All Macs come with a video program called Front Row which is very similar to the Apple TV interface. However Front Row doesn’t support a number of video formats and doesn’t handle a number of video web sites, such as Hulu.
Plex Media Center, bridges the gap between your Mac and your home theater. Plex can play a wide range of video, audio and photo formats as well as online streaming audio and video. The real power of Plex is found in its library features: Organize your media into versatile libraries, automatically retrieve metadata from the Internet, and display your libraries using one of the visually stunning skins.
Plex Features
Video
Rich codec Support
Multicore Decoding for H.264
AC3/DTS Passthrough
AC3 Transcoding
Advanced Video Upscaling
Great Subtitle Support
Support for Fanart
IMDB and TVDB Metadata
Other
Python Scripting
Apple Movie Trailers
Weather
File Manager
RSS Feeds
Skinable Interface
Party Mode
Music
Rich Codec Support
Cool Visualizers
Shoutcast Streams
Pictures
Slideshows
RAW Support
Multilevel Zoom
It requires an Intel Mac. One more reason I need to upgrade.
Read all about it and download here.
