If you want to make use of your Mac as a media center, there's no superior application for achieving that purpose than Plex. This current media center software features a eye-catching interface, being automatic as well as smart metadata-fetching capabilities, sustain for a huge variety of formats, the capability to playback full 1080p HD videos efficiently, an extensible plug-in design, with a host of more highly developed, powerful features.

As with numerous additional applications, Apple's free of Snow Leopard left Plex playing catch-up with though there has been an update or else two over the past pair of months to develop compatibility with the most recent big cat, Plex's correlation with Snow Leopard has remained stressed at best.

That's all over; but, as Plex 0.8.3 is out as well as it brings a full bunch of significant bug fixes to the table, putting the application right back where it was before Snow Leopard came prowling. The most significant fix engage the installation of a Candelair driver for the Apple Remote that makes it once again work easily with Plex (without also triggering Front Row as well as controlling iTunes in the background).

And that isn't all. The very well folks at Plex have lastly put in a aspect that addresses a venerable complaint of Plex client around the globe --myself included. It's called dynamic range compression as well as it boosts the volume of downmixed 5.1 audio. To allow it, go to Preferences -> System -> Audio and change the Mixdown Volume Boost setting from Disabled to Normal.

You'll also require modifying the Digital Output Support setting to Force Digital as well as after that stop the Dolby Digital (AC3) Capable Receiver as well as DTS Capable Receiver settings. Once all that is completed, go back as well as playback a film with 5.1 channel audio. And turn down the volume, please.

The update weighs up in at 104MB as well as is worth every iota of bandwidth you spend downloading it. And did I mention that Plex is a free of charge software? Well, it is, so go in advance as well as give it a try.