Plex Alpha Sneak Peek

The Mac OS X port (er, fork?) of the XBMC project continues to push forward. Like a Boxee, Plex turns our Macs into media centers — designed to be controlled via a 10′ interface. However, as the team’s sneak peek of recent alpha builds (video above) indicates, there are times when it’s more practical to manage our content libraries at the computer… rather than from the couch. With that in mind as we drive towards v1.0, Media Manager functionality has been removed from the primary, remote-controlled Plex UI and is accessed as a separate app, best worked by mouse. Additionally, Plex looks to embrace the whole home concept and pretty seamlessly links up to additional Plex Mac installs.

2 thoughts on “Plex Alpha Sneak Peek”

  1. Hey that’s pretty cool! Thanks for posting that. I currently use Boxee, but it’s always cool to see what other alternatives are out there.

  2. “However, as the team’s sneak peek of recent alpha builds (video above) indicates, there are times when it’s more practical to manage our content libraries at the computer… rather than from the couch. With that in mind as we drive towards v1.0, Media Manager functionality has been removed from the primary, remote-controlled Plex UI and is accessed as a separate app, best accessed by mouse.”

    Good for them. It’s the only approach that makes sense.

    That’s how I have my homebrew Mini server working, and I’m excited to check out their alpha.

    (Plex .85 was fun for three days. This seems like it could actually be useful.)

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