Right-click on the network interface icon in the Windows system tray.If the log is too long to look for this manually, copy it into a text editor and CTRL + F for the string there.
Here’s how to check for and fix this problem on Window 8.1: one belonging to a virtual machine on your PC. Unfortunately, it can select one that isn’t active or even connected to anything, e.g. PS3 Media Server selects a single network interface on your machine on which to operate. All the restarting, rebooting, and power cycling in the world isn’t helping, so what now? So you just installed PS3 Media Server (PS3MS), have your DLNA clients up and running, but PS3MS can’t find them. Every router/modem is different so I cannot provide examples, but you usually access your modem/router in your web browser with (where xxx are teh variables your router uses for access).UPDATE: PS3 Media Server has been superseded by Universal Media Server (from the same developer), which has the same UI and hence the same instructions as below. If it's hideously larger than the size of the file on your PC's HDD, then the video is being re-encoded instead of stream-copied and you haven't set your settings properly OR the video stream isn't PS3 compatible (rare).ĮDIT: One other thing - turn on the QoS (Quality of Service) setting on your router/modem - this ensures that your modem/router prioritizes the video stream data over other data. After it's copied, check the size of the file. If all else fails, COPY the video to your PS3's HDD. MKVs (I'm talking 1:1 BRD rips here) but typical BRD rips are usually less than 10-15mbps. Using the settings I mention above, your media server should never reach higher than 25mbps for the best quality.
You have to make sure subtitles are disabled though:
With this setting I was able to stream full 1080p video over a wired connection using a crappy single-core 2.8GHz Celeron-D CPU 5 years ago without any hiccups. mp4, etc.) rather than completely re-encoding the video stream. There should be an option to "direct stream copy" or similar which will just re-package the video data to a new container (.avi. HOWEVER, you should check your media server's options/properties to make sure it isn't re-encoding video when it doesn't have to. Full HD transcodes can reach up to 100mbps and beyond. Thanks guys!Īre you trying to stream of wireless or wired connection? Just so you know, wireless is lucky to be able to reach 30-50mbps best -case scenario. If anybody knows anything about this, maybe can recommend different programs that work for them, or know a way to trick my computer into transcoding using some video processing power, please let me know. I know my 560 TI SLI is compatible with CoreAVC, I have used old AND new versions of PS3 Media Server, CoreAVC, and Avisynth.
I have seen the CoreAVC work playing videos back on my computer, using a small amount of video power and CPU power, but I cannot get it to run with PS3 Media Server.
Using just the MEncoder will allow the movie to play, but will not use the CoreAVC, resulting in stuttering streaming. Using the Avisynth/MEncoder, I get the "This content cannot be played (800288E1)" error, and when checking my computer, the CoreAVC icon is blue, which indicates it's not working. I have spent the last 16 hours setting up CoreAVC with Avisynth/MEncoder using the PS3 Media Server, but all I get are problems. I'm using a 6-core 3.T Black Edition AMD processor, and it hits 70-75% load while attempting to transcode, and it fails to stream smoothly on 1080p and even 720p. I'm having a hell of a time trying to stream with no stuttering.