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.
#OPTIMIZE VUZE FOR MAC OS UPDATE#
When I finally did, my worst fears were realized -the firmware update BROKE something, namely Mediatomb.
#OPTIMIZE VUZE FOR MAC OS UPGRADE#
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. 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.