MKV files, PS3 media server, and the PS3

[bochenekgsx]

I'm not sure where else to put this question, so I hoped this was the best forum for it.

All of the anime I download, i prefer to watch it on my tv via my ps3. I stream anything I can from my PC to my ps3.  Any file that isn't .mkv plays fine. Most .mkv's seem to have a problem playing on the ps3. Neither the Video, the Audio, or the subtitles are in sync with each other.

Has anyone else experienced this issue, and does anyone know if there is a fix for this?

Worst case scenario just means I have to watch the anime on my computer instead of my tv. Which, to circumnavigate, I may end up connecting my computer to my TV directly, but I wanted to avoid that if possible.


Thanks in advance.

[vuzedome]

Is your PC good enough to handle the video transcoding? You'll need a minimum dual core 2.66GHz for 1080p, but for 720p even a 1.60GHz pentium dual can get away with it .

[pingryanime]

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I thought PS3 could only play MP4s... If it can play AVI and crap too I'm going to headdesk


PSP can only play mp4 at least... and if there is a way to watch MKV on PS3, that'd be even better, my tv is a foot away from my comp, meaning my PS3 is a foot away from my comp, meaning if I could watch animu on the bigger screen...

[vuzedome]

PS3 media server, or PSM.

[tomoya-kun]

Is your PC good enough to handle the video transcoding? You'll need a minimum dual core 2.66GHz for 1080p, but for 720p even a 1.60GHz pentium dual can get away with it .

I can play 1080p on my 2.26ghz laptop, does GFX (9800M GTX) card help or is it all CPU? 

[vuzedome]

lolwut?
With that 9800M your cpu can be 2.0 for all i care.
The guy wants to transcode, needs more cpu grant than gpu, but if you got CoreAVC CUDA, maybe, just maybe you can get it off with 1.8GHz dual on 1080p.
Ah, this only applies to softsubs, which we all generally use in MKV for the subtitles, but for MKVs without subs, it comes down to the bitrate.

[sapsa]

Is your PC good enough to handle the video transcoding? You'll need a minimum dual core 2.66GHz for 1080p, but for 720p even a 1.60GHz pentium dual can get away with it .

I can play 1080p on my 2.26ghz laptop, does GFX (9800M GTX) card help or is it all CPU? 

2.0 GHz + 8800gt playing 1080p w/o any problem here.

My friend use ps3ms and he streams mkv w/o any problem so mayby try something like 480p mkv and if thats run fine then you need better pc ?

[bochenekgsx]

core2duo e8400 oc'd to 4.2GHZ with zalman cooling
gtx260 core216 graphics
16gb ddr2-800
windows 7 home premium

Specs aren't a problem. It looks like SOME .mkv's work, but some don't. The ones that I can guarantee will have problems are ones with dual audio or multiple subtitle files.

PS3 media server (i think there was a question about that)

and to the person who asked, mp4, avi, mov, and divx, xvid files all stream fine. it's only .mkv that i have problems with.

[tomoya-kun]

If you didn't update your PS3, linux can play MKV just fine.

[vuzedome]

If you didn't update your PS3, linux can play MKV just fine.

Can you back that claim? 
I know you can install other operating systems as well, I've been doing the same, but performance wise...... 

[pingryanime]

ell they removed the "other OS" option a LONG time ago...


gah I have a freaking netbook and it can't even run fricking three semi large applications without lagging, no way in hell I'm converting MKV's

[Aadieu]

Uh... what ever happened to a VGA or HDMI/DVI cable?

Doesn't sound like you actually need the PS3 for playback - just hook up your PC!

PS sry, that was pingryanime, not the OP... though who knows, maybe that'd work for the OP as well 

[fohfoh]

Uh... what ever happened to a VGA or HDMI/DVI cable?

Doesn't sound like you actually need the PS3 for playback - just hook up your PC!

PS sry, that was pingryanime, not the OP... though who knows, maybe that'd work for the OP as well 

Some people don't like swapping cables.... I personally have hdmi cables and vga cables coming out of my tv. Doesn't bother me, and no need for a projector if people want show a powerpoint in my home or something. (Or rehearse a presentation for school etc.)

[Aadieu]

Y-cables and switchboxes do exist, although they can be ridiculously expensive... then again, ever since HDMI and DVI entered the scene, $50 for a cable WTF? is becoming a less common reaction - guess people get used to anything these days.

[halfelite]

Y-cables and switchboxes do exist, although they can be ridiculously expensive... then again, ever since HDMI and DVI entered the scene, $50 for a cable WTF? is becoming a less common reaction - guess people get used to anything these days.

Why are you paying 50$ for a cable lol monoprice.com is your friend 3 bucks for a 6 foot cable that will do the same thing. screw the crap you get in the store.

[Aadieu]

Y-cables and switchboxes do exist, although they can be ridiculously expensive... then again, ever since HDMI and DVI entered the scene, $50 for a cable WTF? is becoming a less common reaction - guess people get used to anything these days.

Why are you paying 50$ for a cable lol monoprice.com is your friend 3 bucks for a 6 foot cable that will do the same thing. screw the crap you get in the store.

A) Russia is to teh internetz what Somali is to shipping. No self-respecting site ships here cuz everyone knows we always only ever use OTHER people's credit card #'s (statistically, a reasonably true stereotype) 
B) Never said I did, lol. All I meant to illustrate was how prices for Y-cables or VGA switchboxes probably aren't as intimidating in the HD age as they were to previous generations. Btw, not all VGA cables are created equal, one that shipped with a Samsung monitor I've got lying around conveys the signal just great... but somehow manages to cut contrast/brightness by 50%. Lolwhathuh? Yeh, my reaction as well, but I compared it to a normal cable on different screens repeatedly, w/ same results. Dunno how that's even scientifically possible, but it does exist.

[pingryanime]

I still go WTMFBBQSAUCE at $50 cables... I could buy an entire game with that money, or get a decent figure, or 2-3 posters, or a few doujins, or a wallscroll, or... OR SO MANY OTHER THIGNS