Originally Posted by freebo

Once thats working go into the network settings on the PS3 (or xbox or whatever) and set its proxy IP to be the IP of your PC and proxy port to be 3128, you probably want to set up a UK PSN account at the same time, then under TV on the PS3 Menu you should get iPlayer, ITV, 4OD etc and you should be able to play shows driectly thru the PS3 and control with the PS3 remote.

Originally Posted by paddyirishman05

Set up a UK PSN account? Is this required to work correctly?

Originally Posted by freebo

It might be, mine is a UK one because I brought the PS3 over from UK.

Originally Posted by freebo

I tried to google for a guide but couldn't find one, so I'll do my best.

- First, you setup a proxy server (I use a free one called squid), on your PC/Mac (or NAS in my case), you configure it with your login details for your VPN account and set it to run a proxy service on a given port - 3128 is a good one.

- To test this you set your browsers proxy to be localhost:3128, then access a website which shows your location, I use www.speedtest.net, it should show you as being in the UK

- Once thats working go into the network settings on the PS3 (or xbox or whatever) and set its proxy IP to be the IP of your PC and proxy port to be 3128, you probably want to set up a UK PSN account at the same time, then under TV on the PS3 Menu you should get iPlayer, ITV, 4OD etc and you should be able to play shows driectly thru the PS3 and control with the PS3 remote. The reason I used my NAS as a proxy server is because its always on, but I got it working via my Mac first, whatever you use needs to be on for you to watch TV thru the PS3.

The only downside I've found is pause/ffd doesn't work well on iPlayer and the output is choppy after a pause, just quit the show & go back in, it remembers where you where and continues playing.

Any questions, just ask!

EDIT - a bit more googling - this is similar to my setup but instead of squid he uses ccproxy which may be a better bet for windows http://www.iminstant.com/iminstant/i...ks/CTYR-7R7RDV

Originally Posted by Red_V_Roger

Anyone know if doing something similar on my Linksys Media Centre Extender will work?

Originally Posted by grapii

Perfect, thanks for the info. Misses was worried about all the soaps she'd miss, now I can ell her she can still get them......or do I?

Originally Posted by freebo

I'm using hideipvpn and its mostly fine (I'd say I get a few secs buffering for every 5 hours playback or so, Iplayer can take 30 secs or so to launch the start of a show). When I get round to it I'll check out Overplay but TBH I'm content with the results I'm getting at the moment.

The problem with the PS3 is it can't supply a login/password to a VPN account, so I run a passthrough proxy, Squid, elsewhere on the network (mine's a NAS but could equally be a PC or Mac) and the Iplayer proxies off the IP/Port that its serving.

I get about 6MBps "native" and anywhere around 2/3Mbps through the VPN, enough to watch a full F1 race with little/no interruption.