Also, the EyeHome was a little temperamental (requiring regular reboots) and the user interface wasn’t great. First, I had to make backups of all of my movies, which was both time and hard drive consuming. But… there were a few rather serious drawbacks to this setup in 2004. ![]() It completely changed the way that I organized and viewed movies. It allowed me to stream backups of my movies from my green iMac to my Sony 34″ CRT television. The EyeHome was a small box, similar to a DVD player, that connected to my home network and to the TV. There had to be a better solution! Enter the 2004 Elgato EyeHome. ![]() Up until 2004, my movie library consisted of stacks on stacks of DVDs littering my television area, just waiting to be damaged or go missing. While I genuinely enjoy watching films, the process of organizing and storing a movie library hasn’t always been fun, easy, or visually appealing. I’ve been collecting movies for over 20 years in one form or another. (streaming a 45Mbps movie – showcasing transcoding options) (screen capture of my home movies on Plex) ![]() Plex is designed for a home network, and that’s where it truly shines. I should also preface that I have not installed Plex Media Server on any Duke owned computers or stream content from Duke’s network… you’ll understand in a minute. While this DDMC article may not fall directly under classroom or enterprise digital media, Plex is an emerging technology that touches on many server/client related AV topics, and does have a few specific applications for groups collaborating on video or audio related projects, more on that later.
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