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Aidan

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:40:03 +1200

OTOH, I’ve tried other media servers – Vuze and the open-source PS3 one – and they weren’t great enough over WiFi to beat walking around with a flash drive.

But … the Cat 6 cabling that was supposed to be done in December with the rest of the house was…

kiwicmc

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:50:10 +1200

Plex is nice, playing around with it on my MacBook Pro I got a Movie playing out to the MacBook and a TV show playing to the iPad. No jitter at all.

The Plex iPad remote app is OK, but a little clunky – no coverflow!

All I want now…

nzlemming

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:30:40 +1200

Now, I don't know what the user experience on Android tablets is in this regard, but I was impressed (moreso) with how easily it just worked on the iPad. Does anyone know about how such things with respect to other portable devices?

I haven't tried any accessibility tools yet, though…

HORansome

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:25:01 +1200

I find that the people who've bought iPads and been disappointed are people whose production machines are laptops. OTOH, I use mine every day.

I'm a laptop user who uses a desktop sporadically at home (for example, right now I'm using the laptop whilst seated at the desk when my…

Russell Brown

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:39:59 +1200

Looks like there are untethered hacks now. I’d be taking a peep at plex and it’s media server, but if you’re in the iTunes ecosystem I guess there wouldn’t be much point for you.

I'm not, really. The only iTunes content I watch much at all is video podcasts, which…

Dan Slevin

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:06:18 +1200

Russell, if you have an iPad you really should be using that as your ATV remote.

I use the iPhone and can play music all night long without even turning the television on.

Makes entering text much easier, too.

Aidan

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:55:54 +1200

Also, $170 is the kind of price where I’ll consider jailbreaking my puck, if it’s easy and there are good reasons to do so. Anyone got the good word on that?

I guess http://www.appletvhacks.net/ is your friend.

Looks like there are untethered hacks now. I'd be taking a peep at…

Russell Brown

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:33:04 +1200

If it’s HTML-5 that has this functionality, then surely it’s available to any class of device/media player with the right hooks? (I’m not going to delve into what “Airplay” does right now at work).

AirPlay is a proprietary protocol, but it seems that PulseAudio in Linux can already use AirPlay…

Gareth Ward

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:53:09 +1200

Elegant and cheap: Apple's new direction?

Given the scale they're getting, plus the additional revenue stream that app stores represent, this is quite possible, at least in their consumer devices. Apple are rumoured to be purchasing $8BILLION worth of LCD screens and memory from Samsung, and it's this purchasing ability…

Matt Crawford

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:42:18 +1200

It’s not a computer – it’s not priced like one and it’s only 10cm across. For NZOS, Vimeo et al, I just use my iPad and hit the AirPlay button when I want to watch a video.

It’s an iOS device – an appliance, basically.

Elegant and cheap: Apple's new…

Russell Brown

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:16:08 +1200

What’s the point of Apple TV? I’m just trying to get my (windows-based) brain around it. Is it just a networked media player linked to a subscription service?

Its major utility to me is as a YouTube player for TV. It helps to use your account and subscribe to the…

SteveH

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:13:16 +1200

I don’t deny the design is often fabulous, but design is not everything
It’s not everything but IMHO it is the most important thing. And there are very few companies that understand that. Apple is not successful because they’ve brainwashed the masses into buying their stuff. They are successful because…

Gareth Ward

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:08:28 +1200

How is this different to watching a live concert on telly?

Not having to negotiate broadcast rights, timeslots, licensing etc etc with every TV station in the world I suspect. One deal, with YouTube and blam, anyone with teh interwebs can watch it.

And re Apple holding back features to…

Russell Brown

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:08:07 +1200

There was no technical reason for the first iPad not to have USB or SD or HDMI slots, cameras of a reasonable resolution, etc etc right from the outset.

That’s wrong for two reasons. There may well have been technical reasons for those features being omitted, given that Apple wanted…

Geoff Lealand

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:02:02 +1200

NZ on Screen is an excellent resource that could probably do with a bit more promotion

Well, I guess that is the job for Russell and myself (we are both NZ On Screen Trustees). I am particularly interested in encouraging teachers to make NZOS a core resource in teaching, so…

Russell Brown

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:00:06 +1200

I love the idea of streaming concerts and would happily pony up the cash. But the proviso is it’d have to be a quality experience, and I guess the biggest issue is bitrate. I’m not sure that 320p youtube example is something I’d be prepared to pay for, but were…

Jimmy D

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:52:58 +1200

BOXEE! Free for your laptop, or cheap to buy as an appliance. Free from the shackles of Apple! (check out the comparison between Apple TV and Boxee at boxee.net)

HORansome

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:46:31 +1200

There was no technical reason for the first iPad not to have USB or SD or HDMI slots, cameras of a reasonable resolution, etc etc right from the outset.

That's wrong for two reasons. There may well have been technical reasons for those features being omitted, given that Apple wanted…

Heather Gaye

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:16:12 +1200

How is this different to watching a live concert on telly?
Umm… you couldn’t watch this show live on the telly?

I saw Duran Duran’s live streamed AmEx show (directed by David Lynch!) the other day. I’ve never loved Vodafone so much – it wasn’t that many years ago the…

Matt Crawford

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:12:40 +1200

What's the point of Apple TV? I'm just trying to get my (windows-based) brain around it. Is it just a networked media player linked to a subscription service? Ever get frustrated at the lack of capability playing the higher definition video? What do you output the audio to? What the…

MikeE

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:00:26 +1200

Boilerrom.tv does it quite well for the london underground bass music scene (in terms of live streams of club nights rather than concerts)... I'm looking at doing a similar thing here in Auckland for 'live" gigs.. just via ustream.tv /Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder and a Hi Def camera /…

Rich of Observationz

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:44:54 +1200

How is this different to watching a live concert on telly?

(I know we don't get many of those, but the BBC used to do one every week in the olden days).

TracyMac

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:38:43 +1200

No thanks, I won't buy anything Apple-branded. Often way over-hyped for the actual feature set. I don't deny the design is often fabulous, but design is not everything (although it obviously helps raise the bar of how the technology is used).

I don't know why more people aren't up in…

Gareth Ward

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:32:15 +1200

I kinda wish that the Daft Punk rumour had materialised such that Daft Punk actually were Playing at My House. Either way I didn't catch the show as I was away for the weekend and not inclined to stream 3.5 hours of video over a 3G network...

Airplay/AppleTV are interesting…

Ken Sparks

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:26:22 +1200

NZ on Screen is an excellent resource that could probably do with a bit more promotion (I was talking to a well known TV producer the other day who didn't even know it existed...)
Thanks for that taste of LCD Soundsystem et al – I reckon they were one of…

Russell Brown

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:02:38 +1200

It would be an amazing thing if (for example) NZoA could support the continuation of this good work across other outlets.

I’m pretty sure I’m not breaching any confidences in saying that working with other public agencies to deliver media is what we LOVE to do.

LIISA

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:05:59 +1200

NZ on Screen really is leading the way in showing how a lot of uniquely NZ, publicly-funded media content could be made freely available to the public. It would be an amazing thing if (for example) NZoA could support the continuation of this good work across other outlets. yay NZoScreen…

bob daktari

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:48:44 +1200

phew glad I grabbed a copy too... no way was my connection going to cope with steaming the entire show

it was well special

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Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:48:44 +1200

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