PS3 Media Server 1.40.0 Beta 2 for Windows, Linux and OS X Out

Category: PlayStation 3 & PSN News By: PS3 News - (ps3mediaserver.org)
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95w ago - Following up on their previous updates, today SubJunk has announced that PS3 Media Server version 1.40.0 Beta 2 is released for Windows, Linux and OS X with the changes detailed below.

Download: PS3 Media Server for Windows 1.40.0 Beta 2 / PS3 Media Server for Linux / Unix 1.40.0 Beta 2 / PS3 Media Server for Mac OS X (Intel) 1.40.0 Beta 2 / SVN

PS3 Media Server 1.40.0 Beta 2 Changelog:

General:

Built from SVN r813 (OSX version from r812).
Released as beta because many code changes haven't been widely tested yet.
People have been testing the SubJunk Build, but I have so many things in there right now that aren't in the official trunk so the testing doesn't apply to the trunk as much as it usually does.
This will hopefully give us a more trustworthy idea.

Changelog:

Updated OS X MPlayer to enable external VOBsub, ASS/SSA and Fribidi support
Allow update checks to be performed manually (Windows only)
Allow automatic update checks to be enabled (Windows only)
Simplify PMS customization for packagers of custom builds
Logging fix for headless configurations
Added experimental support for iPad / iPhone
Fixed DVD ISO playback on OS X (thanks, jjmojojjmojo!)
Added support for the AirPlayer app
Added support for Samsung TV model SEC_HHP_TV (thanks, coax-!)
Added Aperture support on OS X (thanks, coax-!)
Added thumbnail support for images (some code from http://www.rayinblu.com/ps3mediaserver)
The cache is now reset after each up- or downgrade (for versions higher than 1.40.0)
Files with the extension *.vdr are now being recognized as MPG videos

Upgrade Notes:

For 1.23.0 and above:

Just uninstall the older version and install newer one

For versions prior to 1.23.0:

To retain your old settings you may have to copy your old config file/s to a new directory.
To find out where the new directory is on your computer, run the program and go to the Traces tab and look on the 14th line, the line that says "Profile directory:", that is the folder your config files should be saved now.
If you use the "media library / cache" option you should reset it.

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#88 - PSPSwampy - 65w ago

Following up on their previous release, this weekend the PS3 Media Server folks have released version 1.51.0 for Windows and Linux users (followed by Mac) below.

Download: https://ps3mediaserver.googlecode.com/files/pms-setup-windows-1.51.0.exe / https://ps3mediaserver.googlecode.com/files/pms-generic-linux-unix-1.51.0.tgz / https://ps3mediaserver.googlecode.com/files/pms-macosx-1.51.0.dmg / http://www.spirton.com/svn/PS3MS-SB/

To quote from SubJunk on the PlayStation 3 Media Server v1.51.0 changes:

• Fix StartStopListener callbacks for HTTP Engine V1
• Surface playback start/stop events
• Make video quality presets localizable
• Fixed OSX log message about font definitions
• Fixed double wrapping of streams causing stuttering
• Added MPEG4 ASP with Qpel support for PS3
• Allow 15fps video
• MediaInfo link added to the About tab
• Updated to latest versions of libraries (codec, jdom, logback and slf4j)
• Various stability and speed improvements
• Updated JRE autodownload to 7u3 from 7u2
• Updated MPlayer and MEncoder to SB28
• Updated ImageMagick Convert to 6.7.6
• Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.54
• More reliable selection of correct audio channels
• Improved fast-forward and rewind support

Upgrade Notes:

For 1.23.0 and above:

• Just uninstall the older version and install newer one

For versions prior to 1.23.0:

• To retain your old settings you may have to copy your old config file/s to a new directory. To find out where the new directory is on your computer, run the program and go to the Traces tab and look on the 14th line, the line that says "Profile directory:", that is the folder your config files should be saved now.
• If you use the "media library / cache" option you should reset it.

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#87 - natey2 - 65w ago

Transcoding of non-natively supported formats appears to be done on the PC side.

Windows Media Server was a little difficult to configure: I had to try to stop it from displaying scanned financial statements, etc. on my PC.

There is also TVersity. Anyone tried that?

#86 - richdotward - 65w ago

is this really any better than the one built into windows 7. I kind of assumed that the ps3 did the encoding and codec side of things. Can a media server really add different formats?

I use the ps3 and xbox all the time to watch films

Rich

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#85 - Foo - 65w ago

PS3 Media Server is the best because it's meant for the PS3 specifically, but any media streamer will work.

#84 - natey2 - 65w ago

Found an app called PS3 Media Server; allows video to be streamed from a PC to the PS3.

Looks much better integrated (and supports more video formats) than the Windows Media Server.

Any other similar apps to compare this with?