Scott asked a pretty good question why I don’t host my own video. I though others might be interested in so I decided I would turn it into a post. I could certainly host the video on my hosted server. I don’t host a server out of my house any more. Cable bandwidth is just not enough. When I add in the fact that cable does occasionally go down external hosting is better for my needs. Just like flickr for photos Vimeo has a...

Since the last Plex update I have not had a chance to check out the latest and greatest. But tonight I was settling in for my nightly round to music on Last.fm via Plex. I looked at the screen saver options for something new. I saw “Current Playing” and I am pretty sure it is new to the screen saver options. If not I totally missed it before. But I selected that one and found a very nice display of the cover art, artist,...

As soon as I posted the new Netflix app I found the new Vimeo app. And the HD looks killer! Now I am scratching my head thinking if there are any media sites that Plex needs to support. They have just about everything now. Related Posts:Time Lapse Video ExamplesPhoto Sketch iPhone App6 iPhone Apps You Should HaveApple’s 1 Billion App CountdownMac Mini 4GB UpgradeTwitter...

Oh boy. It just keeps getting better. I can’t even tell you how much more time I spend in the basement now that I have my media center rocking. The two things that I was missing in Plex was Last.fm and Netflix. I got the Last.fm app working last week. Now the Netflix app is finally released. Very, very cool. As I mentioned before the backgrounds/fan art that shows in the backgound when viewing moves makes Plex the sexiest media...

The Mac Mini has been in use now for more than a week. It is time to provide some details on what media center applications I am using the most. There are only two options in my opinion that are worth looking at. It comes down to Boxee and Plex. I am not going to give a full review of each app because it has been done thousands of time already on the web. If you want to learn more about Plex and Boxee just check them out on the web. What...