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#chaplife
i was gonna get me sen an apple tv because, let's face it, it's hard to resist when they're less than a ton.. and before all the apple "haters" get involved - i already have an imac and and ipad, and the missus is getting an iphone, so all my media is already in itunes, hence why the apple tv seems attractive.. i know itunes is an absolute dog on PC, but it works a treat on the mac and is easily my favourite media library (although the newest version is a bit of a pain in the arse, but that's for a different thread).. so yeah - a nice little box for £99, which would stream all my shiz with a nice, shiny apply GUI sounded pretty gosh darn tootin' nice..
but the more i read about Raspbmc, the harder it's getting to justify not going down that route! to quote the website:
Here’s why you might like Raspbmc:
anyone current use it, or use the raspberry pi as a media centre in another way? i'd love to hear some first-hand experiences.. at the moment, i stream all my tv/films to the TV using a modded wii, but it only supports SD, and is a bit clunky, so i want to get a dedicated media streamer that will handle my HD content, etc..
apple tv pros:
raspbmc pros:
DISCUSS
but the more i read about Raspbmc, the harder it's getting to justify not going down that route! to quote the website:
Here’s why you might like Raspbmc:
- Free and open source.
- No knowledge of Linux is needed. If you want to use the Raspberry Pi as an XBMC frontend you can do exactly that with no knowledge of how anything works.
- It can be installed with a few simple clicks from a Mac or a PC running Windows or Linux.
- It’s auto updating, meaning you constantly get new features, performance and driver updates. You can however turn updates off at any time.
- It supports 1080p playback.
- Share your content from your PC over NFS, SMB, FTP and HTTP.
- AirPlay and AirTunes support allow you to send music and video from your iDevice to the TV.
- Full GPIO support!
- As it is a Debian system, it is completely expansive and you can install any packages from Debian’s massive repository!
- … and much more!
anyone current use it, or use the raspberry pi as a media centre in another way? i'd love to hear some first-hand experiences.. at the moment, i stream all my tv/films to the TV using a modded wii, but it only supports SD, and is a bit clunky, so i want to get a dedicated media streamer that will handle my HD content, etc..
apple tv pros:
- looks nice, compact, etc.
- has a lovely user interface
- will work nicely with my current imac/ipad/itunes infrastructure (i assume)
raspbmc pros:
- choose your own box.. more effort in this regard, but it means it can be as discrete as you like, or i could go the other way and put it in something really quirky that would look nice on the tv unit (suggestions welcome)
- upgradeable, so will support more features as time goes on
- supports pretty much any video format you can throw at it
DISCUSS