Aftrunner Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 So this is an interesting concept. I tried this with my 360 and the results were quite good. Only problems were 1 Having a constant cable between the 360 and the PC is not viable and I am not going to fork over cash for the MS wirless thingy 2 I used WMP 11 to share stuff and the problems were mostly limited codec support. But on the PS3 there seems to be a rather neat work around, ran across it on EG. http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/ Dont have a PS3 ATM, although I am contemplating getting one (what with the price drop and all). So I am wondering if someone here can try it out and report back. Alternatly if someone has tried Tversity on 360 and can let me know if its worth it? BTW if you are wondering what the thread is about or how to go about setting one up google is your best friend. For people who are into HTPC stuff its a godsend. And if the thread is duplicate of some other floating around the infinite maybe a mod can merge them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersim Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 brotha i use Tversity to stream media to my PS3. it works super! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted December 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 Really? Whats the codec limitation like? Also can you stream stuff (esp HD videos) without problems over a wifi connection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a5hr1th Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 I use TwonkyMedia and it works better than any kinda Media Server out there. Although it doesn't transcode like TVersity does. @Aftrunner, HD videos are not a problem, but it may lag sometimes. I stream 720p videos, not tried 1080p though. Transcoding on slower PCs will, for sure, make them slow. I just convert MKV to VOB and stream, or for that reason any kinda video to a format compatible with the PS3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vebk Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 What's the point of streaming stuff? Can't you just connect your TV to your computer? The only thing I can figure out is that it would be useless if you have your computer in one room, and the ps3+TV in another, and use WiFi to stream the media, rather than use pen drives etc. every time. Is there any other use for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersim Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 Really? Whats the codec limitation like? Also can you stream stuff (esp HD videos) without problems over a wifi connection? brotha i havent tried streaming HD videos, will try them and let u know. What's the point of streaming stuff? Can't you just connect your TV to your computer? The only thing I can figure out is that it would be useless if you have your computer in one room, and the ps3+TV in another, and use WiFi to stream the media, rather than use pen drives etc. every time. Is there any other use for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castiel Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 use window media connect and share all the drives ,i did the same and video xcept .mkv worked and for people who use common monitor for pc and box can get a wifi router with multiple slots on back and share media Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somebody Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 i use tvvsersity to stream my videos from my desktop to my TV. it works great even for HD videos. and i love this feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vebk Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 Awesome, great reply. i use tvvsersity to stream my videos from my desktop to my TV. it works great even for HD videos. and i love this feature. Well assuming you are using a HDTV (LCD/Plasma), why couldn't you connect your computer to your TV. (and cut the ps3 out of the picture). Like I said, the only sense it makes is that your computer is in one room and TV(+ps3) are in another room, and you use WiFi to access the media on your computer from your ps3. Correct? (That's all I want to know) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somebody Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 ^^ so u think it's better if i connect a long wire from my computer to my ps3/HDTV instead of just streaming it wirelessly to the ps3 and an hdtv ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vebk Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 ^^ so u think it's better if i connect a long wire from my computer to my ps3/HDTV instead of just streaming it wirelessly to the ps3 and an hdtv ?? Yes, if it means not having to turn your ps3 on every time you want to watch a movie or tv show that's stored on your computer. While the ps3 is definitely a tougher device than say the ps2 or the 360, I don't think you do it any favour by letting it be on for extended periods of time. PCs on the other hand are built for that kind of usage. But like I said, if the distance between the PC and the HDTV is a lot (e.g. they are in different rooms), then streaming it wirelessly makes sense. My question was simply that is this pretty much the only main use of Tversity? To provide media streaming when the PC and TV are far away, by using your ps3 as a "middleman"? I don't think it's a dumb question and certainly doesn't warrant responses like " " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanayhbk Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 bro u wont be able to stream hd videos coz u need high speed internet for that which we don't have in india Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 bro u wont be able to stream hd videos coz u need high speed internet for that which we don't have in india So many things wrong with this statement I wont even bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shantz Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 I stream videos to my PS3 BUT...not from my computer..I stream them directly through my wireless router. My router has a couple of USB ports at the back to which I have connected my external USB hard disk. My router also has an inbuilt media server, So i just need to power on the router and it streams all teh movies/songs/photos over to the PS3 over wifi with ease. Further freedom from the PC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a5hr1th Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 What kinda router do you have? Is it a NAS device? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shantz Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 What kinda router do you have? Is it a NAS device? I have an Asus WL-500W. It is not exactly a NAS but it has a couple of USB ports at the back and you can attach all kinds of USB devices to it, e.g. hard disks, webcams, sound cards, headsets etc and they are made available over the wired/wirelss network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a5hr1th Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Whoa! That is simply AWESOME! So, you get the HDD as a drive on the PS3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_BIG_J Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 So this is an interesting concept. I tried this with my 360 and the results were quite good. Only problems were 1 Having a constant cable between the 360 and the PC is not viable and I am not going to fork over cash for the MS wirless thingy 2 I used WMP 11 to share stuff and the problems were mostly limited codec support. But on the PS3 there seems to be a rather neat work around, ran across it on EG. http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/ Dont have a PS3 ATM, although I am contemplating getting one (what with the price drop and all). So I am wondering if someone here can try it out and report back. Alternatly if someone has tried Tversity on 360 and can let me know if its worth it? BTW if you are wondering what the thread is about or how to go about setting one up google is your best friend. For people who are into HTPC stuff its a godsend. And if the thread is duplicate of some other floating around the infinite maybe a mod can merge them. Streaming would be good, I would wanna try out, jus wondering which media server to check out first, allthough getting an external hdd, and transfering stuff from the comp and then hooking it to the ps3 and watching is tried n tested, but would definitely like to chek out video streaming, I have actually played a video on my comp hdd, on my sisters lappy, it did pause at a few places, but was ok, music on the other hand thro winamp worked like a charm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_BIG_J Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 So this is an interesting concept. I tried this with my 360 and the results were quite good. Only problems were 1 Having a constant cable between the 360 and the PC is not viable and I am not going to fork over cash for the MS wirless thingy 2 I used WMP 11 to share stuff and the problems were mostly limited codec support. But on the PS3 there seems to be a rather neat work around, ran across it on EG. http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/ Dont have a PS3 ATM, although I am contemplating getting one (what with the price drop and all). So I am wondering if someone here can try it out and report back. Alternatly if someone has tried Tversity on 360 and can let me know if its worth it? BTW if you are wondering what the thread is about or how to go about setting one up google is your best friend. For people who are into HTPC stuff its a godsend. And if the thread is duplicate of some other floating around the infinite maybe a mod can merge them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shantz Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Whoa! That is simply AWESOME! So, you get the HDD as a drive on the PS3? I do get all the partitions of the hard disk on the LAN like any other shared folder and I can access them from any PC (even through internet) but PS3 can't see it exactly as a hard disk because PS3 cannot browse shared folders (can it?). However, the router also has a media server built in which serves all the media lying in some particular folders to PS3. On PS3 I can browse these folders/files under my router's name (which it gets after scanning for media servers). And I can stream whatever I select. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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