
Have a Mac, but having trouble getting stuff to stream onto your PS3? If you haven't tried Nullriver's MediaLink solution, you might want to
give it a shot. In addition to streaming content, it shows album art and preview screens on your PS3 for a multitude of formats. There's support for iTunes integration. MediaLink lets you organize your folders however you want as well, so it's a bit more flexible than other programs that often get recommended for streaming. It's not without its shortcomings -- people are
having trouble with AAC and M4A formats, but that's something we're sure a few people don't really care about. Give it a shot, let us know what you think.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
1-08-2008 @ 12:31PM
Steven Green said...
Tried it and bought it straight away!
So much better than Twonkyvision
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1-08-2008 @ 12:34PM
Chnkylovrr53 said...
Well, I don't use a mac, but for those people that want to stream stuff to their PS3 from a PC, TVersity is what I use... it's pretty good, and I enjoy it...
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1-08-2008 @ 12:35PM
Justin said...
The newest version of Twonkyvision has been working flawlessly...
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1-08-2008 @ 2:58PM
Haiddasalami said...
Twonkyvision LOL! Thats one awesome name
1-08-2008 @ 12:46PM
aygie said...
Better than anything else out there for the Mac. Brilliant
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1-08-2008 @ 12:48PM
tyba said...
I want a really great app to stream my media from my PC to my PS3... I use Tversity, and it works fine, but I want album art!!! My music collection is in fine shape, thanks to iTunes, and I spent a lot of time making sure everything had it's correct album art... sending it to the PS3 would be nice.
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1-08-2008 @ 1:21PM
Steven Green said...
MediaLink works with album art!
1-08-2008 @ 3:00PM
Haiddasalami said...
Tversity does not work for me when I try to access it using my PSP. If anyone knows another software with this feature tell me
1-09-2008 @ 3:19AM
Brad said...
Nero (from Ahead) will display album art on the PS3. Not sure about thumbnails on Photo folders. Also, about 6 months ago Nero was the best DNLA server from the standpoint of the software correctly polling the client device and only transcoding when absolutely neccessary. Obviously, this is important from the standpoint of maintaining video/audio quality...
1-08-2008 @ 1:17PM
Galley said...
No support for .m4a AAC? WTF?
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1-08-2008 @ 4:18PM
Popfrogs said...
Gotta love that DRM.
1-08-2008 @ 8:21PM
Galley said...
.m4a is DRM-free. .m4p is protected.
1-22-2008 @ 8:35AM
Yaphi said...
AAC and m4a are open standards. I am thinking this was sarcasm? By default iTunes imports all music as AAC. An open standard. This basically means none of my music will play over MediaLink. I have downloaded and purchased this software. None of my music shows up and only a handful of mov files show up.
"people are having trouble with AAC and M4A formats, but that's something we're sure a few people don't really care about."
riiiight.
1-08-2008 @ 1:41PM
Metoo said...
Works great. Less than five minutes to set up. I'd buy this software if the PS3 supported more DIVX files. For now it's easier for me to hook the Macbook to my HDTV and not worry about file compatibility.
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1-08-2008 @ 1:44PM
mr judg said...
anyone suggest a programme is capable as Tversity for streaming from a PC but includes thumbnail shots and album art?
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1-08-2008 @ 2:11PM
Pissed Off Asian Female said...
I hate this sh!t so much. (What happened to just having a console that only plays games?)
I can't understand the appeal. Oh well.
HD this, Stream that, Digital downloads, blah blah, blah. yuck!
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1-08-2008 @ 2:57PM
Haiddasalami said...
your name describes you to the dot.
1-08-2008 @ 3:43PM
watcher said...
@ Pissed off Asian Female
Infamous WoW quote when a female gamer is discovered "Are you hot?" – Sorry that MMO joke cracks me up every time. It amazes me how that question interrupts everything while playing. Even during boss fights..
Seriously, Consoles are approaching the complexity of computers so naturally they will begin to simulate PCs in terms of capabilities. This will become even more evident with every gen console from here on. As technology surges so will the complexity of all our electronics. Videogame systems that just play games are forever gone. Good news is all of the extra tech stuff here are optional. You can just play games on your PS3 and ignore everything else if you want.
Even more tech is on the way including being able to play movies on your PsP from data encorporated in future Blu-ray movies.
I know a few friends that have Macs and PS3s. I'll definitely let them know about MediaLink.
1-08-2008 @ 2:13PM
Marc said...
I don't use a Mac, but all others should just use Windows Media Player 11. It does the same thing people pay extra for,
when those programs are completely useless(for PCs, that is)
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1-08-2008 @ 4:20PM
Popfrogs said...
It'd be great if Media Player 11 wasn't a colossal failure when it comes to this stuff. Seriously, these apps exist because MP11 doesn't work half the time.