Unfortunately, navigating with mouse was not so comfortable at first, but after modifying mouse scroll sensitivity and custom buttons, MX Air mouse felt good to use. Compared to FrontRow, Plex supports mouse which is important as I use Logitech MX Air mouse to control my media center. The look and feel is a mixture between Apple’s FrontRow and XBMC Media Center, but it has a few advantages over them. This means that I can save frequently used sections or locations as my favorites for quick and easy access. Favorites section is another useful functionality that I have not discovered in other media center software. Streaming over the home network worked well on the first try. Adding network hard drive was also easier than in other media centers. Support for different media file formats is very good and it should play with ease most files you have on your computer. However, I discovered that my movies and TV shows in iTunes library where not automatically available, but I needed to browse the folders separately to make them available. Pictures section also handles iPhoto and Aperture libraries automatically. The library functionality seems to integrate very well with my existing iTunes library making podcasts and music instantly available.

Here are the highlights why this media center software made particularly good first impression.

I recently discovered Plex Media Center which looks extreme potential to take the prime slot on my Mac Mini’s desktop.

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