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I know it seems like an annoyance but trust me it’ll be far more annoying when Vuze starts converting your videos unnecessarily.Īnyway, you can drag in your music files, too.
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How to get your Transcode options window back
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To reset the preference and get that window back, you’ll need to right-click on the PS3 icon in the sidebar, then choose Default Profile>Ask Every Time. Some will fly, and others won’t so you’ll kind of be at the mercy of the program. If you set this, you won’t see that window anymore, and Vuze will Transcode your files at will.
All it’s doing here is remembering your HD/SD setting, NOT your Transcode setting. On the left there’s a checkbox to “Remember this setting”. Choose this BEFORE you pick the HD or SD preference. The thing to do here is to set this to “Never”. Depending on how big it is, this is gonna cost you time, possibly a lot. If you leave this alone, Vuze will probably start converting/transcoding your file. I’ve found that the most important setting in this screen is down in the bottom right -the “Transcode” setting. You can choose either HD or SD depending on if you have a hi-def file or not. When you drag a video onto the icon, you’ll get a screen asking you to “Select a Playback Device for this Video”. If it’s red, that means it’s connected, if it’s gray, then it’s not connecting yet. They recommend that you drag your files onto the “PS3” icon that sits under the “Devices” menu on the left sidebar. So, how do I get the files transferring? It’s kind of odd. The Vuze icon popped up in my PS3 XMB (Cross Media Bar). It wasn’t immediately clear what was necessary to start up the Media Server functionality.Ī quick glance at my PS3 told me that it started automatically. I used Vuze back when it was called Azureus, and I, like many others, found it to be a huge resource hog, so I dumped it.īut now I was ready to download it and try it out again. Sweet!Īs I mentioned in a previous article, I usually stick with Transmission for my bittorrent needs. That’s why I was pretty happy when I found out free bittorent app Vuze was able to transfer video files and act as a Media Server. If I was out of DVD’s I was just screwed. Then if I’d forget my drive somewhere I’d have to burn the files on DVD and waste a DVD. Since then I’d been moving my files over with a USB stick. Crap.Īfter I made that update, my PS3 would not recognize Mediatomb at all, no matter what I tried.
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When I finally did, my worst fears were realized -the firmware update BROKE something, namely Mediatomb.
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I waited a long time to upgrade to this one, not because I cared about the features they removed, but because I didn’t really need to login to the PlayStation Network. UNTIL…the big Sony firmware debacle of 2010. My normal plan of attack was to start up MediaTomb, then copy the files over to my PS3 (fast-foward and rewind didn’t work so well over wireless streaming). Whenever I wanted to watch a video stored on my Mac on my TV, I’d just fire up MediaTomb and then stream it over my network wirelessly to my PS3. What followed were about 2 years of bliss. I had to do a little tweaking (make sure to read through the comments on that page) but I got it going. I found this:Īpplesource: How-to: Stream media to a PS3 from a Mac I dug through the net, trying to find a decent, comprehensive guide to intalling MediaTomb. There’s a lot of Terminal action to deal with, so many will just pony up the $20 and move on.
It’s not for the faint of heart to get this thing up and running. The only thing is, even though you don’t spend money on MediaTomb, you do pay a price…in sweat. That’s when I found MediaTomb, a free Open Source media server that would work with my Mac and my PS3. That’s pretty cheap, but I wanted to see what I could do for free. They both worked, but they weren’t free -both are about $20. I looked at a few commercial Media Servers, including TwonkyServer and Nullriver MediaLink. I bought it for Metal Gear Solid 4, but once I was done with that many of the games just didn’t catch my interest.Īfter a big update from Sony, the PS3 gained the ability to play DIVX / XVID files and it really became viable as a Media Center.
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I’ve had a PlayStation3 for about 3 years now, and most of the time I use it to watch TV shows and movies rather than play video games.
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