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PS3 Media Server1.90.1

Name: PS3 Media Server
Rating: 4.0816 (32 reviews)

18 August 2013

DLNA-compliant UPnP Media Server.

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Overview

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

What's new in PS3 Media Server

Version 1.90.1:

Engines

FFmpeg Video, FFMpeg Web Video and FFmpeg Web Audio:

Fix issue that prevented plugins extending FFmpegWebAudio and FFmpegWebVideo safely
Updated FFmpeg for Windows

MEncoder Video: Fix for spaces in font names breaking playback

Miscellaneous

Fixed regression with tsMuxeR and H.264 support
Restored Java support for file names with special characters on OS X

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39 Reviews of PS3 Media Server

This is simply the best Upnp media server availaible for mac users. It can transcode files which means your ps3 can read everything (even mkv file, even dvdrip with external subtitle .srt). I tried a 720p mkv file and it worked like a charm with a core2duo 2ghz. The only glitch is when you close the application window, you can't open it again by clicking on the dock icon, you have to close the app and relaunch but anyways once its configured you dont have to go back to the setting so its not a big deal.

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Quiiick

26 February 2014

Version: 1.90.1

I have several media servers, including PMS, on my Mac. Since upgrading to MacOS X 10.9.2 earlier today, none of them finds my PS3 renderer anymore! Has anyone else experienced similar problems?

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Easy to install, easy to use. Works perfectly getting my MKV files on my Mac running Mavericks to my PS3 and my WD TV LIVE streaming player. I was using TVMOBiLi until I ran into their data streaming limit. PS3 Media Server is noticeably faster. Instant streaming instead of waiting up to 30 seconds for video to start using TVMOBiLi. Streaming via TVMOBiLi also would pause video quite often while PS3 Media Server simply allow the videos to stream uninterrupted. This is the solution that I have been looking for!

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Arnauld

24 September 2013

Version: 1.90.1

Intego's "Virus Barrier Express" (Definitions 09/17/2013) reports me of an infection inside the downloaded -> SelfModifier.class Java/CVE-2012-1723.gen As a Mac-user I have not much knowledge in viruses and I'm not able to assess the "nastiness(?)" of this "thing". Any ideas? TNX!

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This new installer gives me a "Permission Denied" while it is NOT asking for an ADMINUSER/PASS ... I can not install/upgrade the latest version :-(((

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Quiiick

19 August 2013

Version: 1.90.1

Can someone please explain to me why the new version (1.90.1) needs an installer now. I prefer having "drop 'n' drag" installs of software on my desktop computer.

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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.

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Scottyo

26 March 2012

Version: 1.52.0

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.

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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).

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Darukaru

24 October 2011

Version: 1.50.0

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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anonymous-gopher-3791

24 June 2011

Version: 1.20.409

Version 1.25.1 – http://ps3mediaserver.googlecode.com/files/pms-macosx-1.25.1.dmg

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brianmac350

07 June 2011

Version: 1.20.409

Uncaught exception in main method: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space I have this issue and cannot connect has anyone ever had this before?

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This is pretty nice work. Especially considering its free. For those having trouble getting it to see their PS3 on the network, one thing you may need to do is go under "General Configuration" and in the "Force IP of the server" field, put in the network IP of your mac running the software. For example 192.168.1.2 After that click save and then restart the server. You may also have to choose one of the network interfaces from the "Force networking on interface" dropdown. I've never had problems connecting as long as I have those 2 options set.

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Leesa

22 February 2011

Version: 1.20.409

The newest version does NOT transcode on a PPC Mac. It does, however, connect to my G5 to play any file that my PS3 will normally play... but no transcoding. Assuming there was an older version that worked on a PPC, I was hoping to find it on their site... no luck.

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best transcoder out there, and it's free! can be a little cumbersome to connect to the ps3 at times, but when it's connected, it's a powerhouse

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jaspal-hothi

31 December 2010

Version: 1.20.409

Mediaserver cannot find my PS3. tried Medialink...unsuccesful too!! very disappointed ! need help asap ...please please

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Easy to get going. Little hard to understand the interface, but regardless the job gets done. I had music playing in a few minutes of downloading it. AND it's free. No complaints.

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This is awesome! Just migrated to iMac from a PC. Just Googled to find this app. Took no time to install and detect my PS3. And I'm watching my video right now! Highly recommended!!!!

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PS3 has not been found although it's definitely on. The FAQ only talks about Windows in order to solve this. Obviously others have gotten this to work, but not me. Very confused. This is not as simple as it should be. It's not about just starting it up.

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Very nice! Gives the best performance out of all the UPNP servers I've tested. Can even play stream 3mb/s HD video (h.264) over AirPort with hardly any dropouts. Also supports subtitles. The commercial apps should really step up their game against this one. Great work!

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1. This app is really sluggish or/and unresponsive while streaming. That's on Macbook Pro (early 2010 model). 2. On a wired network, it is nowhere close to other streaming solution for the PS3! It skips continually. 3. Network interfaces are a pain... If you often switch between wireless and wired, you'rer in for troubles...

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I needed a streaming solution for my PS3 in a hurry, so I downloaded this, started it up. Went downstairs, turned on my PS3, it saw Media Server straight away and I started watching my movies downstairs. All done over Wireless G no less ! I'm not going to try 1080p yet, but 720p might be worth a try. Top Marks.

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Holy smokes. The MPAA can go where the sun don't shine because this app is amazing. With my 40" flat screen, 1TB HD, PS3 and iMac [Snow Leopard], this app not only allows my PS3 to play 1080p mkv files but it includes external subs as advertised! Still in disbelief. Everything was automatically detected and all I had to do was point to my HD. I'm watching stunning 1080p with subs. Amazing. I think the guy who gave a bad review probably works for the MPAA or other media server app dev because he doesn't know what he's talking about.

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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?

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Very good mediaserver software indeed (and for free) but it has some annoying behaviour: 1. Transcoding of .mkv videos won't work at all. Mencoder always crashes when i try to trancode a .mkv video with my PS3. I'm using OSX 10.5.7. 2. No iTunes/iPhoto intergration. PMS dosen't offer any iTunes, iPhoto or iLive integration. This way it's impossible to access my media in iTunes, iPhoto or Aperture libraries. Except ot the transcoding feature (which is not working at all) Nullriver MediaLink offers full iTunes, iPhoto and Aperture integration and is worth the 20$ for license.

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Using this with my XBOX 360. Transcodes .mkvs quite nicely. Also allows multiple folders. This just might end up replacing Connect360 for me. Keep up the good work on the 360 features!

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I used to use Nullriver's product, I even paid for it (wanna buy my license? I don't use it anymore...), but have always searched for something that was more complete. I tried MediaTomb, but the install and configuration was so difficult and time consuming that I didn't find it worthwhile - and I'm a developer! Eyeconnect was suffering from a combination of the issues described above. PS3 Media Server has really started down the path to what could become a pretty successful future. If they made some superficial changes, such as prettying it up a little, go from Java to Cocoa, and put some cutsie icons on it, they could win over the MediaLink people. I've noticed there have been a number of regular updates, which is a major benefit. The transcoding is such a wonderful feature, and works extremely well out of the box. Other than the UI and some usability tweaks, the developers have done a very good job winning me over.

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While this is free, MediaLink from Nullriver is an excellent paid alternative. Much easier to use than this and runs as a System Pref panel. I have been using MediaLink since it came out and it works great.

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