Yeah, even found wp8 plex app. Sure it cost me money ($5.90 seems a bit high 
but hey whatever) but gives me something to spend my Nokia credit on. 

I wonder if the iphone app is free or paid?

-----Original Message-----
From: "Joseph Cooney" <[email protected]>
Sent: ‎29/‎01/‎2014 2:26 PM
To: "ozDotNet" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: DLNA access from Windows 8.1

Plex has a great ecosystem for mobile devices too. 
Joseph
On Jan 29, 2014 4:10 PM, "Stephen Price" <[email protected]> wrote:

Checking out Plex server, it looks great. Oh and as an added bonus i just 
discovered my NAS has a Plex installer. 
Synology rocks.



On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Scott Barnes <[email protected]> wrote:

XBMC was good when XBOX first generation were moddable.. today its like most 
OSS ... it eventually ends up in the boredom graveyard filled with promises and 
slow releases...


Plex Media Server spanks XBMC now.. and it will be my favourite until 
eventually another rises to beat its dominance...and then i to will favour 
this..


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Regards,
Scott Barnes
http://www.riagenic.com



On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 12:24 PM, David Connors <[email protected]> wrote:

On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Scott Barnes <[email protected]> wrote:

Ah ok, I was hoping for a Chromecast vs Roku 3 showdown but it never came .. so 
basically the whole Airplay thing in Apple speak is still a generation behind 
as from memory Airplay will still require your Phone/iPad/ATV to host the 
streaming but this in turn is just an instruction packet to tell it "you do it 
from here.."


Yes, I think later extensions to AirPlay did the latter but originally it was 
more or less peer to peer (which it had to be pre iCloud etc I guess). 


The key value I get out of the ChromeCast is it has no UX at all. It just shows 
random photos while not in use but other than that it does nothing. The 
relationship it always between your chosen device, your favourite/most 
appropriate app, and ChromeCast as a dumb arse renderer. In that regard, I 
guess, there is no lock in as you can use whichever content provider or app you 
want.


I've tried XBMC a few times but found the plugins for things like YouTube 
second rate - as they're basically rebuilding the UX for their own purposes vs 
using the native thing from Google with the latest features etc.


[ .. ]


As always, YMMV and it depends on the content you mostly consume (which on an 
hours watched basis in our place, is still mainly FoxtelIQ).


David. 

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