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OS X: PS 3 Media Server service for start at boot (launchd)

nick — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:18:00 +0000

Given the popularity of the Playstation 3 Media Server (PSM) I'm a bit confused to why I struggled to find a good solution to this...PSM does does not come with an mac service for running it a boot time, there is a windows service and some stuff for linux if you google but the best effort I could find for OS X was a bodge via SSH!

This is my best effort so far, it's not perfect but it's a start. Below the more link, is a launchd .plist file which if you place in /Library/LaunchDaemons/ will start PSM at boot time, well kinda.

The catch is that a user needs to log in, any user will do, the process will run as the user defined in the .plist file but since PSM requires some kind of windowing libraries it simply will not start until a user logs in!

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>  
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.linickx.ps3m</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array> 
        <string>/Applications/PS3 Media Server.app/Contents/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub.setenv</string>
    </array>
    <key>UserName</key>
    <string>linickx</string>
    <key>ServiceDescription</key>
    <string>Run PS3 Media at boot</string>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>Nice</key>
    <integer>20</integer>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <true/>
    <key>AbandonProcessGroup</key>
    <true/>
    <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
    <string>/Applications/PS3 Media Server.app/Contents/Resources/Java</string>
    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
    <string>/Library/Logs/PSM/rror.log</string>
    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
    <string>/Library/Logs/PSM/output.log</string>
    <key>Java</key>
        <dict>
            <key>MainClass</key>
            <string>net.pms.PMS</string>
            <key>JVMVersion</key>
            <string>1.6+</string>
            <key>ClassPath</key>
            <array><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/net/pms/pms/1.72.0/pms-1.72.0.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/org/beanshell/bsh-core/2.0b4/bsh-core-2.0b4.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/commons-codec/commons-codec/1.7/commons-codec-1.7.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/commons-collections/commons-collections/3.2.1/commons-collections-3.2.1.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/commons-configuration/commons-configuration/1.9/commons-configuration-1.9.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/commons-httpclient/commons-httpclient/3.1/commons-httpclient-3.1.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/commons-io/commons-io/2.4/commons-io-2.4.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/commons-lang/commons-lang/2.6/commons-lang-2.6.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/com/h2database/h2/1.3.168/h2-1.3.168.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/ch/qos/logback/logback-classic/1.0.7/logback-classic-1.0.7.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/ch/qos/logback/logback-core/1.0.7/logback-core-1.0.7.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/org/apache/sanselan/sanselan/0.97-incubator/sanselan-0.97-incubator.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/org/slf4j/slf4j-api/1.7.1/slf4j-api-1.7.1.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/org/slf4j/jcl-over-slf4j/1.7.1/jcl-over-slf4j-1.7.1.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/com/google/code/gson/gson/2.2.2/gson-2.2.2.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/org/hamcrest/hamcrest-integration/1.2.1/hamcrest-integration-1.2.1.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/org/hamcrest/hamcrest-library/1.2.1/hamcrest-library-1.2.1.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/org/jboss/netty/netty/3.2.7.Final/netty-3.2.7.Final.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/maven/maven-nsis-plugin/2.1/maven-nsis-plugin-2.1.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/net/java/dev/rome/rome/1.0.0/rome-1.0.0.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/jdom/jdom/1.0/jdom-1.0.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/net/coobird/thumbnailator/0.4.2/thumbnailator-0.4.2.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/org/jaudiotagger/2.0.3/jaudiotagger-2.0.3.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/net/java/dev/jna/jna/3.4.0/jna-3.4.0.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/com/jgoodies/common/1.2.1/common-1.2.1.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/com/jgoodies/forms/1.4.2/forms-1.4.2.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/com/jgoodies/looks/2.4.2/looks-2.4.2.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/com/github/junrar/junrar/0.7/junrar-0.7.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/commons-logging/commons-logging-api/1.1/commons-logging-api-1.1.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2/2.0/commons-vfs2-2.0.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/commons-logging/commons-logging/1.1.1/commons-logging-1.1.1.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/org/apache/maven/scm/maven-scm-api/1.4/maven-scm-api-1.4.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/1.5.6/plexus-utils-1.5.6.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/org/apache/maven/scm/maven-scm-provider-svnexe/1.4/maven-scm-provider-svnexe-1.4.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/org/apache/maven/scm/maven-scm-provider-svn-commons/1.4/maven-scm-provider-svn-commons-1.4.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/regexp/regexp/1.3/regexp-1.3.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/jwbroek/cuelib/cuelib/1.2.1-2008-06-13/cuelib-1.2.1-2008-06-13.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/mediautil/mediautil/1.0/mediautil-1.0.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/com/googlecode/xmlwise/1.2/xmlwise-1.2.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/com/googlecode/juniversalchardet/juniversalchardet/1.0.3/juniversalchardet-1.0.3.jar</string><string>$JAVAROOT/repo/org/hamcrest/hamcrest-core/1.1/hamcrest-core-1.1.jar</string></array>
            <key>VMOptions</key>
            <string>-Xmx768M -Xss16M -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -jar</string>
            <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
            <string>$APP_PACKAGE/Contents/Resources/Java</string>
        </dict>
</dict>
</plist>

Cisco Pix Firewall in front of a Playstation 3.

nick — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:14:00 +0000

If you saw this tweet, you'll see that a little while ago I had some fun with Playstation 3 online gaming; it's probably my own fault because I'm possibly the only person with a version 6 Cisco Pix Firewall at home in front of their playstation.

If you want to get online gaming working though your firewall there's a really good online reference here and my specific grumble about having to open up a shed load of ports for EA's Burnout paradise is documented in their support area.

To summarize, this is what I've got open:

General Playstation Network Ports, these always need to be open.

udp 3658
udp 3478-3479

Open these extra ones for Motor Storm

udp 3659 - 3660

Open these extra ones for Burnout

udp 3659
udp 9600-9699

If you to have a cisco pix, you'll need to open an entry on your outside access-list, something like

access-list outside permit udp any any eq  3658

and you'll need a static entry....

static (inside,outside) udp interface 3658 playstation3 3658 netmask 255.255.255.255

For lots of ports the access-list command supports the range statement, so

access-list outside permit udp any any range 9600 9699

But you won't be so lucky with statics, you'll have to add an entry for each port, I created a small bash shell script to automate the task...

#!/bin/bash
#9600-9699
for i in `seq 9600 9699`;
do
        echo "static (inside,outside) udp interface $i playstation3 $i netmask 255.255.255.255"
done

I then pasted the output into my pix. If you are having problems here are some references that might be useful are the cisco pix command ref and the pix nat guide.

I'm not sure I like green!

nick — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:17:00 +0000

I'm proper into the 24hr wallpapers I have around me at the moment, fedora's infinity 24 changes whilst I'm at work and the PS3 XMB changes whilst I play.

The thing is my ps3 wallpaper has changed from yellow to green, now this wouldn't normally be an issue as most gameplay happens in the evening and the screen changes to black by then, but looking at the wikipedia page for the XMB I'm in for some pinks & greens in the next couple of months.... not to my taste at all, it's a shame that Sony don't let you choose which colours the XMB scrolls through... ho-hum it was nice whilst it lasted, I wonder if I can find any cool animated wallpapers for my PS3? :?

Antivirus Software for Playstation 3

nick — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:37:00 +0000

I've been offline for a while, but I've just seen this:

The Associated Press: New Antivirus Software for Playstation 3
The company bills the software as the first of its kind for a home gaming system. It was released earlier this month as part of a PS3 upgrade and will be free until April.

This is a really positive thing to see; by the fact that there is a market there shows that "Joe gamet" is thinking about security , it's a shame that sony aren't giving this away for free but I guess that business .

A word of caution to our friends, please, please enure that you product doesn't affect performance else we will end up back to the old days where the first trouble-shooting step will be to disable security *cry*.

Playstation 3 News

nick — Tue, 09 May 2006 19:50:00 +0100

Looks like Sony have finally given the world some firm information about the PS3 although at �400 I don't think I'll be an early adopter ;-) The new controller design is out too, I actually wonder if the boomerang shaped thing was actually a secret joke on the public by Sony ! Any-who bring on the PS3 gaming greatness !!!!!!

New game: Burnout 4 and Jak3 Complete

nick — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 12:46:00 +0000

[caption id="attachment\_426" align="alignnone" width="150" caption="Burnout Revenge Screenshot"][![Burnout Revenge Screenshot](https://www.linickx.com/files/2008/05/burnoutrevenge-150x150.jpg "Burnout Revenge")](https://www.linickx.com/files/2008/05/burnoutrevenge.jpg)[/caption]

Good playstation planning means you finish one game in time to start a new ;)

I've finally got round to completing Jak3, I haven't quite hit the 100% completion mark, but my 99% isn't a bad effort, and there's only so much "orb hunting" you can do before you get bored ! I've updated my personal playstation2 review section, and for those that have never got into the jak and daxter series I'd suggest you get started, you're missing out on hours of entertainment !

I've also got a new game Burnout 4 (Revenge). I'll follow my usual routine of saving the review until I complete (or get bored) , but I have to say, I've had the game on for 30mins and It rocks !!!!!! I've played burnout 2/3 before, so I already knew roughly what to do. The big different in Revenge is that you can hit traffic going in the same direction (in the past this was a wipe out) and you can use this traffic as a weapon - yep sod trying to win fair & square, hit a van hard from behind and it'll catapult forward, if your aim is good you'll hit your opponent and take the lead !
From first glance there is a variation on the race, i.e. do the tracks backwards, or getting quickest lap times, the only type that leave me cold is the launch your car into a cross-road for points - it sounds good on paper but it's actually quite boring to play - especially compared to the high adrenaline races !

If you have burnout 3, you'll enjoy burnout 4 !

Hello PS2

nick — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 15:45:00 +0100

If I'm not messing with linux, then I'm playing PS2.

This website just doesn't reflect that, so I've updated the ps2 section to include all my games, not just the ones I've completed.

The ps2linux section has also taken the sideline until I have some content

Here's a screen shot of what I'm playing at the moment ;)

[caption id="attachment_438" align="alignnone" width="150" caption="StarWars Revenge of the Sith"][/caption]

I hope my reviews help anyone who's having difficulty choosing good games :cool: