I use Emit. Like Plex, it does transcoding on the fly but dosen't need a media library set up-just point the Emit server app at the folders where you keep your videos. Emit can also be accessed via a web brower-handy if you're on the go with your laptop.
At this point, I feel that saying one OS is better than another is just someone trolling. However, you do have a star, so I'll bite.
What makes you think Windows 7 is better than OS X? I have both installed on my MacBook Air and I find them to be pretty much on par with one another (though Lion's use of trackpad gestures & Mission Control gives it a slight edge over 7).
Thanks for this! I was gonna do this with Chrome, but then I realized that KeyRemap4Macbook actually allowed me to set the PC Application Key to act as CMD+Space, or launch Spotlight. Now I have a Spotlight button, which to me is way more useful than a search in Chrome button.
Now if only I could get a sticker to put over my Caps Lock key.
I actually noticed this the other day when I tried to view the latest episode of South Park from southparkstudios.com on my Sony Internet TV with Blu Ray. I didn't like having use alternative methods to watch it but I didn't have another option. Their loss.
@Jay042: Aha! I wondered if anyone was going to bring up MM&TLOTR.
Max Magician et. al. was produced and directed by Kevin Summerfield, a hack known for making terrible ripoff versions of popular movies. He's also notorious for exploiting reviews in really goofy, underhanded ways; for instance, the 3 1/2 star review on the MM box was, well, out of ten stars.
I've seen a few of his "films" but my favorite by far has to be " The Adventures of Young Van Helsing: The Quest for the Lost Scepter". Terrible acting, set design, costume, special effect, etc. etc. I haven't rewatched it in a while, but highlights include:
*A ancient spinning magical amulet that's really just a $20 Discman sprayed gold and forced to spin whilst open *Monsters that can be defeated by high school chemistry students *An ending that features not one but TWO god awful songs (10 minutes in total) by the worst christian rock group I've ever heard. They then repeat one of the songs over the end credits.
Unfortunately, Summerfield no longer makes movies. His last forte—"The Derby Stallion"—had the misfortune of starring a young (well, younger) Zac Efron. In fact, his terrible "Black Stallion" ripoff actually helped propel Efron into stardom! Summerfield was so gobsmaked by the whole thing that he's sworn off directing for the rest of his life.