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PLEX MAC MINI 2007 HOW TO

TimeMachine Backups - Justin showed us how to use a network share for TimeMachine backups last year, and the same technique will work using your new Mac fileserver too.Running BitTorrent - Particularly useful if you're going to be streaming media from the same machine, Transmission is a great native OS X BitTorrent client with a fantastic web UI that you can access from your smartphone, tablet or any other web browser (just paste in your magnet link and go).

PLEX MAC MINI 2007 PS3

Personally I use PS3 Media Server for streaming and transcoding content to local devices, but you might find that your old Mac is one of the best devices to use as a Plex media server.

Streaming Media - Why not share your videos, music and pictures too? iTunes HomeSharing works for this, but so do other free network streamers.

(This is a promotion - my company "FINESS UG" is selling nessMediaCenter.Aside from connecting all of your spare external drives and creating a mountain of reliable, easy to manage network storage using your old Mac, you might also be interested in some of the following: NessMediaCenter can be used as demo for 30 minutes after each launch. in the kitchen and want to change the playlist. In landscape mode the app will show the current selection - very helpful if one is sitting e.g. A free download, Plex works on Macs, PCs, and Linux computers. With "NV Remote App" and the iTunes control of the media center, the music can be controlled within the local WLAN. A couple years ago I upgraded my trustworthy 2007 Mac mini to a brand new 27 iMac. It can be controlled by Apple remote control, "NV Remote App" for iOS ( ) or keyboard. Protected iTunes media (DRM) will be started in iTunes, EyeTV movies in EyeTV or VLC (if EyeTV is not available). Supported media: pictures, videos / movies, PDFs, DVDs, EyeTV movies.īy installing the QuickTime extension "Perian", all common video formats are playable (AVI, DivX, MKV etc.).

PLEX MAC MINI 2007 MOVIE

The "Movie Info" also allows it to save all movie informations as HTML page to share these informations with your friends. The local media can be accessed without adding it to a separate library - local media is organized as the Finder's folder structure.įor DVDs a preview will be searched automatically - thru "Movie Info" a preview and description can be set for DVDs and videos / movies. The media center offers internet content, iPhoto & iTunes media, Miro video podcasts and local media (picture / movie folder and volumes). Background / foreground color and font size (aka how many entries are shown) can be setup in the preferences. The hight contrast (white on black) and large font size allows it to recognize the content better than in other media centers. It is like FrontRow designed to use the Mac system features - that way it is small (8 MB) and needs less system power.

PLEX MAC MINI 2007 TV

If want a remote that will also control your TV and receiver, these would definitely be worth checking out. I actually don't have one of these yet, but I know several people that love Logitech's Harmony remotes. The Apple Remote is certainly easier to just pick up and use than using than any remote app, so it can be handy to have it close by for quickly navigating Plex and Hulu Desktop on a whim. HippoRemote also has much smoother mouse tracking than Mobile Mouse. HippoRemote works with Plex, Hulu Desktop, and just about everything else, and it even works with the Netflix player. Plex Mobile only works with Plex, Mobile Mouse works with most things except Plex. HippoRemote is a remote control app with better integration with various media players than Mobile Mouse (formerly Air Mouse) and Plex Mobile. Best of all, you can launch Hulu Desktop directly from Plex. Hulu Desktop is a remote-control-friendly app for browsing and watching Hulu videos. You can add your iTunes Media folders to Plex to access your iTunes songs and videos, however neither Plex nor XBMC can play DRM videos purchased from iTunes. 1 Is it a good idea to use a Mac mini as server (im already using other Apple hardware) or im better of using Linux or Windows 2 Is the Mac Mini the best server / OS in combination with Plex.

Plex Mobile can also be used as a remote control for Plex. Hi, Im considering using a mac mini as server and i have a few questions.

PLEX MAC MINI 2007 INSTALL

On your iOS devices, you can install Plex Mobile to stream your mini's media to the device. If you want to stream to additional Macs or PCs, you can install just the Media Center on those. On your mini you install both the Plex Media Server and Plex Media Center apps. I find Plex to be much easier to set up than XBMC, but where I think Plex really shines is in how easy it is to share your mini's media with other devices. On the downloads page download and run the Plex Media Server app for your device. Use Plex as your remote-control-friendly home theatre hub. I would recommend the following setup (which is what I currently use): Plex