Is there a way to buffer videos when streaming to the PS3 from Windows Media Player 11? I have some High Def movies in Mpeg 2 format on a external HDD connected to my PC. When I stream these to a PS3 in the room where my PC is located, they play perfectly. When I stream them to my living room, they stutter and have issues occasionally. I was wondering if there was some way you could kinda buffer the video for like 5 minutes before you started watching the movie, and then everything would be smooth?


I'm thinking my real problem is the kind of ethernet cable I ran in my crawl space to my living room. I didn't use cat5e or cat6. I just used an old misc. ethernet cable I had left over. I know I should run some cat6 cable up there, and then maybe my stuttering will go away, but it's such a freaking pain in the arse. Seriously, you have no idea how much it sucks to try to move around in the crawl space up there.

If I could get by with doing some kind of buffering trick, then I wouldn't really worry about replacing that cable for awhile.

Give the ps3 media server a try. It solved my stuttering issues I had with Tversity.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1085772&page=1

Did tou try to pause it for a few minutes? I know it works for PS3 media server. I have an old p4 for a media servre and buffereing is the only way to get my HD WMV files to work.

I thought PS3 media server would always transcode the video? I've used PS3 media server before, but only to transcode non-muxed mkv files. The problem with that, is that my PC didn't have the recommended power that PS3 Media Server says you need. I have an old Athlon 64 3500+ from 2005, and PS3 Media Server recommends a Core Duo 2 or whatever.

Is there a way to use PS3 Media Server without transcoding?

Ok, I figured it out. There is a way to prevent PS3 media server from transcoding everything. You go to the transcoding section and then under Misc Options, toward the very bottom it says, "Skip transcode for following extensions (coma seperated):"

I just put mpg in that section, and that seems to do the trick.


The only question I have now, is how long can I pause the movie to buffer it. What I mean is, if I leave the movie paused for 10 minutes, is that going to be alot better than leaving it paused for 5 minutes, or is there a certain cutoff point where leaving it paused for any longer than a certain number of minutes won't have any affect?