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| Thread ID: 140234 | 2015-09-09 10:29:00 | MP264 media server / playstation problems | sooby (15023) | Press F1 |
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| 1408124 | 2015-09-09 10:29:00 | hi guys, I've just figured out our modem/router can act as a media server & managed to get it streaming media to a playstation 3. I loaded media onto a USB stick inserted into back of the modem. Problem is I wanted to change out the old media for new, but the playstation is only registering the old content. Modem is registering the USB drive, but I can't see the content to confirm. I tried refreshing the drive under advanced options, and a reboot of the modem without luck. Also restated playstation multiple times. Is the issue with the media server or playstation? Any ideas as I'm beat? |
sooby (15023) | ||
| 1408125 | 2015-09-09 17:54:00 | More info on the router. Usually clients of media servers store caches of the library because of how infrequent they need to update. Seems however forcing it to update isn't working. Also depending on the media, ps3 doesnt handle all, extensions mean little in this case, you just have to ensure its encoded correctly for a ps3. My media server (not a router) had many files that my ps3 or xbox 360 could not play. I ended up streaming to an apple tv instead as it could play all formats and was simpler than transcoding all files. Cheers, KK |
Kame (312) | ||
| 1408126 | 2015-09-09 20:57:00 | Hi and thanks Kame, Router is MP264 by Audiocodes and acts like a DLNA share. I know what you mean about the PS3 not recognizing all file formats, but that's not my issue. I loaded 6 TV show episodes on it one day and it worked perfectly, so I deleted them from USB stick after watching them and loaded a movie - but upon accessing media server menu from PS3, instead of showing the movie it still shows the tv shows (altho not accessible, says there is an error and that content has moved/deleted) and not the movie. What device do I refresh & how? |
sooby (15023) | ||
| 1408127 | 2015-09-09 22:34:00 | I can't help you with the router but there is a great free PC based PS3 server I use that works extremely well. http://www.ps3mediaserver.org/ Hardest thing is figuring out how to add shared directories and that's not so bad. It'll transcode on the fly as well if the file is in an unsupported format. Doesn't fix your issue but it might be a way around it. I don't use it much any more as I put a media PC in my lounge but prior to that I used to use it frequently to watch stored TV shows etc. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1408128 | 2015-09-10 05:12:00 | Hardest thing is figuring out how to add shared directories and that's not so bad. thank you for a milk covered keyboard and monitor good sir. the hardest part is getting it to run as a persistent service. i gave up and have to launch it manually whenever i restart my server (most often due to power failure... people plugging 2000w heaters into the same circuit.) |
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