Author Archives: mr. Obsession

Plex Review

Posted on July 28, 2008 by mr. Obsession

BOTTOM LINE: Plex is hands-down the finest media manager/player available for the Mac HTPC enviornment. Gorgeous and exponentially more flexible than Front Row, it rules HD playback, handling 1080p material with ease.

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Creative VLC Playlists

Posted on January 10, 2008 by mr. Obsession

Among the many features VLC brings to your Mac HTPC is the ability to create and save video playlists to control playback of more than one file at a time. And its compatibility with almost any format allows mixing more … Continue reading →

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Airfoil + Airport Express = Creston-like System

Posted on January 10, 2008 by mr. Obsession

Well, it took Rogue Amoeba more than a year to develop and after many replies of “It’ll be released when it’s released” in their now-dead forums, RA released a major upgrade to their Airfoil application today.

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Play 1080p Content on Mac Mini

Posted on December 31, 2007 by mr. Obsession

JULY 2008 UPDATE: I’ve recently begun using Plex (aka OSXMBC) and it eats up ANY 1080p material I throw at it. My full review is available here but the short version is a strong recommendation to anyone interested in playing … Continue reading →

Posted in Applications, HDTV, Mac Mini | 27 Comments

Sync Audio/Video Playback in VLC

Posted on December 5, 2007 by mr. Obsession

Tonight, I found myself making an adjustment in VLC that I’ve been using for quite some time: easy tweaking to sync up audio and video.

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