Comments on: Pretty Plex http://www.techgoondu.com/2009/03/03/pretty-plex/ Gadgets and tech news from Singapore and Asia Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: muser http://www.techgoondu.com/2009/03/03/pretty-plex/comment-page-1/#comment-790 muser Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:46:20 +0000 http://www.techgoondu.com/?p=455#comment-790 limbeer - I'm glad you took took up my suggestion to try Plex. It's actually a fork of the Mac port of XBMC, and works pretty much equivalently, but with a different interface approach. As limbeer mentioned, both handily put Apple's Front Row software (bundled with all Macs except Mac Pros) to shame. Plex/XBMC is even better than commercial alternatives, and in the case of the Mac, a really nice touch is integration with the Apple Remote. I'd prefer integration with the iPhone and iPod Touch, and need to find time to figure out if Plex already supports that. Superman - I guess Plex is roughly equivalent in functionality to Windows Media Center, but with much wider codec support. The key difference would be the lack of interoperability between the two. For example, if you want to stream content from a Mac to a Windows Media Extender like an Xbox 360, you have to use another programme like Connect 360 from Nullriver to fool the Xbox into thinking you're streaming from a Windows machine. The good thing about Connect 360 though is wide codec support, and transcoding on-the-fly to the Xbox. Alfred - Power of open source software indeed! Multi-platform support rocks too (for XBMC). limbeer – I’m glad you took took up my suggestion to try Plex. It’s actually a fork of the Mac port of XBMC, and works pretty much equivalently, but with a different interface approach. As limbeer mentioned, both handily put Apple’s Front Row software (bundled with all Macs except Mac Pros) to shame. Plex/XBMC is even better than commercial alternatives, and in the case of the Mac, a really nice touch is integration with the Apple Remote. I’d prefer integration with the iPhone and iPod Touch, and need to find time to figure out if Plex already supports that.

Superman – I guess Plex is roughly equivalent in functionality to Windows Media Center, but with much wider codec support. The key difference would be the lack of interoperability between the two. For example, if you want to stream content from a Mac to a Windows Media Extender like an Xbox 360, you have to use another programme like Connect 360 from Nullriver to fool the Xbox into thinking you’re streaming from a Windows machine. The good thing about Connect 360 though is wide codec support, and transcoding on-the-fly to the Xbox.

Alfred – Power of open source software indeed! Multi-platform support rocks too (for XBMC).

]]> By: Alfred Siew http://www.techgoondu.com/2009/03/03/pretty-plex/comment-page-1/#comment-775 Alfred Siew Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:38:57 +0000 http://www.techgoondu.com/?p=455#comment-775 From what I have seen with XBMC, this should be the bomb too. It's not just the way it pulls info from the Net, but how nicely the stuff, e.g. movie trailers, are presented. Power of free software! From what I have seen with XBMC, this should be the bomb too. It’s not just the way it pulls info from the Net, but how nicely the stuff, e.g. movie trailers, are presented. Power of free software!

]]> By: limbeer http://www.techgoondu.com/2009/03/03/pretty-plex/comment-page-1/#comment-774 limbeer Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:19:30 +0000 http://www.techgoondu.com/?p=455#comment-774 Truth is I haven't gotten my hands on any Media Center PCs on Windows but from what has been described - yeah. But I think the beauty of Plex is with the plug-ins that let folks develop apps that let you open various streams in Plex. What would be neat is a recording function. Truth is I haven’t gotten my hands on any Media Center PCs on Windows but from what has been described – yeah. But I think the beauty of Plex is with the plug-ins that let folks develop apps that let you open various streams in Plex.

What would be neat is a recording function.

]]> By: Superman http://www.techgoondu.com/2009/03/03/pretty-plex/comment-page-1/#comment-771 Superman Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:50:25 +0000 http://www.techgoondu.com/?p=455#comment-771 Cool. So Plex is the apple version of Media Center in Windows? Cool. So Plex is the apple version of Media Center in Windows?

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