The rumors were right. PS3 firmware 2.1 is released. Features:
- Blu-Ray 1.1 Support. This supports Picture-in-Picture and other enhancements
- Support for DivX and VC-1 WMV movies.
- Voice changer
From the comments:
(Sporty) Videos now properly show thumbnails.
(alisound) Xvid/.avi works. Older .wmv files don’t.
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#1 by MrAkai on December 18th, 2007
just a “Second” to alisound. Xvid encoded with mencoder runs really quite well.
I just wish they’d add support for ATSC MPEG2 video + AC3 audio from a media server.
I have a mythtv box and I’d love to use the PS3 to play back video from it but it only plays the video, not the audio.
#2 by Segitz on December 18th, 2007 [ 1450 Points ]
So,
I don’t get Sony with this. Why didn’t they announce this? It is one week before Xmas and they do not announce the new FW beforehand? Divx is a really nice feature and should have been advertised!! Why didn’t they?
#3 by Mal on December 18th, 2007
Where the hell did that Earth visualisation come from? Played some Arcade Fire this morning and was treated to a stunning sunrise! Great Stuff, was this new with 2.10?
#4 by p3ngu on December 18th, 2007
Yeah the Earth thingy is new in 2.10. Still haven’t seen a complete list of all (small) updates that are included…
Cool though
#5 by Emrah on December 18th, 2007
I am guessing we can’t load subtitles for our divx movies?
#6 by Tosh on December 18th, 2007 [ 87421 Points ]
Some guys over at onAXIS found some hidden changes:
Hidden Change #1: When you launch your browser, the background stays as your XMB background.
Hidden Change #2: Movie icon motions now work when they are categorized into folders.
Hidden Change #3: Space images were added to the music visual player. (like Mal mentioned in the comments above)
Hidden Change #4: A commenter reports that you can now play PSone games on the PS3 HDD through remote play with your PSP.
#7 by Eddie on December 18th, 2007 [ 37586 Points ]
There are a few Divx files or Xvid that don’t work. Like I can play Naruto Shippuuden from Dattebayo..but Bleach will not play.
#8 by chrysostom on December 18th, 2007 [ 830 Points ]
I wonder why we have the 2G limitation and does it apply to both WMV files and DivX files?
#9 by Segitz on December 18th, 2007 [ 1450 Points ]
The 2GB file size limit is something not too odd, I find. There are certain filesystems, that have problems handling big files (most notably Fat16 and 32, but also ISO9660 etc.)
#10 by chrysostom on December 18th, 2007 [ 830 Points ]
Segitz, the PS3 is supposed to have the next gen OS… and the 2G file size limit is just so 2004-ish..
#11 by bunnyhero on December 18th, 2007 [ 1850 Points ]
the file size limit is weird, especially since FAT32 can handle 4GB files.
going to download the update now!
#12 by Tosh on December 18th, 2007 [ 87421 Points ]
I hear you can download stuff directly from http://www.stage6.com/ to your PS3 to view
#13 by johnlobo on December 18th, 2007
It seems for what I’ve read in a Spanish forum (http://www.elotrolado.net/hilo_Actualizacion-2-10-dia-18–12-07_910754?pagenumber=3) that the 2G limitation is due to the kind of divx license acquired by Sony.
#14 by Papo on December 26th, 2007
who cares about the 2.0GB limit. this can handle this!
http://www.spymac.com/details/?2316383