Ultimate Mac Mini Media Center / HTPC

http://www.applemediacenter.com

UPDATED for 2010! This video came out March 2009, but since then the blog post I was talking about has turned into a full blown site! There is WAY more info on the website than there ever was in the initial post. Get your Media Center hooked up!

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• macintosh
• ultimate
• mac
• mini
• media
• center
• plex
• OSX
• HTPC
• drobo
• logitech
• dinovo
• home
• theater
• appletv
• 2009
• hack
• upgrade

[doomque]

Thanks matt big help. you just sold me on back blaze. good work. can't wait for the video even if it is a fair well. Life does that sometimes. I hope you mean you will be giving up just the youtube channel and not the applemediacenter website. That is a keeper.

[mattarrr]

@doomque My time is really being taken up by work and my personal life (gotta have a little of that right?!). But while I may be somewhat hands off with the site, the good thing is that the information stays relevant for a while. So I could get by with doing just a few updates a year. We'll see. You've got me thinking again ;)

[doomque]

please get around to posting your new setup. I would love to see how far you have come. my goal this year is to set up something like your initial setup. Do you still use the Drobo? I have heard complaints. Let's us know what is new. Give us a good long video update.

[mattarrr]

@doomque I want to get around to it but unfortunately life is getting in the way. I still love and use my Drobo. I'd recommend it to everyone. My setup is basically the same but way more streamlined. I can't even put a date on when it will happen, but I may make a video as a send off since I really don't have time to maintain the site.

[doomque]

@mattarrr which drobo do you have? 1st or 2nd gen? Any issues with it or loss of data. Considering getting one but also have synology in mind. Still using plex?

[mattarrr]

@doomque I recently updated to the Drobo Gen 2. No data loss ever. I did once have a drive fail, and I just swapped it out, just how it was supposed to work. In conjunction with my drobo and my time machine disk (separate hard drive from the drobo) I also use Backblaze (google it) which is a service that backs up all your important files to the cloud for something like $5/month for unlimited space. I've got 3.5TB in the cloud now. My house could burn down and I'm covered.

[timgrigg1]

What's the name of the program you

Click on for your game emulation ?

[Thepockets88]

Just this "old" 500 GB hard drive.... pshhh.. iv been using a pair of 320's for a long time. id love to upgrade...

[commodore256]

Emulation looks like shit on HDTVs

Arcade Emulation looks second best on a 480i CRT with Component input, a MovieShow PC VGA XGA to TV Video scan converter and a CSY-2100.

The only way it could look better would be if you had an arcade monitor and a PC with an ArcadeVGA 3000.

I have a cheap ass scan converter and metal slug looks better on my 480i TV than my "HD" monitor.

[mattarrr]

@656er This video is old, so I would not recommend getting anything that doesn't have a Core 2 Duo. Although if you can get a new Mini, even better!