I have been using PS3MS for some time now, and it is working great ever since (mkv with subtitles on a PS3 and Samsung TV what more do i want
)The thing is that it is running on a Windows 7 PC, now i bought a server pc and running Ubuntu Server on it. (Headless)
I tried to get PS3MS working on it by following this guide: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13046
- So i used:
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:happy-neko/ps3mediaserver
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ps3mediaserver
- Don't know how to configure it in GUI mode since i dont have that (headless), so i just changed the config manualy (not much to change):
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[PMS.conf]
folders = /srv/data
hostname =
port =
language =
thumbnails = true
thumbnail_seek_pos = 60
use_mplayer_for_video_thumbs = true
nbcores =
turbomode = false
minimized = false
hidevideosettings = false
usecache = true
embed_dts_in_pcm = true
charsetencoding = 850
engines = tsmuxer,mencoder,ffmpegaudio,mplayeraudio,tsmuxeraudio,mplayervideodump,mencoderwebvideo,vlcvideo,mplayerwebaudio,vlcaudio,rawthumbs
autoloadsrt = true
avisynth_convertfps = true
avisynth_script = #AviSynth script is now fully customisable !\u0001#You must use the following variables (\"clip\" being the avisynth variable of the movie):\u0001#<movie>: insert the complete DirectShowSource instruction [ clip=DirectShowSource(movie, convertfps) ]\u0001#<sub>: insert the complete TextSub\/VobSub instruction if there's any detected srt\/sub\/idx\/ass subtitle file\u0001#<moviefilename>: variable of the movie filename, if you want to do all this by yourself\u0001#Be careful, the custom script MUST return the clip object\u0001<movie>\u0001<sub>\u0001return clip
transcode_block_multiple_connections = false
tsmuxer_forcefps = true
tsmuxer_preremux_pcm = false
tsmuxer_preremux_ac3 = false
tsmuxer_mux_all_audiotracks = false
audiochannels = 6
audiobitrate = 640
maximumbitrate = 0
skiploopfilter = false
prevents_sleep_mode = true
enable_archive_browsing = true
maxvideobuffer = 400
mencoder_fontconfig = true
mencoder_font = Ubuntu
mencoder_forcefps = false
mencoder_usepcm = false
mencoder_usepcm_for_hq_audio_only = false
mencoder_intelligent_sync = true
subs_color = -1
mencoder_remux_mpeg2 = true
mencoder_remux_ac3 = false
mencoder_decode =
mencoder_encode = keyint=2:vqscale=1:vqmin=2
mencoder_vobsub_subtitle_quality = 4
mencoder_overscan_compensation_width = 0
- Edit the /etc/default/ps3mediaserver file
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# Defaults for ps3mediaserver initscript
# sourced by /etc/init.d/ps3mediaserver
# installed at /etc/default/ps3mediaserver by the maintainer scripts
#
# This is a POSIX shell fragment
#
PS3MS_START="1" # change to "1" to enable ps3mediaserver autostart
PS3MS_USER="leon"
PS3MS_PROFILE="/home/leon/.config/ps3mediaserver/"
# memory limit for JVM (-Xmx option)
PS3MS_MEM="768M"
# Additional options that are passed to the Daemon.
DAEMON_OPTS="console"
#JAVA_OPT="-Djava.awt.headless=true"
Found another forum where they told me to use JAVA_OPT="-Djava.awt.headless=true" didnt work for me though
- used this code to start the server:
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sudo /etc/init.d/ps3mediaserver start
- output
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Starting PS3 Media Server : ps3mediaserver
Thats all, but when i fire up my ps3 or use the Samsung TV it wont show the PS3 Media Server at all...
I searched this forum, i searched the internet but no luck.
I hope i did something wrong so its just a quick fix
Thanks in advance
EDIT: typo-- i use 11.04 natty of ubuntu server