Tutorial Alert: Installing YDL and VLC on your PlayStation 3

Posted Mar 29, 2007 at 6:12AM by QJ Staff Listed in: PS3 Tags: Linux, media player, SNES, VLC, Yellow Dog Linux

Thanks to Taimoor, we found out about a new tutorial for PS3 users to get even more out of their system. Over at the T-Break Forums, Solid has written a rather in-depth tutorial about installing Yellow Dog Linux and VLC Media Player on your PlayStation 3.

The tutorial has everything, from locations to download the applications you'll need, screenshots to serve as reference for installation, and a step-by-step guide to putting it all together. You will need a DVD-R or two to use the tutorial, as well as a USB keyboard and mouse to get things going, since you'll be burning a distributable version of YDL v5.0 and doing some mighty computing on your PS3 when you're done. All you have to do is read the instructions and you should be on your way.

As an added bonus, Solid's also put up a tutorial for installing SNES9X, an SNES emulator, just in case you needed even more reason to check out some gaming nostalgia. As for finding games, we'll leave that up to your supreme hacking skills.

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Comments

# Finally... — phalanges 2007-03-29 02:22

some useful information, instead of PS3 bashing.

# what a coincidence — Guest 2007-03-29 03:22

i just did this, then i go to QJ.NET, and i see the tutorial i just did... =.= well i got th ydl already but the vlc part is the one i did.

# sweet — Guest 2007-03-29 03:30

snes for ps3 = VC for free... MMMMMMMMMM FREE

# vlc media player — Guest 2007-03-29 04:13

so i got a question , what exactly is the vlc media player, could you play vob from ripped dvd's from this player, what types of media does it play?

# .. — Guest 2007-03-29 04:16

EVERYTHING

# What about high def stuff? — Guest 2007-03-29 05:08

Anyone tried playing x264 encoded movies in mkv containers? I have stacks on disc, would be really handy to use my PS3 for these.

Anyways, where the hell do I find the appropriate version of YDL? A link would be handy, thanks!

# read the tut — Guest 2007-03-29 05:12

ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/yellowdog/iso/yellowdog-5.0-phoenix-20061208-PS3.iso

# sweet — Guest 2007-03-29 05:42

does that mean no more having to wait hours to covert from vob to mp4, woohoo. So with linux, it can access an external hdd via a usb port, oh please say yes, cuz i am going to do this today

# Lags like hell — Guest 2007-03-30 03:50

It's buggy, and drop's frames. Sometimes the sound does not play smoothly, and video is very unstable.

# Do it smokey — antbing 2007-03-30 07:22

I have a 500GB external drive hooked up to my PS3 and play HD video thru VLC all the time. It rocks.

# ??? — Guest 2007-03-30 15:33

How in the hell do i even watch the tutorial?

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