download movies straigt from gamespot or any other website straight to my ps3........is it?? and if so how do i do it?? thanks!!flaming_moustac
The previous poster shot you a link to a video converter, but seeing as you didn't know you might need it, I thought i'd give you a little more information to help clarify.
The PS3 plays .mp4 for video. most of the downloadable movie content, such as from sites like Gamespot, are not MP4 files. What this means is you can't just drop them onto your PS3 and play them. The HD movie downloads from Gamespot are Windows Media files (.wmv), for example, so in order to play them on your PS3, you need to download them, convert them from .wmv to mp4, and THEN you can play 'em on the PS3.
Obviously if the movie file IS an mp4 file that the PS3 can read and play, then the answer to your question is "yes".. and you won't need the converter. I think alot of the movie files here at Gamespot have "high res, mp4 file" as one of the options to download, for example. I know I see that option all the time here. Not sure if that's one of the paying member perks or not though.
If you're home PC and PS3 are both on a wireless network, you can set up your PC to act as a media server (really easy with Windows Media player) and not have to hassle with transferring the files themself TO the PS3 after conversion, if that makes things any easier for you.
Good luck to you!
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