Streaming video to PS3 or xbox 360

[alanwest09872]

I used to be a huge fan of tversity. That is till I read a post about PS3 media server. It works with all formats including iso. I hope this helps some people out. Its really easy to use and you only need one codec you can install more but my system didnt need them.

So if anyone is having issues streaming video to a ps3 or xbox 360 try http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/ out and let me know what you think.

You can download the software right from there. Theres forums for help

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I used to be a huge fan of tversity. That is till I read a post about PS3 media server. It works with all formats including iso. I hope this helps some people out. Its really easy to use and you only need one codec you can install more but my system didnt need them.

So if anyone is having issues streaming video to a ps3 or xbox 360 try http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/ out and let me know what you think.

You can download the software right from there. Theres forums for help

It works great for me, with one problem. I have all my DVDs stored as ISO files on my server. PS3 Media Server streamed them perfectly to my PS3 but had major A/V sync issues with the Xbox. I finally found a fix for the Xbox, which was to add some options in the MEncoder custom settings. It now streams ISOs to the Xbox perfectly, but now the issue is that it won't work with the PS3 as long as I have those options in the MEncoder custom settings.

Kind of frustrating, but not the end of the world.

 

[SoulAssassin]

R

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=322136&highlight=

 

[PieIsAwesome]

I just use windows media connect so that no encoding takes place.

 

[smackababy]

Windows Media Connect doesn't work with all types of files. I have a bunch of 1080p movies in .mkv format, which is unsupported by the Xbox360.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

Windows Media Connect doesn't work with all types of files. I have a bunch of 1080p movies in .mkv format, which is unsupported by the Xbox360.

I extract the h264 video, the audio (and convert it to 2 channel AAC if necessary) then remux everything into an mp4 file.

I wish the 360 would support mkv files natively though, without having to remux or encode.

 

[Sahakiel]

I extract the h264 video, the audio (and convert it to 2 channel AAC if necessary) then remux everything into an mp4 file.

I wish the 360 would support mkv files natively though, without having to remux or encode.

I'm curious as to which tools you use. I usually use a mpeg transport stream because I haven't found a reliable, simple, workflow for mp4.

 

[RedRooster]

Doesn't everyone use XenonMKV now?

 

[PieIsAwesome]

Doesn't everyone use XenonMKV now?

Yep I mostly use this. But before that I used mediacoder audio edition to convert audio (and also to extract it I think) to 2 channel AAC, and I believe mkvextract to extract the h264 video, and finally yamb to make the mp4 file using the extracted/converted audio and extracted h264 video.

 

[onlyCOpunk]

I just use Vuze, it's pretty painless.

 

[Queasy]

I wish the 360 would support mkv files natively though, without having to remux or encode.

Windows 7 media center is supposed to support mkv.

 

[smackababy]

Windows 7 might, I can check, but the Xbox360 doesn't. Besides, why bother with WMC when I can use VLC to watch them?

 

[Sahakiel]

Windows 7 might, I can check, but the Xbox360 doesn't. Besides, why bother with WMC when I can use VLC to watch them?

I'm guessing it's because using VLC would require keyboard/mouse.

 

[smackababy]

I suppose for HTPC that would be a turn off. I'm sure there could be some sort of plug-in though.

 

[alanwest09872]

ps3 media connect does everything for you. it plays almost all the main codecs including mkv and iso images. Also which is really nice if you have saround sound you can get DTS or dobly digital 7.1. I really like using it just because how easy it is to use.



All the filess that ps3 media player plays. I copy and pasted from there program

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 via MEncoder, tsMuxer or Avisynth
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!
All formats PS3 natively supports: MP3/WMA, JPG/PNG/GIF/TIFF, and all kind of videos (AVI, MP4, TS, M2TS, MPEG) the ps3 is willing to play
Display camera RAWs thumbnails (Canon / Nikon, etc.)
ZIP/RAR files as browsable folders for pictures/audio files
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

Windows/Linux Only:

Lossless 5.1 PCM transcoding with DTS movies
Remux video and remux/reencode all audio tracks to AC3/PCM in real time with tsMuxer
FLAC 96kHz/24bits/5.1 support


By default, wmv, avi, mpg/ts/m2ts files are streamable, except in case of srt/sub file present with the same file name.
All videos can be transcoded, as each streamable video appears once into its folder, and once into
a special folder "#Transcoded#" present in each sub folder, with different options (audio/subtitles/other transcoding tools maybe)
so you can choose what's working best on ps3. For the audio part, only ogg, flac, mpc audio files and such can be transcoded:
You can however force or skip transcode for specific file extensions (check the transcode settings panel)

 

[arod]

Windows 7 media center is supposed to support mkv.

http://labs.divx.com/mkvwin7preview

It works with most mkv's but there are still some it doesnt work with properly.