File size limit for 720p h.264 video on the PS3?

[MrAngles]

I used MeGUI to reencode a 720p avc mkv with specs that will play on the PS3. The reencoded file is about 800 MB, and when I try to play it on the PS3 it gives me some sort of corrupted data error. If I use YAMB to split it into files under 500 MB however, it works fine. This is odd because I play 480p AVC movie files that are a gig or larger on the PS3 all the time. Is this a known issue for 720p videos, or is there something else that I'm missing?

[t1ger]

Yes this is a known issu, mp4 file size can be no more than 4GB

[MrAngles]

Well, my file was only 800 mb, not larger than 4 gigs at all, and was recognized by the playstation but shown as unsupported format. The 4 gig size limit has nothing to do with the playstation's ability to recognize files, it's simply a limitation of the FAT32 file storage format which is the only format the playstation will recognize in a usb drive. There are ways around this, the most common being the use of a media server.

I don't know what caused the problem I had, but I got around it by editing the source x264 video stream to appear to be high profile 4.1, rather than 5.1, which apparently was causing the incompatibility issue with my original file. So in the end I didn't need to reencode the video after all, and whatever issue the ps3 had with the mp4 I had encoded is not an issue with the original file.

Thanks anyway!

[t1ger]

Well, my file was only 800 mb, not larger than 4 gigs at all, and was recognized by the playstation but shown as unsupported format. The 4 gig size limit has nothing to do with the playstation's ability to recognize files, it's simply a limitation of the FAT32 file storage format which is the only format the playstation will recognize in a usb drive. There are ways around this, the most common being the use of a media server.

I don't know what caused the problem I had, but I got around it by editing the source x264 video stream to appear to be high profile 4.1, rather than 5.1, which apparently was causing the incompatibility issue with my original file. So in the end I didn't need to reencode the video after all, and whatever issue the ps3 had with the mp4 I had encoded is not an issue with the original file.

Thanks anyway!

Yes
PS3 do only suport highlevel upp to 4.1.
There is/has been filesize limmit on mp4 to 4GB also on internal HD and streaming.

[ps3hacker]

The Ps3 does not have a file size limit for internal harddrive. I can transfer a 20 Gig .m2ts file to it (renamed as mp4) and it will play it. Only problem is no fast forward or rewind after 4 gig or it goes back to the end of the 4 gig file limit in the movie. But if you leave it alone, the movie will play.

[t1ger]

The Ps3 does not have a file size limit for internal harddrive. I can transfer a 20 Gig .m2ts file to it (renamed as mp4) and it will play it. Only problem is no fast forward or rewind after 4 gig or it goes back to the end of the 4 gig file limit in the movie. But if you leave it alone, the movie will play.

Read first.

The PS3 HAVE a Size problem regarding mp4.
IF YOU rename a m2ts to mp4, Its still no mp4 file.
There is no filize limit regading m2ts mpeg2 in ps/vob,
H264 in ps/vob.
even if you rename the mp4 to wathever it has the filesize issue. Its not a filename issue.

[ps3hacker]

My 4.4 gig mp4 version of Heroes plays fine. Yes MP4. So no ps3 does not have problems with over 4 gig files. Its probably the way you encode them.

[t1ger]

My 4.4 gig mp4 version of Heroes plays fine. Yes MP4. So no ps3 does not have problems with over 4 gig files. Its probably the way you encode them.

Good, if you have been able to solve the 4gb size limit, Please explain how you did it in this thread, many people are interested.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=120627&highlight=4gb

[XMEN3]

Limit is something between
6,83 GB (7.343.139.169 byte) works
7,63 GB (8.023.xxx.xxx byte) doesnt work

Using MP4Box_0.4.6-DEV-1(2009-09-26)

[Sharktooth]

the problem is probably mp4box...