PS3 Firmware update 2.10
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I get that sometimes, one file starts within a second and an almost identical MPEG2 file takes 20 seconds to start or just doesn't start at all when the next time it does start.
Another, maybe related question, is there a way to defragment the harddrive inside the PS3?
Hmmm, maybe pulling out the 4GB memorystick from my PSP and using that is the easiest option
No mate.
Streaming using Media Player just takes a minute or two to set up.
If you already have TVersity set up, check to see if there's an option to disable transcoding, and that will do the same job then.
V1N.
Woohoo!
After posting earlier about my WMV-HD files with 5.1 sound not working... well, no audio, I tried a HD DivX file with 5.1 sound.
It didn't just work, I got 5.1 sound... FROM THE XMB!
There's a first!
I've tried 5.1 MPEG2 files before on the XMB, and it's always downconverted it to Stereo... same with mp4.
The DivX I tried was a TV ep from the states, with DD5.1, and my amp definitely switched to 5.1 to play it back. That's a real improvement, 5.1 fro the XMB.
V1N.
After posting earlier about my WMV-HD files with 5.1 sound not working... well, no audio, I tried a HD DivX file with 5.1 sound.
It didn't just work, I got 5.1 sound... FROM THE XMB!
There's a first!
I've tried 5.1 MPEG2 files before on the XMB, and it's always downconverted it to Stereo... same with mp4.
The DivX I tried was a TV ep from the states, with DD5.1, and my amp definitely switched to 5.1 to play it back. That's a real improvement, 5.1 fro the XMB.
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That's cool, that's one of the things I wanted when I started watching stuff off the XMB.
I know, it's sad really, isn't it
I've been waiting for better Media Centre support for ages.
OK, it's far from perfect, but it's definitely a big step in the right direction.
Just tried an MPEG2 with a 5.1.
It's actually a transport stream, and when I renamed it from .ts to .mpg, the PS3 could play it, but no audio. I loaded it into my VideoRedo Plus (which I use for all my MPG editing, and saving transport streams as MPEG2) and the PS3 saw that as corrupt data. Probably as it has 5.1 sound in it.
Hmmm, renaming to .vob could help I guess,
But that's enough for now.
Yep, some DivX and XviD are supported, some not.
5.1 DivX IS supported.
WMV does work, including WMV-HD files, but not the 5.1 sound.
still no mkv
But, for the many people who download TV shows like Heroes from the States, to watch them before they air over here, and if they just download the standard 350mb or 700mb HD DivX versions, the PS3 can play them back fine
V1N.
EDIT: but it does nark a bit, that my own made XviD files don't play, despite pressing triangle, it it telling me it's the right codec and bitrate, the correct mp3 audio, the correct length, but says unsupported data when you do press it. I'm hopeful this will get updated in the future.
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VideoRedoPlus never worked for me. The 360 would play MPEG2/DD5.1 TS files converted to MPEG-PS but the PS3 never did. So now I use TSRemux which you can change TS files to M2TS. It plays them. Whether you get DD5.1 I don't know as I no longer have that speaker setup.
I've been using VideoRedoPlus for years, no worries here.
Got loads of MPEG2 files on my HDD created from Transport Streams from my PVR stored on my PC, and the PS3 plays them all back perfectly, but they only have MPEG stereo audio.
I generally author these mpg files to DVD, but they've all always worked on the PS3 too, streamed over the network. Maybe you had an older version of VideoRedo?
Just this one doesn't work. The transport stream came off the internet, it's a raw transport stream of a movie, in HD, 1080i, but with DD5.1. I could convert the audio to stereo to test my theory, but that's beside the point, I wanted to keep the 1080i video, and 5.1 audio intact.
V1N.
EDIT: had one more go. Took the transport stream, ran it through VideoRedoPlus, and saved as .mpg
Made two copies, one .mpg and one .vob
Took the raw transport stream, and renamed one .mpg and one .vob
The PS3 won't play the videoredo saved files, however, pressing triangle does give you the correct info, that the Video Codec is MPEG2, and Audio Codec is DD 448kbps
The PS3 will play the renamed transport stream files, but with no audio. It identifies the video codec as MPEG-2 TS 11.8mbps, but doesn't recognise the audio.
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Well try changing the container from TS to M2TS with TSRemux. It's a free program and will only take a few minutes...
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=125447
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=125447
I've only been trying for the last 10-20 minutes, but so far most of my videos are taking up to a minute to start and then they pause every 10 seconds to buffer, which takes another 10 seconds (no exaggerations). I'm using Windows Media Player as my media server, over a 52mb Wireless G + B router. Any ideas?
Thanks for the tip mate.
Tried remuxing with that, but no joy playing it back at the moment, via the network anyway. Nothing seems to be happening at all, just a black screen... ah, followed by "Media Server Error: A network error has occurred"
I'll have a bit more of a play later... had enough for now
I'm still happy for the moment though, that the bog standard TV ep DivX files that most people grab from the net are working fine. They're the main thing I wanted.
EDIT: hey, tsremux now remuxes to bluray? Just clicked it to see what I'd get, and I've got the folder structure of a bluray disk. That's incredibly cool. I wonder if you fed tsremux a .mkv file, if it would remux to bluray, and be playable, from a bluray rw disk.. or better, from a DVDRW, in a similar way you can make MiniDVDs to CD.
EDIT2: Yes it does! I just fed tsremux my transport stream, and told it to remux to bluray. I burned the entire contents of the folder to a DVD+RW using UDF file format, and my PowerDVD immediately picked it up as a bluray. I tried it in the PS3, it detected it as a kind of bluray RW, started to playback, but failed just as it started playing. Interesting experiment though. I'll try again with a VC-1 file.
EDIT3: @ic1male. OK mate, sorry, the reason I got a black screen is because it appears the Media Player Server crashed
Rebooted the system just now, dug the file back out of the recycle bin, played it, yep, played fine with 5.1 sound, so yes,HD MPEG2 movies with 5.1 sound also now work from the XMB, with full 5.1 sound, not downconverted to Stereo.
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Shouldn't matter which folder you put them in mate.
Mine are on drive K, and through many subdirs.
Just put the DivX/XviD files in a folder, and make sure that folder is shared with whatever media server program you're using.
For example, in Media Player 11, click TOOLS\OPTIONS. Click on the LIBRARY tab, click on CONFIGURE SHARING. You should see UNKNOWN DEVICE in there if the PS3 is on, and connected to your network. Click SHARE MY MEDIA TO for UNKNOWN DEVICE, and the PS3 will now see your Media Player Server.
Now, in the LIBRARY tab where you were just now, click on MONITOR FOLDERS. Add all the folders that have your video, photos, and music files that you want to share. Wait for Media Player to index it all. The PS3 can now stream them
Same goes for Dutch Guy btw. If you can translate the above to your Dutch version of Windows (assuming you're running a Dutch Windows) then you should be able to stream and/or copy files to your PS3 too, as you asked about above.
V1N.
Sorry, I wasn't clear, streaming has worked fine for months but as I do not have a personal computer running 24/7 I wanted to know if I could use a program to copy the DIVX files over the network to the PS3 harddisk instead of trancoding and saving them, but I guess the option of turning off transcoding is in TVersity so I will try that and see if the program makes a copy of the file without doing anything else.
And my Windows is in English as I have been used to that for years now and whenever I sit behing a Dutch Windows version I have to look for stuff like Control Panel and Add/Remove Programs
V1N be really nice if you did a pictorial thread on the subject...
Covering what does and what doesnt work inc screenshots.
Im mainly interested in:
MKV like (Bourne Ultimatum with DTS)
BD rips
Chances are these still have to be converted/altered
Covering what does and what doesnt work inc screenshots.
Im mainly interested in:
MKV like (Bourne Ultimatum with DTS)
BD rips
Chances are these still have to be converted/altered
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Probably best you don't mention that sort of stuff here, the mods won't like it.
Sorry, I wasn't clear, streaming has worked fine for months but as I do not have a personal computer running 24/7 I wanted to know if I could use a program to copy the DIVX files over the network to the PS3 harddisk instead of trancoding and saving them, but I guess the option of turning off transcoding is in TVersity so I will try that and see if the program makes a copy of the file without doing anything else.
And my Windows is in English as I have been used to that for years now and whenever I sit behing a Dutch Windows version I have to look for stuff like Control Panel and Add/Remove Programs
Sure.
Streaming with TVersity may have been working up until now, but of course, that's by transcoding, so copying a file, I guess, would end up as a different format on the PS3 HDD. I just added the comment in there for you, so that if there is a problem with TVersity, and turning off transcoding, you can just enable the media player server, as it's there anyway, and copy files across with that. Do post back though, if TVersity allows you to do the same thing. I should imagine it would.
V1N.
No different than discussing tv shows is it?
Im not asking where or how to get such media