Here’s a step by step guide on how to install Yellow Dog Linux (YDL) on your PS3. Some of the benefits from doing this are to have native video and audio supports so that you can watch avi, divx, xvid, mkv straight from my ps3 (or through local network without transcoding) and also to have a sleep timer on your ps3.
Now to the processes:
1. Download the YDL from Here and make sure you download the latest version and the one for ps3 (if available).
2. Follow the guide Here to install the YDL. I also use the backup utility under settings->system settings to back up all my ps3 data (including game data utility, saved data utility, video data, demos, everything).
3. When you have installed YDL, you need internet connection. You can use wired connection (which case it should be recognised automatically) or use a wireless (wifi) connection. To get the wifi connection working, follow this guide Here You may need to download ConfigWifiKernel.sh from your PC, if you don't have wired internet connection, and use USB drive to transfer it to your ps3.
4. Step 3 allows wifi connection but only with WEP encryption. If you need to enable WPA encryption on your PS3, then you need to follow the guide Here
5. Now that you have internet connection, you should update all the software packages in YDL. Do this by running the Software Updater under the System Tools (i believe).
6. Next you want to adjust your video output resolution. Use this guide to determine which video mode that is suitable for you, Here Note that to get a full screen you should add the video mode number by 128. For example if you choose video mode 5 and you want a full screen you should use video mode of 133.
7. Then you should make the video mode permanent by following this guide Here Note: you may want to include only the Graphical Mode Configuration that your TV support. In my case, I only use 1920x1080 and 1280x720. You should follow the guide exactly. If you messed up your video setting and cannot boot YDL, then you should type ydl in kboot.
8. Now you have YDL configured. If you want to install VLC and use it to access local network, then follow this guide Here Note that the therepos.zip may not be there anymore and you should use Google to search for the file.
That's it, now you have YDL with VLC to play your video and audio media.
Accessing your ps3 optical drive:
1. open the terminal, type "su -" (without quotes), and put in your root password.
2. then type "cd /mnt", then type "dir". Here you can check if the there is a "cdrom" directory. If not create it by typing "mkdir /mnt/cdrom".
3. Now you need to mount the cdrom by typing "mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom"
Sleep timer:
1. open the terminal, type "su -", and put in your root password.
2. type "shutdown -h
Mounting your network folder as local folder
This is particularly useful when using vlc/mplayer to watch your media on network drive.
1. open the terminal, type "su -", and put in your root password.
2. type "yum install smb4k"
3. now you can mount the network folder using "mount -t cifs //{server}/{sharefolder} /{mountlocation}"
Note: {server}=server ip address (eg. 192.168.1.100), you also need to make sure that the {mountlocation} folder exists.
NOTE: At the moment, the HD (mkv) media cannot be played smoothly.
Special thanx goes to
-Bun_di
for putting this guide together.
26/01/2008
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