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Satpink

macrumors newbie
Original poster
I hope this is in the correct section.

I have bought a Mac mini 2011 i7 quad core, synology ds413 & would like to run plex, couch potato, suck beard & sabnzd.

Pretty new to this so please be gentle.

I would like the ds413 to do most of the downloading etc in the background, I have downloaded the various applications from the synocommunity, I need help setting them up to work properly & automatically.

I presume that the transcoding would be better being done by the Mac mini, so would I install plex media & plex home theatre on the Mac mini rather than the ds413?

Eventually the Mac mini & ds413 will be relocated to the home office & connect via a gigabit home network, I will use Mac as an office machine as well as my plex media server.

I plan on connecting the Mac mini to a led monitor via mini display port to dvi & then via hdmi to a projector, will this work ok?

Could the Mac mini work as my plex medi server & a home office machine simultaneously?

Any links you guys can point me too would be great thanks in advance
 
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