hahaha... we are not "hacking" as in doing the bad thing.

"hacks" has many meanings. One could mean doing something good, while the other could mean something bad (with intention to harm).

Our case here is to use an alternative solution to solve our problem (hence the word "hack").

Conclusion, it is 100% safe.

You do need an Internet connection and a PC to achieve this. As I have mentioned, our objective here is to download updates/demos faster. So what this PC proxy program does is it will try to intercept

So your setup has to be the following:

PS3 ---> PC ---> Internet

What's happening is, your PC will be turned into a "proxy server" (by installing the PC proxy program). Then you need to set up your PS3 in the proxy server settings to point to your PC. Only then the magic can happen. Once you start to download a demo, you will immediately see the direct link of your demo in the logs of the proxy program. By using the direct link, you can then put it into your favourite download manager to download faster than the PS3's own download manager.

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Added on November 16, 2008, 8:26 amHmm... That's weird. Another thing that I sugget you to check is your network and your PC running the TVersity server. Is your memory enough? Does it "hangs" while streaming to your PS3? I usually got the problem like yours when my PC start to have little memory (too many processes)

I've updated to firmware to 2.52, and I don't find any problems with TVersity streaming. Watched two vidcast for two hours last Sunday, and it was running smoothly.

This post has been edited by geekster129: Nov 16 2008, 08:33 AM

You need an Internet connection to download updates/demos from the Playstation servers. Please check this thread's FAQ for more information.

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/769411

This post has been edited by geekster129: Nov 16 2008, 08:37 AM

Turning on UPnP on your router will do the trick too.

Putting you PS3 into the DMZ simply means in your router's language:

"Allow whatever incoming connection to the PS3. No restrictions apply to the PS3."

I would be interested to know how it goes.

Good Luck

This post has been edited by geekster129: Nov 16 2008, 08:58 AM

So far connection settings is OK. If it's working fine yesterday, my guess now is on your Internet portion.

Try to do a master reset (power off using the master power on PS3, turn back on again after 5 minutes). You would also want to make sure you got the IP of 60.*. See if it works again. Make sure you see NAT Type 2 (PS3 behind a router)

I got the same problem DNS error, over and over again. Then I restarted my PS3 and it works fine. I suspect that the PS3 has cached the DNS settings and you would need to get it to refresh it.

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Added on November 16, 2008, 10:12 amDid you have DHCP turned on in your router? You will get 169.*.*.* IP when there's a DHCP problem. Check your router settings.

Then if you got it up, wait for a while until you can obtain a new IP. I'm not sure how to repair connection in the PS3 as there is no direct way of doing it like in a PC. (PC we can use the ipconfig/ ifconfig command). But I find it most of the time that let your PS3 off for some time should do the same trick... weird.

This post has been edited by geekster129: Nov 16 2008, 10:16 AM

no problem. We all learn from experience.

Does the stuttering happens for all types of video formats?

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/769411/+1100

Using firmware 2.52 here

No problem signing in to PSN. Maybe you need to check your connection. Most of the time when I can't sign in to PSN is when I'm experiencing bad connection.

May I know what kind of .avi files that you play? The PS3 is very picky on the AVI files that you can play. You need to

This post has been edited by geekster129: Nov 23 2008, 09:29 AM

Yeah.. just pull it out. I did it most of the time. Hehe.

To change the theme, you need to create a PS3>THEME folder and put your .p3t file in there. Then, go to System Settings->Theme Settings, then select Install theme.

Also, make sure that your thumbdrive is formatted as FAT32.

A PS3 -> PC -> Internet is a bare minimum setup

You need to connect the 3G modem onto your PC and set up an Internet Connection Sharing. Then from your PC, you can connect to your PS3 to access the Internet.

Bear in mind. It's going to be very slow. I'm not sure if 3.5G HSDPA will be faster.

This post has been edited by geekster129: Nov 29 2008, 07:35 AM

streamyx sux

create a folder in your pendrive

PS3\THEME

put your .p3t file into the PS3\THEME folder

make sure also that your pendrive is formatted as FAT32.

Then the XMB should be able to detect your theme file.

I watched movies on my PS2 for more than 4 hours off a thumbdrive. After 4 hours, the PS2 is not even hot at all...No disc spinning required.

Playstation Home is something like The Sims 2 whereby you can customize yourself and hang around in a virtual space with your friends just like There or Second Life.

You should try it out. It's fun.

Yup. Already proven by me.

72k or 7,200 RPM?

Quite confusing here

This post has been edited by geekster129: Dec 4 2008, 01:48 PM

Hahaha... Why I'm asking this is because this HDD is also marketed as 72k, but in fact is 7.2k.

http://www.etech4sale.com/308848/seagate-s...drive-18.2.html

Try the 60.* IP range. Find it stable with PSN.

You are right. It won't do much improvement tweaking the port settings and putting your PS3 on the DMZ, as you know that our ISP is quite notorious in blocking connection and the wonders of their QoS (Quality of Service).

This post has been edited by geekster129: Dec 5 2008, 11:18 AM