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Stream audio, video, and pictures from your Mac to a PS3

As the resident Xbox 360 fanboy I had reservations about touching this one, but my Mac love triumphs over all and so I bring you news of a cool tutorial on streaming media from your Mac to a PS3. This method is basically built around the MediaTomb open-source UPnP media server. The tricky part is installing MediaTomb on your Mac with fink and setting it up for the PS3 from the command-line. But once you do, you should be able to stream audio, video, and pictures from your Mac over the network. Needless to say, I haven't tried this myself, but I am intrigued by this note: "Currently MediaTomb does not fully support the XBOX360 as it acts differently from the PS3, but the code is already there to make it work in future versions." I guess we 360 users will just have to make due with Connect360 for now.

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beans

don't your files have to be in a certain format for the ps3? also, has anyone tried this yet? how's it working?

August 02 2007 at 3:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Darcy Baston

External 500GB hard drive hosting all my media hooked up to the PS3 is my fave solution. Then using a PSP I stream PS3 content to the handheld for late-bed-lounging goodness.

August 02 2007 at 3:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ToupsWinker

A 360 fanboy who uses a Mac. Clearly your mac love must be salary motivated. 360 is a quality console through and through. Through your first one to your various replacement models.

August 02 2007 at 12:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Galley

EyeConnect works great, but it doesn't support Apple Lossless. It's also heinously expensive.

August 02 2007 at 9:52 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Holle

well i use eyeconnect to stream my stuff to the PS3 ....
works very well !!!! native Intel !!!
You can also choose custom Folders from external HD !!!
t's worth the 50 Bucks... ;-)

August 02 2007 at 6:22 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
schölli

I use Twonkyvision, and it works really fine if you stream your content over ethernet. the only problem occurs when i connect my macbook pro (powerbook works flawless) over wifi.... i mean, i can connect my ps3 with the mbp, but every two or three minutes the connection crashes and it starts to connect again....wtf?. but the cool thing is, that twonkyvision works on windows, osx and linux machines :)

August 02 2007 at 3:35 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Whubbsie

So does this let you stream protected content?

August 02 2007 at 12:29 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
JD

Good. I was wondering what it would take. PS3 has a vast untapped potential. The instructions don't look to be that bad, though it would be nice if it had been made into something easier to install. I would expect that the program would eventually mature.

August 01 2007 at 11:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Exidor

Plus, my 360 is all red-ringy and stuff.

August 01 2007 at 10:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
(01)

Hey, I'm a wii guy myself, but I still feel like this pertains to Mac-related news. I give props to anything that encourages computer/console connectivity.

August 01 2007 at 10:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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