> eg: coverflow implementation clunky … / eg: not sure it offers Then anything you drop into you Movies or TV folders just appears in your library. Turn on the option to automatically add new items on start up. > would really want her to be able to set it up & keep feeding it, Not sure where you are seeing the complexity? The setup described in the video is done once, after that it’s simple to use. It goes away and does everything else for you! Point Plex to your share, tell it if its TV or Movies. > which, on the face of it, might still be simplified a lot more > polished – eg: intuitivity not as neat as anticipated, lots of layers & setting-up > do agree it’s impressive – must have been my disappointment ! Ripping … SWMBO has quite a few DVDs – so maybe I was just imagining how long it might take to rip them, just to get into a starting position with PLEX !īroadband – we get 3 to 4Mbps usually, but a lot less at peak evening times … so I guess I was wondering what sort of programme streaming that would be good for … and, eg, the iPlayer clip from Apprentice that was included towards the end (around 41:50) was not encouraging …įree – yep, not complaining … and the potential is definitely there ! Polished – eg: intuitivity not as neat as anticipated, lots of layers & setting-up which, on the face of it, might still be simplified a lot more … so WAF not likely to be good – ie: shows a lot of promise in that direction, but not there yet – IMO – would really want her to be able to set it up & keep feeding it, not just use it to play things … / eg: coverflow implementation clunky … / eg: not sure it offers a really good way of navigating around a large collection of movies … Unexplained – eg: just from (time) 3:20 the symbols are because he’s using … didn’t catch it … and they’re mirrored (?) drives – didn’t understand the significance – OK – tells me it’s something to do with RAID & redundancy, but … Sound – yep, the HD one … played on our iMac with some Grado SR125 headphones … With the introduction of the PLĪye, sorry to be negative, and do agree it’s impressive – must have been my disappointment ! With a multitude of selectable views, browsing your media collection has never been such a joy. With some sophisticated “scraping” technology, PLEX seamlessly integrates with a host of Internet based services to add rich textual and graphical metadata to your media automatically with full support for DVD artwork, ratings and even Fan artwork. Now that the Mac mini supports full High Definition playback, PLEX allows you to manage your Movies and TV shows with a beautiful high resolution interface. PLEX is based on the original code for the XBMC (XBox Media Centre) but has forked into a separate development specifically for Intel based Macs running OSX Leopard. ![]() This follows on from the recent Mac mini Media Centre episode, where I started the process of using the newly upgraded Mac mini as a full blown media centre. “ This week I couldn’t wait to show you PLEX, a stunning media centre application for Intel based Macs running OSX Leopard. ![]() Links to the 46 minute long Free HD video below. Like us, Don is “blown away” by the OpenSource media player / library manager and the show is a great resource for anyone setting up Plex for the first time as well as showing some of the more advanced features if you are already a Plex user.
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