Streaming Media from Fedora to the PS3

The app: mediatomb

Installation: yum install -y mediatomb

Run as regular user: mediatomb # to initialize config file then Ctrl-C to stop it

Edit config file: ~/.mediatomb/config.xml

Change: <protocolinfo extend="to">
To: <protocolinfo extend="yes">

Find: <mappings>
Add afterwards:
<map from="avi" to="video/divx"/>
<map from="avi" to="video/x-divx"/>


Restart server as regular user: mediatomb &

Configure files to be server: Once the server start a URL will be shown on the Terminal, something like this:

2010-03-25 17:46:45 INFO: http://192.168.1.2:49152/

Open the URL on your browser, you will have two tabs: Database and Filesystem, browser your filesystem, and click on the "+" sign beside any file you would like to server on your Playstation 3. The files will show up under the Database tab once you've selected under filesystem.



Start your PS3: You should now have a new media server showing up under your Videos, Photos, Music icons.

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