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yo_john117 on 14 March 2010
Damnyouall said:
Do not use tversity, it's crap.

Well its the easiest to use, free, and it works.  I fail to see a problem here.



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Tanstalas on 14 March 2010
Lightning_24 said:
Strofan7 said:

Hey guys sorry to make a whole thread for this, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to play music on my PS3 from my computer. I tried setting up a homegroup and sharing my music file folders to the homegroup but still no luck.

My PS3 recognizes my computer as it shows up under music, pictures, videos...etc but when i try to select my computer through the PS3 it says

"access to the media server is not allowed. It is possible that the system name for this PS3 system, "marks PS3" has not been registered. Check the settings for the media server." 

Anyone know what to do?

I can't remember how i got mine to work. I think what you have is that you aren't sharing your computer with other ones around you. You do have win7 right? I think I went in and made it connect with other media devices in my home. The computer that is. Though everything I have is wired so i didn't have to do any wireless stuff.

^^ This

 

Go to your PC and windows media player, you need to set up the media share so your PS3 can use/access the content, have to set

 

Using Windows Media Player 11 as the server

Open Windows Media Player 11
From the toolbar, select Library then Media Sharing
Check "Share my media"
On the PS3 - Under Video, Photos or Music, select "Scan for media server"
Go back to the PC, and you should see a pop up showing an unknown device trying to connect.
Allow the device, and everything should work.

 

Source: http://www.rbgrn.net/content/4-how-set-up-media-servers-for-your-ps3-or-xbox-360



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Damnyouall on 15 March 2010
yo_john117 said:
Damnyouall said:
Do not use tversity, it's crap.

Well its the easiest to use, free, and it works.  I fail to see a problem here.

No, it's not the "easiest to use". PS3 media server is even easier to use, is also free but infinitely better.

For instance, with PS3 media server you can watch mkv with subtitles or instantly decode disc images. All you do is select the folders you wish to stream from; no refreshing and restarting the server as in tversity and no media library as in windows media player is required. It also doesn't contain any ads and drm.

 



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yo_john117 on 15 March 2010
Damnyouall said:
yo_john117 said:
Damnyouall said:
Do not use tversity, it's crap.

Well its the easiest to use, free, and it works.  I fail to see a problem here.

No, it's not the "easiest to use". PS3 media server is even easier to use, is also free but infinitely better.

For instance, with PS3 media server you can watch mkv with subtitles or instantly decode disc images. All you do is select the folders you wish to stream from; no refreshing and restarting the server as in tversity and no media library as in windows media player is required. It also doesn't contain any ads and drm.

 

hm well its the easiest program to use that I have found, but then again I use it for my xbox 360 so my experience is probably different.



EncodedNybble on 15 March 2010

TVersity is pretty easy but ps3mediaserver is even easier and better IMO (more container support, better GUI).



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nordlead on 15 March 2010

You can (in theory) setup Windows Media Player to serve your files over to your PS3, but I never got it to work.

Winamp also allows you to stream data to your PS3, which is what I used for a bit but I decided having to run my PC & PS3 at the same time was a waste of electricity. Oddly enough, building a HTPC will take ~6 years to pay for itself in electricity costs Luckily it provides many other benefits like less wear on my PS3 and better media functionality.




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joshin69 on 15 March 2010

As i remember i had to allow the Ps3 access to the computer from the computer. Long time ago though so i cant really remember



 

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Pristine20 on 15 March 2010
Damnyouall said:
Are you using PS3 media server? If not, get it now and enjoy.

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StiC on 15 March 2010

I agree PS3 Media server was the easiest to set up and use.



gekkokamen on 15 March 2010

PS3 media server. it owns.