How to save ps3 replays to my tablet?

[Loco4tokin]

I don't have a flash drive and I am trying to apply for the gtp wrs series. I am trying to save the replays from my ps3 to my nexus 7 so I can submit them online. When I plug the tablet into the ps3 it shows up as a media device and I can't save anything to it. The only option I get to save the replays to is the PlayStation plus. Is what i'm asking possible? If so how would I go about getting it done?

 

[Ameer67]

I don't know if it is possible. I know you can do it with an iPod.

 

[Loco4tokin]

I guess I need to invest in a flash drive then. It just seems stupid to me that it recognizes my tablet but I cant save anything to it.

 

[Ameer67]

I guess I need to invest in a flash drive then. It just seems stupid to me that it recognizes my tablet but I cant save anything to it.

They're not that expensive really. You can get a 16GB for $10 on Amazon.

 

[Sanji Himura]

I know that you can use the tablet to put items ON the PS3, but try this to take things off the PS3. I know that this process works because I have a LG Optimus S cell that I used as a flash drive when my flash disk was destroyed. Note: this process might be reliant on a SD card, so it might not even work at all.

1. Connect your device to your PC and let it detect it as a spare hard disk.

2. In the root directory of your storage, create a folder simply labeled "PS3". Open it.

3. Create another folder called "VIDEO"(if you want videos), "MUSIC"(for music files), and "EXPORT"(if you plan on importing any game saves for your PS1 games(in which case, you need to create a sub-folder in your export folder called "PSV").

4. Disconnect your device from your PC and connect it to your PS3. It should detect it as an external drive. If not, then the device is no longer compatible because of update 2.50, which eliminated compatibility for most external drives.

If the device is detected:

5. Go into your video directory to the video that you wish to copy and press triangle. It will give you an option to copy the file to your external device. Do so.

6. Once the process is complete, remove the device and reconnect it to the PC. The video file in question should be somewhere in the PS3 folder, if not in the VIDEO folder.

7. You're done.

 

[turbolefty78]

I don't have a flash drive and I am trying to apply for the gtp wrs series. I am trying to save the replays from my ps3 to my nexus 7 so I can submit them online. When I plug the tablet into the ps3 it shows up as a media device and I can't save anything to it. The only option I get to save the replays to is the PlayStation plus. Is what i'm asking possible? If so how would I go about getting it done?

GT5 replays aren't able to played outside of the game. That replay data that you click on in the game is only a set of rendering instructions for the ps3 to use to play back the saved replay. It's not coded as a video of any sort, such as .mp4, .wma, .mov and so on. About the only way people have been able to get replays out of the game is to record them with some sort of cam from the tv screen as it's playing back. There are vid capture cards that can be installed and used if you choose to go that route. I don't have any experience with those.
Additionally, this has been asked and answered elsewhere in the forums, I do not recall the exact location at the moment(6:23am).

 

[Sanji Himura]

Best video capture card that I know of:

Order Here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B2IZ3B0/?tag=gtplanet-20

See it in action:

 

[daan]

Those last 2 responses, whilst technically accurate, are irrelevant to the question.

 

[Sanji Himura]

Those last 2 responses, whilst technically accurate, are irrelevant to the question.

Sorry if this appears to be griping you out. It isn't. I just wrote this at 5:20am local time after an all nighter, so it lacks any form at all in cohesion. I will correct once I get some decent sleep.

The problem is that there is no real way to answer the question. As I stated in my first post, firmware update 2.50 bricked, for lack of a better term, "Unauthorized" drives for use as storage in the PS3. Now, I will be the first to admit that I don't know why they blocked the drives, but what I am saying is that finding compatible drives is real hit and miss.

As I have stated earlier, I have a LG Optimus S that I use for most PS3 storage, and it works for me. By that, I mean that it is detected by the PS3 as a storage device, and I can transfer files in and out of the PS3 with little difficulty.

What is the problem then? (@Loco4tokin you might want to pay attention to this.) The device in question (the Nexus 7) does not support a SD card, so that may be a critical factor in the PS3 reading it or not. I simply don't own the device to effectively answer the question. All I told him in the first post was that android devices can act as external storage if he preps the drive first, that's it and that's all I really wanted to tell him.

@turbolefty78 is correct in the fact that doing a direct transfer from the game to the tablet then to youtube would corrupt the quality of the video(if it works at all). He is also correct in saying that replays must be interpreted by the game, as all a replay file is that it is program code being interpreted by the game to give you a video. A very glaring example is when you go and put Project M(a popular Brawl hack) replay data into regular Brawl and view it. Sure, you are going to get the characters, and quite possibly the stage right, but beyond when that announcer says fight, it all breaks loose as the replay file that you logged in Project M is simply a record of all the inputs that you entered during that match.

 

[daan]

All I meant was that capturing the video is irrelevant to sending in the replay for WRS verification.

 

[turbolefty78]

I got that. Yet, if he cannot capture the replays, how is he to send them in? If attacked from that angle, it's perfectly relevant. However, I did make an assumption in my initial response that the OP was attempting to grab GT5 replays, but nowhere in his post does it say that is the case. If it is indeed what he is trying to do, it won't work for the reasons stated. Again, perfectly relevant.
If he is not trying to grab replays from GT5, then I must retract my earlier statements.
Loco4tokin, what say you?

 

[Sanji Himura]

I agree that further information is needed. I too, made the assumption in the first two posts that the files in question were video files, but that still doesn't excuse the fact that certain android devices will work with the PS3 and others could not. This could possibly be that a SD card is needed to make the whole thing work.

 

[daan]

He is looking to submit his replay files to the WRS.

I don't have a flash drive and I am trying to apply for the gtp wrs series. I am trying to save the replays from my ps3 to my nexus 7 so I can submit them online.

The WRS rules state

Save your best lap ghost replay from both parts of the qualifier as they will be required for all submissions without exception.

and

Drivers' submitted replays will be used to verify times and confirm compliance with all qualifier regulations including course and car options, driving aids and track boundaries.

Verification will include manual inspection within the game replay system (and upcoming data analyzer) as well as automated analysis utilizing WRS admin tools.

Replays will be archived permanently and the admins reserve the right to review replays repeatedly in the future (as tools are enhanced) and impose disciplinary action should anything non-compliant be discovered. There is no statute of limitations for skirting the rules.

They require the replay. Sending in the replay as a video is not allowed.

 

[turbolefty78]

Now I finally understand what's happening. I was unaware that for the process of verification that the original replay file was needed. I took it that the OP just needed to get the replay of his run to his Nexus somehow so he could transfer it and view it outside of the GT5 atmosphere.
So it's right back to what Ameer67 said. OP needs to buy or borrow a flash drive. They really are inexpensive and are so readily available I should think a friend of his would let him borrow one for the time being if need be. A small 4Gb one would be about $5.00 US.
Thanks daan, and apologies for being thick headed.

 

[Bluntified]

You can't use and Android device with Jelly Bean (4.1+) as a "mass storage device". It has nothing to do with having a memory card (SD) or not but rather the option being disabled in later versions. Android now uses a media transfer protocol to send files so it can only send and receive supported file types (.mp3, .mp4 etc.) unless you're transferring connected to a PC.

If you have a version of Android lower than 4.1, it will work fine on the PS3.

I know this info is a bit late, but I wrote this in hopes of future readers seeing this and clear up some confusion.