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PS3 Media Server

SoulAssassin

SoulAssassin

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Just picked up a slim the other day and lovin it. Installed PS3 Media Server on my desktop and streaming video/audio to the PS3 with no problems. Watched the, uhh, trailer for District 9 on the PS3 on my tv and it looked pretty decent. I'm really impressed...this is what the Media Manager DVR I have from Verizon is supposed to do but that thing sucks. So far this has played everything I've thrown at it though straight .vob files from a DVD have caused from frame drops...I think I'm going to have to run some cat 6. Oh and it's free under the GPL.


http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/

PS3 Media Server is a DLNA compliant Upnp Media Server for the PS3, written in Java, with the purpose of streaming or transcoding any kind of media files, with minimum configuration. It's backed up with the powerful Mplayer/FFmpeg packages.
Current features

* Ready to launch and play. No codec packs to install. No folder configuration and pre-parsing or this kind of annoying thing. All your folders are directly browsed by the PS3, there's an automatic refresh also.
* Real-time video transcoding of MKV/FLV/OGM/AVI, etc.
* Direct streaming of DTS / DTS-HD core to the receiver
* Remux H264/MPEG2 video and all audio tracks to AC3/DTS/LPCM in real time with tsMuxer when H264 is PS3/Level4.1 compliant
* Full seeking support when transcoding
* DVD ISOs images / VIDEO_TS Folder transcoder
* OGG/FLAC/MPC/APE audio transcoding
* Thumbnail generation for Videos
* You can choose with a virtual folder system your audio/subtitle language on the PS3!
* Simple streaming of formats PS3 natively supports: MP3/JPG/PNG/GIF/TIFF, all kind of videos (AVI, MP4, TS, M2TS, MPEG)
* Display camera RAWs thumbnails (Canon / Nikon, etc.)
* ZIP/RAR files as browsable folders
* Support for pictures based feeds, such as Flickr and Picasaweb
* Internet TV / Web Radio support with VLC, MEncoder or MPlayer
* Podcasts audio/ Video feeds support
* Basic Xbox360 support
* FLAC 96kHz/24bits/5.1 support
* Windows Only: DVR-MS remuxer and AviSynth alternative transcoder support
 
I used it to stream a couple of tv show episodes to my 360 and it worked fine. I haven't played around with it too much though.
 
Has anyone done a comparison between the audio quality between a streaming ISO via PS3Mediaserver and the real deal? To me, the sounds sound like they are of lower quality.
 
Originally posted by: energydan
I used it to stream a couple of tv show episodes to my 360 and it worked fine. I haven't played around with it too much though.
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Does anyone know if the ISO functionality is supported on the 360? On their site, it says "basic" Xbox 360 support, so I was wondering where the line was drawn.
 
I've been using TVersity. I tried PS3 Media Server briefly to see if it would fix the problem my PS3 was having with connecting to my media server, but it didn't, so I switched back. I keep hearing that PS3 Media Server is better, but I haven't heard why.
 
Originally posted by: mugs
I've been using TVersity. I tried PS3 Media Server briefly to see if it would fix the problem my PS3 was having with connecting to my media server, but it didn't, so I switched back. I keep hearing that PS3 Media Server is better, but I haven't heard why.
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What issues? I'm asking because I have a friend that uses TVersity and he has issues as well. He will be watching a movie and then suddenly the movie will stop for a few seconds and then start playing again. Almost like you would expect to see when a movie has to buffer except he's using a gigabit LAN and shouldn't be seeing anything like that. OTOH, when I use TVersity it works flawlessly. We haven't been able to track down the problem.
 
I love this app, I was using TVersity, which honestly is a hog and takes way more configuration than it should, not to mention additional codec installs, etc. PS3 Media Server is just install and run, I haven't had any issues with it.

Also, you can download the latest build from here. I think the one on the main page is pretty outdated, the latest build is a lot nicer and will actually into as a service under 64-bit operating systems, which I don't believe the latest "official" release will.
 
Originally posted by: Thraxen
Originally posted by: mugs
I've been using TVersity. I tried PS3 Media Server briefly to see if it would fix the problem my PS3 was having with connecting to my media server, but it didn't, so I switched back. I keep hearing that PS3 Media Server is better, but I haven't heard why.
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What issues? I'm asking because I have a friend that uses TVersity and he has issues as well. He will be watching a movie and then suddenly the movie will stop for a few seconds and then start playing again. Almost like you would expect to see when a movie has to buffer except he's using a gigabit LAN and shouldn't be seeing anything like that. OTOH, when I use TVersity it works flawlessly. We haven't been able to track down the problem.
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Yeah, that would happen to me sometimes. Sometimes it just wouldn't connect at all. I replaced my WRT54G with a Buffalo router with Tomato firmware, and it worked flawlessly after that.

Then we have a power outage that somehow screwed up my router and my media server. I could still connect to the router wirelessly, but it wasn't routing or switching or doing anything it should do, and I couldn't get to the admin page. 😕 I've been meaning to try re-installing Tomato on it, but for now I'm back to my WRT54G and watching DVDs on my PS3.

First thing your friend should try is hooking up the PS3 with an Ethernet cable to establish whether the issue he's having is specific to wireless.
 
Originally posted by: mugs
First thing your friend should try is hooking up the PS3 with an Ethernet cable to establish whether the issue he's having is specific to wireless.
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That's the thing, he's not on wireless. His connection goes like this (all wired): PC -> Dlink Router -> Linksys Switch -> PS3. It's gigabit speed at every step. What makes it especially frustrating is that he has the exact same model of router that I have and the hops been his PC and PS3 are virtually identical. The only difference is that my switch is a Dlink rather than Linksys. I have no issues at all. His issues come and go. He may not have any problems for a few days and then suddenly it will pause several times during one movie.
 
Originally posted by: mugs
I've been using TVersity. I tried PS3 Media Server briefly to see if it would fix the problem my PS3 was having with connecting to my media server, but it didn't, so I switched back. I keep hearing that PS3 Media Server is better, but I haven't heard why.
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I had the direct opposite experience. I used to have tversity for streaming, but it suddenly stop working for no reason at all. I find the program bloated, forced to configure settings. Then I switched to PS3 media server and things just work right outta the box. You don't need to google for instructions on how to setup the program because it's not required. It loads faster and connects with the PS3 faster. That's my experience.

I'm using the Linksys GL model router with DD-WRT firmware.
 
Yes.

Thats what I use as well.

I also use Play On! to stream Hulu to my PS3 and they're now claiming to provide this same function, though I can't get it working well with deep folder levels.
 
Originally posted by: Baked
Yes, it's a simple program that gets the job done. I like it a lot better than tversity.
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I had to restart the TVersity service way too often. I don't have that issue with PS3MS. Seems to handle various media types better as well.
 
Originally posted by: blanghorst
Originally posted by: energydan
I used it to stream a couple of tv show episodes to my 360 and it worked fine. I haven't played around with it too much though.
Click to expand...

Does anyone know if the ISO functionality is supported on the 360? On their site, it says "basic" Xbox 360 support, so I was wondering where the line was drawn.
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Yes, I'm also wondering how the 360 support is. TVersity was a friggen maze to setup.
And I'm sick of pre-converting my MKVs to MP4 only to find the audio is screwed or something.
 
PS3MS really just works well, even with little to no config. The only thing I tweaked was setting video quality to loseless, DTS pass through, turned off eng subs (mkvs with subs), and set specific share directories instead of every folder. But even after just installing the software everything worked.
 
I was gonna get a second PS3 (slim) this weekend mostly for streaming and blu ray (and I've already got a 360). Problem with PS3 and 360 and media streaming is that they both still use the old 802.11g standard.....so I got an lg bd390 blu ray player that uses 802.11n (recently switched to an 'n' router too).
 
Originally posted by: RedRooster
Originally posted by: blanghorst
Originally posted by: energydan
I used it to stream a couple of tv show episodes to my 360 and it worked fine. I haven't played around with it too much though.
Click to expand...

Does anyone know if the ISO functionality is supported on the 360? On their site, it says "basic" Xbox 360 support, so I was wondering where the line was drawn.
Click to expand...

Yes, I'm also wondering how the 360 support is. TVersity was a friggen maze to setup.
And I'm sick of pre-converting my MKVs to MP4 only to find the audio is screwed or something.
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Yeah, I don't miss that at all. Honestly, trying it out is probably less work than asking questions here, it's very small and easy to set up 🙂
 
I use PS3 Media Server. It's pretty basic compared to something like TVersity but it's one of the only freeware programs that runs on PowerPC. Unfortunately I'm limited to 100mbps ethernet. I find it hangs when I try to fast forward or rewind through VOB files and MPEGs, more with the former. I'm not sure where the issue is on the network, the software, or the PS3 itself. Probably the next server I build would be an Atom dual core based setup with gigabit eithernet.
 
I really like PS3 Media Server. I used it for about 6 months until I got my HTPC hooked up. Now I have no need for it.

I also tried TVersity and much prefer PS3 Media Server.
 
Interesting thread, I'm going to try this tonight and see how it goes. I was looking for an alternative to copying movies to an external HD and this seems to be the perfect solution.
 
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