PS3 music streaming

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#1 Iceman029
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Hi everyone! I currently own a 360, but soon, i'm planning to trade it for a PS3. What i want to know is if the PS3 is able to stream music directly from my computer like a do with my 360?

Thanks!

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#2 ChadWhite
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I don't fully understand what you are asking, but I'll give it my best shot. Yes the PS3 can sore your music and play it in some games. "PS3 is able to stream music directly from my computer like a do with my 360", thast the part I don't understand how are you using your computer to stream music to you Xbox 360?
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#3 Iceman029
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What i mean, is if i can use the PS3 to play music which is in my computer HDD.
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#4 d_ano
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if you connect them with a usb maybe, but why would you want to do this just use the hard drive in the ps3 or get an external
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#5 Deihmos
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What i mean, is if i can use the PS3 to play music which is in my computer HDD.Iceman029

Yes it can stream from your Pc hard drive. The feature wasrecently added but it's not as user friendly as it is on the 360.

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#6 Iceman029
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Thanks!
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#7 dewmandew7
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You can as long as you have the latest firmware update for the PS3 installed and you have Windows Media Player 11 set up for file sharing.
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#8 d_ano
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why not just play it from the pc? if you want it on the ps3 then put it on the hard drive its not like there isnt much space
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#9 Iceman029
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Cause i want it to act like my home theater hub: i need it to send music (signal) to my audio receiver. That way, i dont have to transfer my 300+ mp3 to the X360/PS3 HD (which a found is a pain to do). Thats pretty simple to do with a 360...i was just wondering how it was working for when i get a PS3.
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#10 d_ano
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it doesnt take as long as you think i transfered all my albums over in about 5 or 10 mins and i have over 8gb of music
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#11 Iceman029
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Sounds cool....thanks for all the replies!
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#12 Deihmos
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it doesnt take as long as you think i transfered all my albums over in about 5 or 10 mins and i have over 8gb of musicd_ano

So everytime you get new music you have to copy and transfer it to the PS3? It's so much easier to have allyour music in one locationand stream it to the PS3. The only problem with the PS3 streaming is it cannot play play-for-sure music and that sucks.

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#13 svenskamerikan
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One more thing you can choose to save songs to the PS3 - so you stream things over want to save some on the PS3 and you just do it. I heard you can't do this on the 360 - not sure if that is correct or not.

Several threads about it her about 2 weeks ago so go back and search if you have problem once you buy the ps3. I think it is best to search windows media player or wma11 (you have to have version 11)

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#14 deepsme
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yes i do it everyday with my ps3 and pc...all my pc's videos(supported formats),mp3's i easily stream 2 the ps3.all you need is wmp11,and wifi network and the latest firmware.
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#15 Symphonycometh
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Welcome to the much often more friendly family:

The PS3 family. :D

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Hi everyone! I currently own a 360, but soon, i'm planning to trade it for a PS3. What i want to know is if the PS3 is able to stream music directly from my computer like a do with my 360?

Thanks!

Iceman029

The Firmware update 1.80 enabled the feature for the PS3 to stream music fromyour PC to the PS3. You do this through Windows Media Player 11.

Go to http://www.us.playstation.com/Support/PS3/Manuals

To look at the constantly updated PS3 manual. You'll find all the information you can handle on what exactly the PS3 can do.

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#17 XPrivateRyan22X
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What i mean, is if i can use the PS3 to play music which is in my computer HDD.Iceman029

Yes you can stream music, pictures, and videos to your PS3 from your computer. I personally like the way it works on the PS3 much better because you can also you it to transfer your media files. I personally convert my dvd's with a program to 1080p the videos turn out to be in the 10gb range so I obviously don't have a usb flash drive large enough to fit it on. So I just use the PS3's media streaming, go to videos find it and then copy! it works great!

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#18 Iceman029
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Thanks for the link -oG-Shady. I think i ll find all my answer there!

I just have to find someone to buy my 360 now...any takers at 620$ cdn?? (Including almost brand new 360, HD-DVD, 4 games, recharge kit, 2 controllers, DVD remote...)