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To: Wolfpack3 who wrote (13)	4/19/2014 12:29:50 PM
From: Zen Dollar Round	Respond to of 418

I will try Plex at some point in the future, just haven't needed to yet. I imagine, if I ever get an Apple TV 3, then I will need to as they haven't figured out how to jail brake it yet. Here's an article you may find interesting. It's a bit of a kludge, but it apparently works: How to hack an Apple TV to play your entire home media collection without jailbreaking

To: Wolfpack3 who wrote (13)	4/19/2014 12:38:59 PM
From: Zen Dollar Round	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 418

I convert everything using Handbrake primarily...usually .mp4. That allows me to put the movie on iPads/iphones and such. Do you make separate conversions for iPad/iPhone than you do for streaming to the TV, or have you found a setting in Handbrake that looks good on all of them without creating huge files? I think it's not a problem if you just want files with stereo sound, but when you to with surround sound audio in the .mp4, it really balloons the size. I have yet to find a good universal setting in Handbrake, so far I've had to make separate conversions. Looking for "One setting to rule them all." (Lord of the Rings quote there)