Need help setting up PS3 to stream media

[Schfifty Five]

I'm having some trouble setting up my PS3 as a media server.

Specifically, I can't get my PC to see the PS3 in WMP11 and thus, can't "allow" the PS3 to access the shared media.

I have the PS3 hardwired and have enabled the media server in the network settings.

In WMP11 I clicked the share media, but there's nothing listed.

I've rebooted everything.

For the most part, I think I have all the settings correct, but it just won't detect somewhere.

Any ideas what would be the problem?

Thanks.

 

[Schfifty Five]

I've narrowed it down to my PC having the issues as my PS3 shows up ok on my laptop.

Argh, this is frustrating.

 

[Schfifty Five]

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[mlm]

The PS3 can't act as the server--it can only act as the receiver. What you did by "enabling it" was allow it to communicate with other DLNA servers.

 

[Muadib]

mlm is correct.

Since your PS3 sees your laptop, and not your desktop, I'm betting that it's a firewall issue on your desktop. Do you have one installed? If so, turn it off, and then see if your PS3 will see the desktop.

 

[Schfifty Five]

Yeah, I realized it was my PC.

Did some googling and finally found that it was a corrupted DRM folder that I had to delete. Apparently it was a very common problem.

All is well now. Thanks.

 

[sammyunltd]

I don't want to hijack your thread there.

I've been wondering. If I have a movie or a TV show on my laptop, can I see it via on my TV (via PS3)? Was that what you asked for?

 

[sammyunltd]

Actually.. it works now. Can the PS3 read XviD?

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: sammyunltd
Actually.. it works now. Can the PS3 read XviD?

I'm pretty sure it will if you use Tversity. I've never seen an XviD file though, so I don't know for sure.

 

[mlm]

Originally posted by: sammyunltd
Actually.. it works now. Can the PS3 read XviD?

Yes. It's more picky about XviD than (properly encoded) DivX though.

 

[XBoxLPU]

Originally posted by: sammyunltd
Actually.. it works now. Can the PS3 read XviD?

My PS3 reads my Xvid files fine streamed via WMP11