Streaming issues Bubba --> Playstation 3

Cros · Post by **Cros** » 13 Sep 2007, 10:08

Hi!

I have also experienced this. It seemed that the bubba is lost to the PS3 for a while when it is indexing new media files (this is just a guess), but it will come back online without any interaction if you just wait. For me this happened when I copied some new mp3-files to the bubba and tried to stream them on the PS3 immediately. So wait a little while and see.

At least this has been my experience.

TazUk · Post by **TazUk** » 13 Sep 2007, 15:14

Cros wrote:Hi!

I have also experienced this. It seemed that the bubba is lost to the PS3 for a while when it is indexing new media files (this is just a guess), but it will come back online without any interaction if you just wait. For me this happened when I copied some new mp3-files to the bubba and tried to stream them on the PS3 immediately. So wait a little while and see.

At least this has been my experience.

My media has been static for a while - bubba's media server has been down now for a week.

The restart of the UPNP service resolved the issue for the moment - I'll have to monitor it for now.

TazUk · Post by **TazUk** » 14 Sep 2007, 14:41

Well it's disappeared again..

Was up this morning (I accessed to check before going to work).
Got home and it's vanished again.

Restarted UPNP service and back up (for the moment anyway).

TazUk · Post by **TazUk** » 06 Oct 2007, 07:04

Still having to restart the UPnP service - it seems to drop at least every 12 hours

TazUk · Post by **TazUk** » 10 Oct 2007, 17:12

Am I the only one experiencing this repeated dropping of UPnP?

Post by **tor** » 15 Oct 2007, 05:22

TazUk,

Could you describe the dropped connection some more? Your PS3 does not find Bubba any more? Does it still show up on a regular Windows PC when this happens?

/Tor

TazUk · Post by **TazUk** » 15 Oct 2007, 15:22

When it drops it doesn't show up on:
1. PS3
2. Philips Streamium SLA-550
3 Windows Vista Network Map.

After restarting the UPnP service it shows up on all 3 devices after a couple of minutes for propagation

Post by **tor** » 17 Oct 2007, 04:45

Hi TazUK,

Ok, does this happen even if the PS3 isn't connected to bubba? And when it happens. Can you still reach the Mediatomb web-ui, most likely found at http://bubba:49152/ Does the PS3 show any error message? (Fx "access to the server was denied")

/Tor

TazUk · Post by **TazUk** » 17 Oct 2007, 06:50

Thanks for responding Tor.

I've had mediatomb streaming successfully for up to 9 hours in one go (to the Streamium).

It seems to drop when not actively in use - ie I go home after being at work all day and it is not available without a restart.

The PS3 simply doesn't find the media server when it's not active. I've never had an issue with access on any device when mediatomb is running.

I'll test the web-ui access tonight when I get home and report back then.

UPDATE
Well I'm at home, and the mediatomb ui is up via web access but the media server cannot be seen by the Streamium, PS3 or Vista.

It looks as though bubba renewed it's DHCP lease at 23:48 last night (1 day lease) - is it possible this could mean that the media server element is simply hidden from the network on renewal of the IP address ?
(although the address assigned is always the same)..

Bubba is linked to the network through a Buffalo Wireless Extender which hooks into a WPA 802.11g wireless network with hidden SSID run off a Linksys WRT54GS-UK v4.0 router.

TazUk · Post by **TazUk** » 12 Mar 2008, 10:58

I posted a reply here a couple of days ago, but now it's vanished...

I'm posting back here as I am still having to restart the UPnP service periodically to get Mediatomb available. I'm running the latest firmwares on all devices involved, but bubba cannot be found as a music server on an almost daily basis.

Any ideas anyone? It's a right pain to have to fire up a laptop just so I can listen to some music...

Post by **tor** » 13 Mar 2008, 15:40

Hi tazuk,

Could you try moving bubba onto the wired network and see if that makes any difference?

/Tor

TazUk · Post by **TazUk** » 14 Mar 2008, 07:10

Thanks for responding Tor.

As it happens I'm replacing the wireless bridge over the next few days with some homeplug kit (VESENET 85mb) as I'm surrounded by neighbours who can't configure their wireless connections properly *sigh*. I'm getting interference that kicks the bridge and wireless printer off the network about twice a week. At first glance this does seem to be a separate issue though as the interference has only been a problem for the last couple of months - someone near me got a pre-N router for Xmas I think

I'll post back once I have the kit wired in, hopefully within the next week.

TazUk · Post by **TazUk** » 23 Mar 2008, 17:12

Well, bizarrely it looks like the homeplug networking solved the issue. Media server's been up without issue for 4 days straight now - a personal best! I'm curious as to why this would solve the problem, but either way I'm happy.

innersphere · Post by **innersphere** » 26 Mar 2008, 14:04

In my (not so massive) experience, the Bubba doesn't cope well with network disconnects, and I often have problem finding it again - for mail or even file system stuff sometimes.

Having it wired prevents the hiccups that the often dodgy wireless setup creates

RealElwood · Post by **RealElwood** » 11 May 2008, 13:30

I'm having problems to get my PS3 and MediaTomb to coop. i've put some files on Bubba, a couple of Mpegs and some divx movies also MP3's, but all the PS3 can see are the Mpegs, for all other it says "unsupported format", it can't even play MP3's from Bubba.

Is this a PS3 realated issue or does it have something to do with bubba??? PS3 and Bubba updated to latest versions....

PS3 using wireless, bubba hard wired to router..