It is an undoubtedly true fact that the PlayStation 5 is the best next-generation gaming console ever made. And did you know that you can record and transfer game files from your PS5 to your PC as well?
Yes, it is possible through a USB Drive. If you want to go ahead and transfer large volumes of data from your PS5 over to your PC, the best way to do that without losing the video clips quality is with a USB stick.
Here are the detailed steps using which you can transfer your video clips from your PlayStation 5 to four PC –
TRANSFER FROM PLAYSTATION 5 TO THE USB DRIVE
Follow the below steps to transfer the files from your PS5 to the USB Drive –
- The first thing you got to do is to plug in the USB Drive to the front slot of your PS5.
- Now that your USB device is plugged in, go and locate the media gallery.
- If you do not find your USB device under the media gallery section, scroll over to the game library.
- Next, tab over to install by using R1. Then you should be able to find your device under the installed section.
- If you do not find the device under this section as well, press and hold down the share button. Then go over to your most recent video clips and select any clip you want to share. This will open up the media gallery.
- Now with your USB stick plugged in, you can easily transfer the videos. First, go on to the left side of the screen to Sort By, and select Data Added – New to Old. As an alternative, you can go by your games specifically by going over to the albums.
- In the albums folder, select the game whose video clips you want to transfer. Click on it.
- Press the options on the video clip you want to transfer. From the options available, click on Copy to USB Drive.
- You can also select multiple clips at the same time. For this, go to the left side of the screen and select Select Multiple. After this, you can select more than one video clip.
- Next, go down to the three little dots on the down right corner of the screen and click on them. From the options available, select Copy to USB Drive. Finally, click on Copy.
- Remember that if you have a USB 3.0 stick, the files will be transferred faster than other ones.
- Now in your USB Drive, the copied files will be present under the PlayStation 5 folder. So press Ok on the screen and remove your USB stick from the PlayStation.
TRANSFER TO PC FROM THE USB DRIVE
Follow the below steps to transfer the files from the USB drive to the PC –
- First of all, insert the USB Drive in the USB slot on your PC. After this, if the Files Explorer does not pop open automatically, go to the bottom left side of the screen of hour PC to the taskbar. The Files Explorer will be located right there.
- Next, right-click on it and then go to Files Explorer. It should pop open then.
- You can next go down to ‘This PC’ and you should be able to find your USB stick in there. Click on it.
- Next, locate the PS5 folder. Then go to Create, and then go to video clips. There you can find the game you went ahead and copied over. You should be able to find your video clips in there.
Now, go to the bottom right side of the screen. Then go from the list to the thumbnails and images. Then you should be able to see the thumbnail for your video clip in there. If you double click on a video, it should pop open!
- Next, you can take these files and transform them over to your video editor or upload them straight to YouTube.
These were the steps using which you can transfer your PS5 clips on a PC using a USB Stick. Follow Digi Statement for more such tips, tricks and guides.
