these days i’m back in the corporate world, now in a full-time IT role, so i’ve had less time to write but it’s time to get back into the habit.
the projects I’m into lately are largely home-theater related, although i’m now using this as learning material for automating things like updating channel listings with a basic .bat file and task scheduler.
i’ve become a huge fan of http://Plex.tv , which offers what I consider to be the best media management option around. Not only does it draw together all your media, but it offers remote access via HTTPS (albeit only for plex pass subscribers or lifetime pass holders). channels for tons of content from basic stuff like Pandora and YouTube are available for easy download from within the web UI.
for more adventurous types, you can add plugins for HBO Go, Spotify, and even the HDHomeRun Prime. these will often have dependencies on python, perl, or something of the like, so getting them to work is likely to require some time and attention. the results on a 10MB upload and LTE are pretty amazing 🙂 encrypted content like HBO of course won’t work, but it never does outside windows media center.
HD HomerunViewer turned out to be a pretty slick alternative to slingbox for me. iinding the plugin download and forum thread was tough during the plex forums outage so I included them here, but it looks like the forum thread has everything working again.
props to Zynine for putting together such an awesome plugin. if there’s interest in the setup i’ll be sure to post on how I got it all dialed in.