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The Answer to Theater View for OSX Is JRemote for AppleTV?
TheShoe:
--- Quote from: glynor on September 10, 2015, 08:31:01 am ---Now that an App development environment for AppleTV is finally announced... I think the real answer for Mac users who want a 10-foot, on their TV, environment for MC is really: porting JRemote to AppleTV.
Sure, Theater View would be cool, but you'll need to port the whole darn thing to OpenGL/Metal (probably via converting it to use something like Unity engine), and how many people out there in the world really have a Mac hooked up to the TV in their living room?
If you actually go through the trouble of building a HTPC, you probably mostly want to game with it, which means it is probably a Windows PC. Sure, the Mac Mini is nice but... Again, how many of those people are there? On the other side of the argument, though, AirPlay does make it easy to broadcast from a Laptop up to the screen. I've often wished for a Mac version of Theater View for exactly that reason (though I just switch to my Windows VM and go).
I think porting JRemote to AppleTV is a much better target. And probably easier to boot. Thoughts?
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really? the sole reason for building an HTPC is to play movies (and music, show photos, and home videos). games - not at all.
the reason i have abandoned JRiver in favor of Kodi is because JRiver has no theater view for MAC and subtitles don't work for PGS subs. And don't get me started on it's inability to specify DVD Order for tv shows. everyone else can do it; why can't JRiver?
anyway - i had high hopes; even spent cash on previous versions for windows, but i refuse to run windows any longer.
anyway - the sole reason to build a quality HTPC is that I want to be able to enjoy the highest quality audio and video through my gear - a hugh plasma display and a 7.1 audio setup. right now, Kodi is all that can properly support it on a Mac (Plex on Windows is good but crashes far too often).
and by the way - look at the kodi and plex forums. there are TONS of Mac Mini users who use it only as an HTPC. it's an awesome steal for the price and when you want to use it for other things, it's there for you, no compromises.
glynor:
--- Quote from: TheShoe on October 16, 2015, 07:30:30 pm ---the sole reason for building an HTPC is to play movies (and music, show photos, and home videos).
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Your sole reason maybe. That's an absurd statement.
I won't bother to address the other inaccuracies in your reply.
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