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At time of writing this article, the latest released version of PS3 Media Server for Windows was 1.10.51. Unfortunately, that version does not seem to work with the KDL-46W5100. Instead of the latest released version of PS3 Media Server, I had to use the 1.11.369 beta version.
After downloading PS3 Media Server, you’ll have to install, configure and run it. For detailed instructions on these tasks, see the post PS3 Media Server for Dummies on ps3mediaserver.org, the official forum for PS3 Media Server.
That should be enough for your TV to see your media server but you probably won’t be able to see any videos in the server’s list of videos. To get that to work, I had to make some modifications to the renderer config file “Bravia5500.conf”, located in the folder “C:\Program Files\PS3 Media Server\renderers”. Specifically, I added the following line (for details, see No Video on Bravia W5100 using Built-In DNLA):
DLNAProfileChanges=MPEG_PS_PAL=MPEG_PS_NTSC|MPEG_TS_SD_EU=MPEG_TS_SD_NA|MPEG_TS_SD_EU_ISO=MPEG_TS_SD_NA_ISO
With that line added, the complete “Bravia5500.conf” file looked like this:
# ps3mediaserver renderer profile for Sony Bravia 5500 series
# Refer to PS3.conf for help
RendererName=Sony Bravia 5500 Series
RendererIcon=bravia.png
UserAgentSearch=notusedhere
UserAgentAdditionalHeader=X-AV-Client-Info
UserAgentAdditionalHeaderSearch=BRAVIA KDL.+5[0-9]{3}
Video=true
Audio=true
Image=true
SeekByTime=true
TranscodeVideo=MPEGAC3
TranscodeAudio=PCM
DefaultVBVBufSize=true
MuxH264ToMpegTS=true
MuxDTSToMpeg=false
WrapDTSIntoPCM=false
MuxLPCMToMpeg=false
MaxVideoBitrateMbps=0
MaxVideoWidth=0
MaxVideoHeight=0
H264Level41Limited=true
MimeTypesChanges=audio/wav=audio/L16|video/mp4=video/mpeg
TranscodeExtensions=
StreamExtensions=
DLNAProfileChanges=MPEG_PS_PAL=MPEG_PS_NTSC|MPEG_TS_SD_EU=MPEG_TS_SD_NA|MPEG_TS_SD_EU_ISO=MPEG_TS_SD_NA_ISO
From quickly skimming a few posts in the PS3 Media Server forums, I suspect that you could make additional changes to the renderer configuration file to make PS3 Media Server work even better with the KDL-46W5100. However, I’ll leave that an exercise to the reader.
It’s time to try it out.
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Nice article, thx. I have a Bravia with an ethernet port (not sure which model – will check when I get home after work) and discovered the TV’s streaming capability by chance last night. I already had PS3 Media Server set up for use with my PS3. Curiously, the Bravia seemed capable of streaming a wider range of video formats than the console, including 1080p Blu-ray rips which my PS3 struggles with (perhaps relating to a codec problem). However, the picture quality of video streamed to the Bravia was poor, even for SD files. I’m wondering how you find the quality of video streamed to your TV and whether adjusting the PS3MS config makes any difference?
cheers
I’ve found the quality to be good. For me, the biggest factor in picture quality has been the quality of the movie file being played; good rips look good, bad rips look bad.
That said, you can certainly try tweaking the renderer settings for PS3MS. Some of the gurus on the PS3MS forum might have tips. The other thing is to check for a later version of PS3MS than what I used. I think they were working on the Bravia support recently.
Also, try to use at least a 100 Mbps wired ethernet connection instead of wireless. You could use 1000 Mbps but it shouldn’t make a difference because the TV’s ethernet port is only rated at 100 Mbps.
You might also want to try buying a WDTV Live media player. I bought one recently and it works well with that TV.