Configure PS3 Media Server for Mac

Posted on February 19th, 2009 by checky

Ok so, have you downloaded the new PS3 Media server software? Have you got it to work? Or did you get this:

ps3error

Don’t worry about it , this is how I solved it.

network-choice

First click the ” general configuration” tab. You can select you native language here if you like.

Probably you are running vm-ware or have multiple network port defined and PS3 Media Server selected the wrong port.

Select the port network port that you use. If you are not sure check your mac’s network settings in your system preferences.

In my case I have selected interface ” lo0″ which is the standard interface on my Imac.

After that enter you macs ip-adres in the ” force IP of the server” field. Don’t mess with the port option , you should be fine….

Once that is done save your work.

Restart the http server or just quit and restart to see if the application detects your ps3 now. If not search on you PS3 for media servers. It can take a little while.

If you get this following screen your done:

ps3-found

If you don’t get the screen above something is still wrong.

Let me know what you log says and maybe I can help you.

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11 Comments

  1. emanuel ~ Mar 4, 2009 at 5:54 pm

    what does “en1″ mean? Same for “Io0″

    I tried everything but it still doesnt work.
    p.s. my wi-fi router cant allow upnp but I opend the 5001 port on my macook

  2. checky ~ Mar 4, 2009 at 7:22 pm

    can you show the last few lines in your log or if you have errors before? I can have a look . You can also mail your entire log to my email adres.

  3. emanuel ~ Mar 9, 2009 at 5:35 pm

    dont bother I solved the problem!
    On my ps3 I had to select the manual ip configuration instead of pppoe (which I use to play online) even if it gives me a dns error it doesnt matter because the connection is only between the computer with the media server and the ps3, not between the ps3 ans the internet

    thanks anyway

  4. Lovinder Singh ~ Apr 3, 2009 at 12:37 pm

    Awesum.. it worked!!!!!!

    Thanks a Ton

  5. Dr.Slick ~ Dec 13, 2009 at 2:44 am

    Super
    Thanks dude

  6. Mads Björck ~ Dec 16, 2009 at 8:41 pm

    This solved my problem. Used the lo0 like you, because i have an iMac aswell.
    Thanks a lot!

  7. Tyson ~ Jan 20, 2010 at 1:32 am

    I’m having the strangest problems. This program works on and off periodically. After readying your post I thought it was related to my local net ip address updating. So I (also an iMac user) set my network prefs to use DHCP with manual address and fixed the ip address of this machine to 192.168.2.200 as the router doesn’t assign in this range. I then made the updates you mentioned in the gen config tab. After this the playstation shows up and works until I close out the program, when I restart no dice. If the IP isn’t changing I can’t figure out what the problem could be. Any suggestions?

  8. shiva ~ Mar 13, 2010 at 8:00 am

    WORKED FOR ME!! THNX

  9. khoody ~ Mar 20, 2010 at 6:33 pm

    i can’t get this to work at all. i tried what you did above but nothing. any other ideas?

  10. No Brainer ~ Apr 25, 2010 at 5:09 pm

    Hey,

    Didn’t get this to work either, as I’m a complete n00b when it comes to networks.

    However, I just decided to switch the PS3 network cable from the little hub I have and put it directly in to my airport.

    Presto.

  11. virgis ~ Jun 14, 2010 at 7:22 am

    Thanks for the instructions! it works!!!

    cheers,
    v

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