FAQ Discussion

[otmanix]

Hi Meskibob,

here's a first experimental PMS wiki on wikia (with ads, but free): http://ps3ms.wikia.com
Everyone with a wikia account should be able to join...

Best regards, Otmanix

[extravirgin]

^^ He doesn't give up does he?

[woffle99]

Hi,

I have my PMS running quite nicely already (though it did take a while to get it that way) but I thought I would just stop by and add my appreciation for starting something that this fantastic project really needs (imo), which is some clear, coherent and detailed documentation - well done. I hope you keep it going and that others pick up the torch too. If I have time I will try to add some stuff myself, maybe about running as a Windows service which I gather you're looking for a guide for and which I'm doing quite happily - now I just have to remember how

[oz3d]

I want to thank you for the information - it should be made sticky so everyone finds it.

Although your post (found later) helps, it does not sort all my problems (see post under streaming " Black Screen, Playlists and Congratulations" -
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3655

Thanks again

[nsx3000]

Hi otmanix, thanks for the tutorial.

Now can someone please make this thread a sticky???

[Dan]

Nice guide and welcome to the forum. Couple of points I'd like to mention. First, you only mention that PMS is written in Java, yet the latest version of Java should be installed. Secondly, the PMS beta has more features and fixes a few things that are not available in the general release. Third, the ESET instructions make me glad I'm using Comodo. Forth, I didn't have to do all that much to install PMS with XP, so I take it that your guide is for Vista/W7 users with DHCP enabled?

[walid97]

Nice guide and welcome to the forum. Couple of points I'd like to mention. First, you only mention that PMS is written in Java, yet the latest version of Java should be installed. Secondly, the PMS beta has more features and fixes a few things that are not available in the general release. Third, the ESET instructions make me glad I'm using Comodo. Forth, I didn't have to do all that much to install PMS with XP, so I take it that your guide is for Vista/W7 users with DHCP enabled?

Thanks Dan
I just fell in love with PMS, it's the best out there!

Concerning your points, I will add that the latest Java JRE should be installed. Thanks for pointing me to that.
Is the beta stable yet? And what are the added features in it?

Finally, these were the steps that I went through during the installation of PMS on Windows XP:

Enabling UPnP on the router
Enabling UPnP on XP
Opening the ports on ESET firewall and enabling UPnP to pass through it
Installing PMS

The biggest chunk was with ESET, I had some troubles opening port 5001 on ESET firewall, but then everything worked well.

[Joe76000]

Hi Meskibob,
here's a first experimental PMS wiki on wikia (with ads, but free): http://ps3ms.wikia.com
Everyone with a wikia account should be able to join...
Best regards, Otmanix

Hello Otmanix,

1. Thanks for this "PS3 Media Server for dummies / PMS tutorial". It is really great and put some organization into the PS3MS Forum which is too big for me/us for trying to find easily a specific info/data, post a given message and/or have an at a glance idea about where this unique S/W is standing at a given time...
I'm not a complete dummy, but as I/we need to face to tens - hundreds of issues a day (not only PS3MS), I/we cannot each time spend a lot of (too-too much) time for finding a given piece of information regarding our lovely S/W.

To give an idea: My new Bravia W5500 serie was not working at all 1st time I have tested it with a half dozen of DLNA / UPnP A/V servers including PS3MS v.1.10.x. Then, I heard about a new version of PS3MS (v.1.11.356) which was the only good one!

=> JUST having on this forum a dedicated and closed thread updated regularly (let's say once a week / twice a month) by an authorized person summarizing where PS3MS is standing and going for the key features will be enough for a starting point, including a Foreword recaping what is PS3MS, what it can and cannot do. All these very-very basic stuff don't exist as of today in a single place, easy to access, to read, to understand, to print, etc...

2. I just red thru your "experimental PMS wiki" which is more for what I am looking for / expecting regarding "The DOC" for PS3MS as it is much more structured! Organization is one key element of success and sharing...
I can understand both you and Meskibob are in synch on this subject. It would be nice if we could move into this direction quickly.

I am using now PS3MS for a little bit more than one month and it is still nightmare to understand all the specificities of this lovely S/W. This is why, based on my particular needs, I have started to build my own "DOC" which is by definition uncomplete and with a lot of approximations and errors!

PS: A suggestion to both Shagrath & Meskibob : "The PS3MS's experts have to put together (right now if not already available) a single document (PDF) where thru few pages (5 to 10) the end users (old and new) can easily and quickly find out all the key specifications and parameters of PS3MS for an efficient implementation. (Rather than spending hours and hours reading thru and/or posting on the PS3MS forum!)

Long life to PS3MS!
Cheers.

[rustyjarz]

This page really needs to be a sticky. It's got all the info or links to all the info you need.

[otmanix]

Finally this howto/faq thread is a sticky. Thanks to Shagrath!
http://ps3mediaserver.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4088

I hope lots of questions for PMS newbs will be answered with help of this thread. Everybody is invited to participate. So write a feedback or publish your solution for certain problems...

Best regards, Otmanix