Frustrated with MediaTomb

[Thomas Milne]

Thanks, I might give that a shot. The thing I see on their page that
just blows my mind is 'Real-time video transcoding of MKV/FLV/OGM/AVI,
etc.' I can't believe my computer could do that, but I'd be curious to
see it try ;)

Does that mean that the PS3, instead of showing 'unsupported', would
actually show it as playable?


On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Dave Germiquet <davegermiquet-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Just thought to let you know, I also use ps3 media server and it works
> perfectly for me and is very easy to use.
>
> I love it, you may wanna try it out.
>
> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Rafael Carneiro
> <rafael.carneiro-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> I've been using ps3mediaserver for a while and highly recommend it:
>> http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/
>>
>> I tried many others before I found it to be just what I needed.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Rafael
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Thomas Milne
>> <tbrucemilne-TcoXwbchSccMMYnvST3LeUB+6BGkLq7r at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Stephen <stephen-d-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>>> Thomas Milne wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to get MediaTomb working with my PS3. I got it installed
>>>>> fine, and the PS3 has no trouble seeing the server. The problem is
>>>>> getting the MediaTomb UI to see the server so I can add my media.
>>>>> Every time I try to access the Filesystem icon, I get an error about
>>>>>
>>>>> MediaTomb cannot be reached! Please check if the server is still running.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've waded through the FAQ, Google and the like, but I have no idea
>>>>> what the problem is. Currently the server is running on startup, from
>>>>> /etc/init.d. Most of the documentation, for some reason, refers to
>>>>> mediatomb being started as a normal user. Also, the documentation
>>>>> refers to the web UI address being printed in the output when run
>>>>> manually. I don't see this at all. Also, since the PS3 can see the
>>>>> server, my problem is NOT that the server isn't running, right?
>>>>>
>>>>> Before I jump onto their forums, can someone spare me a quick tip? I
>>>>> have a feeling I'm close, missing something minor but critical.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I suggest you stop MT and run from your user terminal. Make sure you get
>>>> something like this:
>>>>
>>>> stephen at roissy:~$ mediatomb
>>>>
>>>> MediaTomb UPnP Server version 0.12.0 - http://mediatomb.cc/
>>>>
>>>> ===============================================================================
>>>> Copyright 2005-2008 Gena Batsyan, Sergey Bostandzhyan, Leonhard Wimmer.
>>>> MediaTomb is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License
>>>> version 2
>>>>
>>>> 2010-03-07 17:58:25    INFO: Loading configuration from:
>>>> /home/stephen/.mediatomb/config.xml
>>>> 2010-03-07 17:58:25    INFO: Checking configuration...
>>>> 2010-03-07 17:58:25    INFO: Setting filesystem import charset to UTF-8
>>>> 2010-03-07 17:58:25    INFO: Setting metadata import charset to UTF-8
>>>> 2010-03-07 17:58:25    INFO: Setting playlist charset to UTF-8
>>>> 2010-03-07 17:58:25    INFO: Configuration check succeeded.
>>>> 2010-03-07 17:58:25    INFO: Initialized port: 49154
>>>> 2010-03-07 17:58:25    INFO: Server bound to: 192.168.0.50
>>>> 2010-03-07 17:58:26    INFO: MediaTomb Web UI can be reached by following
>>>> this link:
>>>> 2010-03-07 17:58:26    INFO: http://192.168.0.50:49154/
>>>> 2010-03-07 17:58:55    INFO: thread cleanup; thread_id=-1235928208
>>>>
>>>> Pay attention the IP address and port. You need to add these in your
>>>> browser.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In the config.xml file you should have a line like:
>>>>
>>>>   <home>/home/stephen/.mediatomb</home>
>>>>
>>>> This should allow navigation on the PS3 through your file system making
>>>> adding your media to the database unnecessary.
>>>>
>>>> It took me a while to get everything working, because my music is in .flac
>>>> files and I had to transcode to pcm. But the quality is outstanding and the
>>>> effort was worth it.
>>>>
>>>> Keep me posted.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I found that I had better results with just using localhost instead of
>>> my IP. Don't know why but when I went in that way, it worked normally.
>>>
>>> Now, this Mediatomb is _crazy_. I must have hit the wrong button,
>>> because when I looked at MT through the PS3, it had added all of the
>>> content from my HD, as well as two connected USB drives. Everything!
>>>
>>> LOL, what a mess!
>>>
>>> I mv'd the database file and started over, much more sane when you add
>>> one thing at a time.
>>>
>>> I'll definitely take your advice and run it as a normal user, though,
>>> it's at least a lot easier to play with the config and so on.
>>>
>>> Many thanks!
>>>
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