AVCHD Manager: Quickly set default AVCHD folder on external drive

[deank]

A quick note for PS3 owners who jailbroke their consoles :)

The latest version of the "Comgenie's Awsome FileManager" application allows renaming of folders/files directly off the external USB HDD. There is no need to detach the HDD from the PS3 and plug it in the PC to do the rename now.

Dean

[deank]

My OBM mode got the AVCHD support, so it will be possible to change the active AVCHD folder off a USB HDD directly from the PS3 XMB.

http://ps3.deanbg.com/ps3/DSC00190_sm.JPG

http://ps3.deanbg.com/ps3/DSC00191_sm.JPG

[Cela]

Hi Dean,

your last two posts here look very promising. But to me, a humble person from this planet, these posts also are like messages from outer space: absolutely incomprehensible. :confused:

So far, at the PC I just select the named AVCHD on the USB disk which I want to watch, rename it with AVCHDManager. Switch on the PS3. Plug that USB-disk into the PS3 and watch the preselected AVCHD. Then switch off the PS3 and unplug the USB disk. - That, switch PS3 on/off, plug/unplag USB disk, play the AVCHD, also is a complete summary of my very limited PS3 system and operating knowledge.

Now you will know what I will need to learn to know:
Where and how to install "Comgenie's Awsome FileManager" application? I managed to google for a download link. But then, how to start and use it?
How to get into your OBM mode? What is OBM mode? Need it be installed? etc.

Is there anywhere some reading (guide, tutorial, etc.) which would help a noob like me to learn what's going on? And more important, what he should do to get enabled to enjoy your OBM mode?

Cela

[deank]

To do all this you need a PS3 console with firmware 3.41, a small special USB device which 'unlocks' some PS3 features. Then you can install applications on your PS3.

[jenko]

Finally managed to backup a bluray movie on to an external HDD, using tsmuxer. Other posts suggest that when the usb folder and AVCHD folder are located all you do is press X on the PS3 controller and the movie starts, this does not happen to me.
I have to locate the chapters within the AVCHD folder and select a chapter to start that chapter, but when that chapters is ended the PS goes into pause mode and stays there.It will not play chapters
in a continuous manner. What can I be doing incorrectly?
Each chapter works fine but I have to return back to the start displaying the movie stream then select the next chapter which again stops at the end of that chapter.
Any ideas would be appreciated.

[setarip_old]

@jenko

Hi!

It sounds like you've managed to create separate TITLES rather than separate CHAPTERS...

[jenko]

Yes it does appear that I have created titles not chapters, is there some where in the muxing procedure that maybe I have missed?

[jenko]

I note that "musicman 2311" Jan2009 had the same problem as me,where the clips are split into 5- 4 Gb chapters or titles or what ever, the reply he got from idbirch 2 was "read the guide a few posts up", musicman 2311 replies "got it", sorry I am new to this and I don't get it. Can someone please explain in plain english how or more to the point where within the guides is the solution of combining all 5 clips into one so they will play as a continuous clip. Thanks all.

[idbirch2]

Hi jenko,

The guide does cover everything in detail so all I can offer is re-wording of what's already there. You must remux your movie using the AVCHD option in TSMuxer with 4GB split points. Your movie must be on a FAT32 formatted hard disk and the active movie must be in folder called AVCHD on the root of the USB drive so folder structure should be X:\AVCHD\BDMV\etc where X: is your drive letter.

The filenames must be in the 8.3 format so inside your BDMV\STREAM folder, files should be named 00001.MTS, 00002.MTS etc. If you are seeing 00001.m2ts, 00002.m2ts, that would explain your problem, if that is the case, you just need to click "AVCHDMe" in AVCHDManager to rename the files to the correct format.

[jenko]

Thank you idbirch2
Your re-wording made me recognize the problem,you said you must remux using AVCHD option which if you look at the guide I had using tsmuxer gui v1.8.8 there is no avchd disc option there, the guide says, blah blah "then press create to bluray", this I have been doing and running into problems. With tsmuxer gui v.1.10.6 there is an output option to select AVCHD disc, this I did and the movie now plays from chapter through chapter no problem.
Using the working method I find the PSP now gives the option of "play all" which did not appear before as I had to open the streams which appears as separate chapter and would play until that chapter ended then PSP would pause.
Thank you for you assistance and if I may be so rude as to suggest that this guides be update for more current versions of the software that is required including Win 7 stuff. Thanks again. Jenko:thanks:

[idbirch2]

Ah yes, you're right, I neglected to update the guide post since the AVCHD option appeared in TSMuxer. I've fixed that now, thanks for pointing it out.

[jenko]

I have downloaded the "Comgenies Awsome Filemanager" apps and found that the 10Mb file is a .pkg format that please correct me if I am wrong but this a file type suited to Mac OS or Linux? cannot open it or use it. Any comments please Deank

[idbirch2]

Not heard of that particular one but it will be one of the many file managers released for the PS3. pkg files can be installed from a usb device on a jailbroken PS3. Hit the PS3 forums for help in that regard.

[jenko]

Ok will have a look around the forum, below is the post from "deank"
who seems a very switched on guy, What I am attempting to to achieve is ahange AVCHD default through the PS3 so I don't have to keep detaching the external HDD to do this, apparently it can be achieved with this file manager?

A quick note for PS3 owners who jailbroke their consoles

The latest version of the "Comgenie's Awsome FileManager" application allows renaming of folders/files directly off the external USB HDD. There is no need to detach the HDD from the PS3 and plug it in the PC to do the rename now.

Dean

[idbirch2]

Yes, you can do that with Dean's file manager, here's a link to it:

PS3News thread (http://www.ps3news.com/forums/ps3-hacks/avchd-game-file-manager-mod-obm-dean-114315.html)

You'll need to jailbreak your PS3 first of course.

[jenko]

I assume the plug in chip that is USB into the PS3 is what is called "jailed brake" I got mine in Thailand ?

[idbirch2]

Yes, a jailbroken PS3 currently involves a USB device programmed with specific code, there's no way for me to tell if yours is set up correctly of if your PS3 is jailbreakable, as I keep saying, head over to some PS3 specific sites for that side of the problem, this isn't the place.

[alice82bill83]

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