I’ve been messing around with trying to get a DLNA server setup on my home network. I have a Mac and I wanted something free. I came across PS3 Media Server (blog, which is available on Google Code (download). I am exceptionally pleased with the results. Unpack the .dmg and put it in the applications folder. Installation instructions are sparse because there really is nothing to install or configure. Start the app and it will start running ad DLNA server that PS3 can see.

The only thing I changed was to limit the Share settings. Go to Navigation/Share settings and add your folders of choice to Shared folders at the bottom of the screen.

I also have Fuppes running on Ubuntu on a small computer that I made but Fuppes is somewhat disappointing because my PS3 does not sync the data files reliably. It took HOURS after running the Fuppes database update before newly added media files would appear on the PS3. PS3 Media Server is much easier to manage. I would switch my Ubuntu to PS3 MS but the software requires a GUI. Consequently it will not work on my headless Linux server.