Comments on: Setting Up a Mac Media Center Part 2: Plex vs Boxee

By: Claudio70

Claudio70 — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:07:00 +0000

well i tried PLEX – adn it did not.

1. find all the audiobooks – a missing mix between .mp3 . and .m4a files
non of the files had the correct names or only some of the names where added correctly.
same goes for music and film – the program had not updated all of the file informations.

etc..

so recon the app is no where complete.

it need to fetch the correct artwork – and transfer the file info – directly from itunes to the Plex interface.

til then ill stick to Itunes – that still is the king ( except for the movie section)

we need an app that can do it all but with ease.. so why cant peole make on that does?

best regards
claudio

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:47:32 +0000

For me neither Plex nor Boxee are doing what they should do.

At mac-media-center-com I describe in a review and tutorial my thoughts and solution for a media center on my iMac…

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:01:43 +0000

I just did a head to head comparison Boxee vs Plex as well.
Pro Boxee:
While the older versions of Boxee were problematic (crashes and difficulty identifying correct movies/TV) it now is a much better product. Specifically Boxee had much easier time identifying movie and tv files. (i used the IMDB naming conventions suggested by both Boxee and Plex). I found confusion while navigation Plexs MOVIEs vs VIDEOs. One list would reconize a title and the other wouldn’t.
Pro Plex:
The interface is more Mac-like and beautiful to look at. Currently Plex has Hulu working. Boxee not so much.
My .02, Cheers

By: Steph

Steph — Fri, 14 May 2010 05:15:36 +0000

I use plex to play mkv 720p movie files.I have the movies stored on my mac pro and I stream them through airport extreme to my mac mini which is connected to my projector. The problem I have is that with files larger than 1GB the movie stops when it gets around 40-50 mins in.It just goes back to plex menu. I can play the same movies when stored on my Windows PC and stream to Mac mini through plex no problems.Also I can stream them from Macpro to Macmini by using VLC player, no prob. I want to use plex though cos the interface is awesome and I love all the info etc. I can stream TV shows and avi files no worries but the it has probs with the mkv. I am running snow leopard on both my macs and have the latest version of plex on both macs.
Any input would be appreciated.

By: Ameri

Ameri — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:46:11 +0000

oh i see thank you! i like XBMC but its a little rough. and Plex has a lot of faults that need to be fixed. (mostly graphic issues) but thank you for clarify that.

By: Phil Olin

Phil Olin — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:37:51 +0000

@Ameri Plex and Boxee are both based on XBMC but they aren’t the same. XBMC has it’s own set of developers.