Can't figure out basic setup...

[AniDanny]

I'm determined to get video streaming between my PC and PS3. There are so many .mkv files that I cannot successfully convert to any other file type, so I'd rather try to stream them straight from my PC to my PS3, rather than trying to convert them to a format that the PS3 can play without assistance.

I've scoured the internet for every guide that I can find regarding how to set up UMS to work with my PS3. They all basically say the same thing:

1. Install/Run UMS
2. Enable Media Sharing on the PS3
3. Go to PS3's video tab, and there's your server
4. Watch videos

I feel like there are a few steps missing, but all I am able to find as far as troubleshooting is people with very specific, very advanced problems. Is there REALLY no step between 2 and 3 telling my PS3 or PC how they should be communicating? Like, I start up UMS and it looks for a rendering device (and finds nothing). I go into my PS3 and tell it to look for a media server (and it finds nothing). I know this isn't some complicated one-in-a-million hiccup - there HAS to be some point at which I tell the PC how to broadcast properly, right? Or is it really supposed to be as simple as "install the program and it just WORKS", and I've got something more complicated than that going on?

[Optimus_prime]

Ani,
Have you opened the port on your firewall on your PC to allow UMS to share. Also check you network settings under the General Tab making sure you have uncheck the Hide Advanced Settings Box to check you network settings.

[AniDanny]

I didn't see anything in any of the guides about what to do with the firewall... can you help me out with that? And for the networking, one of the guides said to find what kind of network card I had, and put that in the "Force networking on interface" dropdown, but that's the only change I made to UMS' network settings.

[Optimus_prime]

Is you pc running windows, if so go into control panel and open the windows firewall and add UMS to the inbound and outbound rules.
try this guide http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/54 ... ption.html if you need help

[AniDanny]

Yeah, I'm running Windows 7 64-bit. I allowed UMS through the Firewall, and now the status tab shows "Searching for Renderers", instead of "No renderers found". So we're making progress! But then I booted up the PS3 and searched for media servers again, and still came up with nothing. Any other suggestions?