Category Archives: Gadgets

It’s a Mini Adventure – The Initial Setup

The Mac mini is going to be run like a set-top box, which means no mouse or keyboard. The main interface is going to be from the Apple Remote control, navigating around a TV set. Consequently, there are a few things that need to be done to ensure that this experience is as trouble-free as …

July 4, 2009 – 4:16 pm | By tismey | Posted in Apple, HTPC | Comments (1)

It’s a Mini Adventure

L-R: Mac Mini, DVI-Video adaptor, SCART adaptor, EyeTV with aerial splitter

In my last post on my search for a replacement for the TViX, I summarised my requirements thus: a small form factor device with plenty of storage, capable of playing a variety of audio and video formats, a user-friendly interface and remote, a (preferably dual) TV Tuner with PVR capabilities, a DVD player and access …

June 27, 2009 – 11:49 am | By tismey | Posted in Apple, HTPC | Comments Off

Searching for a joined-up media player.

So, after 2 years of tinkering and messing about, I’ve decided to ditch the TViX. It’s been great, allowing me to pack away my DVD and CD collection and having it all available on my TV and through my hi-fi, all controlled with one remote. However, it does have a number of quirks which I …

June 11, 2009 – 11:01 pm | By tismey | Posted in HTPC, TViX | Comments (1)

FTP to TViX using Filezilla

Thanks to ‘transco’ on the TViXBox Forums for the heads-up that free, open-source FTP client Filezilla works with the FTP on the TViX boxes. Up to now I’ve been using the Terminal FTP because none of the other GUI-based clients (Transmit, Fetch, MacFusion, Cyberduck all tried) worked properly, apparently due to some oddity in the …

June 4, 2008 – 7:58 pm | By tismey | Posted in Apple, TViX | Comments (3)