PS3 Media Server

Welcome to ps3mediaserver.net, your one stop video guide to setting up a PS3 Media server enabling you to enjoy a limitless cinema.

We used to have lots of information regarding different server choices which you could make and we also took into consideration different operating systems. Unfortunately the server managed to eat the site alive and spat out gibberish in return. Ah well, a good time to restart the site!

You have probably seen the option on your PS3 and wondered what it does, its quite simple really yet highly useful. The Media Server feature actually let you stream "media" for example Video and Music (pictures also!) from a computer within your home network.

This is ideal becuase the typical PS3 has quite a small harddrive and can not store much video for example. Another plus is you do not have to wait for the media in question to actually transfer to the PS3, It "streams" and plays as it loads in real time. No waiting!

In normal operation the PS3 has quite limited media playback support, it is a simple process to bypass this with the use of a "Media server". After installing A larger range of video is supported including XVID, DIVX, X264, BRIP and in standard defintion and also (HD Ready) 720p (Full HD) 1080p. This means you can have a collection of video on your computer which could be located within another room in the house and enjoy watching it on your big 50inch HD tv.