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[bdawg923 (Max)]

If I want to watch .avi files on my PS3, do I have to burn them onto a DVD with something like DVD flick (which makes a watchable DVD) or could I just burn the files onto a DVD as data?

The PS3 is able to play DivX files so I think .avi files count. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[Ryan Wagner]

I think OldManDeath mentioned that he was playing AVI files on his PS3, and so maybe he'll chime in on this one.

[OldManDeath]

You can play DIVX AVI files on the PS3.  I have not tried playing them from a burned DVD.  I used to just hook up an external hard drive via USB, but now I just stream them from my computer using Windows Media Player 11.

There are other file types that the PS3 will play, but all my stuff is in AVI format.  Now it will not play all AVI files, but Super Video Converter will convert to PS3 format as well. 

I am really loving the PS3 as a media player.  I hardly play games at all on it, but I do play Blu-ray movies and AVI files.  It handles photo's really well too.

One thing to note...If you hook up a USB hard drive, you would think that when you select it in the menu, it would show the files.  However, it does not, it will say no files found.  You have to click the triangle button for options, then select display to see them

[bdawg923 (Max)]

The reason it doesn't show video files is because there has to be a hierarchy for the PS3 to recognize files. The first folder has to be PS3 and in that go the other folders like PHOTOS, MUSIC and I'm guessing VIDEO. If those folders contain the files, then the PS3 recognizes them.

The reason I ask is because I wanted to play quite a few video files on my TV and to put them on DVDs would be better for me since they would take up too much space on the hdd. I'm sure that burning them with a program like DVD Flick, which makes a playable DVD for any DVD player will work but that takes too long (it once took me like 10 hours to make a DVD) so I figured if I just burn the .avi files as data files and not with a DVD authoring program, it will take a lot less time and might still work.

[OldManDeath]

I have a 160 gig Iomega USB 2.0 portable hard drive that I hook up.  It works great and is not that expensive.