WHS2011 help... FLAC and PS3

samcat · 15 Jun 2011 at 22:27

Bit of background, recently put together a HP microserver (as discussed here http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18216324), 5gb ram, stack of 2tb drives waiting to go in... Just trying to get it to do a few of the things I need (raid, external backup) and making sure I have the config right before commiting all my data to it.

One hurdle I have encountered this evening is getting my FLAC's to play on the PS3 downstairs. The PS3 has no problem seeing the mp3's that are on the server but no sign of the FLAC's.

Quite happy for the server to transcode the data before sending to the PS3 (as the PS3 cant play Flac I guess it will need to). As another alternative I could encode to Mp3 at the same time the cds are turned into FLAC's, but I would need to run a batch process on the existing ones. Less keen on this option (same data stored twice)

Before I go wading in I though it worth asking, as I am sure that others have encountered this issue before and someone may have an elegant solution.

So, any ideas?

Thanks,
Sam

samcat · 15 Jun 2011 at 23:15

Right, found a nice solution that I am going to trial for a few days.. Serviio.. Added to the profile for PS3 a snippet of code that tells it to transcode FLAC to LPCM, works very well so far.

Sam

samcat · 16 Jun 2011 at 13:49

Serviio - Good so far but only used briedly last night. It handled the FLAC's well so next I am going to rip a dvd and a blu-ray to iso and MKV and see how it copes with larger files.

PS3 Media Center and TVersity are on my list of other software to try.. :-)

Sam

samcat · 17 Jun 2011 at 08:45

Well... Last night Serviio wouldnt transcode my Flac's... The settings file still had the bit in the PS3 section that I had to add to make it work, but it just wouldnt. Additionally it wouldnt transcode and videos... It was late and I was tired so more than likely its me. Will try again tonight.

Sam