#RUNNING PLEX ON MAC MINI MOVIE#
#RUNNING PLEX ON MAC MINI INSTALL#
#RUNNING PLEX ON MAC MINI FOR ANDROID#

#RUNNING PLEX ON MAC MINI FOR ANDROID#

Unfortunately Plex for Android did not really work well for me because of the native support of the media formats. The MINIX Z64A retails at around $130 and came with and IR remote, while the Z64W is slightly more expensive at $160 due to the Windows 8.1 license and it does not come with IR remote. It comes in two flavors: MINIX NEO Z64A which is basically an Android TV box and shipped with Android Kit Kat 4.4 and MINIX NEO Z64W is actually a micro PC shipped with Windows 8.1 Bing Edition. Enter MINIX NEO Z64ДЄfter a thorough market research, I discovered about MINIX NEO Z64 and it was the closest one to meet all my requirements. All seemed like good options, but did not qualify to all the specifications. There were a few contenders at the time, including Intel NUC, Roku and Raspberry Pi 2. supports Dolby Digital and DTS encoding.It would be playing high definition media files and connected to my Yamaha YSP-2500 soundbar, so certain requirements were needed:

But I needed more than just a video streamer.

#RUNNING PLEX ON MAC MINI INSTALL#

So the search beganвЂ¦Д¬onsidering PlexвЂ™s excellent multi-platform adoption, I could easily buy a Chromecast for less than $40 and install Plex app there. The simple solution would be to buy another Mac mini, but was very uneconomical and unpractical because I did not need another server. The challenge was to find a suitable device to replace the Mac mini for the player as I had to move it out from the bedroom. The idea was, it would still run Plex Server since I would not watch movies and working at the same time. Initially I was thinking to buy an iMac with Fusion Drive, but then I had an idea to use my i7 Mac mini instead since it actually had a superb processing power. I then upgraded it to Mac mini 2012 with 2.3GHz Quad Core i7 processor, which has been able to handle multiple devices without breaking a sweat.ДЄ dilemma was faced when I needed a better working station as my Macbook Air was no longer enough to serve for web development jobs I had been doing in my home office.

#RUNNING PLEX ON MAC MINI MOVIE#

Then as Plex functionality grew, C2D processor no longer held up to directly convert my movie files and stream it to mobile devices. Started with the old 2010 Mac mini with 2.4GHz Core2Duo processor which served me well for over 3 years. I can create a long blog post just to share all the great things that I love from Plex, but I will save both my time and yours to go straight to their website to know more about it and download the apps.ДЇor years, my Mac minis had been the primary device for both Plex Media Server and Plex Home Theater (the player). It works by creating an digital media ecosystem of server where all your movies are indexed and cataloged, and player(s) to connect to the server and stream the movies. Without doubt, Plex is one of the best media applications you can and should install if you are serious in building an organized disc-less home theater system.

Running plex on mac mini