Home >> Internet Games >> PlayStation 3

How Do I Get My Playstation3 to See My Computer?

In addition to playing the latest generation of video games, the PlayStation 3 can serve as a home media center. If you have music, movies or pictures on your desktop PC computer, you can stream them to your PS3 and view them directly on your television. In order for your PS3 to communicate with your PC, the computer and video game console must both be connected to the local wireless network.

Things You'll Need

PC running Windows XP or later
Windows Media Player 11
PlayStation 3

Instructions

- 1
  Make sure the PC computer and PS3 console are both powered on and connected to the same local wireless network.
- 2
  Launch the Windows Media Player application on your PC computer.
- 3
  Go to the "Library" menu at the top of the window and choose "Media Sharing."
- 4
  Check the box next to "Share Media" and hit "OK" to save the settings and enable media sharing from your PC computer.
- 5
  Use the PS3 controller to navigate to the "Music," "Video," or "Photo" menus.
- 6
  Highlight the icon for your PC computer and hit the "X" button on the PS3 controller.
- 7
  Select the media file you want to open and hit the "X" button again.

PlayStation 3