I have 7,500 MP3's.....and I have a question! - Blu-ray Forum

Johnny Vinyl · 03-07-2009, 02:39 PM

These files are stored on an external 320GB HDD, currently attached via USB to my PC. I've been toying with the idea of attaching this drive to my PS3 so I can listen to it through my system.

Is this possible? Or does this drive still need to be connected to my PC for it to work?

How do I go about doing this and what steps do I need to take?

John

Marquoz · 03-07-2009, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by John72953

These files are stored on an external 320GB HDD, currently attached via USB to my PC. I've been toying with the idea of attaching this drive to my PS3 so I can listen to it through my system.

Is this possible? Or does this drive still need to be connected to my PC for it to work?

How do I go about doing this and what steps do I need to take?

John

I've got a 160 GB HDD attached to my PS3 currently, and I went to go test it. It works perfectly, listening to a song right now from my USB drive.

I've got mine set up Drive->Music->Artist->Album->Songs

To view them I have to hit View All at the very top that so it will go down to the songs part. The downside I think I can't make playlists with it being off the PS3. Not 100% sure about that aspect as I have a lot of music on the PS3 and have my playlists off those songs.

Marquoz · 03-07-2009, 04:17 PM

Just created a playlist and it will NOT let me add songs from the USB drive to it. So that's something to consider, you will have to manually play all the songs you want from the drive.

Johnny Vinyl · 03-07-2009, 04:19 PM

Thanks for that..now I now it does work, which is good.

However, I think I may have to do some prep work...like creating Artist Folders or Genre Folders or somehing. I don't want to have to scan through all those songs.

Will the PS3 allow you to set playback at RANDOM?

John

Marquoz · 03-07-2009, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by John72953

Thanks for that..now I now it does work, which is good.

However, I think I may have to do some prep work...like creating Artist Folders or Genre Folders or somehing. I don't want to have to scan through all those songs.

Will the PS3 allow you to set playback at RANDOM?

John

MusicBrainz is a great MP3 tagger that will do the artist and album folders. I love it to death! It gets about 90% of them correct! Oh yeah, meant to add, absolutely no idea on the Random though, I'll look into it as soon as I can. Running out to eat! Luuunch time!

Johnny Vinyl · 03-07-2009, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Marquoz

MusicBrainz is a great MP3 tagger that will do the artist and album folders. I love it to death! It gets about 90% of them correct!

Cool...I've been using TagScanner, but I find it hit and miss. Will try to find MusicBrainz....thx.

John

Beta Man · 03-07-2009, 04:39 PM

I know nothing about this stuff..... but my question is this....

Couldn't you set up file sharing on your PC with the MP3s on it, and the PS3, and have the PS3 play it via wifi network???? Not sure if that's an option.

Uniquely · 03-07-2009, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Marquoz

Just created a playlist and it will NOT let me add songs from the USB drive to it. So that's something to consider, you will have to manually play all the songs you want from the drive.

I don't use my PS3 for streaming.... but won't it recognize playlists that you have already made on your PC if you stream the music directly from your PC, or if you have playlist files on the external drive? The 360 does this, so I would assume the PS3 could as well?

Flyfrnk1624 · 03-07-2009, 05:18 PM

A great program to use to stream your music from your PC to your PS3 is TVersity. If you use a Mac you can use the application MediaLink. I've used both programs on each of my computers and couldn't have been happier.

Johnny Vinyl · 03-07-2009, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Flyfrnk1624

A great program to use to stream your music from your PC to your PS3 is TVersity. If you use a Mac you can use the application MediaLink. I've used both programs on each of my computers and couldn't have been happier.

I don't want to stream it. I want the external HDD attached to my PS3 without a connection to my PC.

John

Flyfrnk1624 · 03-07-2009, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by John72953

I don't want to stream it. I want the external HDD attached to my PS3 without a connection to my PC.

John

I was just saying it was just another option. For what you're looking for, just plug it into the PS3 via USB.

Johnny Vinyl · 03-07-2009, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Flyfrnk1624

I was just saying it was just another option. For what you're looking for, just plug it into the PS3 via USB.

Cool! Guess I'll just try it and see what happens.

I have to convert to FAT32 right? How do I do that?

John

Flyfrnk1624 · 03-07-2009, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by John72953

Cool! Guess I'll just try it and see what happens.

I have to convert to FAT32 right? How do I do that?

John

Even if the HDD is NTFS, you still should be able to plug and play the mp3 files on the PS3.

If you wanted to reformat the HDD (which I don't even think is necessary) you just have to right click on the drive and select "format".

***Make sure you move all of your files to a safe place before you even think about reformatting because it will wipe everything off of your harddrive.

Johnny Vinyl · 03-07-2009, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Flyfrnk1624

Even if the HDD is NTFS, you still should be able to plug and play the mp3 files on the PS3.

If you wanted to reformat the HDD (which I don't even think is necessary) you just have to right click on the drive and select "format".

***Make sure you move all of your files to a safe place before you even think about reformatting because it will wipe everything off of your harddrive.

Thanks for your help bud! Gonna try it later this aft. If I need to, I'll convert over to FAT32. (I have another drive for back-ups, so I'm ok......but good advice nonetheless)

John

silversnake · 03-07-2009, 05:58 PM

I'm pretty sure you have to convert it to FAT-32. (try connecting it first without formatting, but i'm pretty sure I tried it and it didn't work so I had to format it). If you are using windows XP, just connect the hard drive, right click on the drive click format, choose FAT-32 wait for it to be finished

or if the hard drive is big enough you could also create a FAT-32 partition if you don't want the whole hard drive in FAT-32 for some reason.

If you need any other help, don't hesitate to PM me.

Marquoz · 03-07-2009, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by silversnake

I'm pretty sure you have to convert it to FAT-32. (try connecting it first without formatting, but i'm pretty sure I tried it and it didn't work so I had to format it). If you are using windows XP, just connect the hard drive, right click on the drive click format, choose FAT-32 wait for it to be finished

or if the hard drive is big enough you could also create a FAT-32 partition if you don't want the whole hard drive in FAT-32 for some reason.

If you need any other help, don't hesitate to PM me.

Yes it has to be converted FAT-32. There's a program Swiss Knife that works with Windows XP that allows the larger size HDDs to be formatted. Windows XP won't allow it to be fully formatted FAT-32 because of size issues.

(Used this quote to explain a little bit more about what he was saying)

silversnake · 03-07-2009, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Marquoz

Yes it has to be converted FAT-32. There's a program Swiss Knife that works with Windows XP that allows the larger size HDDs to be formatted. Windows XP won't allow it to be fully formatted FAT-32 because of size issues.

(Used this quote to explain a little bit more about what he was saying)

+1. I forgot about that as that is what I used to format mine. Use swiss knife

quexos · 03-07-2009, 08:16 PM

I have a question too, how can you have so many songs ? Music must be your number 1 passion and you must spend a lot of time hearing it

Marquoz · 03-07-2009, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by quexos

I have a question too, how can you have so many songs ? Music must be your number 1 passion and you must spend a lot of time hearing it

Heh, I agree, I thought I was bad with my 1500 songs. I guess I need to start ripping some more CDs!

Johnny Vinyl · 03-07-2009, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by quexos

I have a question too, how can you have so many songs ? Music must be your number 1 passion and you must spend a lot of time hearing it

I have about 800-1,000 vinyl LP's here (another 2,000 or so in storage) and have done a lot of tranferring over the years. Used to have about 500 CD's, but I got rid of them once I ripped them.

So yeah, I have a shitload of music on my computer.

John

03-07-2009, 02:39 PM	#1
Johnny Vinyl Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:At the crossroad of Analogue Dr & 2CH Ave Home Theater Gallery:19 Blu-ray collection:205 DVD collection:7 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:8	I have 7,500 MP3's.....and I have a question! These files are stored on an external 320GB HDD, currently attached via USB to my PC. I've been toying with the idea of attaching this drive to my PS3 so I can listen to it through my system. Is this possible? Or does this drive still need to be connected to my PC for it to work? How do I go about doing this and what steps do I need to take? John

03-07-2009, 05:58 PM	#15
silversnake Blu-ray Champion Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Montreal Home Theater Gallery:22 4K collection:7 Blu-ray collection:498 Blu-ray reviews:6 Trading Score:32	I'm pretty sure you have to convert it to FAT-32. (try connecting it first without formatting, but i'm pretty sure I tried it and it didn't work so I had to format it). If you are using windows XP, just connect the hard drive, right click on the drive click format, choose FAT-32 wait for it to be finished or if the hard drive is big enough you could also create a FAT-32 partition if you don't want the whole hard drive in FAT-32 for some reason. If you need any other help, don't hesitate to PM me. Last edited by silversnake; 03-07-2009 at 06:05 PM.

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03-07-2009, 04:17 PM	#3
Marquoz Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2008 Location:New Orleans Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:167 Trading Score:2	Just created a playlist and it will NOT let me add songs from the USB drive to it. So that's something to consider, you will have to manually play all the songs you want from the drive.

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Johnny Vinyl Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:At the crossroad of Analogue Dr & 2CH Ave Home Theater Gallery:19 Blu-ray collection:205 DVD collection:7 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:8	Thanks for that..now I now it does work, which is good. However, I think I may have to do some prep work...like creating Artist Folders or Genre Folders or somehing. I don't want to have to scan through all those songs. Will the PS3 allow you to set playback at RANDOM? John

03-07-2009, 04:39 PM	#7
Beta Man Moderator Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Juuuuuuuust A Bit Outside.... Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:268 Blu-ray reviews: 18 Trading Score:25	I know nothing about this stuff..... but my question is this.... Couldn't you set up file sharing on your PC with the MP3s on it, and the PS3, and have the PS3 play it via wifi network???? Not sure if that's an option.

03-07-2009, 05:18 PM	#9
Flyfrnk1624 Active Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Buffalo, NY Trading Score:68	A great program to use to stream your music from your PC to your PS3 is TVersity. If you use a Mac you can use the application MediaLink. I've used both programs on each of my computers and couldn't have been happier.

03-07-2009, 08:16 PM	#18
quexos Banned Member since:May 2007 Location:Brussels, Belgium	I have a question too, how can you have so many songs ? Music must be your number 1 passion and you must spend a lot of time hearing it

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