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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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?

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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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?

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.

BoomAM · 14 Apr 2009 at 19:25

DJDaz said:
my media server is a celeron D and can handle 720p on the fly to my ps3 (albeit slow to actually start) not tried 1080p but would have thought a C2D would handle it fine

The PS3 media server readme seems to think that a C2D can do 1080p fine so im working off that. lol.