Using Raspberry Pi As Streaming Device

Assassins said:
Okay, nice, and the PS3 Network server can read it to. ???
Click to expand...
Haven't tried yet, but why wouldn't it?
I don't have much experience with ps3netserv. I used it on a Windows system with a 1tb before, but i really am only a simple user.

Edit: i shared the 5tb on smb network using caja. I can see the share from my Windows PC, but i can't access. Must be some wrong settings though..
Trying to figure it out right now.
 
It's limited for power consumption, there's a couple ways of changing through config.txt and resistors (unsoldering/resoldering) but Pi power supply will need to be quite larger
 
I'm just about to try this out now (finally), but both links are dead.
Does anyone have a mirror?
Thanks in advance :)
 
Last edited:
bguerville said:
http://github.com/aldostools/webMAN-MOD/releases/tag/1.43.35

You will find all you need there.

You could also get binaries & other files from the master tree

https://github.com/aldostools/webMAN-MOD/tree/master/ps3netsrv/bins/raspberry_pi

Remember to use raw.githubusercontent.com instead of github.com when you want to download a file from the master tree.
Click to expand...
Thank you so much for the quick reply :)
I've set it up and it's working (using pi3).
I only has to change the directory, cause i mounted the HDD to /media/shares/data.
@Assassins: It's my 5tb HDD connected to the pi :D
Big thanks to @Rudi Rastelli :D
 
UPDATE

Here is a new version of 'ps3netsrv-pi' compiled from @aldostools latest source.

How to compile it yourself:
1. Download latest ps3netsrv-source from @aldostools and replace the 'makefile' with the one from 'ps3netsrv-pi'
2. Start latest 'Raspbian Jessie Lite' and update it via "sudo apt-get update" and "sudo apt-get upgrade"
3. Enter "sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g" (only if u need ntfs support)
4. Copy over the folder with the source files from step 1 to '/home/pi/'-directory (i recommend 'WinSCP' for this task)
5. Enter "cd /home/pi/ps3netsrv-pi"
6. Enter "make" (this will create the 'ps3netsrv' executable inside 'cd /home/pi/ps3netsrv-pi')

I've tried it on a Pi 3 and compared it to the ps3netsrv on my NAS: It performs with about 50% of the NAS-speed.
(I've installed a 500MB PKG over network and compared the install-times)
It's not that great... but i guess at least it's useable.
May be performance can be increased using a EXT4 formatted USB-device... i didn't check this !
If anyone tries this pls let us know the results !

Regards
Rudi
 
Last edited:
Rudi Rastelli said:
UPDATE

Here is a new version of 'ps3netsrv-pi' compiled from @aldostools latest source.

How to compile it yourself:
1. Download latest ps3netsrv-source from @aldostools and replace the 'makefile' with the one from 'ps3netsrv-pi'
2. Start latest 'Raspbian Jessie Lite' and update it via "sudo apt-get update" and "sudo apt-get upgrade"
3. Enter "sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g" (if u need ntfs support)
4. Copy over the folder with the source files from step 1 over to '/home/pi/'-directory (i recommend 'WinSCP' for this task)
5. Enter "cd /home/pi/ps3netsrv-pi"
6. Enter "make" (this will create the 'ps3netsrv' executable inside 'cd /home/pi/ps3netsrv-pi')

I've tried it on a Pi 3 and compared it to the ps3netsrv on my NAS: It performs with about 50% of the NAS-speed.
(I've installed a 500MB PKG over network and compared the install-times)
It's not that great... but i guess at least it's useable.
May be performance can be increased using a EXT4 formatted USB-device... i didn't check this !
If anyone tries this pls let us know the results !

Regards
Rudi
Click to expand...

Nice! Mirrored at:
https://github.com/aldostools/webMAN-MOD/tree/master/ps3netsrv/bins/raspberry_pi
 
Thank you for writing this guide!

I am running into a bit of a problem. I have followed all these steps and I believe I have my HDD and ps3netsrv setup properly.

However, I am having trouble with getting the service to start. When I run this line from the ps3netsrv.service I get a error:

/usr/local/bin/ps3netsrv /media/pi/PS3EXTERNAL 38008
The error is:

ps3netsrv build 20160826.1 (mod by aldostools)
Path: /media/pi/PS3EXTERNAL
Error in initialization.


However, this is indeed the location of my external drive, and you can see it being read (at least over the command line):
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cd /media/pi/PS3EXTERNAL/
pi@raspberrypi:/media/pi/PS3EXTERNAL $ ls
exdata PS3NETSRV $RECYCLE.BIN System Volume Information
pi@raspberrypi:/media/pi/PS3EXTERNAL $ cd PS3NETSRV/
pi@raspberrypi:/media/pi/PS3EXTERNAL/PS3NETSRV $ ls
GAMES PS3ISO PSXISO
pi@raspberrypi:/media/pi/PS3EXTERNAL/PS3NETSRV $ pwd
/media/pi/PS3EXTERNAL/PS3NETSRV


So I am kind of stumped. Any help would be fantastic!



EDIT: I've sorted out this problem. Even though you can see the HDD ps3netsrv cannot read it. DO NOT skip the initial steps of creating the /meda/usbhdd folders!
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Back
Top