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I need a media server for Ubuntu. I have seen the ones you posted in the article 5 Great Linux Media Center Distributions To Transform Your TV. I was wondering if any of them will work for my PS3? I tried TVersity on Ubuntu. Too much work, I need some help with this.
2011-04-17 09:48:00
Well1) install ubuntu on the PS3 into a 10 GB Partition2)In Ubuntu, instal the codecs and the vlc Player3)Now ican stream directly from the DVBViewer on the PC to the PS3 Ubuntu "Media CenterPS3 Media Server http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/PS3 Media Center Xhttp://www.redkawa.com/mediacenters/ps3mediacenterx/
2011-04-17 09:39:00
Hi Tony,I'd personally recommend XBMC, as it has a great interface and supports UPnP streams. Your PS3 also supports UPnP, and there's information about setting up XBMC for UPnP sharing
here, on the wiki
.
From the Wiki:
"XBMC also have a built-in UPnP-server (since the 24th of January 2007) which enables you to share your video/picture/audio files to all XBMC Xboxes on your local-network. XBMC's built-in UPnP-server can also stream those same video/picture/audio files to other UPnP-clients ("UPnP AV MediaServer ControlPoint" devices)"
In terms of quickly installing XBMC on Ubuntu, open a new terminal and type/pastesudo add-apt repository ppa:team-xbmcsudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install xbmcOnce you've set everything up, you should have a functioning PS3 media solution and a very pretty media centre frontend for your PC/server/HTPC!Good luck, if this isn't quite what you're after then let us know :)