Tversity + PS3 = Perfect Streaming Media Player
I have been using Tversity with the Xbox 360 for awhile and have had very few complaints. Recently I upgraded the PS3 firmware and the latest version of Tversity and it was up and going with no configuration. The PS3 interface really shines when browsing through Music, Movies and Photos on the PS3. I am able to browse music by Album, Artist and Genre as well as Genre - Artist and Genre - Album, a feature that was killing me using it on the Xbox 360. I was having a hard time navigating 50,000+ tunes on the 360 without a way to drill down by Genre. The 360 has the Genre feature, but it once you go in, it lists all songs with no way to sort by artist/album.
One thing I still don’t understand is the sorting. When I do pull up an album or even group of songs by artist alone, they aren’t sorted by album or track order. I am not sure why that is.
Regardless of these shortcomings, if you have a PC with your tunes and vids as well as a PS3, you are doing yourself a great disservice by not installing Tversity on your machine. The PS3 is the perfect home media box for streaming from a PC.
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I had problems getting my PS3 to find DLNA pc because of the firewall setup on the pc. If you are running a firewall (I hope you are), perhaps you need to adjust your firewall settings.
I’ve just installed Tversity and after a few adjustments in the set up I was able to view *.mkv files in full resolution on my PS3, it’s the best streamer for a PS3
#Az
You have to use 2.** software on your PS3
I have tried using Tversity a million times and my ps3 can’t detect it no matter what I do, please help.
If you have trouble with TVersity on the PS3. I found this in the FAQs on the Tversity website. It tells you how to make sure that on your PC you can put the Wireless or LAN connection that you use at the top of the list. This helps PS3 find it. To do this,
* Goto to the Windows Start menu and slect Setting / Network Connections (alternatively open the Network Connections icon from the Windows control panel). This should open a window titled Network Connections.
* In this window go to the main menu and select Advanced / Advanced Settings. This should open a window titled Advanced Settings.
* In this window make sure the Adapters and Bindings tab is selected. Inside this tab under Connections change the order of the network interfaces such that the one you need is first and then click OK.
* Now restart the media server and check if the problem is solved.
Here is the same for Vista:
* Click Start > Network > Network Center > Manage network connections > Click Organize > Layout > click “Classic Menus” > click Advanced (drop down menu)
* Select the adapter whose Binding Order you wish to change in the Connections box.
* Use the arrows on the right side of the Binding for to order the protocols.
* Press OK.
* If you are prompted to restart, press Yes.
You can find more help here, just search for the PS3 parts on the page.
http://tversity.com/support/faq/
The above worked for me.
Hey dude,
I’ve tried to get my PS3 (1.93) to connect to my TVersity server (0.9.10.7) but with no success. I have set the Media Playback Device to Sony Playstation 3 in the Settings tab.
Entering http://localhost:41952/medialib/browse will allow me to browse my Audio/Photo/Video content on my PC without any problem and this can also be done using the flash interface.
I have previously used TwonkyVision and my PS3 was able to detect that immediately and I was steaming content without so much as a hicup, but now I’m not even close to getting my PS3 talking to TVersity so any help you can give me will be appreciated.
Best Regards
Az