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  1. O

    Internet slow on late 2012 mac mini, VPN issue

    My second computer is a late 2012 Mac Mini, 500 GB internal HD, 16 GB RAM. It is running Catalina. I only use this for streaming the internet with my kids, nothing else at all is important to me to run on this computer. I have NordVPN installed. When I run a speed test (firefox) without...
  2. B S Magnet

    The User Agent String thread: what are you using to enable legacy function on sites like YouTube?

    This is exactly as the topic title says! YouTube, as we know quite well here, nudges and tweaks their cash cow web portal, kicking out browsers whose default user agent strings have no support at all any longer or prompt YT to notify the user that one’s browser is “too old”. In the past, some...
  3. K

    Carrier AT&T grandfathered plan still worth it?

    I still have my original wireless AT&T plan from when I first got the original iPhone the day it was released in 2007. I have the "Nation 450 with rollover" plan at $39.99. It has "Data Unlimited for iPhone on 4G LTE with VVM" for $45, and "Messaging Unlimited with Mobile to Any Mobile Calling"...
  4. Tobby

    VPNs are not as convenient as advertised

    Hi I would like to tell you my experience of using a VPN. This post is for those of you who don't subscribe to a VPN service and maybe wondering about doing so. I have used two of the major services, and I will try to only mention experiences directly correlated to a VPN service and not a...
  5. juanstdio

    (success!) Broadcast to Twitch from a G5

    Hello! I just wanted to share than i successfully created a stream of a fixed color generated with numpy from my G5 running 10.5.8 to Twitch.tv using Python 3.6 and ffmpeg :)) I used this library and a binary version of ffmpeg fetched from Archive.org Later on, after taking a look at the...
  6. DrRobF

    Is it worth upgrading an old old mac mini? Need it for streaming.

    I have an old mac mini. I am not positive of the date of purchase but I'm pretty sure its 2012. I want to try and set it upo almost entirely for streaming in a bedroom. Here are my questions for the experts. I know I can add an SSD drive and i believe more memory... if I put the money in to do...
  7. J

    Is there a way to use google drive or some other cloud service to stream movies to your Apple TV?

    I have a bunch of digital movies that I want to load to a google drive and then be able to stream those from any device I have like Apple TV, iPad, or iPhone. I saw that Plex had an option for this, but they will be taking down their cloud device option. I wanted to see if there was any other...
  8. Darmok N Jalad

    iMac with dGPU, does it use the Intel GPU?

    So I have a 2017 5K iMac, which of course includes a dedicated AMD GPU, the Radeon Pro 570. I know the CPU is the i5-7500, which includes the HD 630 graphics. All this time, I assumed that the system didn't use the Intel GPU for anything, but I came across some interesting findings that suggest...
  9. C

    Apps Stream from my iMac at home to Apple TV in holiday home?

    I currently have Apple TVs set up both at home and at my holiday home. For the last couple of years I have been watching content stored on my home iMac remotely by using Air Video Server and its associated TVOs app, this hasn't worked too badly. Unfortunately, it looks like these apps are not...
  10. BulkHedd

    2017, 9.7" iPad WiFi Streaming Issues

    I have a 128GB 2017 iPad. Frequently when streaming video, like YouTube or Netflix, the video will just stop and I get the buffering/loading wheel on the screen. It usually won't start back up again until I bring up Control Center and toggle WiFi off and back on. Then it starts back up again...
  11. blackxacto

    Inability to stream Home Videos

    17,1 iMac, iTunes12.6.2, Home Sharing ON, iOS11 10.5" iPad Pro. I am unable to see any ripped or video file Home Movies on my iMac in iTunes from my iPad Pro using the TV App. I can only see purchased Apple Movies in iTunes on my iPad Pro. Has anyone else seen this inability to see Home Movies...
  12. Canubis

    What's the status of DVB-S2 receivers for Mac?

    I know streaming over the net is the (not so) new hip thing these days and while also having subscriptions at Netflix and Prime I occasionally like to watch TV. I've been using a DVB-T usb stick together with EyeTV (formerly by Elgato, now owned by Geniatech) for years and it was a great...
  13. N

    Universal IPTV Stream Player

    Hello, last week i uploaded my first App on the AppStore. As the title says it is an IPTV Stream Player. With IPTV Stream Player you can create your own streaming list and watch your favorite TV programs/online streams on your device. The App supports .m3u8 streaming links, if your link uses...
  14. bobesch

    Resolved Wish to change "ClickToPlugin's" default media-player to "CorePlayer"

    Change the default media-player within "ClickToPlugin" to "CorePlayer" - is that possible? First of all: many thanks to inspiration from this forum to find this fine stuff: - "ClickToPlugin" from http://hoyois.github.io/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/ or via Safari-extensions-download within...