PS3 Media Streaming.

BoomAM · 9 Apr 2009 at 22:48

Hi.
What options are there out there for streaming content from my PC to my PS3?

Something very lightweight would be good, as i dont want/need it to do any conversions, just present specific folders to my PC for playback.

Thoughts and suggestions?

Thanks in advance all.

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Richiev4 · 9 Apr 2009 at 22:51

Windows media player can stream directly to the PS3 - there are loads of 'How Tos' dotted about the web - just Google them

Andybtsn · 9 Apr 2009 at 22:52

I used TVersity, always did the job great

Fr0dders · 9 Apr 2009 at 22:58

Windows Media player 11 works just fine for me

just dont forget to the allow the service through your firewall, it doesnt automatically (which seems stupid) and you have to do it yourself. Once you've done this the rest is childs play.

meths · 9 Apr 2009 at 23:05

I use media player 11 as well.

TruBlu · 9 Apr 2009 at 23:13

I use Nero Media home, it's never failed to transcode anything apart from HD content.

I've tried to use TVersity and i really want to like it but it's a little flaky for me and I've never got the codecs working.

BoomAM · 9 Apr 2009 at 23:30

Im not keen on WMP11, that and its not the best thing around i find.

Ive found this:
http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/
Gonna have a quick play, and then look into to TVersity as well.

54g WiFi good enough for playback of video?
Or am i gonna be better going to the effort of sticking a cat cable in?

andshrew · 9 Apr 2009 at 23:37

BoomAM said:
54g WiFi good enough for playback of video?

Fine for normal videos but it will probably struggle if your trying to do anything HD.

Streeteh · 9 Apr 2009 at 23:40

54g is fine for anything up to 720p assuming it's a good connection. As soon as you hit 1080p expect frequent buffering.

BoomAM · 9 Apr 2009 at 23:52

andshrew said:
Fine for normal videos but it will probably struggle if your trying to do anything HD.

Yeah, just been testing with the media playing client ive found, SD=fine, HD=jerky.
I'll rewire the cat cables round the room over the weekend.

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wnb · 10 Apr 2009 at 00:04

I'm using ps3 media server which was recommeded in an another thread. Previously I had been having problems viewing media through my ps3. I installed it pointed it to the right folders and that was it. Two weeks later its not skipped a beat

It does what it says on the tin and any fool could set it up. And its free! cant go wrong.

BoomAM · 10 Apr 2009 at 00:05

wnb said:
I'm using ps3 media server which was recommeded in an another thread. Previously I had been having problems viewing media through my ps3. I installed it pointed it to the right folders and that was it. Two weeks later its not skipped a beat It does what it says on the tin and any fool could set it up. And its free! cant go wrong.

Is that the free Java based one im playing with at the moment?

Dutch Guy · 10 Apr 2009 at 08:53

Streeteh said:
54g is fine for anything up to 720p assuming it's a good connection. As soon as you hit 1080p expect frequent buffering.

I think can stream 1080p fine (with TVersity) as long as I am not doing anything else, but I hardly use it so I could be wrong :confused:

blairw · 10 Apr 2009 at 09:46

PS3 Media Server is the best, it lets you view your whole pc for video files and even transcodes ISO's on the fly, no drop in quality at all.

Nymins · 10 Apr 2009 at 10:00

I use Tversity. Couldn't get PS3 Media Server to work properly for some reason, although it did look very good what you could do with it. Like streaming HD Gametrailers videos etc.

Attu90 · 10 Apr 2009 at 19:50

PS3 Media Server for me, easy to set up and use and does every thing you could ever need.

craptakular · 10 Apr 2009 at 19:56

i just use mediatomb/WMP11/nullriver for my macbook.

Inazuma · 10 Apr 2009 at 20:04

Originally I used Windows Media Player, but then went on a quest to find something that can include subtitles. I tried TVersity for hours but could never get it to include the subs. Now I'm with PS3 Media Server

It's lightweight and just works out the box. You can also tweak settings to match your network speed.

blairw · 10 Apr 2009 at 21:15

PS3 media centre has actually stopped me from buying a popcorn hour it is that good, sure i miss some stuff from the pch but its a solid product

BoomAM · 14 Apr 2009 at 13:54

What sort of system should i be looking at to do the encoding on the fly at 1080p?

Im thinking:
C2D.
2Gb ram.
Any video, any sound.
Gig NIC.
& tons of storage.