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Best Apple solution for MKV playback?
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I have my macbook 2.0 hooked up to my sony Bravia 52 LCD TV and have no issues playing 720p mkv's with Plex. However when playing 1080p mkv's the audio often goes out of sync with the video. The macbook has no issues playing these files on a normal pc lcd. I have not figured out how to remedy the audio sync issues yet.
I am thinking about switching over to a dedicated media player for my tv such as the new Popcorn Hour C-200. This media tank plays everything that you through at it.
www.popcornhour.com
I am thinking about switching over to a dedicated media player for my tv such as the new Popcorn Hour C-200. This media tank plays everything that you through at it.
www.popcornhour.com
FWIW, I have two NMT's... one by popcornhour and another brand unit off ebay ($150) and they are fantastic. EVERYTHING I throw at it plays beautifully, even mounting DVD isos with full menus etc. Full unprocessed M2TS (30gb files), MKV's (HD, h264 etc and SD) with AC3/DTS passthrough. The menu system is not sexy, but it is very functional. Supports every network streaming and file system out there, however you want to stream to it works... CIFS share, NFS share, UPNP etc..
I plan on buying one of their new faster units at some point, but for now these are great, I replaced 2 PS3's with them and have never looked back, highly recommended!
MacMini + Plex
Get a macmini (add xtra memory) and install Plex.
Then put your movies on some type of server (use anything you like for windows, linux or mac). Currently using an intel nas se4200 with 4 TB raid.
This setup is great. Most of the movies on the nas are in mkv format and there are usually no playback problems (fyi, there will always be a couple of movies that may give you a problem).
Warning: DO NOT USE APPLETV, this is hardware that apple will probably drop in the near future. Currently have 2 units that I'll probably give away.
Good Luck,
Get a macmini (add xtra memory) and install Plex.
Then put your movies on some type of server (use anything you like for windows, linux or mac). Currently using an intel nas se4200 with 4 TB raid.
This setup is great. Most of the movies on the nas are in mkv format and there are usually no playback problems (fyi, there will always be a couple of movies that may give you a problem).
Warning: DO NOT USE APPLETV, this is hardware that apple will probably drop in the near future. Currently have 2 units that I'll probably give away.
Good Luck,
Yep... just purchased a 2009 Mac Mini for HTPC duty. Sold my old Vista machine. I'm going to hook up a dual-drive FW800 enclosure to the Mini so it will be a NAS and Plex HTPC all-in-one with low noise and power consumption. Perfect!
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Did Steve Jobs call and personally tell you that, or do you have some special knowledge that no one has? PM me, I will send you my address so you can dispose of your "useless" Apple TVs - I will gladly pay for shipping
