The Xbox Media Center has been successfully ported to the Mac OS X platform, offering high functionality for Apple users.
Plex (formerly known as XBMC) is a media center software that allows Mac users to enjoy 1080p content playback with their Mac Mini, supporting AC3/DTS passthrough. It offers a complete set of features for Video, Music and Pictures. This software is a port of the popular XBMC media center to the Mac, with the purpose of providing the same power and functionality to the OS X platform.
Plex was designed to be more accessible to non-expert users, offering an easy-to-download and install package that can be set up in just a few minutes. Compared to the legacy XBox platform, which lacks the horsepower to play HD content, the modern hardware underlying the OS X platform makes Plex capable of handling media with increasingly higher definition and higher bit rate.
However, users should be aware that installing the Candelair driver on Leopard can cause issues with two reports of Macs failing to boot after the install. Overall, Plex offers a robust media center solution that brings the power of XBMC to the Mac platform.
Plex was designed to be more accessible to non-expert users, offering an easy-to-download and install package that can be set up in just a few minutes. Compared to the legacy XBox platform, which lacks the horsepower to play HD content, the modern hardware underlying the OS X platform makes Plex capable of handling media with increasingly higher definition and higher bit rate.
However, users should be aware that installing the Candelair driver on Leopard can cause issues with two reports of Macs failing to boot after the install. Overall, Plex offers a robust media center solution that brings the power of XBMC to the Mac platform.
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