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I guess I'm not worthy..
http://www.htpcbeginner.com/intel-nuc-htpc-media-center/
I didn't know about NUC, glad I do now, been looking for a "little box" that's not ATV..
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VLC and Plex Apps Coming to New Apple TV
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Word.
I guess I'm not worthy..
http://www.htpcbeginner.com/intel-nuc-htpc-media-center/
I didn't know about NUC, glad I do now, been looking for a "little box" that's not ATV..
Just imagine, if there had been a USB port on the back of the new AppleTV for connecting external drives.
You're not wrong, I've tried Plex a few times, it's like Apple with iTunes it'll work if you've got the right file types and right NAS. Perfect for who don't know what to do.
This is EXACTLY my point; how is anything "easier" than that, if you have a library you like to watch?
I agree Plex might make a great server, that allows "cheap KODI clients" to connect on a LAN/WAN, by
simply transposing on the fly, rather than some huge "batch job" of the entire thing, which is just crazy really.
I realize I could write a script to do it, but dang, nobody does that.. use an app.
Just imagine if they had a file system on an iPad with a USB port, maybe on the new SemiPro.
If they married the two together I'd pay $50 or more for it no problems, but for now I'll stick with Kodi for free.
I can imagine a lot of things, but what we are really talking about here is generic machines vs 1 purpose built appliances, and in the hardware world, that is one way you can make money on computers. (Which is not a bad thing in general.)
There has been for many years a push by some companies to have purpose built appliances vs generic computers, and the reality is they both work and they both can be very open or closed. The choice we make as consumers very soon begins to DICTATE the consumer experience we might have as a destination for what becomes "normal" and "acceptable" as freedoms for the masses.
But for me, I choose to fund, the best open hardware available. And support the software creating the best user experience on that hardware.
Intel NUC NUC5CPYH, 4K Support via HDMI
celeron 4k support in a mini-pc for < $150 runs everything
I was thinking I would look around for something like this...
Wow
I just found this too:
Intel Celeron N2807 Mini PC Barebones GB-BXBT-2807
$114 and it will do anything you like.
I like Apps and I like these little NUC boxes.
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There are bit torrent clients for Mac that allow for streaming. However, I don't use them because we just watch stuff on someone's laptop in college, usually in some sketchy Flash-based media player on a random website, and that person won't want to install stuff, especially if he's using Windows.
Anyway, the whole media server thing sounds like more trouble than it's worth in terms of time and/or effort. You have to keep tinkering with things to keep it up. I don't know if you guys re-watch movies enough times to make it really worthwhile, but I'm fine without some centralized database of movies.
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Or just keep it crippled with no hardware playback, so the only feature left is subtitle support.
What is audio support likely to be like for AppleTV and subsequent apps? One of the reasons I went for a NUC Plex client on the main screen (ATV v3 with PlexConnect fine for the bedroom) was audio support. It can play DTS/DTS-HD and I see support for those is missing from the new spec list. What HD audio formats does it support? If any? Pretty sure it just said Dolby 7.1
This is not going to allow you to get rid of your HTPC anytime soon. Plex is a client/Server app, only the client will run on the Apple TV you still have to run the server part on an HTPC type device somewhere. Unless you are planning to run the server on the Synology NAS which probably does not have the horse power to support functionality like trans-coding
I will replace my current ATV3 with ATV4 - but ONLY when "competing" apps/services like VLC, Spotify, PLEX are approved and available in the ATV app store. I really hope they will be, but at this point I simply don't trust Apple to "do the right thing".
What the hell? I've been watching huge MKV files on VLC on iOS for a long time.
Yup, they can. Infuse Pro can do that (its free version probably as well).
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/infuse-pro/id893249751?mt=8
I don't think the dev API's open up Siri search, its limited to the brands and apps Apple announced the keynote, not open to all.
I currently use ATV3 running Plex DNS in another room, but its obviously a better experience running Plex HT on the Mac mini where the server also runs and play everything direct.
The ATV4 remote looks cool (for nintendo sort of games) but for a 1080p mPlayer I prefer raspberry PI 2 + openelec or osmc = loads options, addons CEC support etc. Apart from the itunes store, don't know if the shop(e-commerce) features will also help sell more ATV4s, but that is also a clever feature.
The news about VLC sounds quite encouraging. I liked Plex on my Roku up until the last version. The programmers at Plex have all clearly lost their minds and they turned, what use to be an effective app that I could navigate to what I wanted to watch with a minimum of clicks and a fast UI, to a bloated, obnoxious, steaming pile of horse dung. Not only did the create a new version but automatically updated me without asking and forced me to try and use it. Me, and apparently many others threw a revolt and Plex not only quit charging for their app, the put back the old version. If this is an example of what they will do for AppleTV they can have it.
Now VLC sounds promising. One of the other things I can't stand about Plex is you can't "force" it to recognize a file. You have to name your media files just right. I've got multiple files that Plex simply refuses to put in my library. The fact that there is no way to just navigate to a file, tell the program what it is and where it is, actually boggles my mind. Hopefully VLC won't have this failing.
Now VLC sounds promising. One of the other things I can't stand about Plex is you can't "force" it to recognize a file. You have to name your media files just right. I've got multiple files that Plex simply refuses to put in my library. The fact that there is no way to just navigate to a file, tell the program what it is and where it is, actually boggles my mind. Hopefully VLC won't have this failing.