Here is how to use the best PS3 Media Server ever

PS3-Sense posted up a tutorial for the best PS3 Media Server ever. It has the following features:

- Ready to launch and play. No codec packs to install. No folder configuration and pre-parsing or this kind of annoying thing. All your folders are directly browsed by the PS3, there's an automatic refresh also.
- Real-time video transcoding via MEncoder, tsMuxer or Avisynth
- DVD ISOs images / VIDEO_TS Folder transcoder
- OGG/FLAC/MPC/APE audio transcoding
- Thumbnail generation for Videos
- You can choose with a virtual folder system your audio/subtitle language on the PS3!
- All formats PS3 natively supports: MP3/WMA, JPG/PNG/GIF/TIFF, and all kind of videos (AVI, MP4, TS, M2TS, MPEG) the ps3 is willing to play
- ZIP/RAR files as browsable folders for pictures/audio files
- Preliminary support for pictures based feeds, such as Flickr and Picasaweb
- Preliminary Internet TV / Web Radio support with VLC, MEncoder or MPlayer

[morganfell]

Go here:

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

So you are not forced to join their site just for a download.

The guy's blog is here:

http://ps3mediaserver.blogs...

[M4GN3T]

That link is in the post ;)

[phosphor112]

Spank you sire...err...thank you sir. =P

[morganfell]

Yeah they are at the beginning. Thanks. But if you don't want to go through Google Translator just use the links I posted.

[aco]

does it support mkv.

[Vitalogy]

Yes it does, i tested a minute ago.

[uie4rhig]

pretty cool.. sounds much better than TVersity.. hmm

and as Morganfell said in the open zone.. the download link is at http://code.google.com/p/ps... and the blog is at http://ps3mediaserver.blogs...

greeetz ^^,

[badz149]

I'm gonna try this one out! I don't know why but somehow I can't figure out how to use Tversity! maybe I didn't try hard but this one looks easier to set up! I hope I can get it right with this one

[Pennywise]

Tversity sucks. The point of it is to play formats not supported. I dont want to load a movie and see format not supported when I use my tversity server. Thats what I get. I will have to try this badboy out!

[jlytle1234]

ive been a longtime user of tversity. i have to say, (after only a day or so of use) this is superior (so far) to tversity. it fast forwards and rewinds better. it works better with the scene search. and the snapshot icons are sweet. ill stick with this even though tversity hasnt really given me trouble.

note to pennywise. youre problem is probably the codec pack that comes with tversity. its crap. dont install that codec pack, but go get
Combined Community Codec Pack. Its the best.
http://www.cccp-project.net...

[uie4rhig]

is K-Lite Codec Pack.. they are similar.. like them both lol so your choice ;)

but i love this new media server thingy ^^, no install required and all.. easy!! thats how media servers shud be.. altho it feels its still in beta form.. probs is.. who cares it works.. except for 1080p movies.. at least not properly.. tried playing a 1080p trailer.. went crazy.. stuttered a lot.. server running on my laptop (intel c2d @ 2.0GHz with ati radeon mobility HD 3470 with 256MB dedicated and 4GB ram) but but.. it works awesomely awesome.. ^^,

btw.. you can change some settings, without touching the computer that runs the server ^^, it cold be handled better but its pretty cool..

[aiphanes]

I am a tversity user but this app look cool...I was easy to set up..

[Cesarcsrf]

i got my firewall off, but the server doesn't say my PS3 is on

[Vitalogy]

Works pretty well for me!!! My guess is, tversity will be flushed away by PS3 Media Server eh eh

[sonyjunky279]

Thats a pretty sweet theme

[Swatjr101]

Off topic- any of yall know what it means when it says error (8071B23)?

[Dark_Overlord]

means the PSN is down

[Dark_Overlord]

why not do some research and check out the official forums for the error code meanings

[Silvia007]

I could finally say that the PS3 now is one hell of a media center. Here's hoping I can finally get rid of my aging HTPC and use the PS3 for it's true purpose.

[lelik]

sounds hawt, if only we could get an english news post nextime plz.

[realill]

Does it support FullHD MKV ?

[serb25]

yes with 5.1 sound

i wonder if you can put it on a mybook world?

[pandaboy99]

Doesnt work for me... the server is seen on the ps3 but when i click on the folders it says there are no tracks.. back to tversity for me :P

[Honor_in_Armor]

I have a macbook pro and I'm currently streaming media to my ps3! Thanks ps3mediaserver!

[omodis420]

This for me is the best part besides the games, to owning a PS3 for me.

[omodis420]

orb.com that works real good too.

[Lord_Ash]

Does it play MKV format too?

[M4GN3T]

yep it does ;)

[DaTruth]

Are you serious? No, seriously. don't mess with us. Does it really stream MKV?

[M4GN3T]

Yes but be sure you have a good CPU who can transcode it, i playback Prison Break MKV in 720p on my PS3 while having a e6600 cpu

[Simon_Brezhnev]

so whats better this or tversity?

[M4GN3T]

This is lots better

[KeiZka]

Hell yea, this is something I've been looking for. I could have probably found it later, but mil deployment... meh. Sucks.

[flyingbanana]

All people asking what this has more to offer than TVersity, let me enlighten you: This one supports 1080p resolution and lossless audio. It also supports .iso dvd-files.

It has very easy configuration as you don't have to change almost anything to get for example FullHD .mkv's to work. It is updated once a week so it gets new features all the time.

And all Xbox 360 owners: It is also coming for your system...

[Simon_Brezhnev]

yeah u right it transcodes a lot faster and u can see icons

[gameforall]

:)

[machete squad steve]

any ideas why?

[machete squad steve]

great app! able to stream straight from iso files...sooo nice

[jurahsik]

Whoa ,this is pretty damn good. Works great for me.

[morganfell]

It doesn't stream that well yet. Hopefully they will get that fixed. Until then, Tversity has better streaming and that is also free.

[morganfell]

Yeah I sent the guy 20 Euros via the Paypal donation. It took some work and the thing works great. I encourage everyone to send the guy something for his free work.

[ezcex]

is the quality the same if i stream it to the ps3. and also i have a region 3 dvd i wanna watch on my hdtv, can i play that dvd on the comp and stream it to the ps3. or will i have to copy it to iso file and region unlock it, anybody kno how thanks. i really wanna watch my sassy girl on my hdtv lol. thanks.

[SageFrancis]

cant get it to work,

using XP pro SP2, nod32 turned off, xp firewall off, opened all the relevant ports on my router yet it doesnt find the ps3.

TVersity works fine for me though.

shame because this looks like a good piece of software, especiall ybeing able to steam mkv files.

[morganfell]

Not sure what the issue is. I have used it with XP SP2 first and Vista as well. It seems to work fine for me. I did have t except it through the firewall as you remarked, but other than that is has been great.

[Karum]

I just tried this out based off the comments of this article and I have to agree this server is great. I'll donate some money to the guy within the next couple of weeks after Xmas is over and done with for sure.

[Simon_Brezhnev]

yeah i just tested it its a lot better then tversity it loads a lot faster only thing tversity workds better at is WMV vc-1 files

[emjayx]

Hey, what does it mean when it says Transcoding buffer status: Empty? in the blue bar. It says I have the ps3 found and stuff, does that mean im not streaming anything?

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