Nullriver to release MediaLink Mac / PS3 media sharing app this week

Details are fairly light on this one, but it looks like Mac users wanting to bring some Connect360-style media sharing to their PlayStation 3 and computer of choice will soon be able to get their fix, and from the same folks behind that well-worn app, no less. According to Nullriver, it'll be releasing its MediaLink application later this week, which it says has been "designed from the ground up for the PS3" and provides "true integration with the Mac." No word on a price, though we wouldn't expect it to be too out of line with the $20 the company currently charges for Connect360 (a free trial of which is also available).

[mmendoza27 @ Jan 7th 2008 4:56PM]

Sweet! I owned Connect360 when I had my Xbox 360 (before the RROD) and it worked perfectly!! I could stream music to it and have all my Mp3's streaming while I played games. It was awesome. My cousin is looking for something like this for his PS3 and I might use it. I'll probably still use Front Row and my MBP though.

[Geoff @ Jan 7th 2008 5:26PM]

Does that mean that movies and TV Shows in my iTunes Account would stream to my PS3? That would be awesome.

[thegeek @ Jan 7th 2008 5:39PM]

check it out!
http://www.nullriver.com/index/products/medialink

[ice @ Jan 7th 2008 7:15PM]

download doesn't work. dope!

[ice @ Jan 7th 2008 7:16PM]

download doesn't work. dope!

[bpmarkowitz @ Jan 7th 2008 5:46PM]

i am having great luck using eyeConnect from el gato for this purpose.

it will be interesting to see what this software can do.

[Matt @ Jan 7th 2008 6:22PM]

same here. eyeconnect does the job :) movies, music, pics.. all working.

sadly the kiss media player wich is promoted to understand UPNP AV recognises nothing. never.. ever buy a kiss... unstable thing :)

[Greg @ Jan 7th 2008 6:32PM]

Awesome. Because our Mac formatted iPods don't work with the PS3 (had to reformat), I've been waiting for something like this.

[Harry @ Jan 7th 2008 7:54PM]

I've been using mediatomb (http://mediatomb.cc/) under Linux and that's been working fine for me. I use it primarily to stream video to my PS3. I don't know if the aforementioned MediaLink or EyeConnect do transcodes (the PS3 has been notoriously finicky about video formats, though that's gotten better with the last firmware update) but apparently mediatomb does so, although I haven't used that feature.

Oh, and it's open source, free (of course), and works under MacOS via Fink...

[Nick @ Jan 7th 2008 8:06PM]

Alright I got my PS3 to see it and now it throws up more errors than eyeconnect. And unlike eyeconnect does not play any of my media.

[ryos @ Jan 7th 2008 9:54PM]

Granted the binary probably isn't the final version I just tried it on a PPC and Intel machine and in both cases the app crashed as soon as my PS3 accessed it. I have a reasonably sized iTunes library and a lot of Japanese language dependencies (including my PS3 from Japan). If any Nullriver rep is watching this thread, please reply so I can send you log files and such....

[MacMoreno @ Jan 7th 2008 10:35PM]

I tried it and it works perfectly for me...I have a C2D Mini running Leopard.

[OddyOh @ Jan 7th 2008 10:51PM]

NHL 2004...still the best one, although NHL 08 make overtake it at last.

[Eddie @ Jan 7th 2008 11:21PM]

I just downloaded it. In 30 seconds everything was working perfectly. Ill have no problem paying that $20

[kitt2112 @ Jan 8th 2008 12:50AM]

I opened the ports and it dosen't do anything for me, i have the 360 vers. and works fine, can someone help. will not buy this until im sure it works ok.

[Michael @ Jan 8th 2008 9:12AM]

This worked for one divx file i tried. Once I threw a MP4 (h.264) file at it the Program had a DLNA error 2101 and then stopped working completely. Eyeconnect works perfectly for me, although the price exorbitant.

[rener @ Jan 8th 2008 12:29PM]

I get the same error with MP4. Basically, I can view all folders perfectly, but Photos and Audio Podcasts show no files (they're full of files), and video podcasts show files but give me the dlna protocol error when I try to view any of them.

Hopefully these will be fixed quickly, as it looks to be a sweet app!

[Nick @ Jan 8th 2008 9:47PM]

Seems like they have taken notice to the problems, a bring up of their pages shows a message in red saying: "Version 1.01 should resolve issues with Mac OS X 10.4.x".

[Nick @ Jan 8th 2008 9:59PM]

Alright I gave the V1.01 a try, and it works. But there is a 15 sec lag when after clicking on an mp3...So it works alright, and I am sure it will be improved as time progresses.

[SD @ Jan 9th 2008 2:14AM]

Anyone able t compare this to Twonky?

I was oh so close to buying the full version (of Twonky) before I saw this post.

http://www.twonkymedia.com/

[Michael @ Jan 9th 2008 7:14AM]

Twonky has never worked well at all for me, it disconnects constantly. Medialink is already better despite a few flaws. The fact that 1.02 has already been released means that they are working on it. Connect360 (from the same developers) is very well done and I think Medialink will soon be of the same high quality.

[Adam @ Jan 18th 2008 12:20AM]

Check out a video capture of MediaLink in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbfXnaxz_as