streaming divx files from mac to ps3

[Jamnsam]

G'day I have been searching the internet with rather confusing results regarding the following.

What i want to do is this. I have a new imac 24" in the study with a whole load of Divx movies on it. I want to watch them on my big screen TV in the lounge room. Currently I am streaming the video to the TV using on of those AV senders which is O.K. but occasionally there is a lot of interference.

I have been contemplating buying a PS3 and want to know whether I can stream Divx movies to the ps3 and watch them on the big TV in the lounge room. OR can I store the divx files on the Ps3 and use them like a movie library?????

[jonnos]

you can use a program called medialink which is $20usd to stream your stuff.
today i put some avi movies on my portable hdd and connected it to my ps3 all of them worked fine but i couldnt copy them over to the internal hdd though not sure why. the copy button wasnt lit.

[TDM21]

I've used MediaTomb (http://www.mediatomb.cc) to stream music, photos, and videos from my PowerBook to my PS3. The biggest problem I ran into was the buffer for the videos running out and everything getting choppy. Music played without a problem though.

Probably the easiest method is to, like jonnos, just put the movies on an external hard drive and play them off it.

[Chic0]

I use medialink too.
My ext HD is connected to to my Airport Extreme so accessible over network. My PS3 is connected to Extreme via Ethernet. To play movies i just use medialink which allows me to stream movies from network drive to ps3.

Works fine. No choppiness.

[cycocelica]

Another vote for MediaLink (http://www.nullriver.com/products/medialink). My roommate had a PS3 and he never had a problem with it.

[OZMP]

another vote here for Medialink...