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

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

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

Thanks for the link to a nice guide.

wow..i can see many people using tversity...any recommendation for good internet tv stations and radio?

I keep all my mp3 on my ps3 HDD so not really need to stream it. What i'm interested is the internet radio.

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 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 m2ts you can play it directly on your PS3 without lag and in dolbly Digital You can even burn the m2ts on dvd and play it on the PS3 or simply store it in the external usb drive. But you cannot stream it to your PS3 via Tversity because Tversity cannot recognise it unless someone knows a way around it. However I would prefer playing it 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.
Guide to convert mkv to m2ts

2. If you prefer to stream your mkv files to your PS3 via Tversity, then there is another way to get your laggy mkv files to stream smoothly without any loss of quality and with Dolby Digital Surround sound.

Just follow this guide to convert your mkv to vob. The process is again very simple and fast.

Enjoy!

Have you try it out? I suppose not.

Like I say the process to demux the mkv to m2ts or vob takes 5 mins and that is troublesome?

Well, its about time to upgrade

Anyway, I love those mkv files i download ... close to bluray quality. I just got streamysucks last month and my line is really fast too. I can get 200kps from rapidshare so it took me about 7 hrs to get a 5gb mkv movie. Bye bye bluray.

No, there is no port to open for Tversity

Make sure you follow the instruction from the link on this thread. Open firewall for Tversity. Should work.

You have a point there, but not everyone have their PC next to the LCD tv. I don't want to have my PC sittng right in front of my living room with my home theater system.

My setting is my PS3 as my mediaplayer in my living room network to my PC some other place.

My HD movies collection that is playing silky smooth on my PS3 via Tversity with 5.1 or 6.1 DD Surround Sound.




This post has been edited by lightning69: Oct 18 2008, 11:07 PM

Just finish dl IRON MAN 720P and Forbidden Kingdom, both bluray version.

Yah, I store in 500GB hdd. Tversity cannot stream mkv smoothly so I transmute my mkv to ts file and only then it can stream smoothly. See my guide on the first page on how to do that.

Sorry I miss out an important step on my guide. Its updated now.

Let me know if you have any problem.

Sorry I can help you out on this one. I personally don't like subtitles as i think its such a distraction so I never really go to explore how to get sub to display. I will try to find out something for you.

try mkv2vob and put the setting to force subtitles on.



This post has been edited by lightning69: Oct 18 2008, 11:07 PM

This post has been edited by lightning69: Oct 18 2008, 11:06 PM

So do you get your HD movies?

So far the only way to play subtitles that is selectable on the PS3 is to transmux the mkv files to bluray file format and burn to DVD. The PS3 can then play it like a normal bluray disc. You can even have multiple audio track.

For those mkv files transmux to m2ts or ts or vob format will not support multiple audio or subtitles when playback on the PS3. Hope sony will rectify this in future firmware updates.

The reason its taking so long to convert the files its because mkv2vob is actually re-encoding the whole video by putting the subtitle into each frame. In other words its hard subtitles which cannot be turn on or off.

I only use mkv2vob if the audio is DTS which need to be converted to Dolby Digital AC3 format.

For now i am really happy with the quality i get and i don't like subtitles anyway.

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Added on October 18, 2008, 10:45 pmIts really not that troublesome when you know how to do it. Most mkv files just need to be transmux to ts file extension without re-encoding the whole video and it takes less than 5 mins.

Playing your movies direct from you laptop to your full hd LCD is one option, but how about the sound? Can you get full 5.1 or 6.1 dolby digital sound? When I play my HD ts files via Tversity on my PS3, I get full 5.1 or 6.1 Dolby Digital sound and it awesome. You gotta try it.

Yes, i have a premium account and it only cost 55Euros( Rm280) for 1 year. That is only RM23 per month. I use to buy ahem DVD9 that cost RM15 per disc and the quality is nowhere near what I am getting from rapidshare now. For your info, I am downloading 10gigs of data everyday which is the limit for rapidshare premuim user.

This post has been edited by lightning69: Oct 18 2008, 10:53 PM