Software Update: PS3 Media Server 1.20 Build 400 Beta

Via the Xrossmediabar on the PlayStation 3 you can, among other things, play content that is upnp-av media server offered. PS3 Media Server is written in Java and can stream audio signals and video images to the PlayStation 3 via upnp-av. The software is able to transcode real-time audio and video to formats that the PS3 can read, among other things, and can also pass a photo feed from, for example, Picasaweb. The developer has released a beta version with 1.20 build 400 as the exact version designation. The corresponding list of changes looks like this:

changelog between r400 and r397:

• Fixes: mp4 transcode/remux regression / Http server start regression / Mplayer thumbnails mode / Better DLNA (regarding totalmatches)

changelog between r397 and r392:

• Fix no thumbnails mode
• DRM file detection
• MediaInfo64 / Better divx, avi/ac3, wmv support, also Skip/Force transcode management

changelog between r392 and r381:

• Major change: Could introduce regression issues, streaming/transcoding detection issues
• MediaInfo support by default for PS3/XBOX, ongoing work on other renderers:
  • Faster XMB navigation (faster parsing, plus file list appears before thumbnails generation)
  • Proper auto detection of non supported files (PS3: Mpeg w/ DTS, Qpel/Gmc/H264 AVI files, Apple Lossless AAC files, 6 channels WMV, etc.)
• OS X: Dropped official support for Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and Intel processors without 64bit support (anything older than Core 2)
• Issues with some audio m4a and video mp4 files (wrong mime types)
• Slowdown on FLAC media library scan

changelog between r381 and r369:

• Mplayer builds from 2010-01-19 (Regular and MT):
• DVD ISO muxing enabled by default + DTS support (need some tests :p). It’s an option in the transcode settings panel
• New Mplayer build font cache should build if needed at start
• Definitive removal of the tsmuxer mpeg parser (slow and now unnecessary with recent ffmpeg builds)
• New option to avoid music files resampling
• Better support for simultaneous usage with several ps3s/renderers (need tests as well)
• Better support for Sony Bravia TVs for all regions (no need to tweak that conf file by hand)
• 5.0 Audio channel support
• Small fixes

changelog between r369 and r366:

• Newest Windows binaries of FFmpeg, mplayer and mencoder. Mencoder-mt is *not* updated: you can try the one from sherpya
• Auto rotation of images based on EXIF ​​orientation, only on PS3
• New option to start basic streaming in the #transcode folder (request of meskibob)
• Static UUID, multiple server instances appearing on the renderer should be a thing of the past
• A few bug fixes

changelog between r366 and r363:

• Some changes on Sony, Philips renderer support
• Fix bug with subtitles search on large dir browsing

changelog between r363 and r356:

• Ability to choose the subtitles color
• Audio transcoding to 48kHz by default on PS3 (new renderer parameter ‘TranscodeAudioTo441kHz’, feel free to tweak it)
• Support of HTTP chunk encoding (from the client side)
• Regional profiles support for Bravia TVs
• New renderer parameter (see ‘TranscodedVideoFileSize’, for Samsung/Philips TVs maybe)
• iTunes library support on Windows

changelog between r356 and r350:

• Case insensitive files order
• *.txt subtitles files
• grandma and aa3 atrack files playable on ps3
• Fixed slow a/v out of sync on xbox360
• Pseudo chapters interval support via #Transcoded folder
• better XBMC and FreeboxHD support
• Fixed http server stop
• Fixed bug in the transcode buffer handling (+10 minutes FLAC files / Radio)
• Tiny media library admin web interface