PlayStation®3 Media

[AMC-Kontopoulos]

Hi,

A NAS which support UPNP and does not support DLNA (is not indicated in the spec of the NAS) will it be compatible with PS3?

Will PS3 be able to stream from the NAS and play Music, Photos, Movies etc. with out any problems?

I'm planning to buy a NAS. I found that most NAs support UPNP and do not support DLNA.

Actually I' planning to buy the Thecus N0503 ComboNAS.

Is it OK?  PS3 media will work normal?

Thank you for your reply

[SuperNoodleMan]

Does the NAS have software running on it like twonky media server?

I have a QNAP NAS that works like a dream with the PS3. Have a look into them if I was you. The QNAP NAS is one of the best things I have ever bought.

Here's their product range and check out the features

http://www.qnap.com/Products.asp

[AMC-Kontopoulos]

Following your reply, the specs (see below) of the  Thecus NAS 0503 is supporting UPNP, DLM, TWONKY media, etc. which most probably (99.9%) will be fully compatible with PS3 

What is your opinion?

Thank you

Thecus NAS 0503 uses the following service ports by default:

Services                           Default TCP port             

iTunes                               3689

iSCSI                                 3260

Media                                8080

Twonky (UI)                      9000/9001

Nfsd                                   111/2049

Nsync                               2000

Rsync                                873

Printer Server                   631

Mysql                                 3306

mail server                       995/25

Upnp                                  2689

DLM2 (bt)                         10000~10200

DLM2 (amule)               4662

DHCP                             67/68

SNMP                             161/162

FTP                                  20/21

Apache module             10080

Samba                          139/445

SSH                                    22

HTTP                                  80

HTTPS                                443

Services                           Default UDP port           

iTunes                                5353

Nfsd                                   111/2049

Printer Server                   631

Mysql                                 3306

Twonky                            1900/1030

Upnp                                1900

Samba                              138/137

NTP                                   123

Udpr                                 11000/11001

DHCP                              67/68

SNMP                              161/162

DLM2                               4672

Syslog                              514

TFTP                                69

FTP                                  20/21

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.thecus.com/Downloads/FW/N0503/N0503_FWRN_v30404.pdf

[SuperNoodleMan]

If it has Twonky media server, it should be fine. On your PS3 under the videos/music/photos xmb you should get a twonky media icon which you click on and then go to the through it's folders etc.

[AMC-Kontopoulos]

Thanks

[steamhead-dean]

Just to confirm, I've been using TwonkyVision  with a NAS and a PS3 since version 4 of Twonky, and am now running version 6.0.28 of Twonky and it works like a dream with the PS3.

The only types of problems I have encountered along the way is every so often Sony release a new version of firmware which can make videos unplayable or stuttering.  You then complain to Sony support, they tell you it's the Media Server not streaming correctly and then the next PS3 firmware release magically fixes the problem on the Media Server ;-)

If you are going to stream video I would recommend looking at a wired network connection between the NAS and the PS3, wireless can exhibit buffering issues depending on the quality of the video.

If you want to try out Twonky with your PS3 before shelling out for a NAS, you can download and install a Windows version of Twonkyserver on your PC for a free 30 day trial.

[AMC-Kontopoulos]

Thanks for the info.

[PHO3N1X-84]

I seem to have problems copying movie files to the PS3 i keep getting DLNA errors, i posted up about this on the Tech Support part of the forums, i havent had any luck so far.