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<blockquote data-quote="fletch33" data-source="post: 879428" data-attributes="member: 32473"><p>1. i highly recommend Plex over XBMC. i have tried them all and Plex gets better everyday with an amazing amount of content. </p><p></p><p>2. you can only have either the sound going out or staying on the iMac and plugging the cable in is what controls this. it is 100% impossible to even have the internal iMac speakers work unless there is nothing plugged into audio out. this is a hardware setup and not software so it can not be manipulated since the iMac senses the audio in jack and sends all sound out and turns off the iMac speakers. this can be a pain the butt for your setup since you will have to manually reach back and plug and unplug your cable. having the toslink optical sound out cable makes it worse since you cant just pull it and let it drop but should put the cover on it.</p><p></p><p>there is a work around to being able to switch between your stereo out and your iMac speakers without having to unplug it but its gonna cost ya. details <a href="http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p></p><p>3. not sure about shipping to wherever you are but you may find <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FMXKC8/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">this</a> optical cable a lot cheaper and they have them longer. i bought the 12 foot and it works great.</p><p></p><p>another thing that may bother you and it did me (switched to a mini) is that you can not turn off the iMac screen while watching a movie on your LCD TV and my iMac was located next to my LCD TV and i wanted a dark room sometimes for a movie. my only solution was to cover it with a towel. i googled and read forever on this subject and there are some suggestions out there but a towel was the only real way to get it out completely dark. if you turn down the brightness you affect the LCD TV picture and if your Media Center has a "Black out other monitor" option then it goes black but not off so you still see that glow.</p><p></p><p>anyway hope that helps</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fletch33, post: 879428, member: 32473"] 1. i highly recommend Plex over XBMC. i have tried them all and Plex gets better everyday with an amazing amount of content. 2. you can only have either the sound going out or staying on the iMac and plugging the cable in is what controls this. it is 100% impossible to even have the internal iMac speakers work unless there is nothing plugged into audio out. this is a hardware setup and not software so it can not be manipulated since the iMac senses the audio in jack and sends all sound out and turns off the iMac speakers. this can be a pain the butt for your setup since you will have to manually reach back and plug and unplug your cable. having the toslink optical sound out cable makes it worse since you cant just pull it and let it drop but should put the cover on it. there is a work around to being able to switch between your stereo out and your iMac speakers without having to unplug it but its gonna cost ya. details [URL="http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/"]here[/URL]. 3. not sure about shipping to wherever you are but you may find [URL="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FMXKC8/?tag=macforums0e4-20"]this[/URL] optical cable a lot cheaper and they have them longer. i bought the 12 foot and it works great. another thing that may bother you and it did me (switched to a mini) is that you can not turn off the iMac screen while watching a movie on your LCD TV and my iMac was located next to my LCD TV and i wanted a dark room sometimes for a movie. my only solution was to cover it with a towel. i googled and read forever on this subject and there are some suggestions out there but a towel was the only real way to get it out completely dark. if you turn down the brightness you affect the LCD TV picture and if your Media Center has a "Black out other monitor" option then it goes black but not off so you still see that glow. anyway hope that helps [/QUOTE]
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