It can’t play purchases from the iTunes Store. Plex is more customizable than Front Row: you can add plug-in scripts to get features like YouTube integration, and install a custom skin to update its look-and-feel.Īll that said, Plex isn’t perfect. Plex has some handy informational widgets-a news ticker, a weather forecast, and system information-built in. Logitech’s Harmony controllers, as well as the Apple Remote.
Plex works with universal-remote controls, such as Plex can play large video files that are split up and packed into archives-such as RAR or ZIP files you might download from Usenet-without requiring that you extract them first. That means you could host your video collection on an old Mac or Windows PC stashed somewhere out of the way, and still watch it on the Mac in your living room, office, or bedroom.
Plex can play media streamed from shared network drives. Plex can play back a wider range of video and audio file formats than Front Row, including AVI, MPEG files you’ve downloaded via BitTorrent, FLV Flash files you’ve downloaded from YouTube, and Ogg Vorbis audio files.
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