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Instead of buying a Western Digital HD TV Live for media playback off an external HDD, can I use my PS3 instead? Does the PS3 need any additional software and how does it handle the different audio formats?

I have my PS3 connected to my Denon AVR by HDMI for both audio and video.
 
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