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Ps3 Media Server

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This directory contains the latest stable releases of PS3 Media Server. There are three installers available for the Windows platform: pms-x.xx.x-setup-full-x64.exe (Windows 64 bit installer, includes Java) pms-x.xx.x-setup-full.exe (Windows 32 bit installer, includes Java). Some devices perform both functions. Using a PS3™ system as a client, you can display images, or play music or video files that are stored on a device with DLNA Media Server functionality over a network. Connecting the PS3™ system and DLNA Media Server. Connect the PS3™ system and DLNA Media Server using a wired or wireless connection.

PS3 Media Server is a Java-based DLNA-compliant UPnP media server that's designed to transcode and stream media files across the network to your PS3.

The program will quickly stream all the formats that the PS3 natively supports, including images (JPG, PNG, GIF, TIFF), music (MP3) and plenty of videos (AVI, MP4, TS, M2TS, MPEG). Other formats - MKV, FLV or OGM, say - will be transcoded in real time, courtesy of the bundled Mplayer and FFmpeg packages. (Or, at least, that's the plan. You'll need relatively powerful hardware for this to run smoothly.)

There's support for streaming all kinds of other media, too: picture-based feeds like Flickr and Picasaweb, internet TV and radio, audio and video podcasts, and more.

And with clients for Windows, Linux and the Mac, along with basic Xbox 360 support, PS3 Media Server should be able to adapt to just about any network setup to deliver the results you need.

Verdict:

It's occasionally complex, and a little demanding of your hardware, but once you've got PS3 Media Server set up then it's an excellent way to stream media files around your home

Emporer of the seas. This article is draft. All sections need checking and expanding


PS3mediaserver is a DLNA compliant Upnp media server, written in Java. It can stream or transcode many different types of media file, with minimum configuration. It is backed up with the powerful Mplayer/FFmpeg packages.


  • 1Installation

Installation

Download the files

(links checked 12/5/10)

PS3 Mediaserver

Linux stable release (1.10.5): http://ps3mediaserver.googlecode.com/files/pms-linux-1.10.5.tgz

Make pantone color palette. Configuration files

PMS.sh: http://www.bibliognome.com/PMS.sh

PMS.conf http://www.bibliognome.com/PMS.conf

Server

Supporting packages

MPlayer: http://connie.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/MPlayer/pkg/12.2/MPlayer-r29301-i486-1alien.tgz

Mencoder: http://www.bibliognome.com/mencoder-packages.zip

FFMpeg: http://pinguinmabuk.net/alien_repository/ffmpeg/pkg64/current/ffmpeg-0.5-x86_64-2alien.tgz

Java runtime environment: ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/slackware/l/jre-6u11-i586-1.tgz

Other files that may be useful/required (see below)

Linux unstable release (1.20.409 BETA): http://ps3mediaserver.googlecode.com/files/pms-generic-linux-unix-1.20.409-BETA.tgz

FFMpeg: http://pinguinmabuk.net/alien_repository/ffmpeg/pkg/12.2/ffmpeg-0.5-i486-1alien.tgz

Additional Mencoder libraries: TBC

Install the files on the flash drive

  1. Create a custom folder at the root level of the flash drive (if one does not exist).
  2. Create a PS3 Mediaserver folder – named, for example ps3ms – in the custom folder
  3. Unzip the pms-linux-1.10.5.tgz to get 'pms-linux-1.10.5.tar', then unzip it to get a folder 'pms-linux-1.10.5' copy the content of the folder directly into the ps3ms folder
  4. Place the PMS.conf, PMS.sh, and jre-6ull-i586-1.tgz files into the ps3ms folder.
  5. Create a new folder called mencoder in the ps3ms folder
  6. Unzip the mencoder-packages.zip contents into the mencoder folder.
  7. Place the ffmpeg-0.5-x86 64-2alien.tgz and MPlayer-r29301-i486-1alien.tgz files in the mencoder folder.

Edit the go script

Adobe flash professional cs6 mac. Add the following to your go script to start up PS3mediaserver.

Then restart the unRAID server.

Testing and troubleshooting the installation

1) type ‘java' in the terminal

Java should run, you see some help information like command line switches. If not, you may need to add a command to your go script such as:export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/java

2) type ‘mencoder'

it should run, and show some help info like 'no file given', if it barks about missing libraries, you need to find them.For example:

  • liboil-0.3.14-i486-1alien.tgz
  • alsa-lib-1.0.17a-i486-1.tgz
  • libXau-1.0.4-i486-1.tgz

3) type ‘ffmpeg'

it should show some kind of message like 'ffmpeg version 0.5 copyright' etc.

Some systems need to use ffmpeg-0.5-i486-1alien.tgz to get it to run (instead of ffmpeg-0.5-x86_64-2alien.tgz) External hard drive under 30.

4) Reboot the unRAID server

Ps3 Media Server 1.71.0

Start up your PS3 and now it should see it when you go to Videos on the XMB.


Configuration

Magic unicorn games. Play some files and see if you need to make edits to your PMS.conf file. Here is an example PMS.conf:

Media

Supporting packages

MPlayer: http://connie.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/MPlayer/pkg/12.2/MPlayer-r29301-i486-1alien.tgz

Mencoder: http://www.bibliognome.com/mencoder-packages.zip

FFMpeg: http://pinguinmabuk.net/alien_repository/ffmpeg/pkg64/current/ffmpeg-0.5-x86_64-2alien.tgz

Java runtime environment: ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/slackware/l/jre-6u11-i586-1.tgz

Other files that may be useful/required (see below)

Linux unstable release (1.20.409 BETA): http://ps3mediaserver.googlecode.com/files/pms-generic-linux-unix-1.20.409-BETA.tgz

FFMpeg: http://pinguinmabuk.net/alien_repository/ffmpeg/pkg/12.2/ffmpeg-0.5-i486-1alien.tgz

Additional Mencoder libraries: TBC

Install the files on the flash drive

  1. Create a custom folder at the root level of the flash drive (if one does not exist).
  2. Create a PS3 Mediaserver folder – named, for example ps3ms – in the custom folder
  3. Unzip the pms-linux-1.10.5.tgz to get 'pms-linux-1.10.5.tar', then unzip it to get a folder 'pms-linux-1.10.5' copy the content of the folder directly into the ps3ms folder
  4. Place the PMS.conf, PMS.sh, and jre-6ull-i586-1.tgz files into the ps3ms folder.
  5. Create a new folder called mencoder in the ps3ms folder
  6. Unzip the mencoder-packages.zip contents into the mencoder folder.
  7. Place the ffmpeg-0.5-x86 64-2alien.tgz and MPlayer-r29301-i486-1alien.tgz files in the mencoder folder.

Edit the go script

Adobe flash professional cs6 mac. Add the following to your go script to start up PS3mediaserver.

Then restart the unRAID server.

Testing and troubleshooting the installation

1) type ‘java' in the terminal

Java should run, you see some help information like command line switches. If not, you may need to add a command to your go script such as:export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/java

2) type ‘mencoder'

it should run, and show some help info like 'no file given', if it barks about missing libraries, you need to find them.For example:

  • liboil-0.3.14-i486-1alien.tgz
  • alsa-lib-1.0.17a-i486-1.tgz
  • libXau-1.0.4-i486-1.tgz

3) type ‘ffmpeg'

it should show some kind of message like 'ffmpeg version 0.5 copyright' etc.

Some systems need to use ffmpeg-0.5-i486-1alien.tgz to get it to run (instead of ffmpeg-0.5-x86_64-2alien.tgz) External hard drive under 30.

4) Reboot the unRAID server

Ps3 Media Server 1.71.0

Start up your PS3 and now it should see it when you go to Videos on the XMB.


Configuration

Magic unicorn games. Play some files and see if you need to make edits to your PMS.conf file. Here is an example PMS.conf:

The folders line will need to change to fit your own user shares.

The last line mencoder_encode sets the quality of the video playback. These settings can be tweaked if you are getting choppiness in playback. For 720p videos, try 1, 1, 2 for values. For 1080p, you masy need to lower the quality to 3, 3, 5. It all depends on your hardware and media.


Known issues

Ps3 Media Server Mac

Subtitles.


Systems reported to work with PS3 Media Server on unRAID

  • PS3
  • Kindle Fire with Skifta, streaming directly to MoboPlayer
  • Others?

See also

  • http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=3072 - PS3 Media Server, includes installation and configuration of PS3mediaserver package
  • http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=3072.msg28875#msg28875 - PS3 & ps3mediaserver pros and cons
  • http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=3072.msg34805#msg34805 - PS3 Media Server, installation update and MKV configuration


External links

Retrieved from 'https://wiki.unraid.net/index.php?title=PS3_Media_Server&oldid=6666'




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