We just purchased an AppleTV (2G) for our small bedroom TV and I was bouncing around the idea of hacking/jailbreaking it in order to get our home library that we watch all the way across the house on our Mac Mini, Plex 9 based HTPC extended to play on it and discovered a really quick and painless way to handle this, all without any hacking or warranty voiding to your Apple TV. The current options that require jail breaking are still very much proof-of-concept applications and in my opinion are not quite there yet when it comes to influencing me to jailbreak my shiny new Apple TV. I am honestly looking forward to Apple allowing third-party iOS developers the ability to take advantage of AirPlay functionality so I can simply use my iPhone or iPad to sling my Plex library, full of meta information and playback data right to the Apple TV. Until then, this is a fairly decent solution.

Note, this is not the cleanest, most elegant solution, but it works and it has passed the wife-test already.

Step-by-step instructions:

1. Enable AirPlay on your AppleTV
2. Install and configure Air Video Server on your Mac that has your video files. This involved pointing Air Video Server to your video library folder(s)
3. Install AirFlick, open it and leave it running in the background
4. Install Air Video Mac Client and create a new server listing pointed at your Air Video Server
5. Connect the client to the server, choose the video you'd like to watch on your Apple TV, and select the 'AirFlick live conversion' option.
6. Go enjoy your video on your Apple TV display.

For the past week I’ve been working on an in-depth post detailing my HTPC setup and experiences with other HTPC solutions, and in the past few days a lot has come up – most importantly, so far, the release of Plex 9 and I wanted to give it a solid and deserving plug. I’ve been a Plex user for a couple years now, and this is a very welcomed upgrade so far.  New features include a new and improved media manager, a universal iOS app, improved network sharing and more.

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Hung some art and tidied up a bit - thought it was deserving of some updated photos.

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Hung some art and tidied up a bit - thought it was deserving of some updated photos.

Very cool window management software, and it's only $7.00.

An homage to the Neutra typeface inspired by the song Poker Face by Lady GaGa.

'NEUTRA' is actually pronounced 'NOY-trah', but that escaped our knowledge in the fits of fun we were having doing this project. Word.

download song here: http://jarkandmason.blogspot.com/2009/12/dd40-neutra-face-mp3-free-download.html

lyrics (vocals may differ slightly):

I lay it out like they do in magazines check out this typeface it's like smoking nicotine (I love it) using Adobe's not the same without a Mac if it was lead it would be lined up on a track

oh,oh,oh,oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh I'll mock it up, show you what I got oh,oh,oh,oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh I'll mock it up, show you what I got

You'll read my, You'll read my, You can read my Neutra Face (Even if it's bold italic) You'll read my, You'll read my, You can read my Neutra Face (Even if it's bold italic)

N-n-n-neutra face, n-n-n-neutra face nah nah nah nah N-n-n-neutra face, n-n-n-neutra face nah nah nah nah

Thought about Futura but the em space was to wide not even when condensed,believe me i've already tried Gill sans the G is wack when it's in lowercase Avante Garde you make me hard but like Helvetica you've been played

oh,oh,oh,oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh I'll mock it up, show you what I got oh,oh,oh,oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh I'll mock it up, show you what I got

You'll read my, You'll read my, You can read my Neutra Face (Even if it's bold italic) You'll read my, You'll read my, You can read my Neutra Face (Even if it's bold italic)

N-n-n-neutra face, n-n-n-neutra face nah nah nah nah N-n-n-neutra face, n-n-n-neutra face nah nah nah nah

I won't tell you that you're modern post- or nouveau cause I'm hype'n with my type'n I'm not freehandin', letterpressin', texting or skywriting like a finger on a keyboard break a nail before I cross you see my references, reference this check this font cause it's sans serif

You'll read my, You'll read my, You can read my Neutra Face (Even if it's bold italic) You'll read my, You'll read my, You can read my Neutra Face (Even if it's bold italic)

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Just posted this puppy on eBay.

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Just posted this puppy on eBay.

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Just posted this puppy on eBay.

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