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PS3 Media Server
PS3 Media Server 1.52.1
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(30) 4.25

DLNA compliant Upnp media server.   Free
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PS3 Media Server runs on your Mac as an DLNA compliant Upnp media server. You just share a folder (or more), and this folder you can browse on your PS3 - when you see a media file (e.g. MKV), just press play - and the media server will process real-time video transcoding via MEncoder to the PS3. This means the PS3 will play unsupported files. Even with external .srt / .sub subtitles.

Current 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
What's New
Version 1.52.1:
  • Updated MPlayer to SB29 which fixes AC3 audio sync
  • Allow JRE 6 instead of just JRE 7
  • Language updates:
    • added Turkish (thanks, BrYaNT!)
    • updated Bulgarian (thanks, JORDITO!)
    • updated Catalan (thanks, aseques!)
    • updated Czech (thanks, valib!)
    • updated English labels
  • Reading genre from media (thanks, nielsb!)
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.5.6 or later



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PS3 Media Server User Discussion (Write a Review)
ver. 1.x:
(30)
Your rating: Now say why...
Overall:
(30)

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apelike22 reviewed on 04 May 2012
Extremely easy to set up and use. I have a Macbook Pro with an external USB drive with my movie collection on it. I have a wifi connection and my PS3 is connected to an Airport Base Station via an ethernet cable. PS3 Media Server automatically found my PS3 (as well as my Panasonic Viera TV) and on my PS3 I was able to navigate to my drive and pull up my movies. It seamlessly played back a copy of Dolphin Tale encoded by Handbrake from the Blu Ray disc. Minimal and rare stuttering of playback, no worse than what you'd get from Netflix or Amazon, and the overall quality looked better than those. Can't believe this is free. Don't stress about the user interface unless you have to. I don't have anything special or unique about my setup and it worked fine without me doing anything. I highly, highly recommend this app.
[Version 1.52.1]


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+18
Scottyo commented on 26 Mar 2012
The new version started pausing playback and loading buffers every 10-15 seconds on my 802.11n connection (iMac i7, pretty new Samsung 46"/Rosewill wireless USB dongle), for 640x480 movies.

In the Transcode Settings tab, inputting

keyint=5:vqscale=1:vqmin=3

got it streaming smoothly; IOW, I increased vqmin from 2 to 3. I also lowered the AC3 bit rate to 384 kbps, though that may not have been necessary. These were shot on our ca 2005 point-and-shoot, so didn't really benefit from high-quality settings.

But this change probably wouldn't get 720p or 1080i/p streaming working smoothly, though increasing the vqscale and vqmin parameters *might* do so. For the HD formats you might need a 100 mbps wired ethernet connection.
[Version 1.52.0]


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+26

Zincker reviewed on 24 Feb 2012
Yeah, it works great with my WD TV Live and Lion! Thanks.
[Version 1.50.1]


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+1

+12

Ry.ma reviewed on 30 Jan 2012
For me the best Media server. The only one, which operates error free so far.
[Version 1.50.1]


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-1

-1

folivares reviewed on 29 Oct 2011
Had to upgrade to Isedora; unstable (at time's would stream to my Xbox 360, at times would not). Video quality was terrible (or I just couldn't figure out how to tweak it).
[Version 1.50.0]


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-2

+49
Darukaru commented on 24 Oct 2011
The developers of this app need to take a good hard look at what StreamToMe/ServeToMe has accomplished, *also* using open-source components but having significantly improved playback compatibility, interface quality, and overall polish and presentation

If ServeToMe could act as a DLNA server there would be no reason to use PS3MS ever again.
[Version 1.50.0]


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+1

+1

bigbearhunter reviewed on 08 Oct 2011
AMAZING!

First off, this is not the most intuitive program at all. It's got buttons and weird names for items and protocols, so, you have no idea what it's talking about. The next version needs to have an interface more like HANDBRAKE, where you just punch a few presets in and it works.

It couldn't find my PS3 at first. Then after some research I found out that you have to make some changes to get it to sync.

You might have to go to general settings and under Force switch it to 1o0 and under that type in your COMPUTERS IP Address.

That did it for me and at worked just fine.

So despite it's complicated nature I give this 5 stars because it's free and it does exactly what I needed it to.

It's not a cure all by any means and you shouldn't expect it to be, but it showed some videos I had on the computer just fine and others not so much, but avi's and mpegs play perfect.

And again. It's FREE.
[Version 1.40.0]


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-1

+18

truthhurts reviewed on 03 Oct 2011
Horrible little program. I kind of suspected this based on the screen shot of the interface - that's actually one of the *better* looking screens. This is a poorly done, confusing, and badly laid out port of a piece of Linux software.

The interface on the PS3 isn't much better. Special folders for "# VIDEO SETTINGS #" and "# TRANSCODE #" - you know, instead of actually doing the right thing and just sending the appropriate stream.

And all of that might be forgivable if it worked - but it doesn't. It transferred one YouTube video successfully, and every MKV I threw at it failed. Among other things, it doesn't support MKV header compression, which anything worth its salt supported over a year ago.

The forums are worthless. Report a bug or criticize anything and you're told not to do it that way, or remux all of your files; basically, the program can do no wrong, and if it fails (and badly), well, that's your fault - never the program.

Free, and yet you still don't get what you paid for, as there's no reimbursement for time wasted on this thing.
[Version 1.40.0]


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+2

+18

P=NP reviewed on 25 Jun 2011
I've been using PS3 Media Server since 2009 and have yet to find another media server application that is better. I've tried just about every media server available, however, none of them can beat this thing. What's most surprising is that most of the others cost money, seem to have less capabilities, or just aren't as versatile. To anyone needing a solid media server look no further — it's awesome, and best of all FREE.
[Version 1.25.1]


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+8
Trustme commented on 24 Jun 2011
Version 1.25.1 – http://ps3mediaserver.googlecode.com/files/pms-macosx-1.25.1.dmg
[Version 1.20.409]

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Trustme replied on 24 Jun 2011
It's Intel only now and not beta.
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MacUpdate-Warren replied on 24 Jun 2011
I've updated our listing. Thanks for pointing that out!
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Trustme replied on 24 Jun 2011
You can also update link to Developer's Site – http://www.ps3mediaserver.org
and Release Notes (Changelog) – http://bit.ly/iiPLTL
Thank you too)
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brianmac350 had trouble on 07 Jun 2011
Uncaught exception in main method: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
I have this issue and cannot connect has anyone ever had this before?
[Version 1.20.409]


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jaspal hothi had trouble on 31 Dec 2010
Mediaserver cannot find my PS3.
tried Medialink...unsuccesful too!!

very disappointed !
need help asap ...please please
[Version 1.20.409]


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+14
Brian Kendig had trouble on 26 Aug 2009
This is almost a wonderful program - it plays music just fine, it shows videos just fine, but I can't get it to play any videos from my Mac on my PS3. I can browse through them on the PS3, but then when I try to play, it has a black screen for a few seconds then says the video file is corrupt.

These files aren't corrupt, and I've tried several different files in various formats: QuickTime, MP4, and a handful of formats that VLC plays without trouble (I think MKV is one of the ones I tried). I try to play them 'straight' or through the copy in the '#TRANSCODED#' directory. All of them fail the same way.

Is there some configuration I have to do in PS3 Media Server first to get videos to play on my PS3?
[Version 1.10.5]

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+4
Olc commented on 13 Mar 2010
Nothing to do with corruption... That's just the way the PS3 reports files that aren't compatible.
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+14
Brian Kendig replied on 13 Mar 2010
Isn't the whole point of PS3 Media Server to *make* them compatible, by transcoding them into a format that the PS3 can handle?
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+4
Olc commented on 13 Mar 2010
Then remove the extension(s) from the list of files not to transcode...
It is probably the problem...
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Brian Kendig replied on 13 Mar 2010
What list, where? I'm in the program now and I don't see any list of file types not to transcode.

+81

Weaselboy rated on 30 Jan 2012

[Version 1.50.1]



+9

Quiiick rated on 30 Jan 2012

[Version 1.50.1]



+9

Quiiick rated on 24 Sep 2011

[Version 1.40.0]




Archibal rated on 22 Sep 2011

[Version 1.40.0]



-28

Macbond rated on 22 Sep 2011

[Version 1.40.0]




Flyingrat rated on 19 Sep 2011

[Version 1.40.0]




Nico-Huysamen rated on 16 Sep 2011

[Version 1.40.0]



+9

Rpsx rated on 06 Sep 2011

[Version 1.30.1]




MattiasF rated on 10 Aug 2011

[Version 1.30.1]




adrianosc rated on 07 Aug 2011

[Version 1.30.1]


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Version Downloads:14,594
Type:Multimedia & Design : Video
License:Free
Date:07 Apr 2012
Platform:Intel
Price:Free0.00
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PS3 Media Server runs on your Mac as an DLNA compliant Upnp media server. You just share a folder (or more), and this folder you can browse on your PS3 - when you see a media file (e.g. MKV), just press play - and the media server will process real-time video transcoding via MEncoder to the PS3. This means the PS3 will play unsupported files. Even with external .srt / .sub subtitles.

Current 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
  • Display camera RAWs thumbnails (Canon / Nikon, etc.)
  • ZIP/RAR files as browsable folders for pictures/audio files
  • Support for pictures based feeds, such as Flickr and Picasaweb
  • Internet TV / Web Radio support with VLC, MEncoder or MPlayer
  • Podcasts audio/ Video feeds support
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