When Android 4.3 API18 came out I pulled my old Nexus 7 out of the drawer, charged it, let it update to 4.3.18 and tried to use it for the next three days, leaving my iPad mini in the drawer instead. Â What I found out was: Android OS still sucks unbelievably bad. It’s kinda…
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Plex vs. XMBC on AppleTV
So now that XMBC is available for AppleTV2 it’s time to compare it to Plex. I’ve played around with them for the past few days and can say that: Plex is worth the extra complexity. I’ve been told (never having used XBMC) that Plex was ‘just a port’ of it, so why not use XBMC…
Upgrade ATV2 Plex to 0.6.6
What I had to to get 0.6.6: it’s worth it, since 0.6.6 has resume-on-watch, and trick play now works for forwards and reverse tricks! $ – shell commands I entered from the JB’ed ATV2. [ ] – output from the commands. The biggest deal was removing the symlink for Plex’s frappliance. I suppose if I…
Ultimate Guide to Plex9 on AppleTV 2G with 4.2.1
Update on Jan 12: You should use the SeasOnPass app from fireCore — it does exactly what I outline below, only much more quickly and easily. After a few days of screwing around with a new AppleTV 2G that came from Apple with 4.2.1 pre-installed (so no going back to older firmware) and reading numerous…