TVersity - what else can it do?

[old.user4556]

Fellow streaming geeks,

I have been playing with TVersity of late and quite frankly it pisses all over WMP as a media server (transcoding ftw, FLAC / WMA lossless now streamed to PS3).

I've only got it setup basically just now (pointed it a root folder to access music) but I was wondering what other impressive stuff it can do? How do you have yours setup?

 

[Yaka]

ive been using it for ages now have tried a few others orb, ps3media etc but tversity is what consider to be th best simple to steam to ps3, xbox with xbmc, pc with xbmc and iphone. tho i tend to stick things in 3 folders 1 for tv shit one for muzic shit and for film shit simple and easy

 

[Moriath]

twonky i use that points to all my bits and pieces

used tversity before and was good

used both streamed to my archos , laptop pc's xbox, ps3 usually

 

[Zenith.UK]

I found TVersity was adequate but couldn't cope with multi-track audio or embedded subs in MKV files.

I would point anyone wanting to stream video to the java based PS3 Media Server. It works with Windows, Linux or MacOS. The advantage it has over TVersity is that it will decode embedded subs in MKV files, works with practically every video format and uses less CPU. The last point is a good one. TVersity stuttered quite badly for me with HD streams. PS3MS is smooth as glass.
ps3mediaserver - Project Hosting on Google Code

 

[Bodhi]

The best feature of Tversity is the Uninstall feature. It means you can cure you computer of AIDS and put PS3 Media Server on.

 

[Yaka]

twonky doesnt transcode does it? as for ps3media the subs feature for mkvs is good and the ability to browse zip/rar files and raw images viewing is excellent as is small hit on cpu use but last time i tried to transfer my family vids and one or two tv eps to ps3 hdd, the transfered files were huge. i mean files around 1GB ended up becoming 4gb. does it support other devices yet?

 

[MYstIC G]

Twonky does fuck all.

 

[Zenith.UK]

twonky doesnt transcode does it? as for ps3media the subs feature for mkvs is good and the ability to browse zip/rar files and raw images viewing is excellent as is small hit on cpu use but last time i tried to transfer my family vids and one or two tv eps to ps3 hdd, the transfered files were huge. i mean files around 1GB ended up becoming 4gb. does it support other devices yet?

Oh nonono... all I do is stream to the PS3. The original video files stay on my PC. I don't transfer the video files to the PS3 at all.

 

[Yaka]

well i do specially for family vids/pics and i tend transfer eps other peeps to watch on the small tv in the other room. and msot of my sons fav cartoons are on hdd as well after he ruined few bluray discs

 

[old.user4556]

One thing that bugs me about Tversity is that sometimes it says "data type not supported" even when it played the file 10 minutes ago. I tried setting the transcoding to "always" instead of "when necessary" and it still does it from time to time. I'm starting to suspect my shite o2 router. Any ideas/tips ?

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

I've not been near it for over a year but I didn't find it adequate.

Although I was comfortable to mess around with it, I wanted a streaming solution that my family could use without difficulty and quite frankly the interface was not non/low-techie friendly. It was also crap at handling Pause/Rewind and such.

They may have improved TVersity since I last used it of course.

 

[old.user4556]

One thing that bugs me about Tversity is that sometimes it says "data type not supported" even when it played the file 10 minutes ago. I tried setting the transcoding to "always" instead of "when necessary" and it still does it from time to time. I'm starting to suspect my shite o2 router. Any ideas/tips ?

Turns out to be a very common problem when streaming using wireless. I've changed my connection to a wired ethernet and haven't had a problem since.