another thing

what is everyone playing now

and controls

since you only get 1 how much is another

what about the plugs and sockets

i remember last time you guys had to use converters

and what about wifi

i have a router and if im not mistaken on the 80 gig theres wifi installed

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Added on November 18, 2007, 4:23 pmWhat about voltage how do i know what is my ps3s voltage

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Added on November 18, 2007, 6:44 pmmines CECHE06 this isnt in the table there


This post has been edited by Trident: Nov 18 2007, 06:44 PM

Thanks for the pin although i think a pinned thread is usually even harder for newcomers to notice/find





...reserved for future use............

damn... i do not know that this NAT 3 is not a preferable NAT... later go home and fix this...

i getting my PS3 next month , i'm not sure want get the 60/80gb one or 40gb one.
apart from less 20GB to 40GB, only 2 usb port and doesn't support ps2 games,
is there any other different(beside the $$$) between 40GB and the 60/80GB one?

^ you already listed the difference of the new 40GB. early impressions indicate the 40GB runs a little cooler and less noisy and have lower power consumption.

Does anyone else's PS3 home screen change size according to the number of stuff on the XMB is on the screen at once? Mine does this auto-adjust thing and changes depending on the XMB...

^ I'm trying to understand what you are describing. What are u refering when u say PS3 home screen? XMB menus? internet browser? or do u mean the theme/wallpaper settings?

acougan is officially the ps3 user guide shifu

*tabik

i'm only life-long student. i know nothing abt the BD viewing, HD-Audio, media center capabilities or PS3 linux

BD viewing i can help abit, HD audio , mpyw is good there, linux i think we need ah tot31, but he still not here yet, media centre no point bothering tat

Can firmware update from other region be used on any region ps3?

This post has been edited by nextgene: Nov 20 2007, 02:30 PM

can, its usable, but @ ur own risk

No no... the main screen once u turn on the PS3... U see the XMB first... Once i highlite some of the icons, the screen auto adjusts and expands bigger... i kinda dono how to explain... the screen sort of zooms in... i wana noe is this normal or not... coz it looks weird sometimes...

^the screen "adjusts and expands bigger"!??

this is a very weird glitch, may i know what TV/Display u using? what cables u use to connect the PS3?

i dont think its a glitch... i dono... tv is Phillips 47 inch... using HDMI cables... i think it has something to do with the auto-adjust for the resolution... from 1080i to 1080p or something...

why don't you try to just set 720p only. disable 1080i and 1080p and test if this will happen again.

there's some cases called HDMI "hand-shaking" where the device need to communicate with the display, causing screens adjustments.

Just a question..

I was thinking of getting a PS3 for myself. Do you guys somehow know the price of the PS3?
Was thinking of just getting a 40Gb 1. How much did you guys buy it for?

Thanks ya PS3 sifus out there

hi to all sifu,

Hope you guys can help me out on this.
Im using a Dell 24" computer monitor to hook up my PS3.
If Im using the HDMi cable to plug in, how and where do I get the sound from?
cos your know the computer monitor doesnt come with speaker like those convention LCD TV.

Thanks in advanced
convict

Hi convict. I'm also using HDMI to connect my PS3 to my Dell 2407WFP.

For the audio, you need to get yourself a Y-splitter cable. Like this:


Then, connect the composite cable to the back of your PS3, the red and white audio to the Y-splitter, and the other end of the Y-splitter to your speakers. That's it!

Just ask any computer shop for it. Must have one. Only RM10 I think. Good luck!

Some info.


Public Bank Mastercard Classic credit card works for SGP PSN...i buy warhawk using this card

Cool, I hope to buy WipEout HD when it got released...

RM4-5 bucks if u buy from imbi plaza , electrical shop behind imbi mario
they have a lot of conversion cables of any type

I have a Samsung SlimFit which does 1080i but no 720i/720p, what is the cable I should buy? And how much does it cost?

sky racer, dun get tat sammy, it wouldnt be compatible

Awesome, Thanks so much! Wonder why those sale people dont know how to go about this.

And you also help me to save 10k cos I was about to buy a FullHD LG LCD 47"

Thanks again!

save 10k so can bleanja us all makan and a copy of uncharted?

Ehehe.. no problem bro

Glad you could save the 10K

Thanks for reply but I have the TV since last year, before this PS3, did you mean it's not compatible with ps3's 1080i output?

Thanks,

skyracer maybe urs can, i know mine kenot

OMG , you saved RM10,000 + RM5K

anyway...you guys really save me from blowing a hole in my bank.

was so excited when I brought home my ps3 only realize there is no speaker out from the monitor, so got to settle for the stupid AV cable and the graphic look like PS2, dam kau depress......bought a component cable but still not as nice as HDMi.....the only solution is to buy a LCD TV, cos is already in the pipe line for the full HD one (cos still want to wait for the price to fall further), but got no choice untill decided to post it on this forum. And Wala! every thing just fall into places. HDMi with sound.

Seriously, you guys really did help me save alot of money.

Thanks again. dont mean to thanks so many time, cos Im a happy man for now.

This post has been edited by convict: Nov 22 2007, 02:12 PM

i think need to update those shop that sells ps3 too , a lot of ppl ask those recently
cut + paste Ftw


Gamers Solution

address - Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman at City Bazaar ( opposite Pertama Complex )

business hour - 3 pm to 10 pm (monday) , 12 noon to 10 pm (tuesday - sunday) included sunday n public holidays

phone number - 03 - 26977728 , 012 - 3783129 ( Bernard ) / 012 - 3173079 ( Crystal )


link - http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/389927


PS ZONE GAME TRADING

address - CHERAS TAMAN CONNAUGHT CMC CENTRE GIANT SHOPPING CENTRE GRD FLOOR
Lot E11,PS ZONE GAME TRADING

phone number - 012-2295056(Nelson), 017-3757877(Nelson) , 012-9795747(Jack) , 03-91023864(Jack)

link - http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/470450


Smart Choice Enterprise

address - S & M shopping arcade,3rd floor,no32.jalan tun tan cheng lock 50000 kl.shop lot number is 3.38-3.39

business hour - 10.30am-9.30pm (mon-sun)

phone number - 012-3242887/03-20268434(KEANE)

link - http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/398480

This post has been edited by Synco: Nov 22 2007, 03:39 PM

Guys for singapore ps3 units, according to the graph shown, its 00

so will this two digits appears as 00 followed by the main serial or how to check its a Singapore PS3 unit>?

So just follow these units shall be a Singapore unit?
SGP model numbers are CECHE06, CECHA06, CECHG06, CECHG06CW

This post has been edited by quiksilve: Nov 22 2007, 04:19 PM

hey all the sifus out there

i know that ps3 games are region free
so whats the diff between Us and Asian version of the game? Language? Some of it price diff is really high.

thanks

Hi guys,

I have fw questions that I put up in the other thread. Wonder if you guys could help me. See below.

Thanks!

aiman, tabik to ur interest in ps3

1. use back 5400rpm, more stable
2. yes, its able to read bigger size HDD as long as its FAT32, im using swissknife (go google)
3. not sure on the backup, but yes on the 5 times thingy
4. some can i suppose

are u stating tat the ps3 will display the vid @ its native reso of 720?

I got no idea rgd this question. If anyone has tried and tested the proxy method for re-downloading PSN purchases, please confirm the results.

Thank you so much for your helps. Also tabik to everyone here too. I also learned a lot here too.

Now I'm going ahead to upgrade my HDD, maybe get a 5400rpm to be safe. Swissknife, I'll google that.

About video playback? YES, we can play videos at its native 720p resolution, even 1080p.

I found two programs that are quite reliable to do it. I'll try to write about it a little bit. Might miss something, as I'm wrting from my memory.

PS3 Video 9
Recommended for remuxing .MOV Quicktime HD Videos

http://www.redkawa.com/videoconverters/ps3video9/

Can convert almost any video files to PS3 video formats. But converting big and long vidoes will take a very long time for HD videos at 720p or 1080p.

So they also provide a profile to extract AVC.h264 video and it's audio (it will convert the audio only if needed) from .MKV or .MOV (Quicktime) files, and then remux the video and audio together again, but this time into an MPEG-4 video container that is .MP4. This will take only about 1 minute for file that will take 50 minutes if you do the normal conversion. To use this don't use the wizard, but use the "current conversion" tab instead.

MKV file - Select "MKV Passthrough" method.
720p - Works 50% of the time.
1080p - Never work for me.

MOV file - Select "Quicktime HD MOV Passthrough" method.
720p - Works 95% of the time.
1080p - Works 95% of the time.

I still use this program to convert HD movie trailers from http://www.apple.com/trailers/#section=justhd which you can get 1080p trailers with awesome picture quality. And PS3 will play it that same native 1080p resolution!

GOTSent 0.23 Beta 6
Recommended for remuxing .MKV Matroska HD Videos

http://sentry23.googlepages.com/

If you don't already have it, you'll also need these two filters:

AC3Filter Haali Media splitter
http://haali.cs.msu.ru/mkv/

AC3Filter
http://ac3filter.net/project/1/releases

Doesn't do any conversion, only remuxes .MKV files to MPEG-4 video format for PS3. Very fast.

Just browse for your .MKV file, it will extract AVC.h264 video and it's audio (it will also convert the audio only if needed) from the .MKV file, and then remux the video and audio together again, into an MPEG-4 video container that is .MP4. This also take only about 1 minute for file that will take 50 minutes if you do the normal conversion.

Plus one extra feature, it can split your video at 4GB if it's bigger than that, because of 2 things. First, if you transfer the file using USB external FAT32 HDD, you can only put files no bigger than 4GB, second, I read reports saying that PS3 has troubles playing videos bigger than 4GB.

MKV file only.
720p - Works all the time.
1080p - Never work for me, but can be successful for high profile h264 videos.

Really reliable for .MKV files. I have download a certain 7.5GB .MKV 143 minutes video with 720p resolution, used this program to remux it, took about 15 minutes. The video was split to two 3.6GB .MP4 files. Transfered using my USB HDD, and the video played gorgeously at 720p resolution!

This post has been edited by aiman04: Nov 25 2007, 03:16 PM

im sorry, but i don see tat method in ps video 9
could u pls advice thoroughly

OK. Here it goes.

After you launched PS3 Video 9, click convert, and then current conversion.

Click on "Convert video" to browse for your file, for example Quicktime HD movie trailer, Transformers_trailer_1080p.mov.

In the profile (inside "new video to convert"), select "Quicktime HD MOV Passthrough". Then click "Start".



The remuxed video will be save on the location that you can set in the "Settings" area of the program, and go to "Devices" > PS3.

The same is true for .MKV videos, only you need to select the "MKV Passthrough" profile.

But like I said in the previous post, for .MOV videos, most of the times it works, but maybe 5% don't. If it don't, for a short video like a movie trailer you can do a full format conversion instead, choose any of the profiles that suits best. It will be much slower though.

And probablity of success for .MKV videos is much worse, so I suggest that you use the GOTSent program instead. Works all the time for me for .MKV 720p videos.

i think mine isnt the latest version, no passthrough

tried the gotsent, but alas, kenot
some issues, but im not sure wat

Download the latest version here:

http://www.redkawa.com/videoconverters/ps3video9/

The GOTSent program is for MKV videos only. It is really easy. Just browse for your file, set destination folder, leave everything as default, and click convert.

http://sentry23.googlepages.com/

Maybe you need to install these first:

http://haali.cs.msu.ru/mkv/

http://ac3filter.net/project/1/releases

My method here doesn't change the video resolution, frame rate, etc at all. It just take it as it is and put it into an MPEG-4 container. So the picture quality remains as awesome. Hope you get it to work.

install those aredi, but kenot

Really? Not really sure why...

Anyone using Samsung 2232BW or 2232BW with their PS3? I'm planning to get a 22' LCD monitor, but i'm not so sure whether it'll work with PS3 or not. If there are better LCD monitors to recommend, please do so too. Thanks.

Finally, I have upgraded my HDD to 160 GB.

I bought the Hitachi 54000rpm SATA HDD at LY for RM290.

Backing up (32 GB), formatting, restoring, all took more than 2 hours.

All my downloaded games, demos, purchased restored OK.

Thanks everyone for your tips!

wah, now socheap aredi.... only 290....
wen is the 1tb price gonna drop?

Yeah, but Seagate is a little bit more expensive though.

I used the original PS3 HDD as my portable external HDD now.

Tried to connect to my laptop to see the content, but apparentlly PS3 uses a whole different formating itself. It is neither FAT32 or NTFS so Windows see it as unformatted.

I formatted the old HDD as NTFS now, I have checked out PSN forums saying it won't void the warranty. It was designed to be upgraded. No worries anymore.

ur ps3 wont be able to read ur old HDD

Yeah. I know. But everything's already been backed-up and restored to my new HDD. No files were lost. Working fine.

Blueray movie can only run on 1080p? or can it be played in 720p?

no lar, i mean the externall kenot be use for ur hdd tats all, cos last time i reformatted mine to FAT 32 to support ps3

evo, i think now can aredi , early fw will allow either 480/576 or 1080 only

Oh, yeah, I know about that. Forgot to mention I partitioned the old HDD to 2 partitions, one as FAT32 and the other one as NTFS.

Tried with PS3 as external, PS3 can detect the FAT32 part of the HDD. No problem. I can use it to transfer files to PS3.

aiks.. can detect partition ar?
i learn something new today

Yes, it can. My other HDD that I used to backup the PS3 also had partitions, no problem. But of course, only the FAT32 partition, not the NTFS.

I got a question; i cant seem to goggle it off

Apparently to play PS2 games via ps3, i need a ps2 memory card adaptor and a memory card?

Is that true?

This is a fresh game with me having no game saves on it at all.

no, as long ur ps3 is ps2 compatible and the region is the same, can play liao

hi,sorry for noob question,how come the japan ps3 sells cheaper than the asian ps3?
and will there ever be an official ps3 launch here in malaysia?

This post has been edited by -milo-: Nov 28 2007, 01:48 PM

hi, sorry all for lack of updates/QAs in the 1st few posts. forum still abit lagging for me to edit the posts, i'll try again tonight.

wow, milo... ur question ar....

sorry im a total noobie here on ps3 stuff so kinda clueless..wats wrong with my question?
if my question is already been answered elsewhere pls direct me?

erm sorry one more question,do we need to buy games of the same region to be able to play online together?



This post has been edited by -milo-: Nov 28 2007, 06:07 PM

the problem... its too hard for me to answer , guess im the real noob here

for online, it would be better to have the same region

er..haha sorry for the question then..
one more question though..its ok to use diff region consoles to play online together rite?

i read somewhere that the reason Japan PS3 is cheaper is because they wan to build up the user base in Japan 1st...becos the games r more expensive in japan n Sony earn the profits from games n not consoles....

official launch in Malaysia - may be a quiet one just like PSP n PS2?

oo..i rather have an official launch here rather than none..then maybe at least we can have our own m'sia psn account:P
not to mention easier to claim for warranties..

We were also waiting for the official launch in Malaysia, but cannot anymore.

Just last month I asked the staffs at the Sony Wing in KLCC about it, even they don't know about it.

The rumour I heard is that they will launch PS3 in Malaysia together with the new DualShock®3 sometime next year.

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Added on November 30, 2007, 9:18 amIt can be played with an HD ready 720p TV, which will be converted to 1080i.

Only full HD TV can display at it's native 1080p.

This post has been edited by aiman04: Nov 30 2007, 09:18 AM

ok got a noob question. does the newer dualshock 3 controller have sixaxis feature as well?

tis one really noob liao, yes it does have sixaxis feature

1 noob question here, is the PS3 BD REMOTE CONTROL reginal lock? coz i'm planning getting it.

all peripherals are universal as of now, future i dunno

hahahahaha funny

umm if I buy the Asian model, I can't play PS2 games from US? If no, they sell US versions here?

^if u want to play ori ps2 NTSC/UC (US) games on PS3, u need a US 60GB/80GB PS3 set - hard to find locally. most shops here sell NTSC/J PS3 sets.

LOL. Had the PS3 for a month now, only now I notic this.

I see the "activate system" in the account management.

Anyone got any extra info for that? Should I activate or not?

does anyone know PS3 support mouse? It's kind of hard playing.first person shooter using the the joypad....

yo aiman
i tried the method u posted before using GOTSent
but it took like 3 hours to do it and didnt work
whenever i tried opening the folder my comp hangs =.=

anyway, those blu rays you downloaded audio is 4.1 or 5.1?
i read you have to set the lvl from 5.1 to 4.1 or else no audio or something

3 hours? That's too long. Remuxing technique shouldn't take that long. What is the duration of the video? I have done it more than 20 times, all ran perfectly fine. I used the program for a 4.3 GB, 100 minutes video, took me less than 2 hours. I have also done it for a 8.2 GB, 143 minutes video, took me less than 3 hours, even that maybe because I also split the output video to two 4 GB MP4 files.

Do you have enough HDD space? The program will create files with the total size equivalent to the original MKV file. So to be save, ensure you have free space at least double the original MKV file. If you doing split, better have 3 times the size.

Or, was the video 1080p? Because as I stated in my post 1080p video is not guaranteed to work. Even if you successfully remuxed to MP4 using GOTSent, the most common case is that you will hear the audio but seeing black screen when played in PS3. But there are still some cases that it did work. These are mostly for high profile h264 AVC.

Which comes to your next question. The level 4.1 and 5.1 in this case is NOT the audio channels. The program will convert the audio to 2 channel AAC anyway because as of the current firmware, PS3 can't play multi-channel audio MP4 yet (I think so, haven't tried since the 2.01 update). The 4.1 / 5.1 here refers to the AVC.h264 main profile. This is the technical part of the codec, no need to know further about that as the program will do it for you. Do not change any settings in GOTSent. Just browse for your MKV file, set the output destination, if the original file is bigger than 4 GB, toggle on "split", and click "convert" and that's it.

Hope that will help.

Can i ask how to change Ip address for PS3?

If not mistaken you can do that through manual connection setting in PS3. Not sure if there's extra steps to do, like setting the router etc.

Never bothered to look because I don't really mind about my PS3's IP, always use automatic.

go internet settings, @ ip addressselect custom to set ur own ip

PS3 for Beginers

managed to convert it
can play in my pc
now my ext hdd gone kaput =.=

If i buy ps3 games/ Blu rays from amazon.com,

Are these the charges Per disc?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/dis...8&nodeId=537734

It is charged at US$12.29 per disc kah? Oh no...

tat one is for market place, i dun think it applies

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/dis...8&nodeId=596188

pls pin this link as well, a lot ppl asking abt shipping from amazon

and another, i dun think they ship the games to our country

Eh, i want to ask,

Currently i failed to connect to the internet through the wireless network.

My error is the DNS error.

Will it solve if i use a wire connection?

Biggest problem is i dont have the access to the rounter, damn

Got that problem before.

What I did, I disconnect the power cable for the modem and/or router for 5 minutes, and then re-connect. Worked for me.

u dun have access to the router???
u stealing wifi signal ar?

Can I save my PS3 game at a certain point and play it on an another PS3 without starting from the beginning? Will having units from different region be a problem? So far, I can't seem to copy my gamesaves from a JP unit to continue playing on a SG unit. Any advice? Thanks.

certain games can, some cant
and most importantly same region console sure can

Maybe backup utility. But it will backup everything and when you restore to different PS3 than the data on that PS3 will be removed. OK, not a good choice. Plus game saves are unique to each ID, you must have same ID for the other PS3 too.

Not sure about region, should be OK I think.

Or you can just take your HDD to the other PS3 and swap.

Anyone got idea?

So far, tried Heavenly Sword, Call Of Duty 4 and Uncharted. All can't.
My guess is the console's region.


ID is definite. Tried it. Different IDs showing different progress.
Swopping HDD, too much of a hassle.
The funny thing is, under Game Saves Folder, the file is there.
But it just doesn't sync with the game.
No option to continue.
Always just Start A New Game.
Weird ....

tats the problem with 2 many units of ps3

@ps360, eh? gamesaves are incompatible across SGP and JP sets? very weird for them to program it that way. maybe the violence censor codes creating a glitch?

Been surfing the web for solutions but can't seems to find any clues.
Sighhhhhhhhh .....

just got my PS3 today, got 1 question,
how do u charge your controller?
is it connect your controller to your PS3 then put the console on standby mode for 8 hour???

I connect mine and leave it on to charge. Never tried turning it to standby to charge.