PS3 Media Server v1.03: new multicore mencoder for Windows, more

Sony PlayStation 3 - Image 1PS3 Media Server app is a DLNA compliant uPnP media server for the PS3. You can stream or transcode pretty much any kind of media file with it. Developer shagrath has added a lot of changes and features in this release, so click on through to the full article for the changelog for PS3 Media Server v1.03.

Download: PS3 Media Server v1.03 (Windows)
Download: PS3 Media Server v1.03 (Linux)
Download: PS3 Media Server v1.03 (OSX Intel only)

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PS3 Media Server app is a DLNA compliant uPnP media server for the PS3. You can stream or transcode pretty much any kind of media file with it. Developer shagrath has added a lot of changes and features in this release, so we’re gonna go straight to the changelog here.

Changes / Features

  • Customize encoding parameters (along with default ones) for any given container/codec/property combination (purpose: A/V sync, playback issues, and tweaking for advanced users)
  • Ability to select networking interface
  • OSX 10.4 Tiger support (Intel only)
  • Settings reorganization
  • M4V now streamed by default, you have to enter the #Transcoded# folder to force the transcode (like AVI files)
  • WMA now transcoded by default
  • Italian localization
  • WINDOWS ONLY: Use (only with 720p/1080p H264 content) an experimental mencoder build for multicores
  • New OSX icon (thanks to Jakob Karlsson)
  • Added a “Skip/Force transcode extensions” option added if default settings don’t suit you
  • Possibility to only remux AC3 audio tracks and not reencoded them

Fixes

  • Default platform charset issue
  • Transcode buffer optimization on Windows
  • Application crash on Windows when too many widechars filenames were parsed
  • Audio tracks sorted by track number (if present) in media library
  • Better filenames/subtitles management (m2ts/ts/dvr-ms issues, comas, widechars, etc.)
  • External subtitles not always loaded, again
  • DVD images are listed in the media library
  • Fixed RSS parsing for Youtube and maybe other feeds
  • AviSynth / VideoLAN not always detected on Vista 64bits
  • Unavailable engines exclusion on OSX/Linux
  • Fixed console mode on Linux

Download: PS3 Media Server v1.03 (Windows)
Download: PS3 Media Server v1.03 (Linux)
Download: PS3 Media Server v1.03 (OSX Intel only)


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