PS3 Media Streaming.
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I don't know enough to be an authority but i'm fairly sure the CPU is what matters, if PS3 media server supports it i would recommend a quad. My dual core ahtlon can't handle on the fly 1080p but a C2D should be better so you might get away with it...
Agreed, just started using it the other day because WMP won't stream MKVs, and MKV2VOB wasn't working with a particular file. It's great, very simple and there's no messing around with sharing services or anything.
The PS3 media server readme seems to think that a C2D can do 1080p fine so im working off that. lol.
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Another vote for PS3 Media server!
Gonna try reinstalling it.![Chris [BEANS]](/styles/overclockers/avatars/6.png){kind=avatar}
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might be a silly question, but obviously my PC has wireless so if i chuck a patch cable between the PC and the PS3 will it use it or will it use the wireless signal??
Do I have any setting to twaek on either or both machines??
I appreciate this may be in a read me somewhere, but The PC is still in it's nice shiny new components so not been put together yet for me to start looking into stuff....
Do I have any setting to twaek on either or both machines??
I appreciate this may be in a read me somewhere, but The PC is still in it's nice shiny new components so not been put together yet for me to start looking into stuff....
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Chris [BEANS];13883851 said:
You need to go into the network settings to specify which connection you want. I think that if you choose the easy setup it will choose the wired by default (if connected).
I have a bizarre problem with mine in that streaming stutters over wired when I specify a static address, but if I set it to DHCP and let it get allocated exactly the same address and DNS/Gateway details from the DHCP server then it works fine. I've tried everything to work out why (removed firewalls, different OS'es, Homeplugs the lot), but can't seem to find any reason as to why specifying an address should give worse performance than DHCP.
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It's only problem is that while it handles all the usual containers (mkv etc), if it has to transcode the video in it @ 1080p, it can't do it properly, you either need a powerhouse of a processor (Q6600 @ 3.2Ghz) and then the results are pretty poor (lots of artefacts).
If the MKV already contains VC-1/AVCHD video then it works really well..
We set this up at my brothers last weekend, as he thought he could replace his A110, but alas, about 20% of his media didn't work properly, and some of the transcodes looked very bad on his Plasma and PJ.
Interestingly, this weekend, he borrowed a WDTV HD box (£84) which has the same processor as the A110 in it, and that played everything flawlessly, instant on, just plug in any USB HDD and off you go, it even handled full bitrate m2ts blu-ray files.
We flashed the alternate firmware, plugged in a usb-ethernet adapter, and it then streamed over the network.. for £84 that could knock the Popcorn hour out of the weeds, and if you have a varied/problematic media collection, the WDTV HD is a very low power, no-nonsense, plays all device that you can just plug a USB HDD into, so no PC required.
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For MKV files I have a program called MKV2VOB which transcodes the mkv file if needed, it takes a long time (hours) but the resulting file will work on the PS3 without issue as the program is made specifically for the PS3
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Agree, MKV2VOB is a good idea, if you convert everthing you have to a truly compatible format, the media streaming is a lot easier!
But, to spend hours converting all your media, and when it has to transcode the video, you do loose a little quality and latest audio formats are not well supported it can be a pain (I know both me and my brother where doing this a while back).. If you just encode the troublesome files using MKV2VOB and PS3 Media Streamer for the rest, it'll do for most people, but even that isn't ideal if you are hot on PQ, it's transcodes are worse then SKY HD...