Help with streaming mp3s on PS3

Snax · 21 Jan 2010 at 14:10

This is officially driving me BONKERS!

I am running windows 7 on my PC and have a ps3 connected through my LAN (not wireless)

I share videos and music to the PS3 through windows media player.

The PS3 can see the media centre without problems and accesses movies from the two specified directories on my PC with no problems at all.

However, using the exact same method it is useless with my mp3s. I have set one folder with all its subdirectories as the windows media player library directory and if I delete everything (connections, permissions etc) the ps3 picks up the mp3 folder and accesses it.

As soon as i restart the ps3 or my PC, it comes back with "no tracks found" under music (videos still work without problems anjd if I go into music from the videos subsection of the ps3 taskbar, it finds all my mp3 folders and looks through them for videos).

Can anyone help me with this?

edit: i would rather not run other third party softwares because they either become another startup item or i need to remember to start them before turning on ps3 etc. with windows media centre, i can just turn on the pc and walk out of the room

One More Solo · 21 Jan 2010 at 15:41

I know you said no third party software, but PS3 Media Server is a doddle to setup, doesn't use a lot of background resources and has caused me no problems whatsoever for streaming mp3s. I recommend that.

orderoftheflame · 21 Jan 2010 at 15:55

One More Solo said:
I know you said no third party software, but PS3 Media Server is a doddle to setup, doesn't use a lot of background resources and has caused me no problems whatsoever for streaming mp3s. I recommend that.

Gotta agree with this.

It's really lightweight if your worried about resources, and a far better solution than using WMP.

Goldfingers · 21 Jan 2010 at 16:36

Can you connect the ps3 to the pc somehow, and transfer files?

orderoftheflame · 21 Jan 2010 at 16:50

Goldfingers said:
Can you connect the ps3 to the pc somehow, and transfer files?

Yes. Using PS3 Media Server or any software that does the same.

Snax · 21 Jan 2010 at 18:34

Hmm I will have to use PS3 Media Server

It is SO annoying that I can use videos without any problem but mp3s suddenly prove impossible. I could understand if WM didnt work at all but it half working for no apparent reason is absurd.

stellasuppa · 21 Jan 2010 at 19:01

I was like the op and only wanted to use media player and not third party software , but then i finally gave in and tried ps3 media server .

It has loads of different options for the people who like to mess around with encoders and it just works like it should even streams mkv hd files which is brilliant wish i would have done it sooner

1 problem i had though with it was it didnt play nice with nod32 security system suite i had to create a new option in there firewall and allow but a 2 minute job .