FreeBSD now supports the Playstation 3

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Post by requinot59 » Thu, Jan 06, 2011, 11:40 PM UTC

FreeBSD now supports the Playstation 3
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Re: FreeBSD now supports the Playstation 3

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Post by potatolicious » Fri, Jan 07, 2011, 1:22 AM UTC

More and more it seems that removing Linux support from PS3 was one of the worst moves of 2010.

Re: FreeBSD now supports the Playstation 3

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Post by burgerbrain » Fri, Jan 07, 2011, 1:22 AM UTC

potatolicious wrote: post #2

More and more it seems that removing Linux support from PS3 was one of the worst moves of 2010.

Or alternatively, one of the best moves.

All a matter of perspective ;)

Re: FreeBSD now supports the Playstation 3

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Post by ellisd » Fri, Jan 07, 2011, 1:54 AM UTC

burgerbrain wrote: post #3

potatolicious wrote: post #2

More and more it seems that removing Linux support from PS3 was one of the worst moves of 2010.

Or alternatively, one of the best moves. All a matter of perspective ;)

I totally agree with you on this being a matter of prospective... I was on the verge of dumping PS3 for media playback from my file server since dealing with transcoding + the PS3 is IMHO a huge pain in the ass.

With the root key cracked and homebrew soon exploding I'm scheming a quality XBMC port to GameOS... sooner than never ;-)

Re: FreeBSD now supports the Playstation 3

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Post by dshjtykyu » Fri, Jan 07, 2011, 3:12 AM UTC

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Re: FreeBSD now supports the Playstation 3

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Post by thristian » Fri, Jan 07, 2011, 4:11 AM UTC

potatolicious wrote: post #2

More and more it seems that removing Linux support from PS3 was one of the worst moves of 2010.

Apparently, this FreeBSD port requires the PS3 have a tool called "petitboot" installed; the "petitboot" installation process seems to use the PS3's traditional "OtherOS" support (what you refer to as "Linux support"). So a PS3 whose firmware prohibits it from booting Linux won't be able to run FreeBSD either.

Now that all the signing keys are leaked, I'll be interested to see how long it takes for universal installers to appear that work even on PS3s that don't support "OtherOS".

Re: FreeBSD now supports the Playstation 3

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Post by xelfer » Fri, Jan 07, 2011, 4:21 AM UTC

ellisd wrote: post #4

burgerbrain wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or alternatively, one of the best moves. All a matter of perspective ;)

I totally agree with you on this being a matter of prospective... I was on the verge of dumping PS3 for media playback from my file server since dealing with transcoding + the PS3 is IMHO a huge pain in the ass. With the root key cracked and homebrew soon exploding I'm scheming a quality XBMC port to GameOS... sooner than never ;-)

Which part of transcoding is being a pain in the ass? I find fuppes ( http://fuppes.ulrich-voelkel.de/ ) to be working perfectly. If you're trying to transcode high def mkv/ts/etc, I agree.

Re: FreeBSD now supports the Playstation 3

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Post by harisenbon » Fri, Jan 07, 2011, 4:57 AM UTC

xelfer wrote: post #7

ellisd wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I totally agree with you on this being a matter of prospective... I was on the verge of dumping PS3 for media playback from my file server since dealing with transcoding + the PS3 is IMHO a huge pain in the ass. With the root key cracked and homebrew soon exploding I'm scheming a quality XBMC port to GameOS... sooner than never ;-)

Which part of transcoding is being a pain in the ass? I find fuppes ( http://fuppes.ulrich-voelkel.de/ ) to be working perfectly. If you're trying to transcode high def mkv/ts/etc, I agree.

Transcoding is a pain in the ass because it requires another computer with a decent CPU to decode in realtime (which means you can't run it off a NAS or some other server-based disk backup, unless you want to shell out the bucks for a really overpowered backup solution).

If I'm going to go through all that trouble and cost, it makes more sense to buy a low-cost ION GPU HTPC ($300) that can just run the video (even HD) without transcoding.

Re: FreeBSD now supports the Playstation 3

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Post by th0ma5 » Fri, Jan 07, 2011, 7:26 AM UTC

harisenbon wrote: post #8

xelfer wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which part of transcoding is being a pain in the ass? I find fuppes ( http://fuppes.ulrich-voelkel.de/ ) to be working perfectly. If you're trying to transcode high def mkv/ts/etc, I agree.

Transcoding is a pain in the ass because it requires another computer with a decent CPU to decode in realtime (which means you can't run it off a NAS or some other server-based disk backup, unless you want to shell out the bucks for a really overpowered backup solution). If I'm going to go through all that trouble and cost, it makes more sense to buy a low-cost ION GPU HTPC ($300) that can just run the video (even HD…

got one of those ion pcs, i recommend it, and your sentiments about how this all fits together. i think a machine really can only do one thing really well (especially something high performance) at a time, and often MPC software tries to do too much at once.

Re: FreeBSD now supports the Playstation 3

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Post by veb » Fri, Jan 07, 2011, 9:20 AM UTC

I thought the whole thing was hilarious. The pirates couldn't crack the console, so they told everyone not to buy the PS3 because they wouldn't be able to play pirated games and stuff. But then Sony did something stupid and removed the ability to use Unix on the PS3 so those guys (homebrewers) were like 'RAWRRR' and cracked it.

Lesson learned: Never mess with the guys who know what they're doing!