Sunday, June 7, 2009

Re: HD TV using PS3

On Jun 6, 11:38 pm, Paul Saccani <sacc...@omen.net.au> wrote:
> On Fri,5Jun200920:28:11-0700(PDT), "Ir. Hj. Othman bin Hj.
>
> Ahmad" <othm...@lycos.com> wrote:
> >I managed to see HD internet videos via Tversity and PS3.
>
> Thank you for taking the time to talk about your first hand experience
> with this.


I need to do it in Sabah because our people are less tech savvy. I
can't find a single salesman who introduce me to this media server
concept, let alone PS3 as a media server.

Sony Malaysia should have emphasized this as well.

One weakness that I find with current version of PS3, 2.76 is the lack
of support for VCD. My wife still watches VCDs of Korean Drama sold
cheaply in Malaysia.

Just now I watch my son play back a DVD using PS3 upscaling. It looked
impressive. I don't need blu-ray all the time. Maybe it is time to buy
a good DVD with upscaling so as to lower the load on the blu-ray
lasers.

Friday, June 5, 2009

HD TV using PS3

I managed to see HD internet videos via Tversity and PS3.

Tversity may not be as configurable as PSM but it has existing support
for internet download so I shall delay conversion to PSM until PSM has
a well developed internet viewer.

PSM is good because it uses VLC as its main transcoder. I find that
VLC to be able to play the most video files that I download from the
internet.

It took me days to figure out how to watch these video downloads via
Tversity. The trick is to let it finish refreshing the library. In the
PS3, you can see your video downloads at the <podcast> menu. You can
also insert tags to your libray sources in order for you to idenfity
your video download sources.

Wait until the library sources were refreshed before you search for it
using your PS3. The media server must be started first. In order to do
that, you may have to stop Tversity first. restarting sometimes does
not work.

In order to enable ACE you must edit the AC3filter to accept mpg also.
By default klmcodec disable it. I upgraded AC3filter manually but it
is still accessible via the klmcodec program file menu.

Not true for Haali Splitter, recommended by Tversity. I need to
investigate this further.

To insert HD source in Tversity, you go to <guides> and click on HD.
There are many sources there. Right now I am watching Beautiful Places
and City by City. By default Tversity will download only 1 file from
each source. I am experimenting with downloading 5 from each source.
This means that I have to switch on my PC longer because files are
stored in our PCs instead of PS3. PS3 assesses these videos via the
streaming method, just like Youtube.

Initially it will be jerky as it is still downloading. Once it has
finished, you play fromf the beginning by clicking the triangle PS3
button. It should be smooth by in my case, my wifi connection is slow
so there is some jerky motions.

Tversity recommends wired ethernet in order to view FullHD at 1080p.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Guide to Java PS3 Media Server

It is for a version of media server that is based on Java but is very
detailed and complete.

http://otmanix.de/english/2009/05/13/java-ps3-media-server-for-dummies-chapter-1-introduction/

An excellent guide to PS3 format conversion

http://www.digital-digest.com/articles/PS3_H.264_Conversion_Guide_page1.html

This is better than the guide at afterdawn but very detailed.

I don't need to install MeGUI but instead go directly to page 8 where
I found out that we can use mkv2vob can be used to convert AVC and AC3
mkv files into mpg files to be played by PS3.

I can play these files via the recommended media server, the Tversity,
but I cannot get the AC3 working. The guide is at page 10.

Playing bigger files are also noticeable slow. Maybe I can just copy
the files first. I'm still testing Tversity but it will take a week to
fully master all the commands. youtube cannot be displayed via PS3 at
the moment, at least not at the video menu.