Recently i went to try out Tversity with my PS3 and it totally blow me away. Before I use Tversity, I have to convert all the non-PS3 compatible video format to a PS3 compatible format which is limited to MP4 and DIVX. That takes lots of time and space on the HD and is a real pain in the ass.

Now with Tversity, I can play all types of video format with my LCD TV using my PS3 which includes quicktime movies and rmvb format where most the Hong Kong and chinese series is encoded. You don't even need to transfer it to your PS3 HDD. Just keep it on your PC HDD and Tversity will stream it to your PS3 realtime. What is most amazing is that it can handles mkv files and you know what that means..... HD content with 5.1 or 6.1 AC3 audio if you know where to find and download them. I have try out Ratatouille in 720P and they are gorgeous.

Other great things about Tversity is that you can turn your PS3 into internet TV as you can add internet tv, video podcast, audio podcast and stream them real time to your TV. Add internet radio and suddenly you have the world's radio station at your fingertips.

By now you should have an idea how Tversity can turn your living room into a global universal media centre.

If you haven't try it out, go and download it now. You won't regret it.

Here is the link ... Tversity

But please read this guide first...it really helps Guide no. 1

Guide no.2

Btw..it work on the XBOX360 and PSP too!!!

Here is guide on how to get your mkv files to work smoothly on your PS3!
I have figure out out how to play mkv files smooth on the PS3 via Tversity. MKV files cannot be play directly on the PS3 so you need Tversity to stream it to your PS3.
Some mkv files with lower video bitrate can be stream to PS3 smoothly but some are just laggy no matter what you do. The main cause of this is Tversity itself.

1. For laggy mkv files, just use tsMuxeR to convert the mkv files to m2ts or ts or vob which can then be played on the PS3 direct without any lag at all! I notice one disadvantages of mkv streaming is that i cannot get it to work in Dolby Digital via Tversity. But once you convert it to ts or m2ts you can play it directly on your PS3 without lag and in dolbly Digital. You can even burn the m2ts or ts on dvd and play it on the PS3 or simply store it in the external usb drive. M2ts cannot be stream to your PS3 via Tversity because Tversity cannot recognise it unless someone knows a way around it. So I prefer to convert it to ts which Tversity can recognise and stream directly on the PS3.

The conversion process using tsMuxeR is a a very simply one. The video or audio content is not actually converted at all. All tsMuxeR does is that it extracts (demuxes) the video and audio from the Matroska .MKV file and wraps them (muxes) to a .m2ts transport stream format. The video or audio remain untouched, so the quality is not impacted and the process is very fast.

Here is a guide on how to do it.
Using tsMuxeR to author a AVCHD or Blu-ray disc

Once again the process of remuxing the files and authoring the AVCHD / Blu-ray disc is a very simple process using tsMuxeR. Through the process the video and audio remain untouched, so the quality is not impacted and the process is very fast.

open tsMuxer & perform the following steps:

1. Open a .MKV file with AVC/AC3 content using the Add button
2. Observe the track info for AVC profile information. If it shows a value higher than 4.1, then use the Change level function to adjust it down to 4.1

3. Choose your output to TS muxing to convert mkv to ts file for playback on PS3 via TVersity.(or Bluray if you want to burn a bluray disk)
4. Click browse button and choose the name and location for your file
5. Click Start muxing to begin

The above only works if your mkv files in encoded in AC3 soundstream. A lot of MKV files is encoded in DTS sound stream so you need to follow this guide instead.
Converting mkv to vob using mkv2vob
So for mkv files with DTS sound, i use mkv2vob and convert it to vob files and stream it to my PS3.

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Enjoy!

This will be updated if there is anything new in future.

This post has been edited by lightning69: Oct 2 2008, 05:24 PM

will have a look,thanks for sharing ya

with all the guides from the internet i still can't get tversity to display subtitles when i play videos off my pc on ps3. but other than that, this piece of software is AWESOME.

now waiting for the fall season's tv series to start again.

Where do you find all the good tv channels and add them to tversity?

don't know why but mine is kinda jerky during streaming, and shows freeze and continue every once in a while. got pissed off after a few times and decided to copy it to the ps using tversity and delete it after watching anyone facing similar problems?

fyi my computer is just 2-3m away from the router and the router is just 3-4m away from the ps3. nothing stands in between.

btw i do get errors like 2104 every now and then too.

i meant the downloaded tv series for the new fall season.

just follow the instructions above. can't go wrong with those. i had no problems even when i was using wifi to connect my ps3

Hmmm... it seems that I can't stream large files. If I do, Vista will give me a message saying Tversity has been stopped. And even if I manage to stream small videos, the sound will be garbled. Anyone facing similar problem on Vista? I had no problem previously with XP.

PC is on WiFi, 100% signal strength (the router is just a couple of feet away).
- legit Vista Business updated with latest updates

PS3 is connected using cable.

I installed Vista Codec, K-Lite Codec, (mutually) none of em works.

If PS3 using WiFi to connect to Tversity in PC can work?

try to stream it using pc wifi to ps3 wifi without any router wifi or something like that... bcoz tversity can connect straight to ur ps3 using pc wifi...

It is a great software....

ckwei,

Make sure you are not downloading anything (ie, torrents) while streaming the movies... it will freeze, your router must not be busy with anything else.

I use to have jerky video when playing HD movies when using the old version Tversity, but since upgrading to the latest version it is running very smoothly. So which version are you running? The other thing is that you must have a fast PC if you are transcoding HD video or else you will get jerky video.

The best way to start is to follow the guide above.

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Added on August 18, 2008, 1:22 pmI won't use Vista because its shitty...takes too much resources and slow.

This post has been edited by lightning69: Aug 18 2008, 01:22 PM

Anyone having problem with poor audio quality stream in HD mkv movie?
I cant hear the sound at all is like cracking but playing normal RMVB files is ok,any clue?

so far my mkv files play perfectly. i followed this guide here:

http://davieslim.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/tversity-to-ps3/

solved all my problems, subtitles are showing now.

edit: and i did installed the new version of tversity and re-install all my codecs as suggested by the guide.

This post has been edited by supernothing: Aug 18 2008, 02:33 PM

Thanks for the link to a nice guide.

I followed the guide, it fixed the streaming of large file but not the sound.
For the sound, I installed VistaCodec and choose use ffdshow for MPEG settings.
And now its working like a charm except for a few lags. Will try to sort that one out too.

does it lag during first few seconds or all the way through?

i tried playing 8GB mkv file today, first minute was a lot of stuttering on video and audio. then ok. i read around, they say it's the buffering.

Hi guys, if i uninstall all the codec pack in my pc, can i still play my rmvb files using Media Player Classic? I'm using windows media player 11 as a media server. Is it possible 2 stream avi files with subtitles file such as srt file ? Thanks !

For RMVB playback, I suggest Real Alternative.

I am not sure about subtitles, but WMP11, i had problems playing some movie files...

I'm gonna go try the new version of TVersity to see if the files work... to confirm WMP11 is a good media server or not.

hm is it a must to uninstall all the codec first? will it still work? The last that i know uninstall and reinstall codec will always screw up alot of things