Tversity - Making it Work for PS3 *updated 11/23/09

[Dimitri]

Here I am again. (See one of the first replies)

After a fresh start,a new setup from vista after a total format, I though to give this another try.
The first things to be installed where a firewall and av-program, next priority was Tversity, following this tut.

To make a long story short....It still doesn't work for mkv's here and indeed pms does the trick for my mkv's.
For a better image though, full hd, I'm still using mkv2vob. It takes some time overnight, but the results are very nice.
(sound and picture) The highest bitrate I've seen was 90Mbs for the picture and 4.6 for the sound (linear PCM) and it rocks. PS3 starts stuttering after 200Mbs, I found out.

So thanks for all the input, but my mkv's will be transcoded before streaming, if they want it or not.

Greetz Dimitri

[dulyred]

Brilliant,

i followed all the advice and managed to get it going second time around. If it does not work with ps3 off try it with it switched on seemed to work for me.
i can now stream full HD 1920*1080 without any stuttering. or i just can't see the difference which might well be the case.

cheers buddy you made my day

[rolstrol]

I'm probably bringing up a previous problem that someone has had, so please don't get too upset. I've looked over this topic and haven't seen my problem but if someone can help me or direct me to somewhere I can get help I'd appreciate it. I went rule by rule, did everything step by step from this topic. I have looked around the web to see if I can get this to work out so I decided to finally create an account. I'm not sure what I should be doing, but when I try to get this going I start up Tversity. Then I search for media servers on my ps3, get nothing. Try again get nothing. When thats done I try to go to my internet browser (I already use port config btw), once a page comes up I write in my ip with the port:

The page cannot be displayed
The website may be experiencing a technical problem
Try accessing the site later (8071053d)

I've tried reinstalling it, I've downloaded everything in the right order. I have Windows SP3.

The last part might be meaningless but I figured I give you as much info as possible, and if you can help I'd appreciate it.

Does anyone know where I can get help on the problem or did I just waste time on this thing?

Its really frustrating me.

[d.rownie]

This guide has been spot on for me so far, followed it to the nth degree.

I have had some issues with MKV but seems to be sorted now. I had resolution set as 912x513, wired PS3 to router, laptop wirelessly to router, but had some stuttering. This also happened when I wired the laptop to the router. So I changed the resolution to 720x408, seems to be working ok (although I haven't watched the whole video, it stopped stuttering in the same places). By the way this is also now set up as: laptop -> wireless -> router -> wired -> PS3.

My question is this: I'm running XP Home 2002 SP3, Intel Celeron 1.6GHz with 2GB of RAM.
The CPU is running at 100% during transcoding so I'm wondering (and I'm probably right) that my spec isn't quite good enough. Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks in advance!

Bit rate in the top right corner when playing the video didn't get any higher than 2.0Mbs

[ollie_joe]

Thanks for the guide it has improved my situation a hell of a lot since I followed it.

However, I am still experiencing some problems with regards to AVC files stuttering, Mpeg-1 files corrupted and mpeg-1 subtitles not showing in the right language? I have played around with some of the settings on the ffdshow codec and have tried to modify some of the settings on the haali splitter but am still experiencing some problems.

Are there any stand out solutions I should try, in order to prevent:
a) AVC files from stuttering
b) certain Mpeg-1 files from not being corrputed
c) subtitles to play in the correct language.

please note that all the aforementioned files work flawlessly in mediaplayer classic.

I appreciate any suggestions you folks may have.

[unikey]

tried everything in here including a clean install of windows, If I stream/transcode to a 360 everything works flawlessly using the PS3 on the same cable an it takes an age to buffer in SD audio stutters, 720p everything stutters and 1080p is unwatchable switching to wireless improves it a bit! using wmp11 and it works ok.
But the combination of Tversity,XP64 and PS3 isnt happy at all and I can find no reason for it!!!!!!!

[cotillion]

Hello, this is my first post here so bear with me. I have got Tversity working on everything but .mkv files. I used to be able to get video with crappy sound, but I tried all the instructions at the start of this thread, and now I get a corrupted file error. When I try to play .mkv files through Tversity, it gives me a "save/open" dialog box and tries to open another tab/window in my browser. I am not sure where I mis-steped, but one thing I remember not doing is deleting the Tversity file folder from the C:\ drive after I uninstalled the program. Would this cause my issue?

[abigali]

How to make PS3 play all files within a directory of media server? I have set up my hometheater pc as a media server for the playstation 3 and have many tv shows on that server. When I watch on the PS3 it will play one episode, then at the end of that episode it will just stop instead of continuing on to the next episode (file). Is there a kind-of "play all" feature for the PS3 when watching from a media server? Thanks be to all.
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[edog5]

thanks in advance for all your help everybody

I decided to give tversity a shot after spending the last six month coverting all my MKV files to blu ray or M2TS files to play on PS3.

I have set up tversity according to the karnag3 setup guide but...

i am having login issues:(

i am in the services menu trying to set up the login type. I select "this account", browse in advanced and "find now" to find my admin user but my user name isnt there . I am set as the admisntrator under the user account settings in windows but it's not here... If i pick administrator, i can login, and I can see all the folders in my library on PS3, but all MKV files are "corrupted" and will not play. The videos play fine in media player classic on my PC. M2TS files playfine...any help would be much appreciated.

thanks!

[ubermetroid]

thanks in advance for all your help everybody

I decided to give tversity a shot after spending the last six month coverting all my MKV files to blu ray or M2TS files to play on PS3.

I have set up tversity according to the karnag3 setup guide but...

i am having login issues:(

i am in the services menu trying to set up the login type. I select "this account", browse in advanced and "find now" to find my admin user but my user name isnt there . I am set as the admisntrator under the user account settings in windows but it's not here... If i pick administrator, i can login, and I can see all the folders in my library on PS3, but all MKV files are "corrupted" and will not play. The videos play fine in media player classic on my PC. M2TS files playfine...any help would be much appreciated.

thanks!

Make sure transcoding is always on.

[gtp_98c]

KarnaG3, this worked beautifully thank you very much... I was making the mistake of not rebooting/keeping old codecs around...THANKS AGAIN.... One more question, is it possible for me to watch 2 movies (Quantum of Solice, and Valkyrie) that are in DTS with this setup? Currently the movie plays fine but i have no audio. do i have to convert it to DD from DTS or should it play that as well?

Thx

[gsi]

Thanks for intersting guide.
After reading all post I still have two questions to the author.
1. Do you need to install codec pack that comes with TVersity?
2. What is password for Registry Cleaning software that you had link on the first page?

Keep on doing a good work!

[brass2themax]

I'm not trying to steal any spotlight or anything, but I made my own guide based off what has always worked for me. I've never encountered problems with this setup. Might be worth a look: viewtopic.php?f=28&t=27398

I think some people might find it a bit easier to follow, and there are only two required downloads, TVersity, and a codec pack that includes Haali Media Splitter, etc, without having to download them all separately. Also provides a nice Settings application to make everything easier.

[KarnaG3]

Thanks for the guide it has improved my situation a hell of a lot since I followed it.

However, I am still experiencing some problems with regards to AVC files stuttering, Mpeg-1 files corrupted and mpeg-1 subtitles not showing in the right language? I have played around with some of the settings on the ffdshow codec and have tried to modify some of the settings on the haali splitter but am still experiencing some problems.

Are there any stand out solutions I should try, in order to prevent:
a) AVC files from stuttering
b) certain Mpeg-1 files from not being corrputed
c) subtitles to play in the correct language.

please note that all the aforementioned files work flawlessly in mediaplayer classic.

I appreciate any suggestions you folks may have.

I understand this is a very late reply, haven't checked the forums for a while.

Most recently, I have been using CCCP, found here: http://www.cccp-project.net/ for my codecs. It is simply the most issue-free codec pack I've used. In the past versions, it was somewhat issue-prone, but they seemed to have ironed out everything.

It works very well with streaming for Tversity, especially for MKV as the settings are specifically configured (unlike some variations of FFDShow, including the pack offered with Tversity's install) to avoid conflicts.

My suggestion, as always is to start with a clean install of all of your codecs, then with Tversity, and I recommend using the CCCP. Install the codecs first, RESTART, then install Tversity, DO NOT RUN TVERSITY before you RESTART, and then see what happens.

You'll want to leave the codec settings at default and you'll need to reconfigure Tv. My guess is that you also have the same AC3 Filter issue most people have run into. Unfortunately, most codec packs that include FFDShow also include AC3 Filter. Not a huge issue except that most of them have both generic filters AND AC3 configured to run some of the same file types. By default, FFDShow will prioritize its only filters over an external filter unless set to do otherwise, which is NOT what you want it to do.

As far as subtitles (god, I never thought I'd say this) but I'd suggest re-encoding them to an H.264 MP4 container and include your subtitle files with them.

If this is above your head OR IF THEY ARE ALREADY MP4 OR MKV, I can help you remux them (much faster) and just change out the subtitle files. You basically remove the ones you don't need and insert the ones with the language you do and the whole process takes above 5 minutes. That way you only have the RIGHT language to begin with

[KarnaG3]

tried everything in here including a clean install of windows, If I stream/transcode to a 360 everything works flawlessly using the PS3 on the same cable an it takes an age to buffer in SD audio stutters, 720p everything stutters and 1080p is unwatchable switching to wireless improves it a bit! using wmp11 and it works ok.
But the combination of Tversity,XP64 and PS3 isnt happy at all and I can find no reason for it!!!!!!!

Actually, you just answered your own question: XP64.

Most codecs are only 32bit compatible, especially the ones needed for 720p/1080p movies as these are almost exclusively encoded in H.264 in either an MP4 or MKV container, and Quicktime or the other alternative codecs for MP4 are 32bit ONLY as are the Haali & Gabest MKV filters.

The problem with codecs in a 64bit environment is that the program that is accessing them needs to know where to find them and in x64 they are not in their standard location.
Its likely you had less problems with some of your HD/MP4 stuff and WMV VC-1(semi-HD in some cases) on Xbox as it has native support for both, PS3 has limited support for MP4s and has VC-1 is not natively supported at all.

You can fuss with it all you want, but its likely you'll need to use 32bit Windows to fully solve your problems... unless Haali or Gabest, or someone else, suddenly decides to update their MKV filters (which hasn't happened since like 2006 so don't hold your breath).

Also...I have to call BULLSHIT on you. You said WMP11 works ok. WMP11 does NOT transcode. It will only stream Divx/Xvid, some MP4 (not H.264, and defintely not HD/720/1080p) and WMV and that's pretty much it. There are some non-HD MP4s that it will stream properly, but none of the HD stuff, and absolutely, without a doubt not MKV.
Also, WMP11 media sharing cannot be run when Tversity is installed, as installed Tversity disables WMP network sharing service and you can't access it again without uninstalling Tversity.