transferring photos takes an age - Blu-ray Forum

partridge · 01-24-2009, 08:38 PM

Copying some photos over to my PS3 using a 2Gb USB stick, it starts off nice and quick but gets to 20% then takes nearly an hour to transfer one photo! What the hell is that all about?

Any clues? Is it better to burn the photos to CD and import them that way?

Toxa · 01-24-2009, 09:21 PM

Weird

maybe you USB key is defective or your ps3 doesn't like your key

anyway try another storage device

TheTenth · 01-24-2009, 09:58 PM

sure is a problem, I use the media server and 400 photos take 2 or 3 minutes to copy

Toxa · 01-24-2009, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by TheTenth

I use the media server and 400 photos take 2 or 3 minutes to copy

Same for me.

SkullPhyre · 01-24-2009, 10:13 PM

Something is wrong there. I use 1 and 2 gig sticks to put photo's I use for wallpapers. Transfer instantly. Although with the new photo slideshow we got in the last firmware update I will probably put more on. Much more convienent than having people com into the room to look at my pc.

Petra_Kalbrain · 01-24-2009, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by partridge

Copying some photos over to my PS3 using a 2Gb USB stick, it starts off nice and quick but gets to 20% then takes nearly an hour to transfer one photo! What the hell is that all about?

Any clues? Is it better to burn the photos to CD and import them that way?

Don't you have the PS3 setup on the network? Set your PC up as a media server and just copy them to your PS3 over the network without having to worry about any type of storage device transfer.

richieb1971 · 01-25-2009, 04:08 AM

Sometimes when I copy stuff from a media storage it shoots across to 90% in a second, then it takes 5 seconds to do the last 10% of the file. It doesn't really bother me much though.

Pepelutivruski4 · 01-25-2009, 04:45 AM

copying pics with SD, CF, and MSD jump drive shuodln't take more than a few seconds for a few hundred pics.

although it takes significantly longer when done thruogh USB for me prolly about a minute or 2.

use the card reader under the flap of the PS3, it'll whiz by so fast, you won't have time to pick your nose in front of the TV.

AM-MAN · 01-25-2009, 12:08 PM

Something like that happened to me.But later on it started to freeze when the copying reached the 90's ,and later on it stopped copying photos altogether .

But when i updated the FW (2.50) there was a message like "UPDATING UR DATABASE" and it reseted all the filing i've done on photos ,music and videos. After that everything was ok .

What happened was that some of the photo files were sort of corrupt ,When you use the "all" regrouping choice to open the photo files and go down to the last ones you will find photos that wont open (or worse ) wont delete .

partridge · 01-25-2009, 01:54 PM

Hmm, I've since tried a CD but after an hour it still hadn't shown the progress bar so I gave up. No trying an external hard drive and it shot up to 20% (61 photos out of 950) but has spent over 4 hours transferring photo 62!! Its now at 99% and I'm hoping once it gets past that it will resume normal speed.

It must be a PS3 issue though as I've tried 3 different formats now. Weird and very annoying

I'll see how this goes but maybe try a pro duo stick under the flap too

01-24-2009, 08:38 PM	#1
partridge Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Oct 2005 Location:England	transferring photos takes an age Copying some photos over to my PS3 using a 2Gb USB stick, it starts off nice and quick but gets to 20% then takes nearly an hour to transfer one photo! What the hell is that all about? Any clues? Is it better to burn the photos to CD and import them that way?

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01-24-2009, 09:21 PM	#2
Toxa Moderator Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Opera Garnier Home Theater Gallery:110 Blu-ray collection:311 Blu-ray reviews:1	Weird maybe you USB key is defective or your ps3 doesn't like your key anyway try another storage device

01-24-2009, 09:58 PM	#3
TheTenth Special Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Clermont-Ferrand, France Home Theater Gallery:9 4K collection:98 Blu-ray collection:681 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:11	sure is a problem, I use the media server and 400 photos take 2 or 3 minutes to copy

01-24-2009, 10:13 PM	#5
SkullPhyre Senior Member Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Portland, Oregon Blu-ray collection:184	Something is wrong there. I use 1 and 2 gig sticks to put photo's I use for wallpapers. Transfer instantly. Although with the new photo slideshow we got in the last firmware update I will probably put more on. Much more convienent than having people com into the room to look at my pc.

01-25-2009, 04:08 AM	#7
richieb1971 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 4K collection:89 Blu-ray collection:706 Trading Score:16	Sometimes when I copy stuff from a media storage it shoots across to 90% in a second, then it takes 5 seconds to do the last 10% of the file. It doesn't really bother me much though.

01-25-2009, 04:45 AM	#8
Pepelutivruski4 Banned Member since:Oct 2008 Blu-ray collection:19	copying pics with SD, CF, and MSD jump drive shuodln't take more than a few seconds for a few hundred pics. although it takes significantly longer when done thruogh USB for me prolly about a minute or 2. use the card reader under the flap of the PS3, it'll whiz by so fast, you won't have time to pick your nose in front of the TV.

01-25-2009, 12:08 PM	#9
AM-MAN Senior Member Member since:Mar 2008 Location:the Blu-planet@****	Something like that happened to me.But later on it started to freeze when the copying reached the 90's ,and later on it stopped copying photos altogether . But when i updated the FW (2.50) there was a message like "UPDATING UR DATABASE" and it reseted all the filing i've done on photos ,music and videos. After that everything was ok . What happened was that some of the photo files were sort of corrupt ,When you use the "all" regrouping choice to open the photo files and go down to the last ones you will find photos that wont open (or worse ) wont delete .

01-25-2009, 01:54 PM	#10
partridge Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Oct 2005 Location:England	Hmm, I've since tried a CD but after an hour it still hadn't shown the progress bar so I gave up. No trying an external hard drive and it shot up to 20% (61 photos out of 950) but has spent over 4 hours transferring photo 62!! Its now at 99% and I'm hoping once it gets past that it will resume normal speed. It must be a PS3 issue though as I've tried 3 different formats now. Weird and very annoying I'll see how this goes but maybe try a pro duo stick under the flap too

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