PS3 Overheating

[manny]

Hello,

I'm a newbie here on the forums but I've been using PS3 Media Server for quite some time. Now, recently (today), I have encountered a problem/issue. It all started when I was watching an .MKV movie with PS3 Media Server... and towards the end of the movie, the PS3 gave me an "Overheating Warning" and demanded that I should turn off my PS3, as the PS3 Status light flashed Green and Red Lights. I had to stop the movie and let it cool off for a bit. This is the first time it's happened to me and never while gaming or watching any other movies.

The movie in question was Wrath of the Titans. I have, in the past, applied new thermal paste on both the chips (GPU & CPU) with Arctic Silver 5; the most recent one being a few months ago. I have a Phat PS3 model CECHL with an original 80GB HDD on 3.55 CFW (KMEAW). I always thought that the PC would render everything (Movie) and then, send its stream to the PS3; kinda like when you connect your PSP to your PS3 and watch a movie from your PS3 but using the PSP to display sound and video. I am confused and don't know what to do. The PS3 is well ventilated and my home is always at around 68F - 72F with our Living Room Fan on. Is there a way to make the PC do all the work and just have PS3 display the Sound and Video from that stream? Once again, I am a newbie, so please have some mercy on me. Thank you in advance.

PS: Would be nice to get my wife off my back for this, as we were rudely interrupted while watching this movie.

[meskibob]

No. The client/renderer still has to actually play the content, independent of whether the PC is streaming/remuxing/transcoding.

[manny]

Hmmm... Well, I tried something I've never tried before. I selected #Transcode# and it gave me several options and one of them being MEncoder, which is the one I selected and we've been watching another movie (Star Wars 1977 mkv) and it seems to be playing fine with no overheating. I really don't know what the issue can/could be. I know that although this movie's container is mkv, I don't think its as demanding as the one I had an issue with. I will try some newer movies later tomorrow with the same #Transcode# feature that I've never needed to use (Don't even know what it does).

Like I said, I'm a newbie, I was simply recommended this software for streaming movies by a friend of mine and just downloaded it and connected it to my network. I have never delved through its menus and options of tinkered with anything else other than direct stream. I will report back any issues....

by meskibob » Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:55 pm

No. The client/renderer still has to actually play the content, independent of whether the PC is streaming/remuxing/transcoding.

So, does this meant that PS3 does all the work? Sorry for being such a noob

[Raptor399]

So, does this meant that PS3 does all the work? Sorry for being such a noob

Not all the work. Just translating the incoming bytes to pixels on your screen.

PMS will take care of sending your PS3 a stream of bytes that it actually understands. So for example, when you try to view an Matroska movie that the PS3 does not natively support, PMS will make sure it is transcoded to MPEG (which the PS3 supports) before sending the bytes to the PS3. The PS3 will recognize those incoming bytes and display them on your screen.