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deebo
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I've been a pc user for a long time now, but the money and setting up
needed to build a decent htpc is too much for me. Then someone told
me about the new x86 minimac. And i cant help but be very interested.
Some things bother me alot tho.
I store all my dvd's in divx/xvid with ac3 (or mp3 depending on source) audio.
I own an iPod, and on my windows iTunes i cant even add .avi files to the library. It requires mov mpeg4.
So if i am to invest in a mac mini for a mainly htpc computer can i:
a)
somehow play .avi divx/xvid, ogm, etc using nothing but frontrow (i really loved the demo so i dont want to use another player/frontend)
i know there are divx/xvid etc codecs for quicktime, but will it work with front row?
b)
i have all my videos and music on my linux fileserver sporting samba shares for them
can i mount the samba shares and add the files there to the front row library without having real local copies?
and those are my concerns before spending 900 euros on this (god **** VAT)
-- deebo
needed to build a decent htpc is too much for me. Then someone told
me about the new x86 minimac. And i cant help but be very interested.
Some things bother me alot tho.
I store all my dvd's in divx/xvid with ac3 (or mp3 depending on source) audio.
I own an iPod, and on my windows iTunes i cant even add .avi files to the library. It requires mov mpeg4.
So if i am to invest in a mac mini for a mainly htpc computer can i:
a)
somehow play .avi divx/xvid, ogm, etc using nothing but frontrow (i really loved the demo so i dont want to use another player/frontend)
i know there are divx/xvid etc codecs for quicktime, but will it work with front row?
b)
i have all my videos and music on my linux fileserver sporting samba shares for them
can i mount the samba shares and add the files there to the front row library without having real local copies?
and those are my concerns before spending 900 euros on this (god **** VAT)
-- deebo