list and taking what little I know about formats… looks like video .mpg/.mpeg files in MPEG1/2/4 formats or H.264 and audio .mp3/.aac/.wav/ATRAC in H.264/AAC/MP3/MP4 formats… interesting.

What I’m looking forward to doing is building a NAS and using the PS3 as a UPnP AV device to stream that media off of the NAS… sexy!

Update #1: Found the official page from Sony on this issue. Official scoop:

Memory Stick Video Format
- MPEG-4 SP (AAC LC)
- H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile (AAC LC)
MPEG-1 (MPEG Audio Layer 2)
MPEG-2 PS (MPEG2 Audio Layer 2, AAC LC, AC3(Dolby Digital), LPCM)
MPEG-2 TS (MPEG2 Audio Layer 2)
AVI
- Motion JPEG (Linear PCM)
- Motion JPEG (Î¼-Law)
AVCHD (.m2ts)

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8 Comments For This Post

SJons Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 6:51 pm

Well I’ve ordered the Thecus N2100 from myBoomBox in the UK (Thecus N2100 YES Box Music Server NAS, which has the Mediabolic UPnP AV server built-in and plan to streaming audio to a couple of Pinnacle (previously Roku) M1001’s and HD video to a Helios X5000.

I also heard good reports about the QNAP TS-101 and TS-201, which have the TwonkyMedia UPnP AV server built-in.

Jack Says:
December 1st, 2007 at 2:10 pm

“Microsoft’s XBox 360 which naturally uses a proprietary version of UPnP AV to stream WMV formated files ONLY.”

It’s standard UPnP and it’s not WMA only! Please stop spreading misinformation. Get informed or be quiet…

Riyad Kalla Says:
December 1st, 2007 at 2:31 pm

Jack, well now after the fall update DivX support has been added and the firmware before that I believe certain support for h.264 was added, but I’m not certain… however at the time of the post support for WMV only *was* the only thing it supported.

Als the UPnP A/V support does us proprietary extensions and is not a 100% compatible UPnP A/V compatible implementation.

Maybe you want to scroll through all old posts on blogs everywhere and correct those as well since they were written about the original XBox and you need to vindicate those as well?

Dav[e]tech Says:
January 7th, 2008 at 6:05 am

well actually jack, riyad is correct. at the time of posting, the method of UPNP provided by the xbox 360 was a proprietary implimentation. in fact, it still is, just it now has codec support.

so before you be a troll on a guys blog who does it out of enjoyment, back off

Riyad, great article mate.

Riyad Kalla Says:
January 7th, 2008 at 6:13 am

Thanks Dave. I still refer to this post from time to time when I need to encode media for the PS3.

I saw your post about the PS3:
http://www.davtechonline.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2008/1/6_so_i_bought_a_ps3.html

and think you made a good decision for the right reasons. I’ve always thought 2008 would be PS3s year, but now that Blu-ray is gonna win, more than ever.

Dav[e]tech Says:
January 14th, 2008 at 4:11 am

i completly agree, 2007 was mostly a year of big hits for the other consoles, with sony waiting until 2008 to unveil their big hitters.

plus all this warner and universal moving over to blu ray is going to make things very interesting!

Mike Mol Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 5:56 pm

Your “official page” link leads me back to here, and I can’t seem to find what you were referring to, to see if anything new might have come with a firmware update. Can you fix the link?

GoldChain Says:
October 16th, 2008 at 1:06 pm

I found what is probably the link to the “official page” reference above:

http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/video/filetypes.html

SJons Says:
March 17th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Well I’ve ordered the Thecus N2100 from myBoomBox in the UK (Thecus N2100 YES Box Music Server NAS, which has the Mediabolic UPnP AV server built-in and plan to streaming audio to a couple of Pinnacle (previously Roku) M1001’s and HD video to a Helios X5000.

I also heard good reports about the QNAP TS-101 and TS-201, which have the TwonkyMedia UPnP AV server built-in.
Jack Says:
December 1st, 2007 at 2:10 pm
“Microsoft’s XBox 360 which naturally uses a proprietary version of UPnP AV to stream WMV formated files ONLY.”

It’s standard UPnP and it’s not WMA only! Please stop spreading misinformation. Get informed or be quiet…
Riyad Kalla Says:
December 1st, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Jack, well now after the fall update DivX support has been added and the firmware before that I believe certain support for h.264 was added, but I’m not certain… however at the time of the post support for WMV only *was* the only thing it supported.

Als the UPnP A/V support does us proprietary extensions and is not a 100% compatible UPnP A/V compatible implementation.

Maybe you want to scroll through all old posts on blogs everywhere and correct those as well since they were written about the original XBox and you need to vindicate those as well?
Dav[e]tech Says:
January 7th, 2008 at 6:05 am
well actually jack, riyad is correct. at the time of posting, the method of UPNP provided by the xbox 360 was a proprietary implimentation. in fact, it still is, just it now has codec support.

so before you be a troll on a guys blog who does it out of enjoyment, back off

Riyad, great article mate.
Riyad Kalla Says:
January 7th, 2008 at 6:13 am
Thanks Dave. I still refer to this post from time to time when I need to encode media for the PS3.

I saw your post about the PS3:
http://www.davtechonline.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2008/1/6_so_i_bought_a_ps3.html

and think you made a good decision for the right reasons. I’ve always thought 2008 would be PS3s year, but now that Blu-ray is gonna win, more than ever.
Dav[e]tech Says:
January 14th, 2008 at 4:11 am
i completly agree, 2007 was mostly a year of big hits for the other consoles, with sony waiting until 2008 to unveil their big hitters.

plus all this warner and universal moving over to blu ray is going to make things very interesting!
Mike Mol Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Your “official page” link leads me back to here, and I can’t seem to find what you were referring to, to see if anything new might have come with a firmware update. Can you fix the link?
GoldChain Says:
October 16th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
I found what is probably the link to the “official page” reference above:

http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/video/filetypes.html

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