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PlayStation 3 complete format support list

Hard media:

• BD-ROM
• BD-R
• BD-RE
• DVD-ROM
• DVD-R
• DVD-RW
• DVD+R
• DVD+RW
• CD-ROM
• CD-R
• CD-RW
• Super Audio CD

Video:

• DivX (2.10 update, 2.20 update if file > 2GB)
• MPEG-1
• MPEG-2 (PS,TS)
• MEPG-4 AVC (H.264)
• MPEG-4 SP
• VC-1 (2.10 update)
• XviD (2.10 update, 2.20 update if file > 2GB)

Audio:

• ATRAC
• AAC (Dolby support out of box, DTS 2.30 update)
• MP3
• WAV

Image:

• JPEG
• GIF
• PNG
• TIFF
• BMP

List is current as of April 15, 2008 after 2.30 update. Most importantly all the Blu-ray codecs are now supported. Although DTS-HD is not a required codec but it’s nice that Sony decided to include it.

The BD-ROM specification mandates certain codec compatibilities for both hardware decoders (players) and the movie-software (content). For video, all players are required to support MPEG-2, H.264/AVC, and SMPTE VC-1. For audio, BD-ROM players are required to support Dolby Digital AC-3, DTS, and linear PCM. Players may optionally support Dolby Digital Plus, and lossless formats Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD.

As far as alternative formats go, OGG, PDF and Matroska are still missing. I personally would love to see Matroska support as I would then stop transcoding these damn .mkv files into MPEG-2 TS to play on the PS3.

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