I also have an AppleTV hooked to the receiver and wired to my Extreme (as is the Mini), but the music sounds dull and I have no reason to stream movies that are already loaded on the Mini.
#Install plex on mac mini pro#
I have a trackpad and wireless keyboard (both Apple) to control it, although for music I generally leave the TV off and use the remote app, or if using Audirvana in classic mode, screenshare from my MacBook Pro or iMac….or iTeleport on the iPhone. I will be switching to USB to the DAC as soon as I get an asynchronous USB/SPDIF converter for coax, which is why I don’t load down the USB bus with peripherals.(My DAC’s USB is 16/44.1) I don’t have cable, so I watch iTunes movies, NetFlix and Amazon Prime, but I mostly listen to my LossLess/HiRes music library that is stored on an external FireWire drive, with another external FireWire for SuperDuper and Time Machine. It goes HDMI for video to my Pioneer receiver and optical to my 24/96 DAC for music, which is then fed to my receiver, which is hooked to my plasma via HDMI. At the current time, the release version of the Plex. Some of this can be done with Apple’s AirPlay, the rest with third-party software solutions.” The new version of the Plex Media Server uses the 'Universal' build for Macs, which means it is compatible with Apple silicon and Intel Macs. For that reason, we need to find other ways of getting audio and video to the television.
#Install plex on mac mini install#
Winter writes, “In it’s current form, neither the Apple TV 2 and Apple TV 3 are able to store media locally nor can they install third party client apps. MrMC - has Plex support built in for AndroidTV and AppleTV (settings->services->plex). Even if you don’t fancy getting handy with tools, plugging in a large external drive to house your media is sufficient, even over USB 2.0.”Īdvertisement: Apple Mac mini 2.5GHZ/4GB/500/4000 (MD387LL/A) only $587.98. The Plex player app on these boxes will sometimes invoke transcoding when it does not require it, a solution is to use a media player which will never tell the server to transcode and instead always use the box to play the video.
“It runs silent, draws little power and can be upgraded relatively easily if you are confident and competent with paint stripper (yes, seriously!) and a screwdriver. “But since Gene has been banging on about this for three years or more (Apple has its ‘hobby,’ and Gene has his), the Mac mini makes for a pretty good media centre in the meantime,” Winter writes. This is going to be the real-deal, Siri-enabled, iCloud-attached, iOS-controlled, large flat-panel to dominate your living room! Apparently.” “Don’t mistake this for another Apple ‘hobby’ – it’s not going to be a set-top box. “According to analysts – Gene Munster, of Piper Jaffray, in particular – Apple is soon to launch a revolutionary Apple TV device,” Johnny Winter writes for Mactuts+.
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