Boxee, Apple TV, Xbox Media Center, etc: your suggestions on media networking your house/flat?
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sim667
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Does it? I always thought it didnt, although its been a long time since i used itunes for anything video related that isnt an itunes purchase (i think ive had 3 vids off there over the years).
Structaural
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I've had a few problems with sound going out of sync in Plex - which isn't happening on Airplay or the tivx. These players need a VLC-like Shift Audio button.
sim667
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The boxee is still £199 though. Considering my setup for each tv has cost £80, meaning i can do it on both my tv's instead of just having to choose one.
Airplay is a massive massive thing for me too, obviously boxee just simply doesnt do that at all.... I use airplay all the time.
Airplay is a massive massive thing for me too, obviously boxee just simply doesnt do that at all.... I use airplay all the time.
sim667
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Have you bug reported it to them? they're good on bugs.
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hiraethified
Boxee is £179 and it's a whole lot easier to set up than what you've described.
Structaural
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That's why I pirate so much, living abroad I don't get access to any of that stuff through Plex, Boxee, ITV, 4o5, iPlayer unless I use a VPN (which I do, but is a pain to setup for stand-alone's - can't do it for the PS3). If the boxee or AppleTV supported VPN that would be good, but it's HDMI out of the MacPro (the most expensive solution 
GarfieldLeChat
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ps3 media server cheaper than most of these options if you've got a ps3, xbox, wii or dnla enabled tv...
http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/
http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/
sim667
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Where did i say it was difficult to set up?
sim667
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hiraethified
It sounds difficult to me. Most people wouldn't have the faintest clue how to get your set up.
Structaural
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I had trouble with that over wifi - lagging and stuttering but I hear it works well with direct ethernet.
sim667
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Oh i see....... I thought you meant id been implying boxee was difficult to set up.
They're not exactly difficult to jb, use seas0nPass to j/b. Then just a bit of command line to install. Anyone who can use google can jailbreak. Don't even get me started on the 'it's too complicated' attitude of computer users, its the bane of my life at work. Read the screen, do what it says. It really is that simple.
I am a fan of budget electronics though, Why would I want to spend £170 for a massive black box that i dont have room for, when I can spend £80, do a bit of googling, and have a tiny little black box under my tv, and send video streamed from my ipad/iphone straight to my tele - which boxee cant do. No brainer if you ask me.
The one drawback i have is that if someone brings something round on a hard drive, i do have to put it on my comp, rather than plug it straight in downstairs, but i can live with that.
You should consider budget electronics how to's for wirefresh.... Id blatantly read those all the time.
They're not exactly difficult to jb, use seas0nPass to j/b. Then just a bit of command line to install. Anyone who can use google can jailbreak. Don't even get me started on the 'it's too complicated' attitude of computer users, its the bane of my life at work. Read the screen, do what it says. It really is that simple.
I am a fan of budget electronics though, Why would I want to spend £170 for a massive black box that i dont have room for, when I can spend £80, do a bit of googling, and have a tiny little black box under my tv, and send video streamed from my ipad/iphone straight to my tele - which boxee cant do. No brainer if you ask me.
The one drawback i have is that if someone brings something round on a hard drive, i do have to put it on my comp, rather than plug it straight in downstairs, but i can live with that.
You should consider budget electronics how to's for wirefresh.... Id blatantly read those all the time.
ChrisFilter
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Xbox is way too noisy for me to use as a media centre. I just copy stuff from PC to a USB flash drive and stick it into my DVD player and play it from there. It's a surround sound system upscaling number.
Not exactly high tech, but it works, it's easy and it's a minimum of faff.
Not exactly high tech, but it works, it's easy and it's a minimum of faff.
Structaural
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The boxee is over thought, design-wise, though, very radical but not very practical. I wouldn't really want that in my house, shit needs to be rectangular.
I still think the WD Live Hub is best value out there - big 1TB hard drive, plays anything up to 1080, streams easily and only 150 quid.
I still think the WD Live Hub is best value out there - big 1TB hard drive, plays anything up to 1080, streams easily and only 150 quid.
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hiraethified
You will have already lost almost all consumers by this point.
sim667
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Have i lost you?
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hiraethified
I haven't the faintest idea what 'seas0nPass' is and I have no inclination to start fannying about with command line interfaces.
GarfieldLeChat
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doesn't work so well over b wifi works fine on n wifi for me, though I've got 3 repeaters in my place due to walls made of lead I think...
sim667
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I thought you ran a tech website too?
Seas0npass is an application where you plug you atv into you mac, press 2 buttons on the remote and it jailbreaks it for you.
the command line stuff is just a case of copy and pasting from the wiki (thats the ctrl + v and the ctrl + p button combo
)
Seas0npass is an application where you plug you atv into you mac, press 2 buttons on the remote and it jailbreaks it for you.
the command line stuff is just a case of copy and pasting from the wiki (thats the ctrl + v and the ctrl + p button combo
)
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hiraethified
Hi. It's 2011.Seas0npass is an application where you plug you atv into you mac, press 2 buttons on the remote and it jailbreaks it for you.
the command line stuff is just a case of copy and pasting from the wiki (thats the ctrl + v and the ctrl + p button combo
I left the command line stuff back in 2003.
GarfieldLeChat
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this makes no sense are you suggesting you cannot use a gui or command line to change posix...GUI's cant do everything y'know.
Try changing posix and managing acl's in a mac os x environment with using a command line
sim667
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There are certain instances were you have to change permissions in mac os x (snow leopard) using a command line rather than the GUI. Im not suggesting you can't change posix with either, like you're suggesting I'm suggesting.
Cant remember what they are off the top of my head, but they're in my apple technicians textbook at home
Cant remember what they are off the top of my head, but they're in my apple technicians textbook at home
GarfieldLeChat
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you missed out the word out in your sentence... so it read the opposite of what you intended to say... read your comment again...There are certain instances were you have to change permissions in mac os x (snow leopard) using a command line rather than the GUI. Im not suggesting you can't change posix with either, like you're suggesting I'm suggesting.
Cant remember what they are off the top of my head, but they're in my apple technicians textbook at home
sim667
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oooops
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hiraethified
Happily, I never have any call to do that (whatever it is).Try changing posix and managing acl's in a mac os x environment with using a command line
sim667
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I'm using a network hard drive plugged into my router. Sends movies and music fine to all the machines in the house, which can be hooked-up to the TV if needed. Software - whatever I can download to play them. Which is mostly VLC.
exactly what i want to do..... but until plex for apple tv can pick up a NAS then im stuck
sim667
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One day when you least expect it etc etc......
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