Ultimate Mac Mini Theatre HTPC (www.ClusterBoxConsulting.com)

[cleric022684]

I have similar setup!

[Charrasca]

Probably you are better off the glass beneath the sub,

[xPyschoxStevex]

How does the remote connect to the Mac Mini is it IR ?

[eoghanhennessy15]

tip: you should place the sub on the floor, not on the shelf, and keep your speakers at ear level...

Awesome set up tho :)

[eoghanhennessy15]

@that1guyoverthr I have a good ratio on some sites, email me your contact to eoghanhennessy@me.com and i will reply with screen shots?

[rayray5340]

i have a setup similar to this but my hardware is more up to date. however i don't have the remote buddy and the harmony remote. i'm using a keyboard and mouse to switch between apps. The remote would make things a bit more easier.

[MrTenten75]

I have a question for you.

I have the same set up that you did, mac mini, 46" Sharp LCD television, PS3 and a Yamaha receiver. My question is with the mac mini as you media server do you think I still need BOXXEE?

[RARELYSERIOUSB]

is there a step by step guide on how to do this somewere?

[gadgetboy1234]

@RARELYSERIOUSB I will do one soon if you want.

[RARELYSERIOUSB]

@gadgetboy1234 that would be great.

[00Mandingo00]

Where did you find how to make the apple scripts? I have remote buddy and the harmony one but can't figure out how to make it run apple scripts.

is there a website you could direct me to?

thanks

[CLOFS]

one person is a windows user:0... 1 dislike:(

[supercooled]

Get a NAS please. That looks sloppy, lazy and plain butt ugly.

Haha @ movies you "acquired"... had to be tact about that.

Anyway, PLEX is sweet.

[that1guyoverthr]

@stanny111 Google "5.1 snow leopard" and click on the second link. :D

[Rahul4446]

@that1guyoverthr Hey relly nice set up .. i was wondering what is the way you store all your movies.. what kind of hard drive docking station are you using is that connected together serving you as a NAS? i was looking for a good way to store all my movie.. thanx ..

[rayray5340]

@Rahul4446 i personally use a drobo its freaking awesome

[Tech4U247]

how did you hook up 5.1 audio?

[UntrustedSource]

For the 1080P downloaded movies, do you have a super large hard drives? My current main PC has 3TB of storage, but I don't think it could hold that many 1080P movies.

[chriscmac23]

what kind of stand is that where u put the xbox on?

[geebones]

what format are your movies

[that1guyoverthr]

@geebones For the most part .mkv files.  H.264 video codec for video. ACC DTS for audio. Anywhere between 4.5 to 10gb a piece.

[geebones]

@that1guyoverthr how many do you have on there

[that1guyoverthr]

@geebones Movies, you mean? More than 400. Sumthin' like that.

[geebones]

@that1guyoverthr so you copy all your dvds do you have tv shows

[that1guyoverthr]

@geebones Some TV shows.. Chappelle Show, The office, ATHF... Most of my TV I catch on Hulu or Netflix. The movies I have are downloaded in HD - Better than DVD. :)

[mna7ee]

I want to know how much that cost you.I mean Mac mini+remote buddy and Harmony One

Do you think Mac mini is better than boxee box ?

[freezazoid]

haha.. sorry bro. I enjoyed the setup and you helped me make a choice in what computer to get... typing this message on my new mac right now! Cool setup and thanks for the vid. Glad to hear the stickers are gone :)

[j2tran77]

Nice set up! Is there a lot of work setting up the remote to the Mac? Is it simple? Thanks!

[that1guyoverthr]

@j2tran77 I definitely put about 5 hours into getting everything perfect. I happened to be unemployed during those days.. lolz. Click the link in the video description for more info on the remote setup.

[MrSlartie]

400 movies must've cost a lot!

[casedogg87]

Glad we distinguished Coop's "Old Skool" Xbox lol. Sweet setup, definitely jealous. I love how you wrote those Apple Scripts to do all of that stuff.

[freezazoid]

you should take the stickers off your gear... it makes it look chincy. Stickers are basically advertisements for people that don't know what's in their gear. Not saying YOU don't know, but it's representative of that. They look terrible.

[that1guyoverthr]

@freezazoid Funny you'd mention this. I watched over this video before I published it and I removed the orange sticker off my receiver as I was uploading. Too bad you couldn't muster up any compliments. Thanks for the hit though. :)