Feb 28 2013

How to Make Fedora 18 a PS3 Media Server

PS3 Media Server is a DLNA-compliant UPnP Media server which supports Playstation 3 and any other DLNA compliant device.  It allows you to stream video, music, images, etc to your DLNA device even if it does not support the codec the media is encoded in.  For a complete list of supported devices please visit http://www.ps3mediaserver.org/about/.

Install RPM Fusion

sudo yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-branched.noarch.rpm

 

Install Software Dependencies

sudo yum -y install mencoder ffmpeg mplayer freeglut java wget

 

Install libzen and libmediainfo (Optional but recommended)

As of this writing, the current version of libzen is v0.4.28 which the below command references. You can check for updates by going to http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en/Download/Fedora and modifying the link below accordingly.

sudo yum -y install http://downloads.sourceforge.net/zenlib/libzen0-0.4.28-1.x86_64.Fedora_18.rpm

 

As of this writing, the current version of libmediainfo is v0.7.62 which the below command references. You can check for update by going to http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en/Download/Fedora and modifying the command below accordingly.

sudo yum -y install http://mediaarea.net/download/binary/libmediainfo0/0.7.62/libmediainfo0-0.7.62-1.x86_64.Fedora_18.rpm

 

 

Add Firewall Exceptions for PS3 Media Server

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=5001/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=5353/udp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

 

 

Install PS3 Media Server, Make It Executable, and Start Media Server

As of this writing, the current version of PS3 Media Server is 1.72.0, which is used in the below command. You can check for an update by going to http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/downloads/list and modifying command below accordingly.

wget http://ps3mediaserver.googlecode.com/files/pms-generic-linux-unix-1.72.0.tgz
tar -zxvf pms-generic-linux-unix-1.72.0.tgz
chmod +x pms-1.72.0/PMS.sh
pms-1.72.0/PMS.sh

 

Configure Navigation/Share Settings

By default, PS3 Media Server allows browsing All Drives on your system. For security reasons, you’ll want to modify the Share settings to only access specific folders such as music, pictures, and videos using the following steps:

  1. Click the Navigation/Share Settings Tab
  2. Under the Shared Folders section, click the Add button
    1. Select the folder you want to be accessible (ex: /home/<username>/music/)
  3. Repeat the previous step for each folder you want to be available
  4. Click the Save button
  5. Click the Restart Server button

PMS Navigation/Share Settings

 

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2 comments

    • miau on May 14, 2013 at 8:33 pm
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    Or simply install Rygel from default repositories and forget all this shit.

    • petr on March 21, 2018 at 2:21 pm
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    Hi,
    I send current links
    for Fedora 27 Media Server:
    dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm

    dnf -y install mencoder ffmpeg mplayer freeglut java wget

    dnf -y install https://fedora.pkgs.org/27/fedora-x86_64/libzen-0.4.37-1.fc27.x86_64.rpm.html
    dnf -y install https://fedora.pkgs.org/27/fedora-x86_64/libmediainfo-0.7.99-1.fc27.x86_64.rpm.html

    and need is put PATH folder Media in the PMS.conf file in the directory
    /root/.config/PMS/PMS.conf e.g:
    folders = /mnt/disk3/Download/Transmission/Download/,/mnt/disk1/==FILM==/Divx/,/mnt/disk1/MP3

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