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PS3 media server with mac

I have the media link add on, it was more the wifi media server I was interested in. Has anyone managed to set it up so that the PS3 can obtain videos/music etc from a wifi hard drive (such as TC) or an alternate wifi hard drive.

media link is ok - but even with music I notice a lag and with video - forget it - its just painful
 
rkdiddy said:
I really wish PS3 would add media server support for iTunes. :rolleyes:
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Yep... For now I just keep connecting my external media HD to the PS3 to stream movies on TV...

Would be easier if it connected directly on my network, but whatever...
 
I have a Western Digital My Book World edt. It's a NAS with a built in twonkymedia server for the ps3.
 
rkdiddy said:
Interesting - how well does that work? Are you able to stream videos, music, pictures, etc?
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Seconded and Thirded. I was thinking of getting a dedicated NAS when I have the money as I have XBMC on my XBox and MBP and stream downloaded shows from my external HD (connected to APEB via USB port). This might be a cheaper alternative (and work easily with my PS3).
 
I have started to now look into the Netgear readyNAS boxes - look pretty good, and in the UK there is at present a 'free' hard drive upgrade!!!
 
i have a windows home server, it can serve my ps3 and my apple tv at the same time...

it is very nice and small and has 8 TBs in it.

also i can access it when on the go
 
Problem with medialink

I just got the 250 gb PS3 (low profile), I installed medialink and the ps3 recognizes my itunes library but when I try to stream anything I get an error message saying that it is an unsupported format. I have my itunes drive hooked up to the USB port on my airport extreme basestation. I also turned the translation option on and off. Any suggestions?
 
robrose20 said:
I just got the 250 gb PS3 (low profile), I installed medialink and the ps3 recognizes my itunes library but when I try to stream anything I get an error message saying that it is an unsupported format. I have my itunes drive hooked up to the USB port on my airport extreme basestation. I also turned the translation option on and off. Any suggestions?
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Does it have DRM, the format you are trying to play?
 
Some of it is content that i downloaded from itunes, others are my own DVD's that I ripped through handbrake. It won't play any of it. So yes, some of it may have DRM, a lot doesn't
 
robrose20 said:
I just got the 250 gb PS3 (low profile), I installed medialink and the ps3 recognizes my itunes library but when I try to stream anything I get an error message saying that it is an unsupported format. I have my itunes drive hooked up to the USB port on my airport extreme basestation. I also turned the translation option on and off. Any suggestions?
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THis is a difficult problem. I've had the same thing happen intermittently and have not been able to find an explanation or solution. A work around is to copy the file onto the PS3 using the medialink option.

Otherwise, I don't have a solution. My setup did this last week, and then this weekend everything worked fine - and without me changing a thing. Weird.
 
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