Got my Mac mini running XBMC wondering what others use forplugin for movies and TV?

Looking very good at the moment, on icefilms and 1channel, but wanting more HD content

I have a Western Digital Live tv hub, and would recommend it streaming hd mkv's from a 2tb nas box in the loft....

I also use xbmc on a laptop in the kids room for their movies and have always loved it, i still have a chipped xbox running the original version

Ive tried several others, boxee was good software, based on xbmc engine and worked great but they've withdrawn the pc software in favour of their hardware platform  Why?.. Because i can....
RRS 2006 S/C Rimini Red Weekend toy
Subaru impreza 1998 2.0 340hp still here
Smart car 0.7 61 hp Carbon offset
Sierra cosworth 2.0 350 hp GONE
Various RS escorts, Vauxhall sri's Volvo T5's, BMW 3 series, fiestas (?) fiat's....
Mr Mischief - www.mischief-inc.co.uk

now you have lost me with this talk of western boxes and hubs

I downloaded XBMC to my mac mini, which runs itunes and i can stream my itunes movies to my Apple TV in the other room using itunes, (i will have to look in to jailbreaking that at a later date)

But as a stand alone TV, i wanted to get this up and running, I had to google to find out how to get the movies working on it and found a program via xmbchub and got the plug in and watched a couple of movies last night, in HD and there were just as good quality as my apple TV, but i don't think it broadcasts the sound in 5.1 dolby though

The WD live tv hub is a box similar to the apple tv box as follows, costs around £180 :

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=570

It has a 1 tb harrdrive inside and also has network connections for internet streaming etc. You can get a wireless adapter for it or connect with a standard ethernet cable to your internet router. I also have harddrive storage plugged into my router with a collection of 50 plus HD movies on, and I stream from this harddrive storage all my movies the the box


I get full DTS surround sound from this unit and I have yet to find a movie it doesnt play

I also a basic no harddrive WD Live boxe I use to stream to one of the bedrooms the same movies and music

I seriously have though about getting a WD live tv hub box and installing in the RRS  Why?.. Because i can....
RRS 2006 S/C Rimini Red Weekend toy
Subaru impreza 1998 2.0 340hp still here
Smart car 0.7 61 hp Carbon offset
Sierra cosworth 2.0 350 hp GONE
Various RS escorts, Vauxhall sri's Volvo T5's, BMW 3 series, fiestas (?) fiat's....
Mr Mischief - www.mischief-inc.co.uk

Cheers, might have a look at something similar in time,

trying out XBMC tonight, its been a little hit and miss, freezing and low quality, buffering issues, half way through watching Madagascar 3 with the kids it crashed and kept coming up with cache full error

I'm having issues with my broadband dropping down on an evening from 78mbps to about 11mbs, so not sure if its related

Thats quite a drop.. What broadband service you on.. I get no issues streaming on 60mb virgin, i have clients on bt infinity experiencing lagging at busy times ... Set one up today peaking at 65 mb but dropping to 20mb  Why?.. Because i can....
RRS 2006 S/C Rimini Red Weekend toy
Subaru impreza 1998 2.0 340hp still here
Smart car 0.7 61 hp Carbon offset
Sierra cosworth 2.0 350 hp GONE
Various RS escorts, Vauxhall sri's Volvo T5's, BMW 3 series, fiestas (?) fiat's....
Mr Mischief - www.mischief-inc.co.uk

I'm with BT

I have a higher level complaint in at the moment, openreach have stated that my line is perfect, I couldn't be closer to the cabinet in my street, well I could if I live in the opposite house

I think BT themselves have oversold the product and until the powers that be upgrade the exchange they can't cope with the capacity