Is it possible to play my PS3 through the media center on my PC, and if so, how ? As my PC screen is a flat screen and would give a far better picture.
FAQ Weaste or anyone else who knows a lot about computers
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You want your PS3 to stream to a PC? Possibly if you ran Linux on it, but otherwise, no. It will only do it to a PSP (or to a PSP capable device), and there are very good reasons for this, and non of it is actually for technology reasons - it's quite possible on the technical level. There is no way a PS3 will send HD data to a non-HDCP capable device, and it definitely will not allow HD content to freely wave around in the ether. The same reason why it will not output HD content to a non-HDCP display over a video cable.
My advice would be (if you are not thinking of BD disks), to stick all of your media on the PC and stream it to the PS3 when you want it there. I run TVersity, which had an update for the PS3 2.1 firmware last week.
If you are talking games, then forget it. It will do it to a PSP only, and it will remain that way until someone gets another device to fool the PS3 into thinking that it's a PSP.
My advice would be (if you are not thinking of BD disks), to stick all of your media on the PC and stream it to the PS3 when you want it there. I run TVersity, which had an update for the PS3 2.1 firmware last week.
If you are talking games, then forget it. It will do it to a PSP only, and it will remain that way until someone gets another device to fool the PS3 into thinking that it's a PSP.
Cool cheers Weaste.
Don't know about through the PC but if it's just the monitor, I use a VGA connector for my 360 (cost me £20 quid though).
I would bet Sony do one.
Yeah, I thought I could maybe play it through the monitor, but there is no place for the red, white and yellow cable things to go. Is there an dapter I could get, by the way, the screen is made by HP.
I bought one of these. The VGA connector in the monitor, the red and white audio connectors to my stereo (in which there may or may not be a United CD
).I had to buy the cable from Game. £20 quid but I get a better picture than on my non HD telly.
Sony must do one.
I bought one of these. The VGA connector in the monitor, the red and white audio connectors to my stereo (in which there may or may not be a United CD
I had to buy the cable from Game. £20 quid but I get a better picture than on my non HD telly.
Sony must do one.
Cheers for the help Duffer, I'm sure Weaste will know if Sony do one, by the way, are you enjoying the CD ?
Cheers for the help Duffer, I'm sure Weaste will know if Sony do one, by the way, are you enjoying the CD ?
I'll pass on that question if you don't. Maybe i'll re-gift it to another United fan next year!
Also I should tell you I am useless with connections and things like that, but my setup works realy well.
Here duffer PM me how much you are looking for the CD.
Cheers for the help Duffer, I'm sure Weaste will know if Sony do one, by the way, are you enjoying the CD ?
It's all a bit sketchy this, but as far as I understand, the PS3 will not play HD content to a non-HDCP capable device (it will either scale it down or simply show a black screen). VGA is not HDCP capable. It's all well and good an XB360 doing it, but it only has a DVD drive. It will probably work for games on the PS3, but nothing else (it probably will not even upscale a DVD). If you have a monitor with a HDCP capable DVI socket, then you can run a cable from the PS3s HDMI socket to the DVI socket on the monitor - that will work for everything, and use the component or optical out for the audio.
Windows Vista is picky in a similar way.
If you go down the VGA route, you can only but try it. Buy the cable, but make sure that the shop will refund your money if it does not work.
Also remember, that if you have a 1280x1024 monitor, around 1/3 of your screen will end up with black lines at the top and the bottom (letter boxed) to fit a 720p widescreen image on it.
Cheers Weate, I might give it a go, but I doubt it as, I'm sure you've noticed, I'm not very good with all the technical stuff. Cheers, as ever, for the help though.
This is a decent price for an adapter, it runs out of the component output of the PS3 and converts the signal to VGA. It will not work with movies, but will give you up to full resolution for games.
http://www.consolesource.com/ecomm/catalog/XCM-1080p-VGA-Adapter-Xbox-360-Wii-PS3-p-2644.html
http://www.consolesource.com/ecomm/catalog/XCM-1080p-VGA-Adapter-Xbox-360-Wii-PS3-p-2644.html
Cheers Weate, I'll consider that. If I was to get it, would it be easy to get working ?
Pretty easy. Check this out.
http://www.overclock.net/playstation/191028-how-play-your-ps3-through-your.html
* LCD monitor MUST BE HDCP compliant. If not it will not work
http://www.overclock.net/playstation/191028-how-play-your-ps3-through-your.html
* LCD monitor MUST BE HDCP compliant. If not it will not work