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PS3mediaserver is a DLNA compliant Upnp media server, written in Java. It can stream or transcode many different types of media file, with minimum configuration. It is backed up with the powerful Mplayer/FFmpeg packages.

==Installation==

===Download the files===
(links checked 12/5/10)

'''PS3 Mediaserver'''

Linux stable release (1.10.5): http://ps3mediaserver.googlecode.com/files/pms-linux-1.10.5.tgz

'''Configuration files'''

PMS.sh: http://www.bibliognome.com/PMS.sh

PMS.conf http://www.bibliognome.com/PMS.conf

'''Supporting packages'''

MPlayer: http://connie.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/MPlayer/pkg/12.2/MPlayer-r29301-i486-1alien.tgz

Mencoder: http://www.bibliognome.com/mencoder-packages.zip

FFMpeg: http://pinguinmabuk.net/alien_repository/ffmpeg/pkg64/current/ffmpeg-0.5-x86_64-2alien.tgz

Java runtime environment: ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/slackware/l/jre-6u11-i586-1.tgz

'''Other files that may be useful/required (see below)'''

Linux unstable release (1.20.409 BETA): http://ps3mediaserver.googlecode.com/files/pms-generic-linux-unix-1.20.409-BETA.tgz

FFMpeg: http://pinguinmabuk.net/alien_repository/ffmpeg/pkg/12.2/ffmpeg-0.5-i486-1alien.tgz

Additional Mencoder libraries: TBC

===Install the files on the flash drive===

# Create a '''custom''' folder at the root level of the flash drive (if one does not exist).
# Create a PS3 Mediaserver folder – named, for example '''ps3ms''' – in the custom folder
# Unzip the '''pms-linux-1.10.5.tgz''' to get "pms-linux-1.10.5.tar", then unzip it to get a folder "pms-linux-1.10.5" copy the content of the folder directly into the ps3ms folder
# Place the '''PMS.conf''', '''PMS.sh''', and '''jre-6ull-i586-1.tgz''' files into the ps3ms folder.
# Create a new folder called '''mencoder''' in the ps3ms folder
# Unzip the '''mencoder-packages.zip''' contents into the mencoder folder.
# Place the '''ffmpeg-0.5-x86 64-2alien.tgz''' and '''MPlayer-r29301-i486-1alien.tgz''' files in the mencoder folder.

===Edit the go script===

Add the following to your go script to start up PS3mediaserver.

# PS3 Media Server
cd /boot/custom/ps3ms
installpkg jre-6u11-i586-1.tgz
cd /boot/custom/ps3ms/mencoder
installpkg *.tgz
cd /boot/custom/ps3ms
./PMS.sh

Then restart the unRAID server.

===Testing and troubleshooting the installation===

'''1) type ‘java' in the terminal'''

Java should run, you see some help information like command line switches. If not, you may need to add a command to your go script such as:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/java

'''2) type ‘mencoder’'''

it should run, and show some help info like "no file given", if it barks about missing libraries, you need to find them.
For example:
* liboil-0.3.14-i486-1alien.tgz
* alsa-lib-1.0.17a-i486-1.tgz
* libXau-1.0.4-i486-1.tgz

'''3) type ‘ffmpeg’'''

it should show some kind of message like "ffmpeg version 0.5 copyright" etc...

Some systems need to use ffmpeg-0.5-i486-1alien.tgz to get it to run (instead of ffmpeg-0.5-x86_64-2alien.tgz)

'''4) Reboot the unRAID server'''

Start up your PS3 and now it should see it when you go to Videos on the XMB.

==Configuration==

Play some files and see if you need to make edits to your PMS.conf file. Here is an example PMS.conf:

thumbnails = true
alternativeffmpegpath =
mencoder_ass = false
folders = /mnt/user/Videos,/mnt/user/Pictures,/mnt/user/Music
audiobitrate = 640
mencoder_usepcm = true
mencoder_mt = true
tsmuxer_preremux_pcm = true
mencoder_remux_ac3 = true
thumbnail_seek_pos = 30
nbcores = 2
usecache = true
mencoder_encode = keyint=3:vqscale=3:vqmin=5

The folders line will need to change to fit your own user shares.

The last line mencoder_encode sets the quality of the video playback. These settings can be tweaked if you are getting choppiness in playback. For 720p videos, try 1, 1, 2 for values. For 1080p, you masy need to lower the quality to 3, 3, 5. It all depends on your hardware and media.

==Known issues==
Subtitles.

==Systems reported to work with PS3 Media Server on unRAID==
* PS3
*Kindle Fire with Skifta, streaming directly to MoboPlayer
* Others?

==See also==
* http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=3072 - PS3 Media Server, includes [http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=3072.msg28571#msg28571 installation and configuration] of PS3mediaserver package
* http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=3072.msg28875#msg28875 - PS3 & ps3mediaserver pros and cons
* http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=3072.msg34805#msg34805 - PS3 Media Server, installation update and MKV configuration

==External links==
[http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/ PS3 Media Server project on Google Code]

[http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/ PS3 Media Server blog]

[http://ps3mediaserver.org/forum/ PS3 Media Server forum]

[[Category: Customising unRAID]]

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