browse and play Videos/Music with PS3 via network (UPnP) to your linux Box
Posted by Carlitos | Posted in Ps3, linux | Posted on 24-05-2007
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(how to browse and play videos and mp3s with your ps3 from your linux box)
I wanted to share my videos and MP3’s from my linux box (in my case gentoo) with my PS3 with out having to transfer them so here are the steps to make it happen…
first you need to get net-libs/libupnp
do all this from the console:
emerge net-libs/libupnp
or
yum install libupnp (from the kbs-CentOS-Extra repository for CentOS)
*note it has to be equal or higher than version 1.4.2
if you are using another distro you can get it from http://pupnp.sourceforge.net/
**** USING uShare ****
then download this great application that was developed for the GeeXboX called uShare
wget http://ushare.geexbox.org/releases/ushare-0.9.10.tar.bz2
then decompress the bz2 file
tar xvjf ushare-0.9.10.tar.bz2
then go into the folder
cd ushare-0.9.10
now lets configure and compile
./configure --prefix=/usr
then
make
make install
now you can run it 
ushare -c /home/DIRECTORY TO SHARE1 -c /DIRECTORY TO SHARE2 &
after doing this go to: http://localhost:49152/web/ushare.html
if you see the ushare page everything went ok and now you should be able to see your linux box from the ps3
*UPDATE: Only VIDEO via uShare works, MP3 playback don’t work yet under uShare yet…
**** USING FUPPES ****
From the command line:
emerge lame
emerge twolame
svn co http://fuppes-svn.ulrich-voelkel.de/trunk fuppes
autoreconf -i
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
make install
then just run it:
fuppes
*make sure you configure it via the webinterface and rebuild the database
I was able to play MP3’s, Photos and Movies with Fuppes
you can also use:
http://mediatomb.cc/
MediaTomb: free, open source (GPL) UPnP AV MediaServer for Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and Cygwin which also runs on NAS devices. Allows users to define a custom container layout by the means of JavaScript, has a nice AJAX based UI.
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http://fuppes.ulrich-voelkel.de/
Fuppes – free open source UPnP MediaServer, supports transcoding of diverse audio formats to mp3. Only directory browsing supported.
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Or installing a complete OS:
http://www.freenas.org/
FreeNAS, a free operating-system/software, enabling you to turn any x86-based computer into a dedicated stand-alone NAS (Network-Attached Storage) device. (FreeNAS UPnP server code is from the Portable Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) SDK project).
@carlitos
did you use mediatomb?
for me it does not work. you can browse through the directories with your ps3, but instead of the name of each mp3 file incompatible file appears. copying the same files on the intern hdd, ps3 is able to play these files.
I am having the same problems.
The ps3 can see the ushare mediaserver directories, but when it goes to play some files it says “access is denied”. And all the other files show up as “incompatible”… even pics!
I am wondering if the ps3 supports a different transport protocol than what ushare uses?
I’m having similar difficulties as Jon. I can see all the directories shared (only tried to share music), but I can’t play any mp3’s. It just says incompatible data, and I also get an error (no connection) when I’m trying to copy them… Any tips?
UPDATE: sorry guys… but y’all are right it only allows to browse.. play don’t work..
last night was late and I only had videos and thought that they were in the wrong format incompatibles ….
but today after work I test it with all formats and it don’t work with uShare.
Using UShare I can get jpeg images to open up fine now (At first it was either saying no files in folder or unsupported type).
MP3’s and Video files have yet to have any luck with, but I’ll keep trying, going to try out some of the other upnp listed and lets what happens.
I setup ushare (fedora 6) and can see the webpage. When I go to the ps3 (which is on the same router), I can’t find the media server (update 1.80). How are you browsing the linux directories with the ps3 if not through the media server setup?
Ok, using the search for media server fails. But if you go to the web browser on the ps3, go to http://ipaddress:port/web/ushare.html and then exit the browser, the shared directories showup. Can play mpeg2 movies, but ps3 doesn’t recognize .mov files or mp3.
I have the exact same problem. I see all of my MP3s, sorted by album. I can even see the tags, but when I try to play them, I get “The data type is not supported.”
I did some research on google and found the following link. This is the only place that acknowledge the problem and seem to offer a little clue on what is going wrong. But I still can’t play my MP3 files.
I’m using MediaTomb on my Mac.
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/270958?page=last
Debian + ushare, I can browse directory, watch photos and some videos (mpeg2 format), but I can’t play any mp3.
For Windoz Vizta, I can watch photos, some videos, and play mp3…
Correct… MP3 playback doesn’t work yet under uShare.
Only Videos and photos work.
Update: with Fuppes I was able to play mp3s, watch photos and videos … but only videos compatible with the PS3. No transcoding involve yet…
use mediatomb it works.
i can look at pictures, play mp3 and watch video the Ps3 supports.
http://mediatomb.cc/
I have tried mediatomb, I can browse all my directories fine, but audio and video files appear as “Unsupported Data”. when I click information only the file name appears, nothing else, no codec information, nothing.
sorted. thanks to ….http://www.ps3forums.com/showthread.php?p=1486568
[...] this script in conjunction with this digg_url=’http://subvida.com/convert-divx-xvid-to-ps3-format-mpeg4-on-linux/18/06/2007/’; [...]
this is a list of DLNA/UPnP applications compatible with PS3:
Exactly which video formats can I stream through mediatomb?