Streaming Media from PC to PS3

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Sirjest

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Hi,

So, many of us have Music, movies of photos sitting on our PC in a study or "
Batcave" somewhere in our house. While this might be the most efficient way of storing media, it doe not make viewing it particularly easy. In my house, I use my PS3 system as a "Media Centre", which allows me to stream my media over my Wi-Fi network wirelessly to my PS3.

There are a few programs you can use for this. I have used TVersity (Which is a paid for program), as well as Playstation Media server (which is free). Both work equally well.

Simply install the program onto your computer that holds the media and set up the folders you want to share. Once the media server is running, you should be able to find it on your PS3 by using the "search for Media Servers" option under the "Video", "Music" or "Photo" tabs on the main menu.

Side Note : Remember, that only supported video files will reflect under the Video Tab, so if you are under the video tab, and you navigate to the folder that holds your Music, nothing will reflect there.

What is really nice about both of these programs, is that they both stream to multiple devices. So if you have an iPad or Samsung Tablet, you can stream directly to the tablet from the PC as well.

http://www.ps3mediaserver.org/
http://tversity.com/
 
If you share your media libary from you PC using either itunes or windows media player the PS3 finds it anyway no need for other software ? Or am I missing something ?
 
can it stream HD content wirelessly?
 
Wall said:
can it stream HD content wirelessly?
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All depends on your wireless, I have a 300mb wireless N router that streams HD (1080p) fine, UNLESS there is a network copy happening at the same time. 720p has yet to give problems.

This is with PS3 Media server. (which is awesome)
 
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Zindaar said:
All depends on your wireless, I have a 300mb wireless N router that streams HD (1080p) fine, UNLESS there is a network copy happening at the same time. 720p has yet to give problems.

This is with PS3 Media server. (which is awesome)
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The PS3 uses 802.101g i.e. 54Mbps wireless tech.
 
thank you. will try it.
Windows media server has been super slow for me. quicker and less frustrating to copy across onto external.
maybe its my wifi but worth a shot
 
Ps3Mediaserver work for me very well for a long time!
 
Sirjest said:
Side Note : Remember, that only supported video files will reflect under the Video Tab, so if you are under the video tab, and you navigate to the folder that holds your Music, nothing will reflect there.
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For unsupported video files there is software which can transcode (basically decode and re-encode to a new format in real-time, or something like that) the video to a supported format on the fly so you don't need to worry about formats. Might need a slightly more powerful CPU if you're transcoding large files though. I'm pretty sure PS3 Media Server has transcoding support.
 
This is exactly what I have been looking for. Just got a PS3 and was trying to hook it up last weekend.
Whats the difference between Plex and PS3 mediaserver?
 
My PS3 also picks up my TP-Link router's media server. I haven't tried streaming anything through it but I don't see why it wouldn't work provided the formats are correct. (PS3 doesn't have codecs for mkv files for example so ensure you either transcode or download some other format).
 
I prefer using Plex for this.

PS3Mediaserver was always a bit heavy on processing and not the most elegant application.
 
BazzaR said:
This is exactly what I have been looking for. Just got a PS3 and was trying to hook it up last weekend.
Whats the difference between Plex and PS3 mediaserver?
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No sure about plex as I never got to use it but the PS3 media server did wonders with on the fly transcoding of movies from formats that the PS3 does not support natively like .mkv's etc!

LAN cable works best to watch HD/BluRay content from PC.
 
Just did the setup and it's working perfectly. thanks OP :)
 
Mezzmo is super easy to setup and transcode everything (you can set the receiving side q depending on the connection/display properties available ie smart TV over LAN 1080, ps3 over wifi 720i...)
30 day free but takes 10 seconds to remove and install again and you have 15 days of use again, software keeps all shared and transcoded info)
www.conceiva.com
 
Plex will compensate for the the ****ty 802.11G Wireless on the PS3 because it also transcodes, just drop the quality as required.
 
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