It’s been a long time since I switched to Mac but about a year ago my Mother-in-law switched back over to a Mac and so I inherited her used HP PC laptop. And until just recently it has sat lifeless on my shelf - so sad

I have been using my MacBook Pro as an iTunes server for my two Apple TV’s, I keep all my shows and movies on an AirDisk connected to an Airport Extreme all of which streams wireless throughout the house. The only downside to this is when I take my  MacBook Pro with me, so to goes the iTunes Server content which leaves my wife movie-less.

So I got an idea, PC’s can run iTunes, why not turn my aging PC laptop into an iTunes Server? And then I remembered the AirDisk my movie data was on, which on a Mac is very easy to connect to and share. An so the Googleing began… I needed to find out if/how a PC could connect to an Airport AirDisk. A few minutes later and the results where in, PC’s can connect to AirDisks too, maybe not as elegantly as a Mac does it but at least it was possible.

So this is what I did or should I say did twice because the first time I got the PC iTunes Server up and running she decided to go down about a week later virus ridden and ashamed, nothing a day and of my time and a format and reinstall couldn’t fix! No more casual surfing with PC iTunes Server for me And yes I had Virus software on it to boot! Read the rest of this entry »

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I’ve been meaning to write this post all week but just haven’t had a chance until now.

So it’s ironic that today of all days to write about Quicktime and codecs, Apple has announced support for Xvid on their site. This is interesting because as Apple and it’s partners add more support to Quicktime, it could have some positive implications for the Apple TV and the formats it supports.

The topic of this post is actually to talk about a cool open-source (free) addon that I found called Perian. It’s for Quicktime that allows it to support a bunch of other video codecs and actually makes it easier for you to play back all those video files you have. This should be especially useful for switchers that may have a library of video with varying formats from their PCs.

Perian adds support within Quicktime for these codecs:

• AVI
• FLV (think YouTube videos)
• 3ivX, DivX, Flash Screen Video, MS-MPEG4, Sorenson H.263, Truemotion VP6, and Xvid
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