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After a lot of troubleshooting/experimenting, I’ve found the best method for serving files to my PS3 for myself with the help of this great little program called “TVersity” and FFDshow filters. (it’s on a pretty low end computer so it should work for everyone..)

Here goes:

1) Uninstall ALL codec packs/standalone codecs that you might have on your computer.
2) Download Tversity here: http://tversity.com/download/

–THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO GO FROM HERE–
You can either:

A) Install K-Lite mega codec pack and make sure ALL types of video are handled by FFDshow (you do this by clicking the little circle buttons below all of the different video and audio formats) Also make sure DirectVobSub is not installed (that one is toward the bottom of the list…I’ll tell you why you do this later).
or, if you don’t want the bloat of K-lite
B) Directly install FFDShow and make sure it handles ALL media formats you plan to be transcoding into your PS3 format. (http://www.free-codecs.com/download/FFDShow.htm)

–OK back to the tutorial–

3) In either of these instances, when it has the little check boxes at the end of the installation, check “Set up FFDSHOW Video codecs” (or something like that) In this screen make sure you click the check box next to “subtitles”.
4) Install Tversity
5) Start the Server
6) Add all media folders to the library and let it process…this takes quite a long time the first time you do it.
7) Now if you’re connected to the PS3 correctly, you should be able to find and view your video, audio, and mp3 files.

TROUBLESHOOTING:
- If your subtitles or xvid/divx movies don’t all properly work, shut down the server and go to Start>Run and type in “mediaserver -debug” I actually have to do this every time I start it myself because subtitles don’t work otherwise oddly enough.
- If your PS3 isn’t recognizing your connection, go to start>control panel>network connections and under the “advanced” menu on your toolbar, scroll down to “advanced settings” Make sure the connection that your PS3 is connecting to your server computer on is at the top of that list. If it’s not, move it there.