2012-02-11, 18:20
Hi everyone. I have decided to try out both plex and xbmc to find out which one is easier to use and also has more features. I am a complete noob at this, so bear with me. this is my current setup:
-imac running both plex (server and client) and xbmc with an external harddrive attached to it. the imac is connected to tv. and connected to the internet using wifi
-apple tv 2 with another tv (upstairs) jailbroken with both plex (client) and xbmc installed. the atv2 is using wifi also.
now with plex it was quite straightforward. as soon as i installed plex on atv2 it instantly picked up my plex server from imac and was showing all the movies, tv shows, channels etc. i didnt have to configure a single thing.
But with xbmc this wasn't the case. I want my apple tv 2 xbmc to display all the movies and infos with posters directly from my imac. my guess is i have to configure something in the network settings. but i could't find any tutorial that is easy to understand.
help would be greatly appreciated. thanks.
-imac running both plex (server and client) and xbmc with an external harddrive attached to it. the imac is connected to tv. and connected to the internet using wifi
-apple tv 2 with another tv (upstairs) jailbroken with both plex (client) and xbmc installed. the atv2 is using wifi also.
now with plex it was quite straightforward. as soon as i installed plex on atv2 it instantly picked up my plex server from imac and was showing all the movies, tv shows, channels etc. i didnt have to configure a single thing.
But with xbmc this wasn't the case. I want my apple tv 2 xbmc to display all the movies and infos with posters directly from my imac. my guess is i have to configure something in the network settings. but i could't find any tutorial that is easy to understand.
help would be greatly appreciated. thanks.