[mythtv-users] PS3 and Mythtv

[Jarod Wilson]

On Sep 1, 2009, at 5:30 PM, Brian Wood wrote:

> On Tuesday 01 September 2009 15:02:59 Jarod Wilson wrote:
>> On Sep 1, 2009, at 4:50 PM, greg wrote:
>>> I have my PS3 hooked up through my lan. I can see the myth server
>>> and can play my recordings..The one problem i have is no
>>> audio..Would anyone have any idea why?
>>>
>>> The PS3 is run through HDMI if it makes any difference..
>>> Any suggestions or remedies?
>>
>> If I recall correctly, the PS3 fails to play any digital audio unless
>> its in a local file on the PS3, so you either have to transfer files
>> to it, or transcode them to have analog stereo audio instead. (I  
>> don't
>> actually have one, that's just what I remember off the top of my  
>> head).
>
> Hmmm. I'm not using digital audio, so that explains that.
>
> I have played digital files from an NFS mount on the PS3 running  
> YellowDog
> Linux using mplayer, but that's not a fair comparison.

Hah, yeah, that doesn't count. Its a (stupid) limitation of the PS3's  
Game OS.

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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com