PS3 Media Server for ReadyNAS PRO

Lew,
There are no extra steps. If you have a ReadyNas, the DLNA protocol is part of the firmware, you just simply enable it (it is needed). It really is simple and the DLNA on the ReadyNas is more than adequate. I have never had a problem with my PS3 not recognizing the ReadyNas via DLNA. No other steps. If the PS3 recognizes the file format, it will play it.

Those other steps I described were in response to your question about how to rip blu rays. I do follow your question, if you just rip a blu ray into BDMV stream (which is apparently an m2ts file) and forget about transcoding it with RipBot264, can the Popcorn Hour device play it - the answer is I don't know. I do not have a Popcorn Hour device (yet, I am seriously interested in the new Popbox). I did have a movie in the BDMV format once and it would not play on the PS3. Something about streaming, cause when I burned it to a DVD, it played on the PS3. Sorry I don't know more about why this was the case.

Good to hear you are going with CAT6, the wireless N standard makes alot of claims (like 100mbps) but those are usually under test conditions not replicated in the home. I have a wireless N router, and I can tell you that actual throughput is closer to 2-4mbps, not 100. I am not a network expert at all but I have read that even if you are running CAT6, you are not going to get 1000mbps even though it is gigabit. Actual transfer rates are far less than the stated rate. I have CAT5E in my walls and I generally can transfer a 4GB movie file across the network in about 3 minutes (which equates to around 25 to 30 mbps, a far cry from 1000mbps). Most of the forums I have read say the same thing, wired streaming is still the best way to go.

The PS3 will easily access your video. Whether or not it plays all of your videos depends on how much of it is in a compatible format.

Cheers,
Ushman

Hello again Sir,

What I was trying to say is that if a protocol can be left off, the server will run more efficiently. Normally we don't enable more protocols than are needed and if DLNA wasn't needed, I wouldn't enable it.

I still don't understand why the PS3 (a Linux box) can't see the shares on another Linux box on the same network when nothing was done to interfere with them seeing each other.

Once the PS3 has "seen" the server, it ought to be able to manage the files as if they were on the PS3 itself, or am I missing something?

I have never ripped a BR...don't have one, don't have a ripper for it... I assumed it would work like a DVD, i.e. you rip the "native" structure off the BR onto the HD. Shouldn't it still "look like" the BR disk and be read as if it was a BR disk on the PS3? I am probably oversimplifying things...

Same with PCH machine... I am assuming the same scenario. Yet another Linux box on the network that ought to see the files and play them?

I better go and check out the press release.

Lew

Okie dokie.....Have the Pro set up, am copying some test movies over, now what do I do to see them on the PS3?

I am such a rookie :)

Thanks!

Lew

Spoke too soon.... fired up the PS3 and moved the button around a bit, saw the ReadyNas Pro listed, clicked it, looked around, found the video folder I just created, scrolled down to a movie, clicked it, the movie popped up...

cowabunga...

how do I know if I am getting all the proper video and audio codecs ?

thanks!

next question....for the PCH you can get YAMJ or something like that to get all the movie data and artwork somehow....can you do that on the PS3 and how?

Hey Lew,
Glad to hear you got the PS3 streaming alright. Press "Select" button on the remote and it will display your audio and video information.

As for movie data, the PCH and YAMJ seem to have a program that pulls that data down from the IMDB website. As far as I know, there is no such thing for the PS3 yet. The best I have been able to do is get the PS3 to display the disc artwork, but that ain't much compared to the PCH YAMJ which looks really slick.

To get the artwork, you need to get a jpg of the disc cover and name it as follows:
movie = rambo.mpg
artwork = rambo.mpg.cover.jpg

Sometimes it works if you leave out "cover" but I don't know why.

Cheers,
Ushman

yikes, that is too much work :) I don't intend to use the PS3 much as I don't use that HT for watching movies, but just wanted to know that I could.

I am hoping that whatever box I get for my 2nd HT will support YAMJ or similar.

thx

Ushman wrote:
Lew, I have CAT5E in my walls and I generally can transfer a 4GB movie file across the network in about 3 minutes (which equates to around 25 to 30 mbps, a far cry from 1000mbps).

Not trying to derail the thread but the math here seems quite off to me. My guess is the confusion around MB (MegaByte) vs Mb (MegaBit)

a 4GB (GigaByte) file = about 4096MB (MegaBytes)
If you move 4096MB of data over 3 minutes (180 seconds) you in essence transferred

4096MB / 180 seconds = approx 22.75MB/sec

1MB = 8Mb

so 22.75MB/sec = approx 182Mbps as your transfer rate.

Will this work on the NVX?

Also, can someone point me to the file as the rapidshare links do not work.

To further complicate things, we used to count start, stop, and parity bits so a byte could be 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12 bits. Don't know if it works the same on ethernet as it did with modems.