Well, I'm posting early. FedEx delivered as promised and so I went ahead with the upgrade. I did both the Mac Pro Desktop and the Mini. The upgrade was easy and flawless as promised. I didn't do anything special other than run the software update before the upgrade. The mini needed something and the Pro was good. The mini took 1 hour and 2 minutes to upgrade from disc insert to the welcome movie and the Pro was a little shorter it seemed. The Pro did find and app which required installing the Rosetta code, the mini didn't need it.
I haven't really played around with anything too much yet, but I can report that Plex works just as it did before. I am playing both avi for the TV and Video TS folders for the DVD rips with no problems. Hulu and Netflix as apps both work as does CNN. I didn't check the others, but there is no reason they shouldn't.
The one thing I have noticed, is that the movies load a lot faster. Again, this is the Video TS folders streamed wirelessly through an Apple Airport N router, just as before. With Leopard, it would take about 25 - 30 seconds for the movie to start playing (the main menu screen on the DVD) after clicking the movie. I tested on 3 different movies so far, and they're starting in about 5-10 seconds from clicking the movie. It is a much noticeable difference in load speed for the Video TS folder.
Other than that, I don't have much more to report. I thought I'd get this up so those of you wondering would know. I'll add to this post later in the weekend as I have time to play around with it more.
Friday night UPDATE: Looks like there is an issue with the Plex, Harmony and iTunes. Harmony remote does cause iTunes to start and then the movements of the Harmony causes iTunes to go forward or back with tracks, and plays them. I'll be looking into this and posting back when I have found a solution. Also, check plexapp.com forum, as I"m sure they'll be talking about it too.
Friday Night Update 2: This is from the PlexApp forum. Apparently the team is aware of the bug and I assume will be working it out.
The remote signals that are sent to the Mac are picked up by Front Row and iTunes. This will cause them to interfere with each other. Every time you press the Menu button to return to top level in Plex, Front Row starts. Every time you move up or down through the Plex menu's, the system volume changes. When you press Play, iTunes starts..
Not really workable! You're fine as long as you use the keyboard only.
From what I've red and experienced, this is the only bug still left to kill.
Friday Night Update 3: Some peolpe might find the new "Wake from Sleep" useful for their setups. I haven't played with it, but you can read about it by clicking here.
Saturday Update: The Plex Forum has made a new section solely for Snow Leopard. You can find it by clicking this link
MONDAY UPDATE: A super long work day on Saturday left Sunday as recovery and no time on the mini. But looking at this latest post, I can't wait to get back to the house to test this. Looks like there is a new 720/1080i & p settings feature in the display settings! Could we now have a proper output for HD TVs? I'll report back here once I test out, or leave your results in the comments section. Click here for more information on the setting.
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