Media streaming software?

Kol · 20 May 2009 at 18:39

Hi guys,

Just a quick one. A while back I used to use my 360/PS3 to stream off my old desktop, which I no longer have, just my mac mini and MBP. What software exists that I can use to stream my media to these devices? I've tried twonky, but any free ones? If not, what's the most feature packed and easy to use to pay for?

My father is in the same boat back up north so I'd like to offer him some assistance.

Cheers.

vidda · 20 May 2009 at 19:54

You could use xbmc (or Plex?) to do this. Although it's mainly used as a media centre itself it does have UPnP capabilities.

There are some other options too:

CyberMediaGate - Never used this, looks quite simple?

If you are ok to pay and already have things converted to iTunes compatible format (.mp4/.m4v/.mov?) you could get either MediaLink or Connect360. Which I know work quite well.

Kol · 20 May 2009 at 20:03

Aye, my housemate has medialink on his macmini. May look further into that. I'll take a look at xbmc/plex though as you say they're more media centres themselves, would prefer something in the background. I assume boxee doesn't offer upnp?

edit - forgot to say thanks, your post is very helpful

Spleen Sauce · 21 May 2009 at 00:14

I can vouch for both Medialink and Connect360 as I use both. They really do 'just work'. Worth the money if you use them as heavily as I do.

Kawolski · 21 May 2009 at 01:22

Seraphic said:
I can vouch for both Medialink and Connect360 as I use both. They really do 'just work'. Worth the money if you use them as heavily as I do.

+1 for medialink.
I use it between my PS3 and iMac.
Does exactly what it says on the tin.

InsomniaCalls · 21 May 2009 at 07:02

Seraphic said:
I can vouch for both Medialink and Connect360 as I use both. They really do 'just work'. Worth the money if you use them as heavily as I do.

+1 - I use both and they're well worth the money.

PardonTheWait · 21 May 2009 at 10:21

Boxee is excellent too. It's still in alpha so it's a little temperamental on occasion but I'm very impressed with it, I'm running it on an Apple TV at the moment but it runs on a Mac as well, I used it on a Macbook for a while and it was great.

Kol · 21 May 2009 at 12:08

Hey Mo, yea, I have boxee - amazing piece of software, but my old mans mac mini isn't near the TV so needs some software than can stream to the PS3. I think he'll go with medialink.

MuGeN · 21 May 2009 at 13:51

vidda said:
If you are ok to pay and already have things converted to iTunes compatible format (.mp4/.m4v/.mov?) you could get either MediaLink or Connect360. Which I know work quite well.

+1

- MediaLink works fine for most avi's I've chucked through it...

Lowe · 21 May 2009 at 13:58

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

Free and fully functional unlike the commercial ones.

Kol · 21 May 2009 at 15:31

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

Free and fully functional unlike the commercial ones.

Thanks Lowe. Will give that a shot. The real time transcoding could come in handy for MKVs

bloodiedathame · 21 May 2009 at 18:03

Kol said:
Thanks Lowe. Will give that a shot. The real time transcoding could come in handy for MKVs

+1 for Mediaserver.

Kol · 21 May 2009 at 20:18

Just a bit of feedback, installed ps3MS... the transcoding works a treat as does normal streaming. Will evaluate this for a while longer but seems perfect. Thought it was PC only, not MAC!

Thanks

MuGeN · 22 May 2009 at 09:12

hmm I currently use MediaLink but that PS3MS actually looks better due to the transcoding... means maybe I could play my MKVs although dunno if it'd do subs...

I'll have a go over the weekend

Lowe · 22 May 2009 at 16:56

It does subs. Awesome little program

MuGeN · 22 May 2009 at 18:38

any tips on getting it started up? it just reckons the ps3 isn't on...

any ideas?

Lowe · 22 May 2009 at 19:05

http://ps3mediaserver.org/forum/

MuGeN · 22 May 2009 at 21:24

dunno why, but it just started working...

although now when watching a movie, it keeps popping up with "a network error has occurred" despite it all looking fine :confused:

ive had a look around the forum on this topic but can't find a solution... any ideas?

GraemeUK · 22 May 2009 at 21:30

MuGeN said:
dunno why, but it just started working...

although now when watching a movie, it keeps popping up with "a network error has occurred" despite it all looking fine

ive had a look around the forum on this topic but can't find a solution... any ideas?

Is your PS3 set to auto get DHCP settings automatically or do you specify its IP? I had to do this on my mates that I set up for him and this was the reason. Had to manually configure the IP/network setup.

MuGeN · 25 May 2009 at 17:05

out of interest, with the PS3MS when you close down the app (press the red x) how do you bring the control interface back up?