Comments on: MediaCentral 2.0 http://www.machtpc.com/archives/2006/07/10/mediacentral-20/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:52:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ramon Ramirez http://www.machtpc.com/archives/2006/07/10/mediacentral-20/#comment-615 Ramon Ramirez Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:05:10 +0000 http://www.machtpc.com/?p=158#comment-615 Media Central is unbearably slow if you have a large music collection, I have over 4000 albums and wanted a substitute for Front Row since my old mini does not run Front Row. I paid or it, and now find it painful to load the music catalog from iTunes and slow in navigation. An alias of my iTunes music folder to the software's My Music folder helped, but then I only get to browse by artist. Not worth the money if you have a large music collection. Media Central is unbearably slow if you have a large music collection, I have over 4000 albums and wanted a substitute for Front Row since my old mini does not run Front Row. I paid or it, and now find it painful to load the music catalog from iTunes and slow in navigation. An alias of my iTunes music folder to the software’s My Music folder helped, but then I only get to browse by artist. Not worth the money if you have a large music collection.

]]> By: Joe http://www.machtpc.com/archives/2006/07/10/mediacentral-20/#comment-614 Joe Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:07:08 +0000 http://www.machtpc.com/?p=158#comment-614 Oh, and I was testing the 2.1 release, not 2.0 mentioned here. Yes, given its slowness, the 5 minute demo mode is way too short. I had to restart it numerous times just to try everything I was interested in out, and it takes something like 20 seconds just to get past the splash screen. Oh, and I was testing the 2.1 release, not 2.0 mentioned here. Yes, given its slowness, the 5 minute demo mode is way too short. I had to restart it numerous times just to try everything I was interested in out, and it takes something like 20 seconds just to get past the splash screen.

]]> By: Joe http://www.machtpc.com/archives/2006/07/10/mediacentral-20/#comment-613 Joe Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:03:44 +0000 http://www.machtpc.com/?p=158#comment-613 I tried the demo. Nice feature set, but way too slow for a PPC Mac mini. High quality movies that play fine in Front Row and other media center software packages skip like crazy in Media Central. Even the Space Invaders clone was too slow to be playable. I tried the demo. Nice feature set, but way too slow for a PPC Mac mini. High quality movies that play fine in Front Row and other media center software packages skip like crazy in Media Central. Even the Space Invaders clone was too slow to be playable.

]]> By: O.I. http://www.machtpc.com/archives/2006/07/10/mediacentral-20/#comment-612 O.I. Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:05:00 +0000 http://www.machtpc.com/?p=158#comment-612 <p>I'm actually very interested as well, and the 5 minute demo is more than a little absurd. How on earth is 5 minutes enough to verify if you would like to purchase a program with so many potential features (and problems)?</p> <p>I paid the 15 bucks to register for distantDVD and it's been working pretty well, especially since I only use it in my bedroom and not on my main TV. </p> I’m actually very interested as well, and the 5 minute demo is more than a little absurd. How on earth is 5 minutes enough to verify if you would like to purchase a program with so many potential features (and problems)?

I paid the 15 bucks to register for distantDVD and it’s been working pretty well, especially since I only use it in my bedroom and not on my main TV.

]]> By: Jon http://www.machtpc.com/archives/2006/07/10/mediacentral-20/#comment-611 Jon Sat, 15 Jul 2006 08:51:04 +0000 http://www.machtpc.com/?p=158#comment-611 <p>Got it, bought it - it's uhm .. interesting. IMHO this is what version 1.2 should have been and then 2.0 without the numerous bugs and idiosyncracies. </p> <p>Having said that it has set me forth on the path to explore the iptv availale out there a little more frequently (with the aim to completely get rid of my pay tv asap). </p> Got it, bought it - it’s uhm .. interesting. IMHO this is what version 1.2 should have been and then 2.0 without the numerous bugs and idiosyncracies.

Having said that it has set me forth on the path to explore the iptv availale out there a little more frequently (with the aim to completely get rid of my pay tv asap).

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