Thursday, March 25, 2010

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.

More about mediatomb.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Cardinal


Cardinal
Originally uploaded by afsilva
Spring has arrived in NC.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Favorite F1 Wallpaper Ever


Favorite F1 Wallpaper Ever
Originally uploaded by afsilva
I am so not a Renault fan, but man, this Formula 1 wallpaper is possibly the coolest I've ever seen. (source)