PS3 firmwares 2.0 and 2.10

[habbe]

The problem with different servers is how the mimetypes are set up.. I had to manually change the config for my upnp server to "anounce" *.avi as video/divx to the client (ps3), It seems like the ps3 will not accept an avi file with any other mimetype than divx

 

[-tkf-]

Anyone that confirm that 5.1 WMV files STILL doesn´t work or atleast doesn´t output as 5.1?

 

[Nesh]

I use WMP11, and stream just fine. :shrug:

I dont use any 3rd party programs at all.

Yeah me too from TVersity. Only some divX files dont work and those are the ones with subtitles. Everything else works fine

 

[Asher]

Try checking the FourCC of some of the files you have and change the code to DIVX using this or this FourCC changer.

Streaming from WMP11/Vista 64 here with no major issues though the odd one or two videos won't play even though they are identical in encoding settings to videos that do play which is strange.

I'll try that tonight. Apparently XViD streaming definitely doesn't work, which is most unfortunate as that's the most popular codec on my HDD -- this is according to ArsTechnica.

 

[m4trix]

I'll try that tonight. Apparently XViD streaming definitely doesn't work, which is most unfortunate as that's the most popular codec on my HDD -- this is according to ArsTechnica.

ehhh it works here....Streaming xvid by mediaplayer 11...works fine on the 10 movies i tested

 

[Asher]

I'm totally confused then. I tried restarting the PS3 and the PC several times and it made no difference to me.

 

[ShaidarHaran]

What a nice birthday present from Sony, new features woohoo!

 

[fallguy]

What containers/codecs?

I've tried a dozen different files, DivX 6, DivX 5, and XViD all included and none would stream using WMP11 on Vista and they all worked fine on the 360.

Whatever eztv has them in. Thats all I have, is downloaded TV shows. I too am on Vista. I can take picks if needed I guess.

 

[patsu]

Asher, I don't think streaming is any different from file-based playback.

The only problem is video type identification. For file-based playback, the player probably uses file extension to choose the right codec to use. For streaming, it's likely a combination of MIME type and file extension (with the latter taking more priority).

Here's an example that leads me to this conjecture:
http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2007/12/18/downloading-videos-from-stage6/


I know QuickTime spent quite a bit of time guessing the codec type (and trying to import it) when a file cannot be identified. Perhaps this part can be improved in subsequent PS3 firmware update.

 

[phat]

Music streaming issues

After the 2.10 update, I'm experiencing a lot of random hiccups and aborts when playing music from a media server over my wi-fi. I can't play more than five or six songs before I get dumped back into the XMB. This happens both with TVersity and Windows Media Player as my media server. Anybody seeing the same?

 

[patsu]

Hmm... I'll try again later this week (The PS3 is not with me right now). I know playing WMV, AVC and MP3 files over my NAS (Twonky) is fine even after the 2.1 update. There is a recent Twonky update for my NAS box but I have not upgraded yet.

Twonky on my Mac is less reliable. I get disconnect messages often but can still play the media if the files are recognized (May need to tweak the Mac file type settings).

 

[sevanig]

Its good you can copy your mp3's to the Ps3's hdd (from mp3CD/DVD or external hdd)... My 360 would not do it! Only *.cda (original or burnt cd)

 

[one]

About the Gaia visualizer

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16748

The feature's creator, Kyoto-based Q-Games (PixelJunk Racers), which was commissioned by Sony to create the visualizer, has been talking to Gamasutra about the feature's genesis, its use of NASA data, and possible expansion concepts.

Q-Games' chief of technology James McLaren spoke to Gamasutra about how that project got started, explaining: "Originally, we were working on the Gaia project (our name for the earth viewer) as a possible boot sequence for the PS3. The waving cloth background, also created by Q-Games, got the nod when the PS3 launched."

But how were the effects in the visualization created? McLaren explains: "This representation of the earth is a 3D model with some shaders and SPU trickery going on. We tried to accurately model the earth's atmosphere and have all the correct highlights on the oceans, etc. The texture data is sourced from the NASA Blue Marble project."

"They have some data that they've patched together from hundreds of satellite passes over the earth, which is really top-notch quality, as you can see. We really owe NASA a debt of gratitude for the data, as without it we wouldn't be able to produce something that looks this good."

 

[patsu]

Tversity upgraded to support 2.1 PS3

http://tversity.blogspot.com/2007/12/support-for-sony-ps3-21-and-more.html

Version 0.9.11.4 (December 30, 2007)

Transcoding
Transcoding configuration can now be done on the file/folder/url level, in which case it wil supersede the system wide settings.

Customizable Menus
It is now possible to set the menus to be organized by folders only, this is in additon to the default menu organization and the custom one.

Devices
Turn off transcoding of AVI/DIVX (version 4 or higher) for the Sony PS3 (Divx3 is still transcoded) since firmware 2.1 can play them natively. AVI/Divx that do not play natively can still be manually configured to be transcoded. This for examples solves the PS3 problem with Divx files larger than 2 Gb.

Bug Fixes
Do not register a Windows shell context menu command for files (since it gets invoked when double clicking on file types that have no other handlers). The context menu command for folders is still kept since it has no undesirable side effects.

 

[djskribbles]

anyone know how to get the PS3 to play MKV files? a lot of people have said that they got it to work. i can play pretty much any file type now, except mkv. i have the CCCP installed (combined community codec pack) which includes ffdshow and haali mkv splitter.

 

[manux]

anyone know how to get the PS3 to play MKV files? a lot of people have said that they got it to work. i can play pretty much any file type now, except mkv. i have the CCCP installed (combined community codec pack) which includes ffdshow and haali mkv splitter.

You need to install haali mediasplitter. PS3 has been(but isn't anymore) quite specific about codec versions. Use default settings as messing with ffdshow settings could lead to disaster in transcoding.

You said you already have haali, so I suggest following
1) reinstall with default settings
2) google the right versions for ps3, could be your version of ffdshow/codecs is incompatible with ps3
3) How's your network connection? Wlan could be too slow to actually stream hd-content
4) I installed only ffdshow+ac3filter. So it could cccp installation that screws something up

You will need pretty fast machine to transcode mkv. My 3800+ athlon64 just barely transcodes with lowest quality settings. And quality is way inferior with the resulting mpeg2 stream.

Better option is to use some tool(ps3vide09) to remux the .mkv files to .mp4. This only changes the packaging and the data stream is not transcoded. Quality is same as before remuxing. Takes 5-10minutes for 40 minute clip depending a bit on your machine speed and mostly on the harddisk speed. If you have 5.1 channel sound in mkv be sure to check that ps3video9 is set to preserve original audio. Otherwise it will convert the audio track to 2 channels.

 

[djskribbles]

i use mkv2vob. it changes the container to vob and preserves the 6ch audio. the downside is you cannot fastforward past 1.5x.

i'm guessing the mkv video files i have are just using a higher profile than what the PS3 supports (4.1). ill just stick with mkv2vob i guess, until the ps3 properly supports mkv.

i believe the ps3 cannot play 6ch audio in mp4 container; that or the mp4 container does not allow it. so i either use mkv2vob, or in rare cases (now that the ps3 supports avi and wmv) ill use ripbot264 to convert to mp4. it uses x264 encoder and encodes with excellent quality.

but man, this is awesome. no more need for usb drives for transferring my files. i can stream almost any file from my PC. saves a lot on my PS3's HDD space too. now i just use it for game saves/files and demos.

 

[manux]

i use mkv2vob. it changes the container to vob and preserves the 6ch audio. the downside is you cannot fastforward past 1.5x.

i'm guessing the mkv video files i have are just using a higher profile than what the PS3 supports (4.1). ill just stick with mkv2vob i guess, until the ps3 properly supports mkv.

i believe the ps3 cannot play 6ch audio in mp4 container; that or the mp4 container does not allow it. so i either use mkv2vob, or in rare cases (now that the ps3 supports avi and wmv) ill use ripbot264 to convert to mp4. it uses x264 encoder and encodes with excellent quality.

but man, this is awesome. no more need for usb drives for transferring my files. i can stream almost any file from my PC. saves a lot on my PS3's HDD space too. now i just use it for game saves/files and demos.

At least the stuff I have tried has supported 5.1 sound from .mp4 container. Also fast forward/rewind works up to 120x. I think it was 2.0 firmware that added 5.1 support to .mp4 container.

 

[manux]

PS3 doesn't support mkv and for mkv files tversity for example actually transcodes the mkv to mpeg2 on the fly. Transcoding is the reason why only 1.5 fast forward works. And at that point quality is lost and loads of cpu power is used. I prefer to use ps3video9 to remux mkv to .mp4 because of better quality and no need for transcoding.

 

[djskribbles]

yeah, i realize mkv files must be transcoded when played through tversity. but mkv2vob is a tool that just changes the container to vob so that the PS3 can play it (no encoding or transcoding is done). i figured its not worth it if transcoding is needed, so i'm no longer concerned about getting mkv's to play through tversity.

i believe the PS3 can play 6ch in mp4, but only up to 384kbs i believe. 98% of DVD's are 448kbps and all blu-ray/hd-dvd's are 640kbps.