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The PlayStation 3 PS3 is a home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is the successor to PlayStation 2, as part of the PlayStation series.
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PS3 is the most advanced computer system that serves as a platform to enjoy next generation computer entertainment contents in the home. This article will guide you through the whole process of streaming video from PC to PlayStation3. Just with a few tweaks to your settings, and some software set up on your computer, you can stream music, videos, and photos from your computer s to your PS3 over your home network. Here s how:
Stream PlayStation 3 Supported Video Formats
FIRST, CHECK YOUR PS3 SETTINGS
Some people may find that even if they follow the steps below, you may not be able to get your PS3 and PC to connect to each other. One thing that may cause this is if you have not got your Media Server Connection enabled on your PS3. To check if you have:
From your PS3 Home screen, scroll across to Settings.
Then scroll down to Network Settings.
Then select Media Server Connection.
Ensure this is set to Enabled, otherwise streaming will not work.
OPTION 1 – WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER
So you don t want to download any extra software. Windows Media Player is all you need. First thing we re going to set is the sharing settings on your computer. If your computer isn t set to share files, no matter how hard you try the PS3 will never see your computer, and if it does it probably won t be able to play what it finds. To get things running, follow the steps below, starting with the Network and Sharing Centre.
In Windows 8: Open your start screen and type Network and Sharing. Click on Settings on the right hand side, and finally click Network and Sharing Centre.
In Windows 7: Click on your start button, and click Control Panel. Network and Sharing Centre should be listed here, if not, click Network and Internet and then you ll see the option.
Along the left hand side of Network and Sharing Centre, there will be a title saying Change Advanced Sharing Settings
For the profile you are using, first make sure Network Discovery is turned ON. Without this, your computer won t show up on networked devices, such as your PS3.
Next, make sure File and printer sharing is ON. Without this, won t be able to access any of the media on another device.
Next, let s turn on the Media Streaming Sever. There will be an option further down for Media streaming, click Choose Media Streaming Options. When you click this, if you get a button saying Turn on Media Streaming click it. This needs to be on for the whole thing to work.
If you have followed up to this point, Congratulations. You can now leave your PC and go to your PS3. Turn on your PS3, and go to either the Audio, Video or Music section, and your PC should be listed there as a media source. Select it, and all available media will be there to use.
Huzzah. You now have a media stream set-up. Results with Windows Media Player have been inconsistent however. Whilst this originally worked fine for me, after a few uses the computer and PS3 wouldn t see each other without of the settings described above changing. This is a major drawback to using Windows Media Player as it seems to be temperamental and doesn t provide much information about why it s not working. There are also limitations and certain file types will never be able to stream using this method. Time for a plan B I hear you cry
After the inconsistent results I experienced with Windows Media Player, I found my way to a piece of software called PS3 Media Server.
If you re using Windows, just visit their site, click on the Windows logo, and then click pms-setup-windows.exe there will be a number there too, which is just its version number.
Once the file has been downloaded, open it up and follow the next couple of steps on screen to install the program, open it up and you should see this:
The thing I love about this software most is That s it. We re all set-up.
Go to your PS3 and you should see the PS3 Media Server Listed in a similar position to the screen shot of the PS3 above.
To access your media, you click on the icon, and the folders you now get on the PS3 are the same as on your computer. So to get to My Documents you will have to go into C: Users, click on your username, and then My Documents, Music, Videos, and Pictures should be listed here. You can change this if you wanted, so only certain folders are shared in case you didn t want everything on your PC on show, but this is how it is set up as standard.
To make it so only certain folders are shown on the PS3 follow the instructions below:
Click the Navigation/Share Settings tab
At the bottom you ll find a Shared folders section.
Remove where it says by clicking the Red X
Click the folder with a green plus to add a folder.
Once you ve added a folder to this list, it will show on the PS3.
The other really good thing about PS3 Media Server, is that it converts while you watch. This means that files which normally wouldn t play on a PS3 because it s not a file type the PS3 can usually play are changed into files that will play, as you re still watching them. This is done automatically, and it usually doesn t require any additional loading time too so just select the file you want to play.
There are other programs out there which will do the same thing, so don t feel like this is the only answer. I personally love PS3 Media Server as it is so easy to set up and use, while other software such as Plex work just as well after being set up. It has to be said, both PS3 Media server Plex can stream to more than just videos to your PS3 so this guide is really only scratching the surface.
After this simple set up, you will be able to stream content to your PS3 without hassle, just keep your PC turned on, but don t forget the most important step: relax in front of your TV with the popcorn and drinks. Bring on Baseketball.
For mac users, refer to the mac solution.
Part 2: Stream Any Video Format from PC to PlayStation3
As we know, the PS3 can support MPEG-4, H.264, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVI, Motion JPEG, AVCHD. m2ts /. mts, DivX, WMV, VC-1 formats. Due to this format limitation, to stream/transfer videos to PS3 successfully, to prepare the PS3 compatible video is necessary. PS3 Video Converter is the highly recommended tool for you here, which enables you to rip Blu-ray/DVD and convert any video format like MOV, FLV, MOD, TiVo, VOB, MKV, M2TS, etc. to PS3 compatible format within a few clicks.
1. Launch the PS3 Video Converter and import movie source to it.
2. Choose output format via clicking the Format bar and choose PSP/PS3 PS3 Video 1080P MPEG-4. mp4. If you prefer a smaller file size, click Settings to adjust the video size, video bitrate, frame rate.
3. Press the big Convert button to start the video conversion process. After the conversion, you can watch any videos on PS3 at your will without hassle. Mac workflow is here.
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How To Properly Set Up Your Sony PS3 as a Blu-Ray Player
Sony s PS3 uses a menu interface called XrossMediaBar XMB. Along the horizontal row are the categories and the the vertical rows contain the sub menu items.
You ll want to navigate to Settings in the Horizontal row. Then navigate down to Video Settings. There are several items that will need attention here. We will list each and our recommended setting.
When you put a blu-ray disc in, your PS3 will connect to the internet to look for updated content for that particular disc.
If the video content has been recorded using the interlaced format, this option allows you to select how the PS3 will convert the content. This will mainly apply to DVD content. Automatic will allow the PS3 to detect and select the best conversion mode automatically.
Content that has been encoded using the standard definition format can be upscaled. But which one to choose. There are four options here. Off is self explanatory. Double Scale will double the horizontal and vertical resolutions. This can result in a softer, blurry look to the content. Full Screen stretches the content to fit. Normal will set the conversion to match your screen size.
BD/DVD Video Output Format HDMI
One of the settings under this menu item is labeled Automatic. Normally you would think that this would be the best option but in this case it isn t. There have been reports of the PS3 having difficulty determining what the color space should be set to. Therefore it s best to set the color space according to the display you are using - RGB for a monitor and Y Pb/Cb Pr/Cr for a HDTV.
Recommended - Y Pb/Cb Pr/Cr for TVs, RGB for PC monitors.
This relates to the frame rate or refresh rate of your display. Blu-ray generally delivers 24 frames per second. But your display may not support this rate. Therefore it s best to set this option to Automatic and let the PS3 decide what the best option is for your display.
This control concerns audio, particularly when you are watching a blu-ray at a low volume level. What it is supposed to do is boost the dialogue portion of the sound. However it has been found to boost other portions as well. Therefore we recommend leaving this option Off.
BD/DVD Audio Output Format HDMI
Recommended - Linear PCM PS3 Fat
Recommended - Bitstream PS3 Slim
BD/DVD Audio Output Format Optical Digital
Navigate out of Video Settings and go down to Display Settings.
Limited conforms to the HD video standard, 16-235.
Y Pb/Cb Pr/Cr Super-White HDMI
This setting will give you deeper blacks and brighter whites if your display supports a Y Pb/Cb Pr/Cr signal via HDMI. Even if your display doesn t it won t cause any undue effect.
Re: How To Properly Set Up Your Sony PS3 as a Blu-Ray Player
Thanks for the guide. I ve often wondered about some of those settings super white. Quick question, why the different hdmi audio recommendations for slim and original. I assume all these recommendations come from trial and error, is there actually an audible difference here. Anywho, thanks again.
PS3 Fat cannot bitstream HD-audio. The PS3 Slim can. However you need a receiver with HD-audio decoders. If you don t then PCM is also the way to go for the Slim
yeah, in the end it will be pcm anyway, but people like to see the little light on the front of the avr that says DTS Master Audio or Dolby Digital TrueHD, which means the avr is decoding the raw audio stream bitstream into pcm. The Fat PS3 cannot pass this stream, so it will decode it and pass it to the avr as pcm. You should hear the same quality regardless Thanks to the OP for this post.
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Thank you very much for taking the time to post all the pics and descriptions. I appreciate the tips giving.
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Thanks for taking the time to do all the screen shots. I think I have all of those settings but I ll check when I get home tonight.
I have the older PS3 fat 60GB and HDMI so I use the LPCM as the audio output format.. I hope that the audio quality is not affected in any way when the DTS Master Audio or Dolby Digital TrueHD signals are converted to LPCM as caper26 stated.. I d rather not have to get an OPPO BR player..
Thank you. This is really helpful. I will give this a try.
Nice guide One thing however is that my PS3 also has an option for deep colour output, and this isnt in your guide.
I prefer to keep the Internet Connection to not allow since it slows down the load time of the disc and I have no desire to download pics, wallpapers, etc for the movie I m about to watch. So if you are like me and don t care about those things turn it off for faster load/access.
I also prefer to set the 1080p/24 to on since some discs will not automatically output at 24 when they can. For the records I have the original FAT PS3.
Nice guide One thing however is that my PS3 also has an option for deep colour output, and this isnt in your guide. Deep color 12 bits was a nice initiative but in my opinion not more than that. To my knowledge there isn t one BD that supports deep color and all movies are 8 bit color depth.
So, like mechman said, auto would be fine. It will be off either way
Deep color 12 bits was a nice initiative but in my opinion not more than that. To my knowledge there isn t one BD that supports deep color and all movies are 8 bit color depth.
So, like mechman said, auto would be fine. It will be off either way I ve hon back and forth with deep color. On the one hand it s supposed to eliminate some banding in color gradients but it s not to rec-709 spec so it is enherantly not to spec. That said I ve seen little difference to the naked eye. I leave it off.
Both my player and projector support deep color, but when I look at the status info it always reports 8 bit. But what you said sounds interesting, so I will try that and see what happens.
Well, I decided to check my settings compared to these settings. I had about 60 of them. I set everything up as suggested here, I like it
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Both my player and projector support deep color, but when I look at the status info it always reports 8 bit. But what you said sounds interesting, so I will try that and see what happens. Your content is 8-bit same reason 24p shows up on 120 or 240hz TVs.
Your content is 8-bit same reason 24p shows up on 120 or 240hz TVs. I know, so deep color is only meaningful when the content is 12-bit. And I haven t found any
I have a fat set up in the bedroom and a slim in the TV room. Both set up the same. right now I m on vacation but when I get home I ll bring this thread up and reset them both. Thanks for all the info. its good for us rookies.
Wow.. Great tips right there..
Thanks for taking the time to make this simple for others whom have no idea what direction to setup a PS3 as a bluray player at its optimal performance level.
I m in the middle of a move from the Tampa area to the Fl. panhandle area. I hope to get in and set up my equipment correctly.
First, thanks so much for this post. I was about to lose my mind trying to figure out why all my videos looked so dark that RGB Full Range setting made a huge difference. Can t believe I missed that all this time
One addition: you suggest setting for bitstream audio output. That is a good idea IF your receiver supports all the lossless codecs. Mine does not, so that setting would cause the PS3 to pass the DTS or AC3 stream instead of the lossless streams. That does work, and it makes the happy lights turn on, but I think it is better to let the PS3 decode the lossless stream to PCM in this case where the receiver is older and missing the proper decoders. So, I ve kept the setting to PCM, allowing the PS3 to do the first decode step, so I can use the lossless audio tracks.
Thanks again, great documentation.
Well finely finished the Move to Navarre Fl. and competed the million chores needed doing in the new place. I bought a new TV. A Panasonic ST60 60 inch Plasma. I reset the PS3 slim to these settings and it is great.
Thank You one more time I m a happy camper.
Thanks a ton for the suggestions. One quick question though. I have audio and video output via HDMI from my slim PS3 to my TV, and then I use the TVs optical audio out to my 5.1 Yamaha receiver. What would be the best audio settings for this setup.
Thanks a ton for the suggestions. One quick question though. I have audio and video output via HDMI from my slim PS3 to my TV, and then I use the TVs optical audio out to my 5.1 Yamaha receiver. What would be the best audio settings for this setup. 2 possible options here.
1st if your Yamaha has HDMI then I would pass audio and video though it.
2nd if it does not then you should go into audio settings and set primary audio to optical. If you don t do this then your optical will only pass stereo and not surround.
2nd if it does not then you should go into audio settings and set primary audio to optical. If you don t do this then your optical will only pass stereo and not surround. Oh OK, I guess I will have to leave it as is for now, my receiver only has two optical audio inputs and I use one from my computer and one from my TV. After I get my home theater setup I will only have my PS3 until I upgrade to a PS4 and my computer so I will be able to have each one using optical audio out. Thanks.
Great information here - thanks for posting it.
Anyone found a good comparison of the new PS4 bluray player to the PS3 or standalone players like Oppo s 1k units.
Anyone found a good comparison of the new PS4 bluray player to the PS3 or standalone players like Oppo s 1k units. I haven t found an official comparison, but I did a comparison at a friends house who had both a PS3 and a PS4 connected to his projector and watched scenes from the same Blu rays on both and honestly I couldn t tell a difference. However, that could be because of his projector just being 720p BenQ W770ST.
I haven t found an official comparison, but I did a comparison at a friends house who had both a PS3 and a PS4 connected to his projector and watched scenes from the same Blu rays on both and honestly I couldn t tell a difference. However, that could be because of his projector just being 720p BenQ W770ST. Did you notice any differences in load times or spin noise.
Did you notice any differences in load times or spin noise. Unfortunately we didn t pay any attention to load times and as far as spin noise the systems were about 15 feet from where we were sitting so I couldn t really hear either one.
Does the PS3 stream Amazon prime video in 1080p and DD.
I don t see where it says it s 1080p and DD streaming.. I m looking at upgrading from my PS3 and was wondering which blu ray player can. Maybe the PS4 can.
