Buffalo Linkstation as Multiman Server

[erhanpurple]

This is how i managed to get Buffalo Linkstation ls-vl working as ps3 multiman server. download ps3netsrv.c from http://bit.ly/AwJTd9 then create the folder on you ls name whatever you want and put the file inside. ssh to you ls then;

#ipkg install gcc
#mkdir /opt/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/lib_disabled
#mv /opt/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/lib/libpthread* /opt/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/lib_disabled
#cp /lib/libpthread.so.0 /opt/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/lib/
#cd /opt/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/lib/
#ln -s libpthread.so.0 libpthread.so
#ln -s libpthread.so.0 libpthread-2.5.so

Enter the directory you crated and recently put the ps3netsrv.c


#gcc -Wall -lpthread ps3netsrv.c -o ps3netsrv
#./ps3netsrv -d -u admin -p 38008 /mnt/disk1/share/

After that it seems nothing hapens but it actually works. Just set the server ip and port 38008 under multiman and viola your files are there. That way you can watch movies listen music and even play games over network

i used (/.ps3netsrv -d -u admin -p 38008 /mnt/disk1/share/bittorrent/) command to share my bittorrent download folder on Linkstation and it worked, but i only be able to see it under the file manager on Multiman cant see anything under video or picture tabs. I beleive i need to figure out seperate folder structures like aldo's gui make and move specific file types on their folders. Im planning to make some gui like aldo's that can work as a service for linkstation, like the Transmission client or Twonkyserver you will be able to reach it via web frontend and select folders you want to share, start, stop etc. Anyone think the task can be done?

By the way im sharing my precompiled ps3netsrv file for Buffalo Linkstation LS-VL with you, it may be used for testing on another nases.

[S4BRE]

very nice and stickied

[erhanpurple]

I also made a sh script and added it to extensions.d for autostarting during the startup by doing...

vi ps3netsrv.sh
#!/bin/sh
/mnt/disk1/share/ps3netsrv/ps3netsrv -d -u admin -p 38008 /mnt/disk1/share/
:wq
chmod 755 ps3netsrv.sh
ln -s /mnt/disk1/share/ps3netsrv/ps3netsrv.sh /etc/rc.d/extensions.d/S99ps3netsrv

Video, Music and Retro tabs are all working now. You should create folders under your share folder like that..

BDISO
DVDISO
GAMES
MUSIC
PICTURE
PKG
PS2ISO
PS3ISO
PSPISO
PSXISO
ROMS
VIDEO

The showtime player also started to see my twonkysever, thats interesting because twonky is using completely different port. I tried to play psp cso under the retro tab and it copied automatically over network and extracted, but when i try to load it gave me cobra-usb required message. Plays music without problem, can copy files to ps3 but cant copy files from ps3 to nas.I will order cobra-usb soon. any thoughts?

[condorstrike]

indeed, +REP
I love when new stuff gets posted/discovered...good job erhanpurple and thanks for posting it.

[BobbyBlunt]

Does this work without the Cobra dongle? I thought the net srv option only worked with cobra, but regardless this is awesome news. Thanks for sharing

[erhanpurple]

Lets say it partially working

[Bauldrick]

Hi

Joined to say thanks to erhanpurple. I have 2 Linkstations, the original and second one (ppc and mips respectively). I've made ps3netsrv for both of them and put them (along with yours if that's OK) here :

http://downloads.buffalo.nas-central.or ... rv-ALL.rar

I can also see PSP games and PS2 games, but ofcourse it asks for cobra when trying to load.
I thought it was suppose to (atleast) see PS3 games (not that I'd expect them to work well), but alas, I put Fritz Chess.ISO and *.png in PS3ISO but it doesn't show at all.

Roms for emu's seem to work, and should PS1 games? I'm gonna try that, but multiman won't make an .iso of it when inserted - I'll do that later..

-EDIT-

Well PS1 games seem ask for cobra dongle too...

Anyway, many thanks

[erhanpurple]

Im glad to hear its useful for someone ps3 games doesnt work for me too. on http://www.cobra-usb.com/ under cobra features its listed as...

** enjoy PS3/BD/DVD/PSX ISO/CUE+BIN from network
* Added support for loading network PSX/PS3/BD/DVD ISO/BIN+CUE images to lastGAME2 application

so i beleive its cobra feature will be visible by installing cobra fw. may i ask how d you managed to get roms working? my roms are under ROMS/fba/ folder and multiman can see them under retro tab, and when i load it locks the ps3. my cobra usb will arrive soon, we'll see. by the way thanks for sharing your files. for what model of linkstations you compiled ps3netsrv.c?

[Bauldrick]

I confess that when I tested roms I just put 3or4 snes (.smc) into ROMS folder and they worked.... I've since put a few more in and the original ones still work but others don't - it freezes at 'Please wait....' and it seems alot (if not most) do that.

I don't get what that is about, because it seems if I go into file manager and load the games from there they start no problem... Can you load them from file manager?

I compiled them for what's generaly known as:

Linkstation v1 (original one - PPC)
Linkstation v2 (second one! - MIPSel) < I always get confused by what is big and what's little, but it is MIPSel

On a completely seperate note, I run (or used to) 'nethostfs' on the Linkstation in order for a program called 'Hostcore' to run on PSP. I'm not technically minded, but it seems to do exactly what this does, mirroring the file structure of device.

Anyway, I digress

[erhanpurple]

well fba roms doesn't work for me.. even tried merged roms i tried 4 genesis roms and they work very nice. i beleive fba's behavior is same as there is no roms present, noticed gen emulator has net host support, maybe i should try different fba versions. file manager trich is not working either. i wonder how is the hostcore program works, im going to read about it.