Firmware 1.80 streams media from Vista, also XP and Macs with a little extra tweaking

[Raven]

Originally Posted by qj.net

We spotted a few more details regarding [Only registered users can see links. ] for [Only registered users can see links. ]'s next gen PS3 console. If you're running Windows Vista on your PC, then this will be good news for you. According to Carl Nelson of the HCW Tech Blog, firmware 1.80 will let you share media on your Vista-running PC with the PS3. Well, Vista does support DLNA after all.

If you're still running on [Only registered users can see links. ], it seems that [Only registered users can see links. ] and fiddling with the settings a bit will still [Only registered users can see links. ]. Some formats are still not supported though, such as native .ts files and lossless [Only registered users can see links. ] files as well as DivX/[Only registered users can see links. ] files. Anyway, here's a look at the PS3's XMB streaming media interface.

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Nelson also notes that video streaming seems a bit stifled at the moment, and recommends that you "need to demux, convert the audio to stereo, then remux again". Mac users, on the other hand, are advised to try installing either TwonkyMedia (if you have money) or the VideoLAN [Only registered users can see links. ] [Only registered users can see links. ] (if you don't).

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[Bex]

Lol, oooooh goood, it works with WMP11 - well after tweaking lol.
Imma have to try
Need to find out what vid formats will work though

I like streaming media