Mac OS X support

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There is currently no support for OSX.

I tried running the Linux version but got the following java error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad
version number in .class file

The java version on OSX is Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition
(build 1.5.0_16-b06-284)

I'm guessing Java 6 is required.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by robinmul...@gmail.com on 17 Dec 2008 at 6:23

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I managed to get it running after changing the default version to Java 6 (use 
the
Java Preferences utility for this if anyone is wondering). It finds the PS3 
without
problems and the PS3 lists all my files.

When I try to play a file that needs to be transcoded I get the following error 
in
the console:

[Thread-142] TRACE 19:34:31.580 Starting transcode of
The.Dark.Knight.1080p.mkv
Exception in thread "Thread-142" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at java.lang.Thread.init(Thread.java:349)
    at java.lang.Thread.<init>(Thread.java:429)
    at net.pms.io.ProcessWrapperImpl.<init>(ProcessWrapperImpl.java:47)
    at net.pms.encoders.MEncoderVideo.launchTranscode(MEncoderVideo.java:927)
    at net.pms.dlna.DLNAResource.getInputStream(DLNAResource.java:622)
    at net.pms.network.Request.answer(Request.java:171)
    at net.pms.network.RequestHandler.run(RequestHandler.java:125)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:637)

The PS3 says that the data is corrupted. Files that don't need to be transcoded 
show
the error 'The data type is not supported' on the PS3, with no error in the 
console.

The java version is now: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 
1.6.0_07-b06-153)

Screenshot: http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/9430/picture1eq7.png

Original comment by robinmul...@gmail.com on 17 Dec 2008 at 6:53

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mencoder was not found I guess. Like Linux, you need mencoder and ffmpeg recent 
builds (OSX of course) on the path

Original comment by ps3mediaserver@gmail.com on 17 Dec 2008 at 7:10

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After installing mplayer and ffmpeg through macports non-transcoded stuff and
thumbnails on videos now work. Transcoded video gives the following error:

[Timer-161] DEBUG 20:57:50.683 Buffered Space: 0 bytes
[mencoder] INFO  20:57:50.683 Attaching thread: mencoder
[Thread-1139] DEBUG 20:57:50.706 MEncoder 1.0rc2-4.0.1 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer 
Team
[Thread-1139] DEBUG 20:57:50.706 CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E8235  @ 
2.80GHz
(Family: 6, Model: 23, Stepping: 6)
[Thread-1139] DEBUG 20:57:50.706 CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 
3DNow2: 0
SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
[Thread-1139] DEBUG 20:57:50.706 Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 
SSE SSE2
[Thread-1139] DEBUG 20:57:50.709 115 audio & 237 video codecs
[Thread-1136] DEBUG 20:57:50.711 -ass is not an MEncoder option
[Thread-1139] DEBUG 20:57:50.711 Exiting... (error parsing command line)
[mencoder] DEBUG 20:57:50.712 EOF
[mencoder] TRACE 20:57:50.712 Process mencoder has a return code of 1! Maybe an 
error
occured... check the log file
[mencoder] INFO  20:57:50.712 Stopping process: mkfifo
[Timer-161] DEBUG 20:57:51.683 Buffered Space: 0 bytes

According to http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=MPlayer_FAQ the -ass 
option
doesn't work with mencoder but I'm not sure if it's related.

Original comment by robinmul...@gmail.com on 17 Dec 2008 at 8:05

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I would love to have this working on Mac OS X.

My assumption is that since it's Java-based it should work... but what do I 
know? :P

Original comment by johan.ma...@gmail.com on 17 Dec 2008 at 8:10

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try disable "ass subtitles" in "transcoding settings->mencoder" configuration 
panel

Original comment by ps3mediaserver@gmail.com on 17 Dec 2008 at 8:12

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btw, your mplayer/mencoder build is of 2007, I'm sure there are more recent 
ones out 
there :p
like here maybe ?

http://stefpause.com/apple/mac/mplayer-os-x-10rc1-and-mencoder-binaries/

Original comment by ps3mediaserver@gmail.com on 17 Dec 2008 at 8:15

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You can run it now, but you'll need to do some work and as noted above 
transcoding
won't work (yet). These are the steps to get it running in OSX:

- Make sure you have the latest updates for OSX and Java (both will show up in 
the
software update utility), you will probably also need Leopard as older versions 
don't
have support for Java 6.
- Run the application Java Preferences and under Java application versions drag 
Java
SE 6 to the top position (if you don't have this application or Java SE 6 is not
listed make sure you have done step 1)
- Install macports (http://www.macports.org/)
- Open a console
- Since macports installs into /opt/local make sure that /opt/local/bin and
/opt/local/sbin are in your PATH (run 'echo $PATH' to check this and run 'export
PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin
:/usr/X11/bin'
to set it).
- Install mplayer and ffmpeg by running 'port install mplayer ffmpeg' (note: 
this can
take a while, there are a lot of dependencies)
- Download the Linux version of ps3mediaserver and extract it somewhere
- Open a console and cd to the directory you extracted it in (for instance 'cd
Downloads/pms-linux-1.00/')
- Make sure that PMS.sh is executable by running 'chmod +x PMS.sh'
- Start the app by running './PMS.sh'

That's it, it should be working then.

Original comment by robinmul...@gmail.com on 17 Dec 2008 at 8:27

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With those newer builds transcoding works now but it's very slow, dropping 
frames
quite a bit on 720p (2.8ghz Core 2 Duo, 2 GB memory).

I'll try to find a newer binary or build my own.

Original comment by robinmul...@gmail.com on 17 Dec 2008 at 8:36

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ok, you have a powerful CPU, so don't forget to check if the network/settings 
are not 
the limiting factor (if you are wireless, this is somewhat normal, PMS default 
settings are more wired friendly)
Anyway, if you manage to have a working solution (a recent build would be 
great, ass 
support is only a few months old for example), I'd love a software package to 
upload 
it here :p

Original comment by ps3mediaserver@gmail.com on 17 Dec 2008 at 8:49

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I have a wired network, 100mbit though.

It seems to be doing much better with my own build but I've encountered a few 
other
bugs that are probably not related to OSX. I'll have to check tomorrow on a 
Windows
machine to verify.

I'll also make a build of ffmpeg and mencoder from the latest sources that 
should
work on a default OSX install and post it here. It should be easy to make a OSX 
build
with those included :)

Original comment by robinmul...@gmail.com on 17 Dec 2008 at 9:32

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Here's a screenshot of transcoding in OSX:

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/1291/picture2kx8.png

Original comment by robinmul...@gmail.com on 17 Dec 2008 at 9:38

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I got it working in OSX as well using macports and manually downloading the 
latest
binaries of mencoder/mplayer as both of you stated above.

Thanks!

Will be even nicer with ready-to-download working binaries from this site.

Nice work!

Original comment by johan.ma...@gmail.com on 17 Dec 2008 at 9:53

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I've attached the latest builds, fresh from svn.

Someone needs to test these on a fresh system though, to make sure they work 
without
dependencies.

MEncoder dev-SVN-r28158-4.0.1 (C) 2000-2008 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E8235  @ 2.80GHz (Family: 6, Model: 23, 
Stepping: 6)
CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2

FFmpeg version SVN-r16184, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  configuration: 
  libavutil     49.12. 0 / 49.12. 0
  libavcodec    52. 7. 0 / 52. 7. 0
  libavformat   52.23. 1 / 52.23. 1
  libavdevice   52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
  built on Dec 17 2008 23:03:48, gcc: 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5490)

Original comment by robinmul...@gmail.com on 17 Dec 2008 at 10:18

Attachments:

• osxbinaries.zip

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thanks, can you add the mplayer binary too ? it's used for audio 
streaming/transcoding

Original comment by ps3mediaserver@gmail.com on 17 Dec 2008 at 10:41

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Original comment by robinmul...@gmail.com on 17 Dec 2008 at 11:14

Attachments:

• mplayer.zip

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Also of interest, you can directly link to Java 6:

/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6/Commands/java

That way you don't have the change the order in your Java preferences and you 
don't
need to setup anything. I've tested this by changing back the order to the 
default.

Attached is a modified shell script that works for OSX.

This, together with the binaries makes for a smooth install without any setup.
Although you'll probably want a normal launcher instead of a shell script to 
start
the app.

Original comment by robinmul...@gmail.com on 17 Dec 2008 at 11:33

Attachments:

• PMS.sh

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found this, but does not seems we can easily change the java virtual machine 
path

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Java/Conceptual/Jar_Bundler/Packaging/c
hapte
r_3_section_1.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40000884-CH203-BABJGADF

anyway, thanks again, I will create and upload a package with your files, as a 
beta 
version

Original comment by ps3mediaserver@gmail.com on 17 Dec 2008 at 11:53

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Yeah I've already played with that app but didn't have any luck yet, I'll try 
again
tonight. Would be nice if that works.

I've just tested my binaries on another OSX install and they seem to work fine.

Original comment by robinmul...@gmail.com on 18 Dec 2008 at 10:03

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I just uploaded a first try here:

http://ps3mediaserver.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ps3mediaserver/dist/pms-osx-1.01.
zip

osx users, feedbacks are welcome :)

Original comment by ps3mediaserver@gmail.com on 18 Dec 2008 at 12:19

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i can't get the mac version to work. I constantly get there are no titles when 
i enter a folder.
can't play .avi files ps3 says unsuported data. And all the youtube movies are 
corrupted. 

Original comment by Mhube...@gmail.com on 18 Dec 2008 at 2:11

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The problem is that the execution bit is not set on the binaries. You can fix 
this by
using 'chmod +x *' in the osx directory. I'll upload a working version later 
that
fixes this.

Original comment by robinmul...@gmail.com on 18 Dec 2008 at 3:09

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This version should work out of the box: 
http://files.exonet.nl/ps3/pms-osx-1.01.zip

I'm working on a packaged version so you don't need to use a console.

Original comment by robinmul...@gmail.com on 18 Dec 2008 at 5:59

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thanks !
can you be more precise with the thing about execution bit not set on binaries 
and/or 
packaging ? cause I do not see differences between the zip package I made and 
yours 
(same CRC, same files except the OSX_README.txt)

Original comment by ps3mediaserver@gmail.com on 18 Dec 2008 at 6:17

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The only change is a chmod +x on those binaries, but no need anymore I have a 
better
solution now.

I used the JAR bundler to create a OSX app that works just like any other app 
and
packaged it up in the OSX .dmg format. No need for any console anymore, you can 
just
drag the app to your applications folder and it will work.

I've used settings in the Jar bundler that enforce Java 6 automatically and 
also pass
the parameters that were in the shell script without actually using any shell 
script.

http://files.exonet.nl/ps3/PS3%20Media%20Server.dmg

You might want to host it here, I can't seem to upload files bigger then 10mb. 
I've
also attached a screenshot.

It works perfect for me but feedback is welcome.

Original comment by robinmul...@gmail.com on 18 Dec 2008 at 6:53

Attachments:

• screenshot.png

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Thanks !
I've put it on the front page, so let's wait if someone complains :)

Original comment by ps3mediaserver@gmail.com on 18 Dec 2008 at 7:35

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Java 1.6 is only available in Leopard. Is it possible to switch the java 
version to
1.5 so the program can be used on Tiger as well?

Original comment by kouzinop...@gmail.com on 19 Dec 2008 at 8:18

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Seems really good, a little slow on my 2.0ghz mac though.  I'm mainly using M4V,
seems to lose sync now and then, it also has a huge performance hit on my 
machine.

Good work though guys.

Original comment by crispy...@gmail.com on 19 Dec 2008 at 9:40

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Yes, you will need a pretty powerful pc to use transcoding properly, this is on 
all
platforms though.

I just noticed that web videos don't work on OSX. You use videolan for this but 
how
do you call it? I added a vlc binary to my path but that doesn't seem to help. 
The
log also doesn't help, it starts the transcoding and then immediately closes the
connection.

Original comment by robinmul...@gmail.com on 19 Dec 2008 at 10:38

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it's a simple "vlc" command on the current dir

Original comment by ps3mediaserver@gmail.com on 19 Dec 2008 at 10:40

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Hello, I used to use PS3 Media Server on my mac through VMWare fusion which has
windows vista installed on it and now I downloaded and installed the mac 
version but
I have one problem with it.

When I open the program it initializes using network interface "vmnet"

[main] TRACE 21:16:56.462 Starting Java PS3 Media Server v1.01
[main] TRACE 21:16:56.465 by shagrath / 2008
[main] TRACE 21:16:56.465 http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com
[main] TRACE 21:16:56.466
[main] TRACE 21:16:56.466 Java 1.6.0_07-Apple Inc.
[main] TRACE 21:16:56.467 OS Mac OS X x86_64 10.5.6
[main] TRACE 21:16:56.467 Encoding: MacRoman
[main] TRACE 21:16:56.636 Registering transcoding engine FFmpeg Audio
[main] TRACE 21:16:56.639 Registering transcoding engine MEncoder
[main] TRACE 21:16:56.641 Registering transcoding engine MPlayer Audio
[main] TRACE 21:16:56.641 Registering transcoding engine MEncoder Web
[main] TRACE 21:16:56.642 Registering transcoding engine MPlayer Video Dump
[main] TRACE 21:16:56.643 Registering transcoding engine MPlayer Web
[main] TRACE 21:16:56.644 Registering transcoding engine TsMuxer
[main] TRACE 21:16:56.644 Registering transcoding engine Audio High Fidelity
[main] TRACE 21:16:56.645 Registering transcoding engine VideoLan Audio 
Streaming
[main] TRACE 21:16:56.645 Registering transcoding engine VideoLan Video 
Streaming
[main] TRACE 21:16:56.646 Registering transcoding engine FFmpeg DVR-MS Remux
[main] TRACE 21:16:56.765 Using address /172.16.189.1 found on network 
interface:
name:vmnet1 (vmnet1) index: 9 addresses: /172.16.189.1;
[main] TRACE 21:16:56.765 Created socket: /172.16.189.1:5001
[Thread-11] TRACE 21:16:56.786 Starting DLNA Server on host 172.16.189.1 and 
port 5001...
[main] TRACE 21:16:57.464 It's ready! You should see the server appears on XMB

I tried forcing the IP address to the ip address of my mac which is 192.168.1.3 
but
the program plays a movie for a little bit then it crashes.

The funny thing is that vmnet is the network bridge between my Mac and VMWare
Fusion's Windows Vista. There are 5 VMnet processes running wether I have 
VMware open
or not. I even tried restarting the computer and VMnet is still running. When I 
open
the activity monitor and physically close down each VMnet process then PS3 Media
Server binds to the correct ip address (192.168.1.3) and everything works fine.

After I had everything working by closing the vmnet processes I tried 
transcoding
using TsMuxer and all I get is "corrupt data" I was trying to use TsMuxer 
because it
uses less bandwidth and processing power than Mencoder and everytime I try 
playing
this one 1080p movie I have PS3 Media Server shows a negative buffer status and 
the
file never actually starts playing, the PS3 just sits on a black screen like its
still trying to transcode the file. This only happens with one 1080p movie file 
I
have, it works with other 1080p files that are of a little lesser video 
quality. But
either way TsMuxer doesnt work with any videos I have at all. Do I need to 
install
TsMuxer on the Mac? Thanks for any help.

Original comment by ImSofaKi...@gmail.com on 20 Dec 2008 at 2:29

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"I tried forcing the IP address to the ip address of my mac which is 
192.168.1.3 but
the program plays a movie for a little bit then it crashes."

I'm not sure your crash is network related

Original comment by ps3mediaserver@gmail.com on 20 Dec 2008 at 8:56

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Please file a new bug on the vmware/network issue. I've noticed this as well 
but it's
beyond the scope of this bug. The workaround is indeed to drop the vmnet* 
devices.

Tsmuxer is currently not included in the OSX build, I'll work on this.

Original comment by robinmul...@gmail.com on 20 Dec 2008 at 11:45

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"it's a simple "vlc" command on the current dir"

Can you provide a build that looks for vlc and tsmuxer in the osx directory? We 
can
bundle these up as well then. Any other binaries that are used?

Original comment by robinmul...@gmail.com on 20 Dec 2008 at 11:49

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http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/source/browse/trunk/ps3mediaserver/net/p
ms/PMS.java?spec=svn34&r=34#1008

Just noticed you also use flac, I'll work on that as well.

Original comment by robinmul...@gmail.com on 20 Dec 2008 at 11:54

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flac binary is just used for high resolution files (24bit/96khz) as ffmpeg or 
mplayer 
does not support them, and remuxed after with tsmuxer

so without tsmuxer binary for osx (which I think does not exist, and it's 
closed 
source), there no need for the flac binary (for now)

Original comment by ps3mediaserver@gmail.com on 20 Dec 2008 at 12:47

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Ah yes, shame tsmuxer doesn't support osx. Is it possible to disable it all 
together
for osx to avoid confusion? Otherwise we can put that in the readme.

Original comment by robinmul...@gmail.com on 20 Dec 2008 at 7:43

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If you can adjust the vlc path for osx and maybe disable tsmuxer I think we can
resolve this bug. Everything seems to be working otherwise.

Original comment by robinmul...@gmail.com on 23 Dec 2008 at 12:50

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Things to put in the readme that we can't fix:

- Leopard only (Java 6 is not supported on earlier versions)
- Tsmuxer not supported (No OSX binary available, closed source)

Original comment by robinmul...@gmail.com on 23 Dec 2008 at 1:08

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Bumping comment 27. Is it possible to switch to java 1.5 in order to be able to 
use
ps3m in older versions of osx?

Original comment by kouzinop...@gmail.com on 23 Dec 2008 at 1:46

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you can adjust vlc path with an undocumented property "vlc_path" in the 
PMS.conf 
file, but it's not practical

also, for java 1.5, I think it's possible, but with some work (refactoring, 
changing 
some APIs, etc.) sot the priority would be (very) low for the moment

Original comment by ps3mediaserver@gmail.com on 23 Dec 2008 at 1:53

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Hi, I made ps3m work using soylatte16, unpacking the ps3m.app and modifiying 
the psm.sh on post 17 
according to the soylatte java and jar path.

thats it.

Original comment by Rodolfo....@gmail.com on 24 Dec 2008 at 3:13

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on mt mac book pro the media server is working fine but the file with subtitle 
in srt
format doesn't show the subtitle while the pc version does...can any one help 
me on
this? thanks!

Original comment by camenrai...@gmail.com on 26 Dec 2008 at 7:40

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the OS X install is working okay for me, but I was wondering if i could expect 
better performance/stability 
running PMS in a Windows or Linux VM under VMWare?  

in particular, if i created an appliance-style linux VM with the minimal 
install necessary to run PMS, then perhaps 
it would provide great performance/stability than running the Java app under OS 
X?

Original comment by ridger...@gmail.com on 26 Dec 2008 at 5:57

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i'm running PMS under OS X.

in some cases, attempting to play an MKV file fails and the transcode buffer 
displays negative numbers.  indeed, 
whenever i try to start a file, i watch the transcode buffer and if it goes 
negative, i give up on that file.  however, 
sometimes if i restart PMS, the file will play.  

Original comment by ridger...@gmail.com on 26 Dec 2008 at 6:01

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maybe it would be nice to modify the PMS.sh to check the existence of this 
alternative VM (soylatte16), and launch PMS with it if it has been installed ?

Original comment by ps3mediaserver@gmail.com on 27 Dec 2008 at 10:14

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PMS.sh is not used anymore on the OSX version so that will be kind of 
difficult. I
don't think many people will be using this on Tiger. I can put that workaround 
in the
readme that ships with the OSX version though.

Original comment by robinmul...@gmail.com on 27 Dec 2008 at 2:22

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@ps3mediaserver, Could you still change the path of vlc to osx/vlc in the code? 
Then
we have that part working on the next version as well.

@camenraider, I'll have a look if I can reproduce this problem.

@ridgerock, Running PMS on Vmware will probably decrease performance. The 
performance
should be the same on Linux or Windows as on OSX.

Original comment by robinmul...@gmail.com on 27 Dec 2008 at 2:28

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As some others who posted here, I did run this app from VM Ware, and now I am 
trying Mac version, but I had to 
force IP in order to make link and now PS3MS is crashing few seconds after 
playing a movie, 720p as wel as 
1080p. I have PS3 conected with cat6 cable to the Airport Extreme and Mac is 
8core machine with 8gb ram, so I 
would believe that there is no hardware, but software problem. I would like to 
know how to trace possible 
conflict?

Original comment by sim...@gmail.com on 27 Dec 2008 at 8:24

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Attach your debug.log here after it crashes.

Original comment by robinmul...@gmail.com on 27 Dec 2008 at 9:45