Esequiel Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Has anybody done this with there PS3 yet? I have some Xvids on my PC, it would be great to be able to play them direct through my PS3. I hear that there is a way to stream you data though your PS3 and am just wondering if anyone here has done this?
Guest Jordan Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Yes, you can do this. The PS3 recongises Windows Media Connect 2.0, however XVID will NOT play. DivX will, Xvid files must be first on the PS3 HDD to play. As weird as that sounds, thats the only way of doing it. That and it basically just goes "oh shit look, folders.. *drags out all the files it can't play*... ie: my entire video collection" I just stick to the 360's streaming, sure its a loud bastard but atleast it plays the files.
khilafah Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 I thought TVersity worked with PS3. That is what I use to stream stuff with my 360.
RoadKill Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 By the way TVersity is the awesome, so I'd use that, like the guy above me says. (I use it on my 360)
Domstercool Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Xvid streams for me off my PC, my anime is xvid and works fine. I use my PS3 over the 360, since the 360 loves to be a slow laggy fucker when it's streaming divx/xvid from the PC to the 360.
Choze Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Use Tversity. That way you can stream any file. HD streaming is flawless too. Definately the best streamer for any system. Disable MS's POS crap. It doesnt do much and its only going to work properly with MS certified devices(CE manufacturers dont bother with this). Also for fun you can use your wifi phone to stream media to PS3. Nokia phones are good at this. Saves you from using a wire or bluetooth to transfer media.
Guest Jordan Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Jesus christ Choze... You're becomming a fan boy joke.
Choze Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Jesus christ Choze... You're becomming a fan boy joke. Really whats the joke? Tried using MS's home media rubbish on Panasonic and Nokia equipment? Oh wait MS block these devices despite Panasonic and Nokia doing everything on their end. Rather than make useless conjecture make sure you know what you are talking about.
Guest Jordan Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Well err... My Nokia N95 can see the media on my server which uses Windows Media Connect 2.0. Not only that, but my PS3 can also use it... Which afaik isn't a Microsoft Certified Device
Guest Jordan Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 No? I said, i can stream from my PC using Windows Media connect to my N95.
Esequiel Posted January 28, 2008 Author Posted January 28, 2008 >.> I must be really crap at this, but my PS3 just wont recognise the PC no matter what i try. Il post details in the morning off to play fookin warhawk to chill out!
Choze Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 No? I said, i can stream from my PC using Windows Media connect to my N95. Yeah that works ofcourse since Nokia did their part. Too bad MS dont fix their own side to take media from the N95 to pc.
McPhee Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 So you want to use you're N95 as a media server and the PC as the viewing platform? It's doable, easier on the 8GB N95 though (it's DLNA compliant, basically some extra streaming software). These guys will sort you out: allaboutsymbianforums.com Google turned up a few solutions too... BTW, it's down to Nokia or 3rd parties to release the software necessary to do this. The features are built in to Windows, they just have to be accessed.
Esequiel Posted January 29, 2008 Author Posted January 29, 2008 Anyone got any suggestions for me? My PC recognises the PS3 but the PS3 says there is no media server?
khilafah Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 Anyone got any suggestions for me? My PC recognises the PS3 but the PS3 says there is no media server? I had same problem but with the 360. Had no idea why it was doing that while TVersity works fine straight away.
Choze Posted February 7, 2008 Posted February 7, 2008 So you want to use you're N95 as a media server and the PC as the viewing platform? It's doable, easier on the 8GB N95 though (it's DLNA compliant, basically some extra streaming software). These guys will sort you out: allaboutsymbianforums.com Google turned up a few solutions too... BTW, it's down to Nokia or 3rd parties to release the software necessary to do this. The features are built in to Windows, they just have to be accessed. MS dont support DLNA. They want to force their own crappy standard. Nokia provide the software for PC but it shouldnt be like that. It should just work. PS3 does this whereas anything MS cant without extra help. MS. The company that complicates everything.
McPhee Posted February 7, 2008 Posted February 7, 2008 Why am i bothering to argue this with you? Originally founded by Sony and Intel in June of 2003, the current DLNA organization (as of spring 2007) consists of eight Board companies (Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Matsushita, Microsoft, Nokia, Philips, Samsung, Sony), sixteen non-board Promoter companies (AMD, Broadcom, Comcast, DigiOn, Dolby, Huawei, IBM, Kenwood, Lenovo, LGE, Motorola, NXP, Pioneer, Sharp, ST Microelectronics and Toshiba), and approximately 240 Contributor (or regular) members. Microsoft are pushing DLNA, Windows Media Centre is built on that technology. If i've understood you correctly then you're moaning about not being able to use the N95 to do something it wasn't designed to do (i.e. be a DLNA compliant media server). That phone is designed to stream media from servers/nas drives/computers etc, not server data to them. You could always get a Mac and then use Apple products to try and do the same stuff, or look for a Linux solution. Or stop moaning and fix the problem you're having yourself.
Choze Posted February 11, 2008 Posted February 11, 2008 Why am i bothering to argue this with you? Microsoft are pushing DLNA, Windows Media Centre is built on that technology. If i've understood you correctly then you're moaning about not being able to use the N95 to do something it wasn't designed to do (i.e. be a DLNA compliant media server). That phone is designed to stream media from servers/nas drives/computers etc, not server data to them. You could always get a Mac and then use Apple products to try and do the same stuff, or look for a Linux solution. Or stop moaning and fix the problem you're having yourself. There's a difference between getting listed as a DLNA company and having an actual device that is labelled 'DLNA certified'. N95 is a DLNA 'certified' device as is the PS3. The 360 isnt since MS focus on their version of media streaming. Not my fault MS are rubbish at this. Its like saying the PS3 is divx 'certified'. It isnt although it may be in the future via updates. There is no actual guarantee every divx file will work. Hope that makes sense.
McPhee Posted February 11, 2008 Posted February 11, 2008 Where did the 360 come from? Now im really confused... I thought you were trying to serve media to a Windows PC from the N95?
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