Tversity and others....

BEN_UK · 18 Dec 2009 at 18:14

Hello,

I am running Windows 7 Pro 64 bit and have a PS3.

I want to stream moives, pictures and music to my PS3 over the wireless connection.

I have heard of tversity and used it before on Windows Vista and it was great.

Are there any other like tversity that you recommend ?

Also does tversity.com work on win7 64bit ?

Thanks Ben

McManicMan · 18 Dec 2009 at 18:32

http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/

Nymins · 18 Dec 2009 at 18:36

I use Tversity fine on Win7. Never liked PS3MediaServer me, too much fiddly stuff to tweak, good for some I guess, but I prefer just a couple of options that Tversity has.

wannabedamned · 18 Dec 2009 at 18:37

Im not sure of the details, but i was under the impression certain versions of windows 7 could handle transcoding without the need for extra software.

If i'm making things up though, Then PS3 media server is your bet choice on PS3. Much smaller memory footprint in comparison to Tversity

Bloomfield · 18 Dec 2009 at 21:07

McManicMan said:
http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/

I use this for my PS3 too, very simple to set up (although there's also LOTS of options for configuring anything you could ever want to aswell), pretty much just works straight after install, and runs quietly in the background

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manbearpig · 18 Dec 2009 at 21:08

i use tversity on xbox and its great, very easy to use, i would stick with that

cb_linus · 19 Dec 2009 at 00:01

McManicMan said:
http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/

I like, thank you

Bluenose · 21 Dec 2009 at 01:00

manbearpig said:
i use tversity on xbox and its great, very easy to use, i would stick with that

I used to do this till i realised that putting anything i want to watch on a 2gb USB stick and plugging that into the xbox was a hell of a lot easier.

BEN_UK · 21 Dec 2009 at 09:17

Well both tveristy and ps3 media server are not working well for me.

Everything i play just keeps stuttering and fails to play.

Even playing a photo slide show gives errors

PLays a moive for 10 seconds then stops.

My PC is more than powerful enough to run the transcode aswell, core 2 duo 2.26Ghz 4Gb RAM.

Any idea or good help site links ?

Thanks Ben

Bhoya · 21 Dec 2009 at 09:33

I've just been using Windows Media Player to stream between my x64 Windows 7 and PS3, haven't had any problems so far. If you want to use mkv files or anything fancy it might through up problems but just for video files it's as easy as it gets.

wannabedamned · 21 Dec 2009 at 13:41

BEN_UK said:
Well both tveristy and ps3 media server are not working well for me.

Everything i play just keeps stuttering and fails to play.

Even playing a photo slide show gives errors

PLays a moive for 10 seconds then stops.

My PC is more than powerful enough to run the transcode aswell, core 2 duo 2.26Ghz 4Gb RAM.

Any idea or good help site links ?

Thanks Ben

Remove all codec packs you may have installed, and don't install the pack that comes with tversity

Install Haali media splitter, FFdshow and AC3filter. Install Tversity\PS3mediaserver.

This should give you a system that will not fail to play most movie types, although I still struggle with MKV, but i blame that on my low system spec

Dup · 21 Dec 2009 at 13:46

http://labs.divx.com/mkvwin7preview

Try that. Also install AC3 filter at the same time.

Should play almost anything. Make sure you're allowing all the ports through your router etc and that there's enough bandwidth over the connection you are using. Wireless may not be the best solution.

DJDaz · 21 Dec 2009 at 16:49

ps3mediaserver definately gets my vote

Nymins said:
Never liked PS3MediaServer me, too much fiddly stuff to tweak, good for some I guess, but I prefer just a couple of options that Tversity has.

i've never tweaked anything on it and it works flawlessly :confused:

Nymins · 21 Dec 2009 at 16:53

DJDaz said:
ps3mediaserver definately gets my vote

i've never tweaked anything on it and it works flawlessly

Too many transcoder options in there for my liking. In TVersity, its either Transcode On, Whenever needed, Or Off. Last time i used Mediaserver it seemed to have a load of options that i didn't know what they did. Could have changed now.

I prefer to simply click "Off" for transcoder when i don't need it or "On" when i do.

orderoftheflame · 21 Dec 2009 at 17:05

Another vote for ps3mediaserver.

Wouldn't go back to TVersity now.

Nymins · 21 Dec 2009 at 17:06

Ok with all this talk im going to try it again

DJDaz · 21 Dec 2009 at 17:08

it still has loads of options but i've never changed any of them (except for ticking the definately disable subtitles option))

and it only transcodes if it needs to so no need to turn it on or off in the options

Nymins · 21 Dec 2009 at 17:11

Is: "keyint=1:vqscale=1:vqmin=1 /* Lossless Quality, Crazy Bitrate */" better than: "keyint=1:vqscale=1:vqmin=2 /* Best Quality */"

The Best Quality one is above it in the list, so im not sure what the best one to go for is. Over wired connection, so i guess the "Lossless" will be the best?

BEN_UK · 21 Dec 2009 at 17:42

Hello.

Well i have uninstalled both PS3 Media Server and TVersity at the moment.

Just trying to setup Media Player 12 to stream to my PS3.

All i wanna do is stream my music, pictures and video films from my Toshia HD camcorder.

See how media player works out.

Thanks Ben

Bloomfield · 21 Dec 2009 at 17:49

Nymins said:
Is: "keyint=1:vqscale=1:vqmin=1 /* Lossless Quality, Crazy Bitrate */" better than: "keyint=1:vqscale=1:vqmin=2 /* Best Quality */"

The Best Quality one is above it in the list, so im not sure what the best one to go for is. Over wired connection, so i guess the "Lossless" will be the best?

Honestly I have no idea, I've never changed any setting in PS3 Media Server.

Which files in particular are you trying to stream?