Comments on: Build an Anime Media Center http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/2008/05/05/build-an-anime-media-center/ You're only as old as you feel. damn... Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:50:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: otou-san http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/2008/05/05/build-an-anime-media-center/comment-page-1/#comment-5906 otou-san Tue, 26 May 2009 21:24:16 +0000 http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/?p=512#comment-5906 Be warned, jason — boxee has been going back and forth now with Hulu for a while. It still contains all the other web sources, as well as the codecs necessary for offline play, and bittorrent support. But Hulu is, at the moment, conspicuously absent. The owner of boxee is doing everything he can, and at this point it's such a high-profile battle that I can't help but think he'll come out on top. Be warned, jason — boxee has been going back and forth now with Hulu for a while. It still contains all the other web sources, as well as the codecs necessary for offline play, and bittorrent support. But Hulu is, at the moment, conspicuously absent.

The owner of boxee is doing everything he can, and at this point it’s such a high-profile battle that I can’t help but think he’ll come out on top.

]]> By: jason http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/2008/05/05/build-an-anime-media-center/comment-page-1/#comment-5901 jason Tue, 26 May 2009 19:39:15 +0000 http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/?p=512#comment-5901 @otou-san - oh wowee man, wherever you found that (boxee) thank you thank you. i've been using plex. it's decent, but much more rough around the edges, plus no hulu support as far as i know. anyway, thanks again for the link, boxee is awesome :-D @otou-san – oh wowee man, wherever you found that (boxee) thank you thank you. i’ve been using plex. it’s decent, but much more rough around the edges, plus no hulu support as far as i know. anyway, thanks again for the link, boxee is awesome :-D

]]> By: otou-san http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/2008/05/05/build-an-anime-media-center/comment-page-1/#comment-2610 otou-san Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:10:47 +0000 http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/?p=512#comment-2610 <strong>@Wheelman - </strong>I should probably update this to include the fact that I'm now using <strong><a href="http://www.boxee.tv" rel="nofollow">boxee</a></strong> for almost everything. A Windows version is very very near on the horizon and I would recommend it to anyone, although boxee is still a bit rough around the edges. They have funding, and the final release is really gonna be great. It plays all the codecs necessary for fansubs and the subtitles all display in their correct fonts etc. It can also help you watch American TV by connecting to Hulu and such. <strong>@Troy - </strong>I find it kinda dumb to say "Mac sucks" or "windows sucks," as a guy I used to work with said, "not gonna get into that Ford/Chevy battle with you..." I wrote this because there aren't a whole ton of resources out there for people watching fansubs on a Mac. @Wheelman – I should probably update this to include the fact that I’m now using boxee for almost everything. A Windows version is very very near on the horizon and I would recommend it to anyone, although boxee is still a bit rough around the edges. They have funding, and the final release is really gonna be great. It plays all the codecs necessary for fansubs and the subtitles all display in their correct fonts etc. It can also help you watch American TV by connecting to Hulu and such.

@Troy – I find it kinda dumb to say “Mac sucks” or “windows sucks,” as a guy I used to work with said, “not gonna get into that Ford/Chevy battle with you…” I wrote this because there aren’t a whole ton of resources out there for people watching fansubs on a Mac.

]]> By: Troy http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/2008/05/05/build-an-anime-media-center/comment-page-1/#comment-2609 Troy Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:52:00 +0000 http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/?p=512#comment-2609 Mac sucks, just get the Koala from system76, or build your own Mini-ITX with Newegg parts. DO IT Mac sucks, just get the Koala from system76, or build your own Mini-ITX with Newegg parts.

DO IT

]]> By: Wheelman56 http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/2008/05/05/build-an-anime-media-center/comment-page-1/#comment-2604 Wheelman56 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:56:20 +0000 http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/?p=512#comment-2604 Man, when I saw this I nearly lept with joy, but then I saw this was a Mac tutorial. I currently have my regular desktop plugged into my new TV (and now I'm broke) and I've been trying to find a Media Center program that will properly catalog my anime for viewing on my new TV. But of course, all of the Windows applications want to use their own in-program media players so none of the soft subs display correctly and some features require connection to websites that only have information on American TV shows. :( I haven't tried Windows Media Center edition, mostly because I don't want to install it to find out it doesn't do what I want either. Good guide though, if I had extra cash for another computer as a Media Center I'd seriously consider it. Man, when I saw this I nearly lept with joy, but then I saw this was a Mac tutorial. I currently have my regular desktop plugged into my new TV (and now I’m broke) and I’ve been trying to find a Media Center program that will properly catalog my anime for viewing on my new TV. But of course, all of the Windows applications want to use their own in-program media players so none of the soft subs display correctly and some features require connection to websites that only have information on American TV shows. :( I haven’t tried Windows Media Center edition, mostly because I don’t want to install it to find out it doesn’t do what I want either.

Good guide though, if I had extra cash for another computer as a Media Center I’d seriously consider it.

]]> By: otou-san http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/2008/05/05/build-an-anime-media-center/comment-page-1/#comment-373 otou-san Tue, 06 May 2008 17:01:07 +0000 http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/?p=512#comment-373 <p>Sorry, I wasn't consciously trying to sound super-bourgeois in this post. But when you sell out to the man, the man gives you possessions. It's gross. That said, even the cheapest HDTV you can find will make those giant-ass matroska downloads worthwhile.</p> Sorry, I wasn’t consciously trying to sound super-bourgeois in this post. But when you sell out to the man, the man gives you possessions. It’s gross. That said, even the cheapest HDTV you can find will make those giant-ass matroska downloads worthwhile.

]]> By: IcyStorm http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/2008/05/05/build-an-anime-media-center/comment-page-1/#comment-364 IcyStorm Tue, 06 May 2008 02:28:02 +0000 http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/?p=512#comment-364 ... If I only had an HDTV and another $600 for a Mac Mini >< … If I only had an HDTV and another $600 for a Mac Mini ><

]]> By: otou-san http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/2008/05/05/build-an-anime-media-center/comment-page-1/#comment-359 otou-san Mon, 05 May 2008 19:59:23 +0000 http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/?p=512#comment-359 Hi James I spent a while thinking I was going to do a MythTV setup, probably with Ubuntu, but once you factor small form factor cases, etc. etc., it wasn't going to save me much money over the cheapest Mac, and the Mac was dead easy. Curious, what'd you end up going with for a case and a remote control? Also, who in Cheese-Kun's name is Venguac? Hi James I spent a while thinking I was going to do a MythTV setup, probably with Ubuntu, but once you factor small form factor cases, etc. etc., it wasn’t going to save me much money over the cheapest Mac, and the Mac was dead easy. Curious, what’d you end up going with for a case and a remote control?
Also, who in Cheese-Kun’s name is Venguac?

]]> By: James A. Calwell III http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/2008/05/05/build-an-anime-media-center/comment-page-1/#comment-358 James A. Calwell III Mon, 05 May 2008 19:44:11 +0000 http://www.shamefulotakusecret.com/?p=512#comment-358 I figured all this out with Ubuntu.  Also who in Venguaq's name is CC? I figured all this out with Ubuntu.  Also who in Venguaq’s name is CC?

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