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Networks and Remotes => Media Network => Topic started by: hottuna on April 10, 2010, 06:53:02 am

Title: PS3 audio playback is well supported by Media Center using DLNA server
Post by: hottuna on April 10, 2010, 06:53:02 am: I'm writing this for PS3 users who want to connect their PS3 to their lossless music collection on their PC. You don't have to look any further than Media Center to find a really good DLNA server to play your music collection.

Last month I Googled high and low to find a good media server for my PS3 and Media Center didn't appear in the search results which is a shame. So I tried Windows Media Server but it doesn't support flac files, and eventually I found PS3 Media Server which supports flac but required too much effort to get it to work and stay in sync with my music library. Cover art didn't always appear and artist/albums weren't always in alphabetical order, and I had to run a long library update process periodically. I don't like to bash hardworking software developers, PS3 Media Server is a good attempt at delivering a free DLNA server for the PS3, but if you value your time then Media Center is a far better choice.

As a past Media Center user I had stopped using MC several years ago in favour of iTunes. No, I don't like iTunes but I found it easier to keep my iPod in sync with iTunes than MC which was my priority at the time. Now that I'm re-ripping my CD library to flac, quality of playback on the home stereo and MC's superior library management tools are the priority.

So I upgraded to MC 15 when I noticed that DLNA is built into it now. My PS3 recognized MC immediately and all of the cover art, artists, albums and smartlists I had created in MC were instantly accessible through my PS3. It's freakin' magic! I'm now able to play my tunes on the home stereo from my PS3 in high definition... and it sounds great! My photo and video library are equally accessible, but weren't a priority for me, nevertheless the feature is there for those who want to display pictures and video on thier TV's.

Great job guys!
Title: Re: PS3 audio playback is well supported by Media Center using DLNA server
Post by: JimH on April 10, 2010, 11:01:16 am: Thanks! Good to hear it's working well for you. And welcome back.
Title: Re: PS3 audio playback is well supported by Media Center using DLNA server
Post by: bwa on April 30, 2010, 05:31:26 pm: Well, for me audio playback does not work for other formats than MP3.

I'm using MC 15.32 and PS3 Slim. Video plays fine, and MP3 files are streamed good. But my FLAC files does not. PS3 is reporting the file(s) and when I'm playing, the format seems to change to PCM (as expected) but PS3 just skips the track and moved to the next, and next. This just continuasly skipping and looping through the whole album.

How can I find what's wrong ?

/Bjørn-Willy
Title: Re: PS3 audio playback is well supported by Media Center using DLNA server
Post by: JimH on April 30, 2010, 05:36:33 pm: On the server, did you specify PS3? It's one of the server types. Don't use Generic.
Title: Re: PS3 audio playback is well supported by Media Center using DLNA server
Post by: bwa on April 30, 2010, 05:38:31 pm: Yes, sorry for not specifying that. I used the predefined Playstaion 3 definition
Title: Re: PS3 audio playback is well supported by Media Center using DLNA server
Post by: bwa on May 02, 2010, 03:52:26 pm: Still not working ....
Title: Re: PS3 audio playback is well supported by Media Center using DLNA server
Post by: JimH on May 02, 2010, 04:37:10 pm: Another PS3 thread:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=57148.0
Title: Re: PS3 audio playback is well supported by Media Center using DLNA server
Post by: bwa on May 03, 2010, 01:08:04 am: Hmm, videos works very good for me. It looks like my problem is related to the transcoding of flac to WAV. Where can I find the log-file for this ?