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Building Your Home Media Center MCE 2011
- 1. Building Your Home Media Center Mac Computer Expo 2011
- 2. Building Your Home Media Center
- 3. Building Your Home Media Center Tom Negrino Author Tech Pundit NCMUG Member Broccoli is the Devil's Vegetable
- 6. Complex Home Media Center Confusing
- 7. Pompous BS from vendors Complex Home Media Center Confusing
- 8. Pompous BS from vendors Complex Home Media Center Yet another way to Confusing spend money
- 9. Attack of the Nerds Pompous BS from vendors Complex Home Media Center Yet another way to Confusing spend money
- 10. Attack of the Nerds Pompous BS from vendors Complex Home Media Center Yet another way to Confusing spend money A networking nightmare
- 11. Nope.
- 12. It’s a Useful Way to Get Stuff You Have Here…
- 20. You Want That Stuff Somewhere Else
- 27. What you need
- 28. What you need • Computer running iTunes
- 29. What you need • Computer running iTunes • A big hard drive (1TB is a good start)
- 30. What you need • Computer running iTunes • A big hard drive (1TB is a good start) • Home network (WiFi or wired Ethernet)
- 31. What you need • Computer running iTunes • A big hard drive (1TB is a good start) • Home network (WiFi or wired Ethernet) • Hardware in your living room that connects to your television or A/V Receiver
- 32. What you need • Computer running iTunes • A big hard drive (1TB is a good start) • Home network (WiFi or wired Ethernet) • Hardware in your living room that connects to your television or A/V Receiver • A television with HDMI inputs
- 35. or
- 36. or HDMI cable
- 37. HDMI Cables
- 38. HDMI Cables • Digital signals, carrying HD Video and surround sound audio • All on one cable • Do not buy expensive HDMI cables!!!! • www.monoprice.com
- 40. Living Room Hardware • AppleTV
- 41. Living Room Hardware • AppleTV • An (Intel-based) Mac • MacMini • An old MacBook
- 42. Living Room Hardware • AppleTV • An (Intel-based) Mac • MacMini • An old MacBook • A recent model BluRay player with built-in streaming services
- 43. Living Room Hardware • AppleTV • An (Intel-based) Mac • MacMini • An old MacBook • A recent model BluRay player with built-in streaming services • Boxee Box
- 45. BluRay with Streaming • LG BD670 (about $155)
- 46. BluRay with Streaming • LG BD670 (about $155) • Plays HD BluRay discs & upscales DVDs to HD
- 47. BluRay with Streaming • LG BD670 (about $155) • Plays HD BluRay discs & upscales DVDs to HD • Networks via WiFi
- 48. BluRay with Streaming • LG BD670 (about $155) • Plays HD BluRay discs & upscales DVDs to HD • Networks via WiFi • Plays a zillion video, audio, and image formats
- 49. BluRay with Streaming • LG BD670 (about $155) • Plays HD BluRay discs & upscales DVDs to HD • Networks via WiFi • Plays a zillion video, audio, and image formats • Streaming services: Netflix, Pandora,YouTube, Amazon Video, MLB.TV, MOG, vTuner, Napster, Hulu Plus, many more
- 50. BluRay with Streaming • LG BD670 (about $155) • Plays HD BluRay discs & upscales DVDs to HD • Networks via WiFi • Plays a zillion video, audio, and image formats • Streaming services: Netflix, Pandora,YouTube, Amazon Video, MLB.TV, MOG, vTuner, Napster, Hulu Plus, many more • DLNA client, so streams any media from a DLNA server
- 52. Living Room Software • AppleTV (with built-in software…or not)
- 53. Living Room Software • AppleTV (with built-in software…or not) • Plex Media Server
- 54. Living Room Software • AppleTV (with built-in software…or not) • Plex Media Server • Boxee media server
- 55. Living Room Software • AppleTV (with built-in software…or not) • Plex Media Server • Boxee media server • XBMC media server
- 56. AppleTV 2
- 57. AppleTV 2 • Plays HD video (720p)
- 58. AppleTV 2 • Plays HD video (720p) • Connects via HDMI
- 59. AppleTV 2 • Plays HD video (720p) • Connects via HDMI • Works with iTunes • Rents or buys movies, TV shows • Plays your music and photos
- 60. AppleTV 2 • Plays HD video (720p) • Connects via HDMI • Works with iTunes • Rents or buys movies, TV shows • Plays your music and photos • Streaming services: Netflix, YouTube,Vimeo, MLB, NBA
- 61. AppleTV 2 • Plays HD video (720p) • Connects via HDMI • Works with iTunes • Rents or buys movies, TV shows • Plays your music and photos • Streaming services: Netflix, YouTube,Vimeo, MLB, NBA • AirPlay lets you stream from your iOS device to AppleTV
- 62. AppleTV 2 • Plays HD video (720p) • Connects via HDMI • Works with iTunes • Rents or buys movies, TV shows • Plays your music and photos • Streaming services: Netflix, YouTube,Vimeo, MLB, NBA • AirPlay lets you stream from your iOS device to AppleTV • $99 (such a deal!)
- 63. Power HDMI Optical Ethernet Audio
- 65. Plex Media Server • Complete media server application
- 66. Plex Media Server • Complete media server application • Serves music, video, streaming services, images
- 67. Plex Media Server • Complete media server application • Serves music, video, streaming services, images • Finds and adds media metadata
- 68. Plex Media Server • Complete media server application • Serves music, video, streaming services, images • Finds and adds media metadata • Run the server on a Mac
- 69. Plex Media Server • Complete media server application • Serves music, video, streaming services, images • Finds and adds media metadata • Run the server on a Mac • Run the client on a Mac or a jailbroken AppleTV 2
- 70. Plex Media Server • Complete media server application • Serves music, video, streaming services, images • Finds and adds media metadata • Run the server on a Mac • Run the client on a Mac or a jailbroken AppleTV 2 • iPad app is a client for the server
- 72. Plex Client Demo (on a computer)
- 73. Thanks for being here. Got any questions?
- 74. Online Resources • Plex Media Server: www.plexapp.com • Apple TV: www.apple.com/appletv • HDMI Cables: www.monoprice.com • Boxee hardware & server: www.boxee.com • XBMC media server: xbmc.org
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- Mostly in iTunes\n
- iTunes as the "digital hub"\n
- Music\nMovies\nTV Shows\nStreaming media from the Internet (also Hulu, Vudu, Amazon Instant Video, and others)\nBuy or rent movies & buy TV shows from iTunes for use on the Mac, iPad, iPhone or Apple TV\n
- Sports, both live and games on demand\nMajor League Baseball\nBasketball\nHockey\nFootball\n
- Sports, both live and games on demand\nMajor League Baseball\nBasketball\nHockey\nFootball\n
- Sports, both live and games on demand\nMajor League Baseball\nBasketball\nHockey\nFootball\n
- Sports, both live and games on demand\nMajor League Baseball\nBasketball\nHockey\nFootball\n
- Sadly, no coverage of the coolest sport of all.\n
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- • iTunes is a decent way to manage your files, especially if you want to get media from the iTunes Store. But it's not the only way, as we'll see\n• 2 TB drives are the sweet spot now; you can get external ones for as low as $80\n\n
- • iTunes is a decent way to manage your files, especially if you want to get media from the iTunes Store. But it's not the only way, as we'll see\n• 2 TB drives are the sweet spot now; you can get external ones for as low as $80\n\n
- • iTunes is a decent way to manage your files, especially if you want to get media from the iTunes Store. But it's not the only way, as we'll see\n• 2 TB drives are the sweet spot now; you can get external ones for as low as $80\n\n
- • iTunes is a decent way to manage your files, especially if you want to get media from the iTunes Store. But it's not the only way, as we'll see\n• 2 TB drives are the sweet spot now; you can get external ones for as low as $80\n\n
- • iTunes is a decent way to manage your files, especially if you want to get media from the iTunes Store. But it's not the only way, as we'll see\n• 2 TB drives are the sweet spot now; you can get external ones for as low as $80\n\n
- • Big hard drive (in our case it's a NAS)\n• Feeds into a Mac running media server software\n• Media streams over your wireless or wired network\n• To your living room hardware\n• And finally via HDMI to your A/V receiver or TV\n
- • Big hard drive (in our case it's a NAS)\n• Feeds into a Mac running media server software\n• Media streams over your wireless or wired network\n• To your living room hardware\n• And finally via HDMI to your A/V receiver or TV\n
- • Big hard drive (in our case it's a NAS)\n• Feeds into a Mac running media server software\n• Media streams over your wireless or wired network\n• To your living room hardware\n• And finally via HDMI to your A/V receiver or TV\n
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- Need video and audio adapter cables to use Macs; get them at Monoprice.\n
- Need video and audio adapter cables to use Macs; get them at Monoprice.\n
- Need video and audio adapter cables to use Macs; get them at Monoprice.\n
- Need video and audio adapter cables to use Macs; get them at Monoprice.\n
- • BD650 has wired Ethernet and same other features for about $30 less\n• Streaming doesn't include the Blockbuster streaming service at this time, but it could be added by LG via a firmware update\n• We've got DLNA server software built into our NAS, so we can stream all kinds of stuff directly from the NAS, at the best quality, but it has a poor user interface\n\n
- • BD650 has wired Ethernet and same other features for about $30 less\n• Streaming doesn't include the Blockbuster streaming service at this time, but it could be added by LG via a firmware update\n• We've got DLNA server software built into our NAS, so we can stream all kinds of stuff directly from the NAS, at the best quality, but it has a poor user interface\n\n
- • BD650 has wired Ethernet and same other features for about $30 less\n• Streaming doesn't include the Blockbuster streaming service at this time, but it could be added by LG via a firmware update\n• We've got DLNA server software built into our NAS, so we can stream all kinds of stuff directly from the NAS, at the best quality, but it has a poor user interface\n\n
- • BD650 has wired Ethernet and same other features for about $30 less\n• Streaming doesn't include the Blockbuster streaming service at this time, but it could be added by LG via a firmware update\n• We've got DLNA server software built into our NAS, so we can stream all kinds of stuff directly from the NAS, at the best quality, but it has a poor user interface\n\n
- • BD650 has wired Ethernet and same other features for about $30 less\n• Streaming doesn't include the Blockbuster streaming service at this time, but it could be added by LG via a firmware update\n• We've got DLNA server software built into our NAS, so we can stream all kinds of stuff directly from the NAS, at the best quality, but it has a poor user interface\n\n
- • BD650 has wired Ethernet and same other features for about $30 less\n• Streaming doesn't include the Blockbuster streaming service at this time, but it could be added by LG via a firmware update\n• We've got DLNA server software built into our NAS, so we can stream all kinds of stuff directly from the NAS, at the best quality, but it has a poor user interface\n\n
- • BD650 has wired Ethernet and same other features for about $30 less\n• Streaming doesn't include the Blockbuster streaming service at this time, but it could be added by LG via a firmware update\n• We've got DLNA server software built into our NAS, so we can stream all kinds of stuff directly from the NAS, at the best quality, but it has a poor user interface\n\n
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- • Plex server and client can be the same Mac, hooked directly to your TV or AV receiver via HDMI\n
- • Plex server and client can be the same Mac, hooked directly to your TV or AV receiver via HDMI\n
- • Plex server and client can be the same Mac, hooked directly to your TV or AV receiver via HDMI\n
- • Plex server and client can be the same Mac, hooked directly to your TV or AV receiver via HDMI\n
- • Plex server and client can be the same Mac, hooked directly to your TV or AV receiver via HDMI\n
- • Plex server and client can be the same Mac, hooked directly to your TV or AV receiver via HDMI\n
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