Many of us have had trouble of getting internet radio to work on the PS3′s web browser. Some were sad, some were angry, none were satisfied.
I have found a way that works for playlist.com. Playlist might not be your first choice, but I like how I can decide what I want to listen to, and it doesn’t surprise you with horribly cheesy music during sex like pandora.com does. I guess I should say, at this point, that Pandora is a really fantastic way to do internet radio, but it really needs a ‘don’t surprise me with anything new for a little while’ button.
So, here is a tutorial on getting internet radio (one anyway) working on the Playstation 3:
I must note that this method will only work for you if you know a little bit about the web, and have some web space that you can upload to.
In a nutshell, the idea is to click the ‘share’ button on your playlist at playlist.com, get the code to embed in a web page, create that page somewhere on the net, and then direct your ps3 to it. It turns out the PS3 can handle the player, just not all the other flash going on at playlist.com.
Note: it takes the PS3 a loooong time to load the player. be patient.
Starting from your dashboard on playlist.com, here is a pictorial on how to do it:
There are many ways to make a web page. This tutorial does not cover that. If you don’t know how to make a simple page, or upload it online, I would suggest searching Google for something like this.
I personally use a host that has c-panel, so I:
- went to my c-panel
- clicked on the ‘File Manager’
- created a new folder in my web root, named ‘radio1′
- created a new file in that folder named ‘index.htm’ (browsers look for ‘index’ first, when directed to a folder)
- placed basic HTML and pasted what I copied from playlist.com in the index.htm file
- saved
- directed my PS3 to the appropriate web address, which for me was http://whyareyoulistening.com/radio1/ (try that on your ps3)
I hope this helps any of you that have had this problem. I apologise to those of you that are having this problem that don’t understand basic web dev. There’s always time to learn ;)