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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: feeutfo on 15 January 2013, 09:08:56
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Staying firmly away from file types and downloads.
I'm hearing from the guys at work that the best way to play video to your tv is to stream them via wifi. To do this there is a piece of software available http://www.ps3mediaserver.org/
It does away, I'm told, with the need to format drives and convert files to play on whatever device, as it does all that for you, then transmits via wifi to ps3, Xbox, iMac, or wii(by the looks?)
Handy, but does it work? Any experience here?
If off limits for discussion, appologies. I'm thinking it's more to do with streaming and wifi, which I know bog all about. :)
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Do you care about HD quality? If you do, forget WiFi and forget convert-on-the-fly solutions.. If you don't and you're happy with quality somewhere between 720p and 480p then streaming solutions like that work pretty well.
Or, cable it (even the ethernet-over-power gizmos will give you a more steady throughput than wifi) and use something like a Boxee Box, Roku player or Raspberry Pi w/ Raspbmc (as long as you have an external audio decoder, the Rpi isn't man enough to decode surround sound down to 2.0 audio) etc etc
[edit] Feel free to come over and look at my setup some time if you like
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Quality isn't a big issue. :)
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I don't see a problem with this discussion as long as we're not talking about getting hold of copyrighted content. ;)
Gixer will, of course, be using it to watch home movies of tyre tests, so that's OK. ;)
I too would say hard-wire the network connection if possible, but with network cable. Homeplug is the work of the devil. >:(
Not familiar with any of the devices mentioned, so not much more to add.
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Well, when I said best, I meant easiest due to file types. :-X the quality won't be there if compressed too much anyway.
And formatting/partitioning hard drives is a bloody nuisance.
Streaming music might be more suited though. :)
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Ive tried that about a year or so ago........it will also recognise certain Sony tv's and stream direct to the tv over wifi. However you need a decent spec pc, as it hammers the pc when streaming according to the settings you have it on.
If you want something 'free' then go for it.
If your pc isnt upto it.....then id go for a Western Digital Live TV box (circa £70) it will play many formats over wifi direct from your pc. A limitation of it is, it struggles to stream, 7GB iso files over wifi......but mpg's/etc it copes with fine if setup correctly. Altho you can plug in upto a 2GB usb drive into it...for large files. I also use it a sort of NAS server.....coz even tho its in standby.....if you map a network drive to it.....it 'wakes up' and spins uip the usb drive :y
Oh another advantage.....its got HDMI output for upto 1080p and optical out for connection to a surround sound :)
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Don't break around. Buy a Media Center :P (complete with its American spelling)
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Don't break around. Buy a Media Center :P (complete with its American spelling)
Trouble with media server.....and ive tried....it doesnt have a f****** clue what to do with iso files >:(
Altho in this thread probably not a prob to the OP
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Don't break around. Buy a Media Center :P (complete with its American spelling)
Trouble with media server.....and ive tried....it doesnt have a f****** clue what to do with iso files >:(
Altho in this thread probably not a prob to the OP
Either extract, or Mount the ISO. Thats the advantage of PC based over proprietry junk ;)
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Don't break around. Buy a Media Center :P (complete with its American spelling)
Trouble with media server.....and ive tried....it doesnt have a f****** clue what to do with iso files >:(
Altho in this thread probably not a prob to the OP
Either extract, or Mount the ISO. Thats the advantage of PC based over proprietry junk ;)
I have no idea what you just said, but I do know, you don't have to bugger about with files. Ever.
....and remind me, does media centre have an hd capable player? And how much does it cost? ::)
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....and remind me, does media centre have an hd capable player? And how much does it cost? ::)
I think its easier to explain over curry one night.
Curry wasn't on Guffer's no-no list, so you're OK ;D
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....and remind me, does media centre have an hd capable player? And how much does it cost? ::)
I think its easier to explain over curry one night.
Curry wasn't on Guffer's no-no list, so you're OK ;D
oh I bet it was. :(
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I recently acquired Apple TV, but all in all I'm not that convinced by it. The menu's are shocking and it's bloody slow. The worst thing, and it's truly awful, is that you have to have iTunes running on your PC (permanently open as an application, not exiled into the system tray, or background service) for it to share the content with the Apple TV box. Another annoyance is iTunes insistence on only interacting with MP4 format, which means I'm having to re-rip my library.
The only thing it's got going for it is the Airplay (so you can instantly get a slideshow from photos on your iPhone/iPad onto the telly). I would say that I'm attempting to run the Apple TV through a WiFi connection - but I've already priced up getting a wired connection to it because I'm hopeful that it will speed things up a bit.
I'm glad someone mentioned RaspberryPi not decoding 5.1 as I'll make sure to rip to stereo. At the moment I have an original Xbox 1 with XBMC running in one room and was looking at a Raspberry media centre to replace it - although I'm still quietly impressed the old xbox still runs!
If you've got a PS3 already (I wouldn't bother with Wii - I assume you're running an HD telly) and a PC, and both are connected to the same network (Wi-Fi or wired) then you should be able to simply enable sharing in Windows Media Player. In Windows Media Player (WMP) look at the library section and select 'Stream'. One of the options is to "Allow devices to play my media". Enable that and your library should be visible to your PS3. Assuming that you have some media in your library of a suitable file type you should be able to stream this directly to your PS3.
Typically, here's a youtube vid of a kid to tell you how to do it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psNFEyeRiL0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psNFEyeRiL0)
It is one of those things that everyone has a different opinion on though, and I wouldn't vouch for WMP being 'secure', but that's probably more down to Network security I'd imagine.
Good luck getting set up ;)
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I don't know anything about any of this stuff. All I know is I've got my telly and my pc wired to my router and I can put anything from wmp on the telly just by selecting 'play to' .
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Works very well actually. Except we can't seem to to navigate to the hard drive/videos using the ps3.
Later, its bed time. And no Esta, your not coming too, ffs ::)
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Don't break around. Buy a Media Center :P (complete with its American spelling)
Trouble with media server.....and ive tried....it doesnt have a f****** clue what to do with iso files >:(
Altho in this thread probably not a prob to the OP
Either extract, or Mount the ISO. Thats the advantage of PC based over proprietry junk ;)
Why make it more complicated or difficult :-\
The WD box knows what to do with them and with remote plays them just like a DVD :y
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Indeed. Find numerous files on the lap top drive and it just played them.
Just got to play with it a bit more and find the file path to the external hard drive. :)
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Got it! Works well, apart from the stuttering. ;D
Ethernet cable me finks. A long one. :)
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Would a better router help? :-\
Although a cable is cheaper obviously.
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Will try an Ethernet tomorrow, and see. But it looks to be as Aaron said, wifi didn't man enough for streaming that amount of data. There is talk of lowering the.... Well here's the link. Doesn't make much sense to me, but then it wouldn't. Would it. ::)
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You forgot the link, dear fellow.. ;D
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If you need a long ethernet cable, let me know how long, I'll knock one up. Only got Cat5e here though, but that should cover any requirements you have.
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You forgot the link, dear fellow.. ;D
So I did. ;D
http://www.ps3mediaserver.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3679
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You forgot the link, dear fellow.. ;D
So I did. ;D
http://www.ps3mediaserver.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3679
The OPs logic is utter utter, utter, complete utter 'dangle berries'. Though I barely made it part way through the post, as I have to read enough 'dangle berries' at work, don't want to do so in my own time.
But the, he owns a gayStation, so is clearly suffering "issues"
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Normally I never get involved with these IT threads, but I have read through this one..........................I have now got a blinding headache!! :o :o :o ::) ::) ::) ::)
I think I won't read another one for a bit! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
Something has just gone vroooooooom over my head..........!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
I have a BT Vision box linked to my TV; that's enough for me :D :D :D ;)
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If you need a long ethernet cable, let me know how long, I'll knock one up. Only got Cat5e here though, but that should cover any requirements you have.
Ohhh......can you knock one up for me....hmmmm about 50miles i reckon to your router :y ;D
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If you need a long ethernet cable, let me know how long, I'll knock one up. Only got Cat5e here though, but that should cover any requirements you have.
Ohhh......can you knock one up for me....hmmmm about 50miles i reckon to your router :y ;D
Certainly, sir, which vlan would you like to be in, and which internet connection would you like permission to?
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If you can get O2 or sky to get bt to fix both our lines, that would be good.
Sky line has seized up.
O2 hangs intermittently.
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You forgot the link, dear fellow.. ;D
So I did. ;D
http://www.ps3mediaserver.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3679
The OPs logic is utter utter, utter, complete utter 'dangle berries'. Though I barely made it part way through the post, as I have to read enough 'dangle berries' at work, don't want to do so in my own time.
But the, he owns a gayStation, so is clearly suffering "issues"
Yeah, PMSL. A bit like the bloke at my work who has been tasked with writing what amounts to a very expensive network throughput tester. Being the scabby contractor in the meeting I didn't hesitate to point out that he's utterly re-inventing the wheel, and should instead spend 30 seconds downloading IPERF*.
But no. Apparently that wouldn't be testing our underlying code too. Well, if a few thousand lines of code that opens a TCP connection and stuffs some data into one end is the bottleneck rather than an IP connection to a shed in a field. Argh!
Sorry. Just had to get that off my chest. ::)
*- other tools are available
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If you're going to run an ethernet cable to near your TV, I recommend you do what I did.
I bought an (older) PC - about 1.7Ghz - running XP. which cost me £30
Plugged it into the network, hooked it up to the big telly. USB mouse and keyboard plugged into the front when needed.
Now I can watch pornhub engineering tutorials on youtube from the comfort of my armchair on a proper telly - with "download helper", I can download the entire youtube file first so no lag
It has a DVD player, and my choice of media player, as well as access to my entire collection of music.
Most flat screen tellys have a monitor connection.
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The ps3 does all that anyway. Tbh.
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If you're going to run an ethernet cable to near your TV, I recommend you do what I did.
I bought an (older) PC - about 1.7Ghz - running XP. which cost me £30
Plugged it into the network, hooked it up to the big telly. USB mouse and keyboard plugged into the front when needed.
Now I can watch pornhub engineering tutorials on youtube from the comfort of my armchair on a proper telly - with "download helper", I can download the entire youtube file first so no lag
It has a DVD player, and my choice of media player, as well as access to my entire collection of music.
Most flat screen tellys have a monitor connection.
I took one of those to the tip yesterday ......
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If you need a long ethernet cable, let me know how long, I'll knock one up. Only got Cat5e here though, but that should cover any requirements you have.
Ohhh......can you knock one up for me....hmmmm about 50miles i reckon to your router :y ;D
Certainly, sir, which vlan would you like to be in, and which internet connection would you like permission to?
THe fastest and the best, of course :y :D