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Can I put an Apple TV into that scenario?
It involves taking the AppleTV apart with a putty knife to get at the drive, but yes: [link]
If I had the mini in the living room I could move the library there and sync them there...
FrontRow (at least the version that comes in Leopard) lets you remotely access other computers' iTunes libraries. AppleTV can also.
Wow. Thanks, Tom. My choices just got a bit more interesting.
Apple is on the verge of releasing a new AppleTV software revision, so you may want to wait to see how hackable the new version is.
FrontRow (at least the version that comes in Leopard) lets you remotely access other computers' iTunes libraries. AppleTV can also.
You can do that directly via iTunes as well. That is, if you're in iTunes on the Mini, you can directly view the library on the PC.
Nobody here has an Apple TV, do they?
I have an Apple TV. What Tom says is accurate.
Are they any good, NoiseDesign?
I like mine just for the simplicity of getting my downloaded content onto my big screen.
Should I not ask where the content is downloaded from, ND?
How does one control an AppleTV? I know there's an Apple remote, but it doesn't have that many buttons--is it like typing on a TiVo?
Should I not ask where the content is downloaded from, ND?
Actually pretty much all of my content is downloaded from iTunes or ripped from DVDs that I own. Remember I'm the guy that's the stick in the mud about copyright issues since it actually has an impact on my work.
How does one control an AppleTV? I know there's an Apple remote, but it doesn't have that many buttons--is it like typing on a TiVo?
Yes, everything is done through the little remote, so typing is similar to Tivo.
At the minute I stream my content from my iMac to my TV using an Xbox 360. I have something called Connect360 on my Mac, which shares all my movies and music to the Xbox seamlessly. It's brill.
The problem is it can share downloaded stuff fine -- DivX and Xvid play fine -- but it can't play legally downloaded stuff from iTunes. So I may end up with an AppleTV box for that.