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PS3 and Mac... multimedia + gaming ?!

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Syonidism

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Is it possible to connect my ps3 to my 23" mac lcd monitor????

also;

is it possible to connect to my ps3 through lan so it can stream and/or play movies??? if so which formats??? what software would i need? (freeware is highly accepted):D
 
Yes- your PS3 will need to have an HDMI to DVI adapter; make sure you get the right adapter the first time around.

Second, Unlike with most monitors, the 23" ACD has only one DVI interface - you will need to switch back and forth between the two.

And although I hear about people doing it, I really cannot answer the question about streaming; I do know its possible, I just do not know the details.
 
For streaming, theres a program for the ps3 made by the same people who make connect 360. Ill do a quick search and get you the link.
 
It's probably not worth the trouble to use your  ACD to run it, though it works great in my Doublesight DS-263N - which has two DVI ports, so I run my Mac Pro and it concurrently, switching between them. Handy.

There are a few apps that you can use to stream to your PS3. This one is free and I've gotten it to work:

http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/

Nullriver makes one that costs money, but apparently works great. It's useful as a media hub.
 
It's probably not worth the trouble to use your  ACD to run it, though it works great in my Doublesight DS-263N - which has two DVI ports, so I run my Mac Pro and it concurrently, switching between them. Handy.
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Its a great monitor for such a LOW price. (compared to my 23"!) but there are people who don'T like certain aspects of it ( white level, color ratio etc.)

now im not a photographer or anything, im a cse student that uses various compilers and plays games a LOT, would this be worth it?
 
I use Connect360 for the XBox 360 and MediaLink for the PS3 and they work great! Just point it to your folder(s) for music, images, and/or iTunes and the respective device can sort, categorize, tag, and playback whatever. I've spent some time on the XBox360 and I was fairly impressed with the various formats and wrappers it could deal with without complaining. There's also access control filtering and a way you can serve only checked items in case someone is doing this for their kids or something. :)
 
Probably not, depending on how much you wanted to spend. But the DS-263N's been discontinued anyway. Planar still makes the equivalent, but expect to spend ~$600-$700 on it. Got that kind of scratch to splash out on a convenience?
 
Syonidism said:
Its a great monitor for such a LOW price. (compared to my 23"!) but there are people who don'T like certain aspects of it ( white level, color ratio etc.)

now im not a photographer or anything, im a cse student that uses various compilers and plays games a LOT, would this be worth it?
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I do that and also pro video and pretty heavy into photography (again since digital cameras became good) and I use dual $200 LG 24" monitors. They're awesome! About 1 in 200 photographs or perhaps slightly less I can juuuust detect some banding if I look real hard. Viewing angle is not that big a deal unless you bob your head all over the place while you're using your computer. If you don't need professional color matching and high precision calibration for work or something then a good TN panel is all you'll need. A TN in 24" wide goes for between $200 and $400 depending on brand and features. Maybe more sometimes - I dunno.


Anyway I like mine fine. I doubt I'd change up even if all I had to do was pay the difference.
 
Tesselator said:
I use Connect360 for the XBox 360 and MediaLink for the PS3 and they work great! Just point it to your folder(s) for music, images, and/or iTunes and the respective device can sort, categorize, tag, and playback whatever. I've spent some time on the XBox360 and I was fairly impressed with the various formats and wrappers it could deal with without complaining. There's also access control filtering and a way you can serve only checked items in case someone is doing this for their kids or something. :)
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my biggest complaint is that the buffer for the videos runs out so fast it makes it unwatchable. any solutions?
 
Are you using 10BASE-T or something?

I can be watching movies on the laptop (hosted on the MP), DLing torrents at 3 to 5 megabytes per second (on the MP) and the 360 can watch MP Hosted movies at the highest resolution it supports and not feel lag on any of the machines. The XBox360 needs much less than 1MB/s. Most movies I have are encoded at between 800 kilobits (100 kilobytes) and 2400 kilobits (300 kilobytes) per second. As a comparison I get 10 megabytes steady to my PC laptop.

The XBox itself downloads games off of "it's server" at 80 to 100 MB/s (that's megabytes!). So the little bit it's asking for in a typical stream from my mac is like nothing to it.

So if your network is configured right then the only things I can think of is that there's either a low-speed hub in the way or there's some kind of software glitch on the console.

BTW, I haven't spent enough time with the PS3 to know it's particulars but that's how it all is on the 360.


EDIT: I like your sig!
 
i got this however the screen shows nothing... :(

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Heres another angle

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Then your *ucked. The old 23" Cinema displays are not HDCP from what I read online.

"HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) is a form of digital rights management (DRM) developed by the Intel Corporation to control digital audio and video content as it travels across Digital Visual Interface (DVI) or High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connections.

Blue Ray movies and HD-DVD (which doesnt apply to the PS3) have this encryption on the discs to prevent people from copying the discs. Since the Apple Cinema Displays are NOT HDCP COMPLIANT there was some speculation as to whether or not the Cinema Displays will be able to play the Blue Ray discs. But if you use the Component cable to play them then it should work fine. Since HDCP does not travel down analog signals, you wont have to worry about it." - http://forum.gefen.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1468
 
I also think that the PS3 has problems with non-HDCP equipment when trying to play games at high rezes over HDMI as well.
 
Also having the exact same issue and i agree its really annoying and makes movies unwatchable. The strange thing is, I don't recall it doing it when i first set it all up.

What make of router are you using and i assume youre streaming over wifi?
I am using a netgear router hard wired to my Macpro which streams the movies over wifi.

Sorry to hijack this thread btw.

dukebound85 said:
no issues off the net. really just seems to affect .mp4 files the more i test it

not cool
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I tried to connect my PS3 to a 20" Cinema Display using a HDMI to DVI convertor and it didn't work. Just thought I'd mention it.
 
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