ps3 media server - folders shared

LionOfJudah · 9 Feb 2009 at 07:52

hi I have noticed at the moment I can only share file which are in "My Documents" on the pc. Is there any way I can share other folders as I'd rather not copy every file I want to share to that folder? I am using windows media player to share.
Thanks

msmalls74 · 9 Feb 2009 at 08:23

I use this http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/
Its probably the best ive tried and is very easy to use as its made for the PS3, you can browse your whole PC if you want or set which folders to look in.

orderoftheflame · 9 Feb 2009 at 09:04

msmalls74 said:
I use this http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/
Its probably the best ive tried and is very easy to use as its made for the PS3, you can browse your whole PC if you want or set which folders to look in.

I'm using this now after trying Tversity and Twonky.

Sometimes the simplest solutions are by far the best.

McManicMan · 9 Feb 2009 at 10:10

wow, just setup this ps3mediaserver program and it worked straight away after a reboot of the ps3, had so much trouble with all the others either not finding ps3, or listing folders but no avi's, ect,ect, and this worked 1st time.

thanks for the info! (insert jesus pic here, lol)

Phonesis · 9 Feb 2009 at 13:12

I just gave this PS3 Media program a go and am impressed so far. However, I keep getting a message when I try to play certain media telling me that the data is corrupted. Is this because the files (mostly just being mpegs etc) aren't supported?

Should the software transcode this so it plays on the PS3 or something?

LionOfJudah · 9 Feb 2009 at 14:36

thanks guys. am at work but will be trying this out when i get in tonight

orderoftheflame · 9 Feb 2009 at 14:43

Phonesis said:
Should the software transcode this so it plays on the PS3 or something?

I thought it did? But I couldn't confirm this off the top of my head.

All the files I have play natively on the PS3, so I'm not really sure. :confused:

Phonesis · 9 Feb 2009 at 14:50

I just gave Tversity a try and it works better for me. Every single file I try to access on the PS3 plays fine and the transcoding seems pretty fast when it's used.

I don't think I have the rights codecs installed for the PS3 media server program to properly run so will probably stick with this Tversity myself. It all beats wmp 11 though that's for sure.

Phonesis · 9 Feb 2009 at 14:52

orderoftheflame said:
I thought it did? But I couldn't confirm this off the top of my head.

All the files I have play natively on the PS3, so I'm not really sure.

I have all sorts of obscure video files that the PS3 won't recognise without the transcoding part. FLVs need transcoding to be playable on the ps3 for example.

mcwildcard · 9 Feb 2009 at 16:33

I started with TVersity, but now just use the windows media server itself, it's rare that a file won't work since the PS3 supports so many formats now.
The only problem is mkv files, but mkvtovob is a magical friend who deserves a christmas card every year.