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[fly]

I have found a great media server that works and is easy to use (with a nice GUI)! It is made to work with the PS3, but works great with the DSM-750. It also transcodes the video. I will be trying this out on the DSM-520 later and report back. I am curious though if it will have trouble with the larger video files over 2 gigs as the D-Link Media Server does. Ill check that out also and report back.

http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/

Current features

    * Ready to launch and play. No codec packs to install. No folder configuration and pre-parsing or this kind of annoying thing. All your folders are directly browsed by the PS3, there's an automatic refresh also.
    * Real-time video transcoding of MKV/FLV/OGM/AVI, etc.
    * Direct streaming of DTS / DTS-HD core to the receiver
    * Remux H264/MPEG2 video and all audio tracks to AC3/DTS/LPCM in real time with tsMuxer when H264 is PS3/Level4.1 compliant
    * Full seeking support when transcoding
    * DVD ISOs images / VIDEO_TS Folder transcoder
    * OGG/FLAC/MPC/APE audio transcoding
    * Thumbnail generation for Videos
    * You can choose with a virtual folder system your audio/subtitle language on the PS3!
    * Simple streaming of formats PS3 natively supports: MP3/JPG/PNG/GIF/TIFF, all kind of videos (AVI, MP4, TS, M2TS, MPEG)
    * Display camera RAWs thumbnails (Canon / Nikon, etc.)
    * ZIP/RAR files as browsable folders
    * Support for pictures based feeds, such as Flickr and Picasaweb
    * Internet TV / Web Radio support with VLC, MEncoder or MPlayer
    * Podcasts audio/ Video feeds support
    * Basic Xbox360 support
    * FLAC 96kHz/24bits/5.1 support
    * Windows Only: DVR-MS remuxer and AviSynth alternative transcoder support


This is the site where I found a large list of other DLNA Media Servers:

http://www.rbgrn.net/content/21-how-to-choose-dlna-media-server-windows-mac-os-x-or-linux

[unscripted80]

Is there any instructions or a quick "how-to" on getting the server and the DSM-750 working?

[fly]

I just installed it on my computer, open the program, and found the tab "Navigation/Share Settings".
On the bottom of that page find "Shared folders" and then click the box with the green plus sign (+).
Add the folders that you want to share and then click on "Save" at the top of the screen.
When you turn on the DSM-750, browse to where you would normally see the Dlink Media Server and you will find "PS3 Media Software" there (I think thats what its called).

[rob_t]

I never installed the Dlink software.

My home server runs Linux so I use the MediaTomb uPNP server. While this setup may not be for everyone, it is very robust and has some nice features like a web based interface to the uPNP server which lets you do some configuration tasks from any machine on the same network. (You can also play your media files over the web based interface). It took me a couple of hours to configure the server exactly how I want it - the default settings don't handle all of the media types I have and didn't organize the libraries in exactly the way I wanted. Once setup though the ongoing maintenance is virtually zero.

There is support for on-the-fly transcoding, bit I don't need that in my setup.

My largest media files is 6GB, and that plays perfectly. I'm not sure if the digit keys work correctly on the remote for random accessing the file- I remember suspecting some problems with that. (They work fine on smaller media files).

Fuppes also seems to work with the DSM750.

[Tigrman699]

Fly..thanks for the tip.  Tried the software today.  Easy to use and it actually worked at first.  Unfortunately, it stopped and froze about 20 minutes into each mkv video I tried regardless of HD resolution at 720 or 1080i.  Also, it would work with the fast forward feature on the DSM750...again the video just froze and the device had to be rebooted. 

[fly]

I have been messing around with Tversity lately (you have to at least try all of them to tell). I have had good luck with it. Every now and then I have to right-click on the the icon on the taskbar and "restart" the server and it works great. It also is very customizable, and will transcode the video for you. I may have found what I am looking for....

[Tigrman699]

I have been messing around with Tversity lately (you have to at least try all of them to tell). I have had good luck with it. Every now and then I have to right-click on the the icon on the taskbar and "restart" the server and it works great. It also is very customizable, and will transcode the video for you. I may have found what I am looking for....

I tried Tversity today with even less success than PS3 server software.  The video began to stutter almost immediately and never recovered.  Nor did it matter if I was running at g or n speeds.  Maybe it has something to do with either our different processor speeds and/or graphic card capabilities (read something about this on another thread elsewhere).  In any event, when I spoke to the Level 3 Tech today at Dlink, he acknowledged that they too have not had 100% success with either server applications to date and that's why they don't recommend any particular one.