06-27-2009, 02:52 PM
This is where it gets even better - add in the Perian QuickTime plug-in, and the WMV QuickTime plug-in. These will let you play most video stuff you'll come across.
Perian
http://perian.org/
Flip4Mac WMV
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows...nents.mspx
Then, if you have another Mac in the house, and have a fast wired network, add a big hard drive to the other Mac, turn on file sharing, drop an alias of the shared big hard drive in the Movies folder on the TV Mac Mini, then open Front Row. All of the video content on the shared drive will suddenly be playable from the TV Mac Mini. Or, if you like hard drive lights and noises right there in your living room, hook the big drive directly to the TV Mac Mini, do the same alias thing into the Movies folder.
I've got an iMac at home, down in the basement, with a big external hard drive, and a Mini up in the living room. Gigabit ethernet connects the two of them, and I've got tons of stuff to watch. The kids can work Front Row just fine too, so there's even stuff for them to watch.
Jeff
Perian
http://perian.org/
Flip4Mac WMV
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows...nents.mspx
Then, if you have another Mac in the house, and have a fast wired network, add a big hard drive to the other Mac, turn on file sharing, drop an alias of the shared big hard drive in the Movies folder on the TV Mac Mini, then open Front Row. All of the video content on the shared drive will suddenly be playable from the TV Mac Mini. Or, if you like hard drive lights and noises right there in your living room, hook the big drive directly to the TV Mac Mini, do the same alias thing into the Movies folder.
I've got an iMac at home, down in the basement, with a big external hard drive, and a Mini up in the living room. Gigabit ethernet connects the two of them, and I've got tons of stuff to watch. The kids can work Front Row just fine too, so there's even stuff for them to watch.
Jeff