I have Windows XP running on a Mac via Parallels Virtualisation software and can’t get sharing to the PS3 via WMP11to work. Not sure whether it is the firewall in XP, the firewall on the mac, the fact I’m running it via Parallels or a combination of these different factors. 

The PS3 doesn’t seem to pick up the Mac natively either - I have windows file sharing set on within OS X but the PS3 said it couldn’t find any media servers.

Shame.

Any ideas?
——-

Duh.  The beauty of XP on a Mac in Parallels is it allows you to use non-mac apps (for me mainly MS Access) at the same time as using Mac apps.  Of course if I’m streaming stuff to my PS3 I’m sat in front of my PS3 not working on the mac.  Easy solution then - boot into XP on boot camp and share from there.

Sorry for spoiling your blog.

Thats ok Dave, no worries :)

Thank-you - the best and most clear instructions on the net. I’m now streaming quite happily. J

This is excellent. It works! Just two things I had to do:

1. I was running a game in the background. In Windows Media Player the playstation 3 (“unknown Device”) icon did not show up. Simply exiting the game solved this problem.

2. I run Windows Live OneCare. Although firewall was completely disabled I still couldn’t stream. I looked into Windows Live One Care Advance Settings (From the main menu, Change Settings > Advanced Settings > Ports and Protocols) and noticed that at a “port” level I had blocked the IGMP port (Streaming Video/Audio IGMP). While I was there I thought I’d also enable all the xbox360 and media extender ports too. This fixed this problem too.

Hey im having a problem trying to get my wmp 11 to recognize my ps3.  when i click the box to share the media, another screen is SUPPOSED to pop up recognizing my ps3 BUT it goes back to the same box with the check mark now check for media sharing asking me to push ok again.  I dont know what to do to get it to recognize it.  Please help,  thanks.

Adam, since writing this I now recommend TVsersity. This will stream any media file to your PS3 :)

Tom,

  Thanks for nice instruction.
 
I use Windows Media Player 11. I can load photos and musics from Media Player to my PS3. All connections are fine.  But PS3 cannot find any video contents on the Media Player, even I really put some movie in the DivX format, which can be played by PS3 release 2.1.  Under the Video of PS3, I can see my Media Player Server as in Photo and Music, but PS3 does not list any vedio titles.  Do you know why PS3 cannot see video content on the Media Player ? ( PS3 kept saying ‘no title’).

Thanks,

-Joel

Another detail - If you have internet connection sharing enabled in windows XP the PS3 won’t see the computer. You need to disable the “Internet Gateway” entry in the network connection list. This stumped me for a day.

hi everybody my name is akash
can anyone help me in installing xp on my ps3??
i hv installed linux on ps3 but my keyboard is not working on it
pelease help me

Thanks

Windows media player shows up on my PS3 however when I attempt to play any MP3’s, it goes to a blueish color screen as if it was going to load the visualizations, and it just sits there and doesn’t actually play any music.

Any one have any idea or run into this problem?

thanks. that worked like a charm

you are my god!

I followed these instructions, to start with i was having difficulty, but in the end it caused me new problems!
Through disconnecting the Internet Gateway, my internet connection wont connect properly and now the icon has disapeared - any suggestions???

Tris,

Reset your network settings back, do not remove Internet Gateway.

Ditch WMP11 and get TVersity.

TVersity works flawlessly and you don’t need to mess around with your internet settings.

Thanks for the tip re: Tversity!

This worked great, thanks!  I am only wanting to share certain folders to be reached by my PS3, but it seems that everytime I add a new folder to my library, it rechecks the ENTIRE library.  When you have 20,000ish music tracks, this tends to take a long time.

Is there a quick way to add single folders/videos/items that I am missing?

Thanks.

Hello, seems like I can see the media server on my Ps3, I can browse all the files but if I try to play any of them (even mp3s) the Ps3 attempts to do so but nothing happens. For example when I try an mp3, the player pops up but I hear no sound at all. If I copy the files to the console HDD, it all goes well and the copied files can be played.

Looks like a streaming issue, probably the console can’t play the files remotely.

Pls help me!

When I went into the sharing options under windows media it did not show unknown device.. I disable my firewall in windows XP and still can’t seem to see it.. Is there something Im missing?

Josh , you may want to set the “Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service” service to automatic (basically status should show as started). That worked on my laptop , but didn’t work on my desktop.

Hey, great post!  Still waiting for the Tversity “How To” though.

ricky, having same problem :((

I cant view my media files throgh PS3 from my PC and cannot see the unknown device in my media sharing as shown in your help files
I have wireless router that I use for online PS3 and internet on PC
CAN YOU HELP?

Thanks
Vernon

Thanks, good guide, really is that easy :-D

My PS3 finds my computer but when I click on “configure sharing” it won’t find anything??  I just did the update on the ps3.  HELP!!

Awesome article.  Thank you.

Thanks for a great article! It’s people like yourself that make the internet a great place to visit.