Of course you can ! Use the web browser.
I used the original web browser to download 7GB movie or more to the PS3. PS4 should have no issue.
DLNA copy works on PS3 too.
ps4 supports user replacable hdd!!!
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Of course you can ! Use the web browser.
I used the original web browser to download 7GB movie or more to the PS3. PS4 should have no issue.
DLNA copy works on PS3 too.
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Gradthrawn
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You're doing it wrong, buddy!
I've wasted too much time trying to get my media to play the way I want it to on closed systems. At the end of the day I decided on the following:- Centralized media server
- Open ended clients
Oh! Before I forget, could you please find out if the XBO will be a supported MCE (Media Center Extender)? If its not it throws my entire plan for a loop. I don't have the space for an XBO, PS4 and 360 on any of my stands. I'd have to pony up $200 a pop for a small stand-alone MCE on each TV where I swap a 360 for an XBO.
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Nah, I tried streaming from my MAC it's even more of a pain than getting it in the right file format and size to get on PS3.
If the PS4 can play MKVs and support files larger than 4GB I'll be happy.
If the PS4 can play MKVs and support files larger than 4GB I'll be happy.
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PS3mediaserver? I think it's my wifi network that's the problem, too much stuttering.
Now it isn't working at all though (neither the Mac nor the PS3 can find each other). If I get the media server comnection working again, can you copy the videos on the Mac to the PS3 HDD? Or does that just copy the transcoded file for streaming?
SedentaryJourney
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I used to use mediatomb to copy large files from Mac to the PS3 just fine. Gave it up though since getting videos to work around codec restrictions was a pain.
My current media solution is a Zotac Zbox AD06. Hi10p encodes are unwatchable, but otherwise it does the job.
My current media solution is a Zotac Zbox AD06. Hi10p encodes are unwatchable, but otherwise it does the job.
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Ah, see that's part of the problem. You're trying to get it your PS3. An open client at the TV end is vital. Otherwise everything is a struggle (after trying 3 or 4 different media servers/transcoders I gave up)!
But to answer your question, if you're using PS3 Media Server, what will copy is the transcoded file (and it won't always do so reliable, and quite possible with a lot more bloat than the original file from my experience). Unless you disabled transcoding for that client type (that's somewhere in the PMS' settings) or if the file is already in a format the PS3 supports (then it automatically won't transcode it).
If you can't get the Mac and PS3 to see each other for PMS, there's a good chance multicasting (used for discovery) is being blocked somewhere in your network chain. Quite possibly at the Mac end with a client firewall or A/V service. Possibly on your router if its an integrated WAP/Router that ISP tends to give out.
I've strapped a couple of PI's to the back of a couple of cheap HD TV's at home and turned them into Online, DLNA enabled, streaming smart TV's. And it cost practically nothing.
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Very interesting solution you have there, thanks for sharing. But it looks like something I would definately have to play with to get working. Prices seem pretty reasonable.
It's a lot easier if you have some experience with Linux - I work with it every day and night - but it's pretty straightforward if you have a little technical know how.
The only downside to it is access to streaming media like iPlayer. You have to do a little song and dance to get the right plugins for XMBC and tweak them to get them to work properly.
I am currently working on a version of the TVCatchup program that I use on Android that either plugs into XMBC and\or runs independently.
But the PI has proved to be an extremely versatile device. I've been using it at the centre of a number of projects recently including time lapse photography, and interactive displays.
Gradthrawn
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That's sound exceptional versatile, which I suppose it would be based on what little I've read. What case do you typically get for your back of the TV deployments?
I've become a fan of the clear perspex case. It's not overly imposing but leaves enough air space around the board to make me feel OK about over-clocking the PI to 1GHz. The only downside being that you lose access to the IO extender, but being quite heavy duty perspex I have been able to cut an access slot to feed a ribbon cable through without much trouble.
Just leave it hanging. Use the USB plug on your TV to get power to the Pi and your tablet/phone to control it. And you don't need more than a 1 Gig sd card.
Not much, potentially even very little, I would think. Next-gen titles contain too much data for the relatively paltry caches on these things. They're made for speeding up the booting of an OS, not speeding up loading of multi-gigabyte games.
Maybe when hybrid drives get 32-64GB of cache. Otherwise, new data would just evict old in an endless circle, especially if you switch between multiple games.
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