playing movies from hd to ps3

I have a external HD that i store all my movies on and when i plug it into my ps3 it reads that the HD is there it just has nothen on it

do i need a NAS HD or just change the fromat of the files....... there all avi

just change the fromat of the files

do you know what format i need to change it to?????

No dont do that go to your external hardrive in the video section on the ps3 press triangle and display all and all the folders on your hardrive will come up and press on the folder your videos are in and they will come up.

I have a western digital 1TB drive that I have connected with my movies and all I have ever had to do is connect it to the ps3 than as was said above goto the drive and hit triangle than your folders will appear. Never had any issues with any of them not playing. But there are several on demand recoders that you can get if any of them give you an issue where it will re encode as you play.

Carpe