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#1 2008-02-02 18:55:25

isolier
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Media Sharing From Linux To PS3 [SOLVED]

Hello,

I would like to share media over my network so that I may watch videos or listen to music on my PS3.  In windows I just used Windows Media Player 11, is there a simple (preferably free) application that can do this under Linux?  Thanks for your time in advance.

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#2 2008-02-02 21:22:08

vogt
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Re: Media Sharing From Linux To PS3 [SOLVED]

I might be misinterpreting your description (please clarify), but you want to access media on your computer from the ps3?

maybe the ps3 is able to access samba shares?

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#3 2008-02-02 21:39:18

isolier
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Re: Media Sharing From Linux To PS3 [SOLVED]

You pretty much have it right.  The PS3 (and XBox 360 for that matter)  is able to detect media being shared from media sharing software such as Windows Media Player 11 and Nero Home, as well as a handful of others.  I am not sure of the protocol the software is using to share this media so perhaps the PS3 would be able to see Samba shares although typically in windows you need to run an application that acts as a sort of server for your media files.  Simply "sharing" the folder in windows is not enough.  So, having said that, I am not really sure that simply setting up a Samba share would do the trick.

Isn't there anyone out there that streams their media from their Linux box to their PS3?

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#4 2008-02-02 22:30:06

goethe
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Re: Media Sharing From Linux To PS3 [SOLVED]

There's a client for streaming to the xbox360, ushare, in AUR. Don't know if it works for the ps3, too.

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#5 2008-02-03 00:02:55

isolier
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Re: Media Sharing From Linux To PS3 [SOLVED]

I checked out uShare but ended up settling on MediaTomb (http://mediatomb.cc/) which is also available from AUR, however I had to make a small change to the PKGBUILD file to the correct source code URL (http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mediat … ver.tar.gz).  After this minor adjustment everything installed beautifully but the configuration file required a small change to get it working with the PS3 (http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blo … ps3_and_me) and now I am up and running great!  Anyhow, thanks for your input guys!

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