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Is there a way for me to stream the audio from my mac to my PS3? I was thinking along the lines of the mac seeing the PS3 as a bluetooth speaker of sorts.
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If the PS3 is able to play an MP3 audio stream, then one possible solution would be to install Shoutcast server on your Mac, and use Audio Hijack to route all your audio to it. Then you could point the PS3 at your Mac, and play the audio as an MP3 stream.
However, there would be a significant lag with this method.
If you wanted to go this route, more info here about AudioHijack
rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/
They also have a nice app to make the streaming easy. I use it to stream to an icecast server that I run, but it also has a built-in shoutcast server:
rogueamoeba.com/nicecast/
However, there would be a significant lag with this method.
If you wanted to go this route, more info here about AudioHijack
rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/
They also have a nice app to make the streaming easy. I use it to stream to an icecast server that I run, but it also has a built-in shoutcast server:
rogueamoeba.com/nicecast/
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All you need is this: code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/
UPnP service you run on your Mac. The PS3 will see it under the Audio options, select the music and off you go.
UPnP service you run on your Mac. The PS3 will see it under the Audio options, select the music and off you go.
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SOLUTION TO STREAM AUDIO FROM YOUR MAC TO YOUR PS3
iTunes ○ Grooveshark ○ Spotify ○ Pandora ○ anything on your mac
Due to the latency, this is only practical for music.
Use Nicecast to create an m3u stream, thanks @teilo. In Lion (until the InstantOn extra is 10.7 compatible), you'll need SoundFlower to grab all audio. Use PS3 Media server to play the m3u steam. You have to copy the PMS web.conf file from:
/Applications/PS3 Media Server.app/Contents/Resources/Java/
to:
~/Library/Application Support/PMS/
Otherwise the Web section won't show up on the PS3 XMB. Add the Nicecast stream to the web.conf file under the #shoutcast section. Use this format:
audiostream.Web,Radio=MacBookPro,http://192.168.0.100:8000/listen,www.spotify.com/wp-content/uploads/spotify-logo-96...
MacBookPro
This is the name of your station. Name it whatever you like.
http://192.168.0.100:8001/listen
Copy and paste the local URL from Nicecast under the share tab. Make sure to remove '.m3u' from the end of the URL.
www.spotify.com/wp-content/uploads/spotify-logo-96...
This is the URL for the station logo image.
NOTE
For some reason Nicecast changes the port it's streaming on incrementally when it's restarted (probably because I'm using the trial version). So the PS3 will give you an 'Unsupported' error because PMS's web.conf file is looking at 'http://192.168.0.100:8000/listen' but Nicecast is now streaming to 'http://192.168.0.100:8001/listen'. So you'll need to update the web.conf file to reflect the new port number if you encounter this error.
I just set web.conf to open with TextEdit and put an alias where it would be easily accessible. I tried writing a shell script that would change the port number in the web.conf file. I gave up after an aggravated 30 minutes of reading sed tutorials online .'P
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rogueamoeba.com/nicecast/
cycling74.com/products/soundflower/
www.ps3mediaserver.org/
www.ps3mediaserver.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=7
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iTunes ○ Grooveshark ○ Spotify ○ Pandora ○ anything on your mac
Due to the latency, this is only practical for music.
Use Nicecast to create an m3u stream, thanks @teilo. In Lion (until the InstantOn extra is 10.7 compatible), you'll need SoundFlower to grab all audio. Use PS3 Media server to play the m3u steam. You have to copy the PMS web.conf file from:
/Applications/PS3 Media Server.app/Contents/Resources/Java/
to:
~/Library/Application Support/PMS/
Otherwise the Web section won't show up on the PS3 XMB. Add the Nicecast stream to the web.conf file under the #shoutcast section. Use this format:
audiostream.Web,Radio=MacBookPro,http://192.168.0.100:8000/listen,www.spotify.com/wp-content/uploads/spotify-logo-96...
MacBookPro
This is the name of your station. Name it whatever you like.
http://192.168.0.100:8001/listen
Copy and paste the local URL from Nicecast under the share tab. Make sure to remove '.m3u' from the end of the URL.
www.spotify.com/wp-content/uploads/spotify-logo-96...
This is the URL for the station logo image.
NOTE
For some reason Nicecast changes the port it's streaming on incrementally when it's restarted (probably because I'm using the trial version). So the PS3 will give you an 'Unsupported' error because PMS's web.conf file is looking at 'http://192.168.0.100:8000/listen' but Nicecast is now streaming to 'http://192.168.0.100:8001/listen'. So you'll need to update the web.conf file to reflect the new port number if you encounter this error.
I just set web.conf to open with TextEdit and put an alias where it would be easily accessible. I tried writing a shell script that would change the port number in the web.conf file. I gave up after an aggravated 30 minutes of reading sed tutorials online .'P
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rogueamoeba.com/nicecast/
cycling74.com/products/soundflower/
www.ps3mediaserver.org/
www.ps3mediaserver.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=7
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