The folks behind Plex have been busy this last week. First up was the release of a new Local Media Agent to make it easier to add custom posters and background art to the TV library. I tend to be picky about my metadata, especially the images I use, and few things drive me crazier than software that overrides my […]
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The last release of the Plex Media Server brought the beta platform to version 0.9.6 and added some pretty big features, including DLNA and Silverlight Smooth Streaming service support. The new release pushes the version number slightly higher to version 0.9.6.1 and does offer several new features including support for the Netgear ReadyNAS Duo v2 and more streaming choices over […]
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XBMC has always had a strong connection with the Linux community and been well supported across the major distros. Indeed, the recent 11.0 “Eden” release came with a big change-up in the Live CD version, which is now called XBMCbuntu and offers a complete Ubuntu desktop installation lurking in the background for anyone interested in leaving the warm embrace of the […]
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It’s finally there. As of late last night/early this morning, MythTV 0.25 is finally available officially. After a mere “516 days (that’s 1 year, 4 months, 30 days)” according to the developers, a new version is available. This update has been long awaited in the MythTV community and it sounds like a lot of work went into it. I look […]
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Plex has offered a private channel for the Roku family of streamers for quite awhile, but the Plex team has announced that the official Plex Roku Channel in finally available in the Roku Channel Store. It’s not just a change in status either. Roku for Plex has also been updated with a number of new features. The new version includes […]
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It took a few beta releases, but XBMC 11.0, codenamed Eden, was released over the weekend. There are a whole lot of changes in the new version of the venerable HTPC software including an updated default skin, AirPlay support, support for rollbacks of add-ons, and a ton of performance optimizations. Hardware support has also improved as Eden will mark the […]
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Plex for Google TV has been updated with a fancy new look. The app’s home screen has been overhauled to make moving through media categories and finding new media easier. The new home screen also makes it easier to access the most recently used online content channels. Plex has always had a clean look and the new Google TV home […]
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It looks like the MythTV dev’s are sticking pretty close to their proposed release schedule. Posted on the Mythtv home page is an announcement that the MythTV Beta is now available. The proposed schedule indicated March 4 and the announcement was on March 5. Not bad. If this keeps up, we’ll see a new release of MythTV next month, at […]
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A new version of Plex Media Server has been released, bringing it up to version 0.9.5.3. The update can be downloaded from the Plex website now, and Mac and Windows users will start receiving auto-updates notices soon. On the new feature front, the Plex Media Server brings a universal font for rendering subtitles on Windows and Linux and an enhanced […]
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Well this is interesting news. It appears that one of the MythTV developers is splitting off the MythTV project with his own branch of code. It look like the idea is to drop a lot of the legacy support in order to modernize the project more quickly and easily. One of the things that I liked about MythTV is the […]
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