Comments on: How-To: Access Media on a Mac With a PlayStation 3

By: scout stevenson

scout stevenson — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:36:16 +0000

I’ve tried all or most of these…I can view photos with most of them but video and music NEVER work…it always says “folder empty” when I navigate to the video or music section…any hints would be helpful..thx in advance..

By: Larry

Larry — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:27:50 +0000

Yep PS3mediasever is as good or better, is free, and runs on a Mac or PC.

By: haggis

haggis — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:19:30 +0000

Started backing up my Mac to a Synology ds210j NAS box and found that it has the ability to stream music, photos and video to a PS3 (or XBox).

By: Josh Sunshine

Josh Sunshine — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:45:25 +0000

Playback does support .mkv files, so it should meet your needs.

By: Leask

Leask — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:40:27 +0000

I currently use Rivet or PS3 Media Server, but I’ll definitely give Playback a shot. I like Rivet, but without .mkv support I end up transcoding with PS3 Media Server for a lot of video streaming, which can be spotty at times. I look forward to seeing how Playback performs.

By: Osmodious

Osmodious — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:17:34 +0000

Second vote for Rivet here…quick and painless installation, easy setup, comprehensive capabilities and never a stutter even though my MBP connects wirelessly. I had tried a few others but had problems with them crashing, crashing my Mac, stuttering or pixelating, slow access, etc…never with Rivet!

By: MDjeb

MDjeb — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:29:04 +0000

Having tried pretty much all of them; Playback **easily** blows past both Rivet and Medialink combined both in terms of performance and stability. PS3 Media while free, is the most hideous, resource sucking, stone age java application out there. I own both Medialink and Rivet; they’re both caused me more headache than I wish to remember.

By: Josh Sunshine

Josh Sunshine — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:57:16 +0000

Are you talking about Playback? I’ve had no problems streaming movies.

By: Josh Sunshine

Josh Sunshine — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:55:50 +0000

I hadn’t heard of Rivet before. Playback is the first Mac app of the type that I’ve come across.

By: Smithology

Smithology — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:00:48 +0000

Great free advert. Medialink has been doing this for years.