[generikb]

Hey everyone!

I'm experiencing a very interesting situation here with my PS3...I can stream DVDs to my PS3 no problem (using PS3 Media Server, I just point it at the VIDEO_TS folder and it works great), but when I try to stream a DivX/Xvid movie, I get periodic stuttering. This stuttering usually lasts about 5 seconds in length and can appear as often as every 30 seconds...although sometimes I'm lucky and can go a full 10 minutes without a stutter.

It's crazy annoying to watch an .avi movie!

I'm running Windows 7 64-bit retail on a pretty beefy computer (don't remember the exact specs but I've got 4GB of ram and I believe a Quad Processor) I've tried streaming to the PC using both WMP12 and PS3MediaServer. My PC is hardwired to my router, and my PS3 is using the wireless (but I can't imagine this is a WiFi bandwidth issue since it streamed a DVD flawlessly).

Any assistance is greatly appreciated. I'm usually pretty darn good at troubleshooting these things, but this one is really baffling me!

[Axum]

It'll probably be the bitrate, try setting it to a low level and then try and stream, see what happens.... You could always copy it to the PS3 HDD if that doesn't work.

[generikb]

Originally Posted by Axum

It'll probably be the bitrate, try setting it to a low level and then try and stream, see what happens.... You could always copy it to the PS3 HDD if that doesn't work.

Thanks Axum, I'll try that tonight...but like I had mentioned, I streamed a full DVD without any hiccups at all. That would be a higher bitrate than a DivX right?

[Axum]

Theoretically yes i guess it should be, but AVI files seem to be notorious in causing these bitrate issues... Have a search on here, i'm sure there's some other posts about it that may offer better advice..

[generikb]

Just an update, I think this should help others out.

When you play DivX movies using PS3 Media Server, I found that if you go to the folder where your movie is located (via the PS3), you will see the movie file along with a TRANSCODE folder. Go into that folder, and I think one more folder below that, and you will find another movie file that has MEncode tacked on the end of the name.

(This is going by memory, sorry if I don't have the names exactly right.)

Anyhoo, playing *that* file works flawlessly.

Now to figure out if I can get 1080p files to stream

[Axum]

So that's using a different process to encode the original file, which presumably doesn't suffer from the fluctuations in bitrate that you've been having....if indeed that was the problem in the first place...