I have not posted much on software, since I seem to be caught up with politics for some odd reason. I have been watching Daily Cup of Tech’s 24/24 post on open source media Centers. Below you can see some of the detail Tim Fehlman went into on these programs. If your into open source (free) programs and are looking for a good media play check out Tim Fehlman list of 24.
Daily Cup of Tech
Plex Media Center for OS X
Plex bridges the gap between your Mac and your home theater, doing so with a visually appealing user interface that provides instant access to your media. Plex can play a wide range of video, audio and photo formats as well as online streaming audio and video. The real power of Plex is found in its library features: Organize your media into versatile libraries, automatically retrieve metadata from the Internet, and display your libraries using one of the visually stunning skins.
Remedie
Remedie is a perl based media center application with pluggable architecture. You can subscribe to videocast feeds, watch local folder with media files and keep track of your favorite video sites like YouTube, Nico Nico Douga or Hulu. See Supported Sites for details. It runs as a web server so you can use your favorite browser (Firefox, Safari) to browse your video collection, playback videos using your favorite player. If you’re familiar with Plagger, Remedie is a fork of Plagger, optimized for media downloading and viewing, and comes with an HTTP web server with JSON APIs and web-based frontend built with jQuery and CSS.
These are just 2 of the 24 that I grabbed at random.
Originally posted. April 30, 2009
