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PS3 Firmware 1.80 Announced (PSX/PS2/DVD Upscaling, DNLA streaming, BLU-RAY 720p!!!!)
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I dont know if anyone else posted this earlier but here are some instructions for setting up streaming with Nero.
http://www.gameswank.com/content/view/114/1/
http://www.gameswank.com/content/view/114/1/
andrewjnyc
Member
Given the flakiness of Twonky, I think I'm gonna sit tight and wait to see if Nullriver comes through with a Connect360 equivalent. Among other things, it's basically certain to be cheaper than the $40 registation fee for Twonky...
btrboyev said:
I'm running Vista as well. The PS3 sees the server and photos and music (only through playlist) work fine but since the majority of my movies files are .avi they do not work. I've tried running TVersity and Transcode 360 and neither of those show up in the server list.
Does this Nero Media Home app, operate the same way as Tversity and transcode or does it function like Vista's media server? Will it run avi, dvix and other files formats? Also is there any way to set up other folders that aren't on the C(system) drive to be shared through one of these media server apps?
EDIT: Nevermind. [CFD] El Capitan's post answered a lot of my questions.
Prince of Space
Banned
Quick question: I tried downloading the update last night, but couldn't find my USB cable at all and eventually had to turn the console off. When I tried turning it on again, the controller wouldn't connect (probably for obvious reasons), and I didn't get any picture. Am I ****ed, or will it work itself out if I can find that damn cable?
Nero is uff, I must have gone wrong somewhere with it. The nero scout says it has indexed over 6,000 files on my PC, but no music and no photos actually show up on my PS3, and just about 20 or so videos (there are many more). Also, it's not working reliably for me. That divx file that I had working before won't work at the moment, tells me it's a corrupted file.
Twonky seemed by far more reliable then either of the other two I've tried (nero and tversity), but it doesn't have any transcoding
Twonky seemed by far more reliable then either of the other two I've tried (nero and tversity), but it doesn't have any transcoding
Hey guys, I started a thread to get people's impressions on the new display modes and to see what modes they are using. I have a standard template that you can use. Please check it out.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6520759#post6520759
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6520759#post6520759
vilmer_ said:
Yep. You can even catch the hiccups during R4's BGM in-game, which is one of the only reasons I play it.
Shame. I hope this is fixed soon, because it makes it difficult for me to want to get into these games. I have an outboard scaler on my tv anyways, so the issue is a matter of convenience only.
Since Sony is being so generous lately, imagine if they could go nuts and throw one of these in the PSP redesign:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/sonys-worlds-first-16-7-million-color-flexible-oled/
Damn you, OLED tech. :lol
http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/sonys-worlds-first-16-7-million-color-flexible-oled/
Damn you, OLED tech. :lol
f3niks said:
Yes. Nero Media Home is simple to set up and get it working with the PS3. It's works like Tversity. Transcode on the fly so you can play any media files. You can set up any folders on what ever drive you like.
It's to bad Nero Media Home doesn't work with X360. Tried Tversity for PS3 & X360. Could browse the files / folders, but every time I tried to play a video, the freaking server crash. Anyone know of server program that works with both?
btrboyev said:
I got the folders I added through WMP now, so that works. But Tversity still doesn't work correctly for me, unfortunately. And it's a shame the WMP streaming stuff doesn't support the Album/Artists option Tversity does.
If only I could opt to play the entire folder I added, saves me the time to keep selecting a new folder everytime an album finishes.
mckmas8808
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Stinkles said:
I like the way you complain. It's funny. :lol
kitch9 said:
Problem isn't the PS3 is detecting it at all.. It says "no media servers found".
I know my way around computer. I've tried everything (even a rollback to previous versions of WM before installing 11).
I'll just live with the fact that I can't stream until 1) Sony makes it easier 2) someone comes up with a free program.
btrboyev said:
I just tried SotC this morning and it worked great! Could be some option settings problem?
BTW, here's something that bothers me. This applies to SotC amd GoW 2, probably any progressive scan/widescreen game.
If I turn progressive scan on, my display changes to 480p but the aspect ratio is good, but if I turn it off my display goes to 1080i, but is no longer widescreen. Everything is squished. I don't know if what I'm seeing is the best possible image at 480p but it looks a hell of a lot better than when my display is at 1080i. I haven't had a chance to play around with the settings as i quickly tried this before work.
Am I just being paranoid? Or is there something wrong with my settings?
[CFD] El Capitan said:
Thanks, I am stuck at work as well and i'm really interested in seeing if I can get this to run smoothly. Currently, I still use my Modded xbox as a media center because it's the only one that seems to be worth a damn. I can't wait to get home and give Nero's app a try.
Guys this might help some of you out. It includes detailed instructions.
http://www.gameswank.com/content/view/114/1/
"HERE IS SOME UPDATED INFO:
1 - it does work
2 - you need the latest version of nero for it to work
3 - on wired conex there is no lag (some wireless connections seem to be getting lag)
4 - you have to do the nero cout thing to get it to work
Here is some quick instructions:
Turn your PS3 on and login, and leave it on your XMB
Run a file in Nero Showtime to unblock the firewall that pops up and ALLOW.
Run Nero MediaHome
On the left are a set of Icons.
Heres a quick setup:
SHARED DIRECTORIES > Click ADD SHARE and browse to a single shared directory for now, as it takes time to add the details, so dont go adding gazillions of media files for now.
OPTIONS: I left them at default for now, but they are self explanatory. Automatically start media home when pc is switched on is a good one to tick up, but leave it off for now till you get it going.
NETWORK: Click the box for your ethernet card on your PC. Leave port number and network name at default for now
DEVICES: Click UPnP/1.0 line and click ALLOW ACCESS box
TRANSCODING: Leave on auto detect as it will talk to the ps3 and see what it can and cant play and come up with a solutionafter a few seconds.
TV: Set up your tv card here
STATUS: Click this ICON and you will be able to see whats going on
then click START SERVER at the bottom, and you wait a few moments. Go back to PS3 and it should show the Nero Media Home Icon. Browse as normal for your video files.
At first if you have loads of files in your shared directories it can casue the ps3 playback to come back out to the XMB. Just give Media Home some time to update the directory listings, then it will be silky smooth.
Ive tested this n a decent PC for SD avi files only so far, and they work fine. You might have issues if you have an old pc, as the trancoding can take up resources.
some tips:
Only add one or two files max into a folder, as nero can take a while to index large amounts of files. You can also turn off the server and go to TOOLS - NERO SCOUT - INDEXING - FOLDERS and select the folders you want there. Then go back to the INDEXING tab and click INDEX NOW - this may take a while to do, if you have huge mounts of files, so as before just to get it working. When its done go to SHARED DIRECTORIES ICON in nero media home and select SHARE ALL CONTENT INDEXED BY NERO SCOUT"
http://www.gameswank.com/content/view/114/1/
"HERE IS SOME UPDATED INFO:
1 - it does work
2 - you need the latest version of nero for it to work
3 - on wired conex there is no lag (some wireless connections seem to be getting lag)
4 - you have to do the nero cout thing to get it to work
Here is some quick instructions:
Turn your PS3 on and login, and leave it on your XMB
Run a file in Nero Showtime to unblock the firewall that pops up and ALLOW.
Run Nero MediaHome
On the left are a set of Icons.
Heres a quick setup:
SHARED DIRECTORIES > Click ADD SHARE and browse to a single shared directory for now, as it takes time to add the details, so dont go adding gazillions of media files for now.
OPTIONS: I left them at default for now, but they are self explanatory. Automatically start media home when pc is switched on is a good one to tick up, but leave it off for now till you get it going.
NETWORK: Click the box for your ethernet card on your PC. Leave port number and network name at default for now
DEVICES: Click UPnP/1.0 line and click ALLOW ACCESS box
TRANSCODING: Leave on auto detect as it will talk to the ps3 and see what it can and cant play and come up with a solutionafter a few seconds.
TV: Set up your tv card here
STATUS: Click this ICON and you will be able to see whats going on
then click START SERVER at the bottom, and you wait a few moments. Go back to PS3 and it should show the Nero Media Home Icon. Browse as normal for your video files.
At first if you have loads of files in your shared directories it can casue the ps3 playback to come back out to the XMB. Just give Media Home some time to update the directory listings, then it will be silky smooth.
Ive tested this n a decent PC for SD avi files only so far, and they work fine. You might have issues if you have an old pc, as the trancoding can take up resources.
some tips:
Only add one or two files max into a folder, as nero can take a while to index large amounts of files. You can also turn off the server and go to TOOLS - NERO SCOUT - INDEXING - FOLDERS and select the folders you want there. Then go back to the INDEXING tab and click INDEX NOW - this may take a while to do, if you have huge mounts of files, so as before just to get it working. When its done go to SHARED DIRECTORIES ICON in nero media home and select SHARE ALL CONTENT INDEXED BY NERO SCOUT"
Oddly, I just managed to get a 1080p mpeg4 file streaming, although it's very stuttery. I don't think nero is transcoding it though, because its tab still says mpeg4. If the PS3 is playing it natively, I'm not sure why it should be stuttery..unless it's my network, but it's all wired..
edit - a h264 720p wmv streamed with a little bit of stutter, but then cut out before the end with a "access to the media server denied" message. I seem to get those some of the time, but not all of the time. It seems very random. I wish I knew why that was the case..ditto, these videos weren't working before, but are now for no apparent reason, albeit slowly.
edit - a h264 720p wmv streamed with a little bit of stutter, but then cut out before the end with a "access to the media server denied" message. I seem to get those some of the time, but not all of the time. It seems very random. I wish I knew why that was the case..ditto, these videos weren't working before, but are now for no apparent reason, albeit slowly.
belvedere said:
Yeah, it works with WMP11, but if you added a new personal folder, you need to restart your PS3 to get the files in the folder to show up. Video files don't work for me at all, but they're still incompatible, we need more codec updates in the future. I hope the next update delivers.
This one was awesome though!
I'm sure tversity will update with the necessary tweaks to get transcoding runnign on the PS3. Just give them a few days with the new FW.
Transcoding into MPEG2 should be pretty trivial and faster than realtime, so OK for your SD Divxes. Anything HD you should probably make sure is already in the correct format.
Does the PS3 play those 720p x264 files from newsgroups? NEver bothered downloading just in case they didn't work, instead I get the .ts files, but they are bigger.
Transcoding into MPEG2 should be pretty trivial and faster than realtime, so OK for your SD Divxes. Anything HD you should probably make sure is already in the correct format.
Does the PS3 play those 720p x264 files from newsgroups? NEver bothered downloading just in case they didn't work, instead I get the .ts files, but they are bigger.
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
Okay guys. Last night after I installed the update, I played around with the settings. I seriously need somebody to tell me what the best settings for DVDs and PS2 games are. I tried fooling around with both.
The PS2 scaling and smoothing on DQ8 just made everything blurry and defeated the 16:9 support in the game. I will not be using it for 16:9 native titles.
The DVD upscaling didn't seem to look too hot either. I tried the various methods but it didn't seem to work very well. It could just be a bad test disc. It was late.
The "Full" color range thing looks great.
Using TVerstity, I Was able to stream photos and videos, but all mp3s show as unsupported media. The 360 sees everything using the same service.
On another note: Please help!
I bought the Sony PS3 Bluetooth remote yesterday for Blu-rays and media playback. I go into the accessories section and register the remote. It works great until you turn off the PS3. After turning it off (or playing a PS2 game and coming back to the XMB) the remote no longer works no matter what I do. I have to re-pair the remote with the PS3 to get it to work every time. Obviously that makes it pretty useless. Any ideas what might be going on? Controllers and headset work fine via bluetooth so I'm thinking I've got a bum remote.
The PS2 scaling and smoothing on DQ8 just made everything blurry and defeated the 16:9 support in the game. I will not be using it for 16:9 native titles.
The DVD upscaling didn't seem to look too hot either. I tried the various methods but it didn't seem to work very well. It could just be a bad test disc. It was late.
The "Full" color range thing looks great.
Using TVerstity, I Was able to stream photos and videos, but all mp3s show as unsupported media. The 360 sees everything using the same service.
On another note: Please help!
I bought the Sony PS3 Bluetooth remote yesterday for Blu-rays and media playback. I go into the accessories section and register the remote. It works great until you turn off the PS3. After turning it off (or playing a PS2 game and coming back to the XMB) the remote no longer works no matter what I do. I have to re-pair the remote with the PS3 to get it to work every time. Obviously that makes it pretty useless. Any ideas what might be going on? Controllers and headset work fine via bluetooth so I'm thinking I've got a bum remote.
Beer Monkey
Member
TerryLee81 said:
Blu-Ray:
1080i with Advanced Cinema, until this last update since I can now get 1080p24 (it works great). If I play a non-24fps disc (example: Nine Inch Nails Live), I'll temporarily re-enable 1080i on the PS3.
PS3 games:
720p
DVD:
480i over HDMI (Oppo 970) with Advanced Cinema. This provides a single-scaling, no-analog-conversion solution, using the excellent Pioneer scaler, but with the judder reduction benefits of Advanced Cinema.
donkey show
Member
Holy ****. Just came back home and set the triple to full range hdmi and super white. Wow, I thought I would get crushed blacks, but after testing the TV with the link that andrewfee gave a while back, I'm happy to say my set supports it fully and it has never looked better. You win this round Sony.
Jim said:I've been so busy I haven't been able to d/l the damn update, or read about it.
:lol at the 720p BRD stuff being stealthed in. I called it
Actually, it's mentioned in the official change log!
Hey Jim, any info about the PSP update?
Jim said:I've been so busy I haven't been able to d/l the damn update, or read about it.
:lol at the 720p BRD stuff being stealthed in. I called it
I love the phrasing for the Blu Ray 720p. Instead of, "Yeah, our bad, it took us 9 months to support the most popular and common HD standard" it says, "We downgrade L337 1080p signals to 720p for orphans. Are we not merciful?"