" This episode of system has brought you by the HP media smart server powered by Microsoft windows home server. Donated dot com and Netflix. In part one of the video jukebox sure we cover the process of ripping your dvds into a format you can use on a variety of devices around the home. This week we're finishing it off by showing you how to take that process media and serving up around the house that's coming up today on this episode of system."

" All in the system I'm Patrick Norton and I -- tank filling in for one David Calkins who is away. Doing the baby thing. -- They ill in the first heard the video jukebox series we showed you deception needed to convert your media contact your dvds. In durable portable format you can use different devices around my house today we're gonna finish offer video jukebox series by showing you what you need to do. -- basically share that content across your local home network. Here to help me is the man who occupies. Space a lot of it too by our most recent pants measurements for his new fitting. Mister Roger Chan yes with advanced stage comes advanced waistline and before people start Twitter and emailing Fallon vicious things to me. Roger growth that in there. Someone wrote in surfing in a room that someone wrote it and that could be me and you certainly can be. -- any case we'll later on this show we're gonna do a quick walk through in case you haven't figured out -- picture Apple TV your windows media Extenders going to tell you about those there. Pre the bone simple if you follow the instructions mister Chang however has of a lot of people are aware of it's called diversity in its -- to stream content via Xbox 360 and the PS3."

" And a lot more and actually streams content to your mobile devices as well as. Literally every known set top device that supported by the DL and change the digital living. Network association basically kind of set top boxes in the living room this is sort of a precursor to the terminator. I don't think it has any weapons yet or any ability to move on -- down. But it's also supported us through UP and PC and we have to figure out all the there is networking you know ports and all that and it can serve as a substitute for the windows media Extenders -- giving windows media Extenders are extended devices. Us and up on the TV can fulfill those. As well the great thing is typically for all of these devices you need this specify specific format. That their content has to be -- But what diversity does which is really great is it actually converts it. Offline life into the appropriate. Format you know requirements of resolution bit rate and all that. So basically by the budget like you know -- before files that may be won't play on my widget this'll automatically. Re encode them yes now of course the flip side of that is that you do lose quality and in this system byproduct. Of of the conversion. So you know while it does make everything a lot more accessible you will lose some -- of and one of those video file. Audio file fanatics we must have. The the best available you know high fidelity format. Probably something you're gonna have to tweak with you can do it with this but you will do you need to go to season to some fine tweaking."

" I was in the setting."

" Stand now for Netflix sponsored pick of the week this week is get smart. Base in the 1960 TV series of the same name get smart stars Steve Carroll and and half the ways to secret agents with my help varying degrees of confidence that you sent off to the great had a brush and of course the devious plans of the embassies and chaos. And needless to say things don't quite go as planned and I'm sure somebody missed it by. As much. Now Steve -- not your favorite actor. Well you know what you can always check out the original 1960 TV series or one of the other 89999. Other titles available at Netflix including. We're willing to bet more Blu-ray titles and you can find anywhere in your hometown. With forty delivery centers almost all -- happen in a single business day and you don't have to pay for shipping its free. Plans start at four dollars and 99 cents a month but your system viewers we got a hook up for yet. You get a free trial today by signing up at www. Netflix.com. Slash system. Please support system by supporting our sponsors."

" If you are streaming high definition content something to think about typically what's called the 720 120. But a lot of data to eleven G networks will handle it well it to eleven should do just fine ethernet is still especially if you're pushing a lot of other activities at the same time. The BitTorrent server or perhaps fourteen roommates that are downloading who knows what's. It might be nice to have either an 8211 and connection or an ethernet connection to your media devices can be super super helpful."

" Yeah you do want to have a fast connection 'cause especially in the in the in the home networks in this situation. We are streaming content from one place I mean it's not very expensive. And it's something you do want to have especially if you're gonna do more spoilers ruining your bedroom the living room you know Dan or someone else's work -- something like that. It just having it available at an additional bandwidth does that but what I found out is that what you start layering on. Stop intends to start -- more than just a little bit."

" Yes there's three things are gonna need for diversity. -- network which hopefully are we have. He saw -- detector on the other end and see a windows machine she can run diversity on well Pegasus a fourth thing -- you download it right."

" You can't download diversity but just need to download the diversity codec so it uses a lot of the open. -- available. On mine and -- to do a lot of the and security so much you'd have those preinstalled. You do want to do the additional download that it pops apparently install process. And make sure those are all up today. Now what you finish it's gonna pop up. And it's a pretty easy setup you get to screen. He did all the check boxes. That come after the install process -- get a couple of a web shows actually more than a couple of what you yourself the cool thing is these are all accessible again over your network device -- money and whisper. Believe it or not these are actually partnerships that diversity is done with like CBS cool but PBS in order to take that content that they have in the library and archives. And make it available. The streaming content itself. In terms of quality it's about what you would get if you -- d.s to their flash player on mine. Essentially all you want to go to."

" Who is these settings and you have your four. Function -- general media library -- ordered Internet feeds. Couldn't -- general and media playback device I have an Xbox 360 sit up here but if you have multiple devices you have. You know -- your device or you have some sort of it's music extend her basically specify the settings for each one you can -- you can specify the specific one but it's best leave an undetected and and then though do be automatic settings. Now. You can do the sharing stop sharing this is essentially what turns it on and on so you can access media. Temporary media files this is important this is kind of where it will do it needs the space to actually do. He. Three includes caching caching of Hogue including on the fly as it not just including but also like things like Internet -- and so so somewhere where -- can buffer out stuff. And again if you had any network issues and you're not running UP and IP address IP addresses if you are doing something through a firewall. Which you shouldn't. So -- either UP and IPs and X media reports. And you know out of the box most people shouldn't have any issues with that. Media library pretty standard. Just go through -- to anything that you want now you can actually I sometimes do this because oftentimes my files especially if I've ripped for a took an MP3 and DC DDB. Puts the entire song name and album stuff. Into the file name and have been too lazy to change it around in the IDC take. You can modify the name sort shortens it so it's not like this huge alphabet soup. Across the screen. And trans go to on this is very important this is for people who. Either don't want this default settings receive sort of authority or they want to try to get as much as they can you know kind of test the waters a little bit. This what you would essentially adjust the video resolution. Now for example see Hillary factly Gigabit ethernet and evidently. The fastest PC. On the planet you can do something like this -- by 720 in the get something it would be yet closed system between Beatles scale up depending on where he. Source material. Image resolution this is for slides -- photos and stuff. Now depending on the target platform. You can have windows media encode re encoded to 78 or nine. -- leave -- at the default because haven't had any issues covered so in case you might be used to Microsoft mpeg four video codec. Which is a little more generic you sensitive Debian because. If you have -- yet if you had issues with it being picked up on the other and buy a windows media device which would never happen. It's that is exactly. And optimization equality -- speed begins get a fast machine in the fast network you can probably go with the quality but if you have. An average PC like even a Quad Core 6600. And you know hundred megabit or. Gigabit ethernet network I would go for the speed because they're there are times word diversity will start cashing. On your device and -- device has some sort of buffer. Compression. Also one of those things that you want to make sure because if you're gonna have a fast machine. You know to get that quality it's gonna have to re encode it a lot of diversity his performance in terms of the quality of the -- at the device you're streaming to. Depends on exactly how much course Barry the box using this service exactly. So -- of course you know how how heavily -- the immediacy if you have something that was included in the mpeg two. You might be able to get -- of slightly less work. But doing so might be overly high in these statistics foreign group which has a lot of compression. That's one of the lot of magic in a -- or just a lot of other clock cycles there's a lot of stuff for it to -- on. And finally Internet feeds are generally take too much with this because. There's all the episodes of us. You know my -- and we don't watch it sorry. But you know you can go through -- and a place play with the settings including the number of items of course. Bandwidth. That you have available because as it downloads it's also stream of the network you know depending on how your network said -- because. Congestion and can -- and we -- Now it's kind of -- when they originally did this it was kind of odd to add or add a folders and content. To -- philosophy -- that seem pretty obvious. On the left you have sources in your library sources is just that it's where are you storing that media store it locally is -- online is in another drive. Simple matter of clicking add item give it a name. More descriptive the -- because once you start from the sides can be pretty lengthy. And once you're done and if you add any new items to want to edit you can highlight click edit. Or if you have new files that you just drop and click refresh to go through and and we index those files into diversity is. List yes. All right so once that's done it's pretty much matter of making sure it's up and running at two visas at the low rate you'll see. Diversity and launch start stop -- start pretty basic stuff. Now you can of course use diversity. You know as itself as a client as well of course appointments to run it through your network to actually have one set of --"

" Here. Right now we're popped into the dashboard or the rather than you recent that's sort of the Xbox. And we're gonna go over to. Be system are actually -- bugs. Air. Then and go over to the media want to enjoy it or consume this case it will be the video library so this week diversity has your content show off. Yes and it can't and it's and if you see it on now on the screen. Essentially shows up as a media device typically if you did this through windows have a joke is in windows media extension. That you -- nexus or network drive click on it. And now I have all these photos folders and files. And what you're done it's really a simple matter just selecting the folder that you NCs let's go up to this is one of the folder descriptions really come in handy. Which they did do weakness. Books. I'm Ron well I lets it show -- oxygen but you have them all available. All right that's good to. There's a Tekzilla emphasis here that takes. And we'll click play. Now of course again this is for the 360 get a history to be slightly different if you have a set top box that's not workable will be a little different. So if if the original file that. Diversity is passing through to the Xbox is compatible with the Xbox we'll still remember -- we'll just actually you can actually force diversity not to -- convert anything if you can you can you to force it to you can force it to auto load. Are essentially what it says comfort when necessary or no version of the death. And so if you want to do you know the songs you have the credit format whoever target device you have. You can make it this high fidelity high qualities as she won -- over intact. Now if you want to do a multitude of devices. You can need to enable that version has not all devices support the same. They may say support it such as it's four but not the missing bit rates right that the same resolutions not the same you know frame rates."

" So it's one of those catch what it is you want to be sure that you have the media that you can access you know in three different places but all. -- places have different hardware so to diversity it's free. Yes it's free it's really straight authority is unless you're dealing -- you know of a bunch of different target platforms. You mean you can get this up and running and understand ten minutes -- If you have a big library set up it's a great way for a lot of Xbox 360 owners before the recent update let you do do you -- such -- four and DivX playback. It was pretty much the only way you can get -- WMD encoded movies to play. On the 360. And a lot of PS3 owners uses as well for the same reason and for you know that the fact all of this. The PSP voters to think musicals. Yeah I mean. Did the ability to essentially target a multitude of platforms using when software where you have to later one server on top of another top of another. A work. The only feeling I can find it is that it does not support and -- the format the machine. The metro -- format because it is a file container and it's really hard to see what kind of phone or video encoding and it. So sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't he do need to download an additional is the suffers I think the hires splinter. Basically. Does support. It's a very roundabout way it works for me 50% of the time depending on the video playback. But you know it's solid it works and the bonus that they started doing of those partnerships with what. Well web videos like through CBS PBS. Means that you can get additional content and also do of course RSS feeds that I can do MP threes to do you."

" Instead of textile let's do the other -- system that via HD because slash slash her recent 3COM slash system. SY STM there's nobody in that is correct. Now simply go to be subscribe link at the top and it will go through other subscriptions. And then let's pick the arts is between one last good candidate. And chooses WV because -- it's of that Xbox. Jump right click I am going to copy linked to location. That and go back to diversity and then I'm going to click on sources. You know and -- adamant that the top and I am gonna make sure to select video armistice. Yeah net gives the RSS feed them kiss you on going to be controlled me and entitled system. -- of this system -- them. Then menu items this system. And then I'm gonna submit. Submit. That alone. As to choose and finds the Teamsters listing it it's gonna eventually appear up on the old Xbox was so funny because just being enters I don't know -- ago it doesn't. Right server system on the other it. So depending on how big the list is -- anywhere from a few seconds to maybe a little we'll definitely want to chips those are all the older episodes you wool. It's actually depends on how you since you -- tremendous spike in system viewership took place that week. This is that's it's a bad thing I'd say it was back exactly. So so results that everyone does that so when it comes up."

" It should come up damages go to the front of the screen so I can see what's happened in. Aren't they Patricia we do you listen to show -- nineteen minutes."

" This episode there's an affair attractiveness from now on. And yet these mountains around so I feel like shows like Tekzilla any of the revision to cystic -- system. Scanned school you can put those up in that diversity and schedule them to download and you'll have it you'll be able to go through you'd never communities Canon one of those set and forget it thinks -- you probably do want to check that's a tremendous. At least every other day. Yet it's it's a really solid platform menus in and not just limited videos but also music is is that as well. Podcast MP threes still associate the big photo collection you want to show at a birthday party and plug it into. The big TV that look will look. That goes through your. In Vegas vacations off he loves to yesterday."

" We come back we're gonna talk a little bit about IT instead you and be in May be a little bit later on the show boxing. Take a moment to thank one of our sponsors the HP media smart server powered by Microsoft windows home server. The HP media smart server will automatically back up multiple computers in your home including both windows PCs using Microsoft windows home server as well as Macs using Apple's time machine. Easily and automatically centralize all your digital media files including photos videos music and any other important files. It's -- convenient way to manage your iTunes library in associated play a list and a streamlined way to manager photo libraries and easily publish your photos to popular photo sharing or social media sites using any Internet connected computer. It's your new entertainment hub gives you access your digital media anywhere you have an Internet connection. You can easily extended digital media experiences by conveniently streaming photos music and videos that your home to other PCs and your TVs through gaming consoles such is the Xbox 360. Here's a favor here its system and check out HP's media smart server powered by Microsoft windows home server."

" All right we're back now when people say iTunes people -- think iPods iPhone or the Apple TV yes. That's a pretty comprehensive network of things I mean is it really specific about the Apple TV the that the quality most of which are -- Is getting in and hey you know big media for a living we want people to see the glory over video on the best possible links to -- he did in the best possible format. And of course we love the idea of basically having our entire movie collections available at the click of a button. Which is why we get so excited about setting up from miniature boxes here's a thing if you're gonna homogenous environment like. You know and I basically you're going from iTunes the Apple TV. Or appeared you know in windows and into a media Extenders things are a lot simpler matter fact there are really easy to set up."

" We get warm fuzzy when our -- just works case in point the Apple TV and the windows media center Extenders. RHP media smart connect media extend it works with windows media center set it up to that extent of your television in your home network. And hit the windows button on the remote control or go to the devices windows media center Extenders set up page. The right down the eight digit code provided by the -- and go back to your PC with Vista. Launch windows media center. You should -- prop that launches the Extenders set up after Extenders detected on the network not go to task select at a standard extend to set up a launch. On the next window you'll enter your setup yeah. If when this detects an additional firewall in your home network you have the option of launching a web page keeps details the changes are -- in some common applications. Such as Vista and Norton Internet security. You'll need to manually configured settings chances are you won't be changing firewall settings if you only use a firewall on your home routers and not on each individual PC. The computer power settings window lets you automatically configure your PC into away mode which will keep it from powering down -- is more electricity but its content will always be available for your standard access. The next window lets you customize the century media stored on your PC. At this point the ought to -- think we'll start and you'll need to get your PC permission to continue if you race he has gone. If things go wrong you'll get a configuration error window like this otherwise you are done and you can go back your HDTV and fire up your windows media Extenders. Can figuring an Apple TV is even faster once it's connected to your network and television. -- Apple TV go to settings computers and select connect to iTunes. Now right down the five digit code in the window. Next had your Mac or PC running iTunes make sure you've installed and are running the latest addition of iTunes and open iTunes on your computer. It's like the Apple TV icon with a click set up next with a new devices list and of the five digit passcode from your TV screen. And after you and your passcode you can name -- TV and tweak iTunes to manage your media. I like custom sinking so I can pick and choose what gets loaded on the Apple TVs rather limited hard drives it's. --"

" Well that was very very informative. Yet so yes I just basically walking through the directions you can via inside of basically IT. -- you know the thing is sometimes things aren't as straightforward as people believe they can be having read a multitude of manual instructions and PS. Sometimes they make it really easy and sometimes it -- get. So easy it doesn't make any sense because you know I'm saying is definitely but there's actually one other and we wanted to touch upon before you shuffled off. And that -- You know one life."

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" You're bringing up secret. Well I was embryo of the secret I was bringing up about a point actually -- kind of it's is kind of its really not so much as secret as it's not very well known. And it's a software. Application called foxy. And boxy essentially does a lot of things that diversity does and a lot of things that iTunes does and kind of mash them together."

" I don't know if I'd say like iTunes and diversity what it is right is is much guys got together they look to the Apple TV this that this hardware and it is amazing yup but we hate the software."

" Box is a little different from most media players for example you have to register an account. Why would -- do that well it's a socially connected media player sounds a little web 2.0. Would back away from the screen is this is really cool checking out recommendations come from our friends we can see what your friends are watching and listening to you right now. And of course you've got recently added media on your local servers or drives and the most recently used media have. Now a media players and media player right radical cause leader Kenny -- can click on playing and I can play a whole bunch of -- in there you through freedom. I can blogging -- last FM account of I have one I can give them the big fat thumbs up because the music so much. -- really gets interesting is when you start looking. Not so much as the -- playback. Let's pause that out there. Go back to -- menu system here and start looking at what else is actually automatically integrated into the menu. Let's go through two pictures rank pretty boring stuff but. Movies and video and in. Pictures all -- Internet setting which allows you to automatically access on line services like Flickr you can register and browser own account. We're gonna something like interesting guests which is a selection of some of the most popular. Photos that are actually available online at Flickr right now like this one is from a friend of ours who -- over at laughing squid. The same concept applies to video. -- click on be going to an Internet check this out that'll to have access to some of my favorite things and online video like Apple movie trailers. Hulu Comedy Central and Netflix if you have -- Netflix account you can actually automatically subscribe. And download to Revision 3 movies. Well I guess they're really TV shows and movies like system -- stamps school and all the other stuff. When you're on your profile you can basically create and add friends you can look at activity is what's going on for example Muppets from space was recommended to me by Abner and how can resist the Muppets it's a really interesting idea. The windows version is not publicly available yet but it should be available soon. If you've got its OS-X Apple TV or put into clinics you really should check it out."

" It's a free download box the dot TV BO XEE dot TV. And there's only one copy act because it's kind of built threatening to run it actually -- devices in you can of course run on the Apple TV or Apple notebook is -- That -- that you really built it around the Apple remote control there is no windows client yet."

" All of -- someone now. And what's so ironic is the the X it's based on the expediency race yet -- to the Xbox media clients for those -- and no I did this along -- okay it's three years ago. The Xbox media client was essentially an attempt to treat -- media center her. Turn your original Xbox a big black one. To a media center by giving it Kennedy Xbox 360 interface back to -- access our sets means. Video downloads. Music get through the FF mpeg in color you can do things like debate you can do things like mpeg four."

" You know. Brawl not on DV that -- mpeg two video that was great it worked really well. For the -- have so I think it's kinda cool that it's found additional life outside of that particular. Well it just won't. Die we."

" That's the chemicals is that it's pretty slick and actually the ability to see what your friends are watching interacting your friends' feeds itself recommended and of course it also works with Netflix. Which is pretty slick matter if it seems like everything right now works with Netflix."

" Even the Xbox with the update that I can tell you it is actually built only thing I'd rather my tax now. I don't I sold all my games because they finished album. And -- and it. You know -- works pretty -- one final point I want to make up the Netflix but in the Xbox and not sure how it works on the other set top boxes. -- Netflix HD. -- it isn't you know HD dvd or Blu-ray level fidelity it's pretty darn good it's almost. Broadcast each -- level so if you're used to watching shows like heroes. Some you know some movies that they had encoded HD. You're gonna notice the difference especially if you have you know -- cable site. If you do it like it did on -- you won't see much of a difference because he gets scaled down to fit the bandwidth about Netflix Netflix Netflix Netflix. So I know that sponsor us. If it works pretty darn well breast and."

" Unlike when the Netflix streaming service originally came out they actually have a lot of movies worth watching and candidate -- enemy like that -- Digg -- this week they read this is so cool hey if you're looking for more material for your media center damaging have to -- real and so really -- going on this week it's our show that features the funniest -- videos on the web. Andrew bad crop he normally hosts the show he's on vacation we got a couple of guess as you might recognize Martin sergeant and Kevin Rose are feeling it. Guess what they think about some of the topic videos of the week the real served up weekly comes that every Monday at 3 PM eastern. And as always if you have any ideas comments or suggestions please email system -- three dot com and don't forget to visit the forums. Reason three dot com slash forum and visit our archives or visit three dot com slash system. Yes yes visit them and if forms. You know me grief that be paid no more nasty comment please be nice not so much about me but the other. I mean that's about the only one does -- stop it. A better Norton and I -- okay we'll see you next week."

" This episode of system has brought you by the HP media smart server powered by Microsoft windows home server. Donated dot com and Netflix. In part one of the video jukebox sure we cover the process of ripping your dvds into a format you can use on a variety of devices around the home. This week we're finishing it off by showing you how to take that process media and serving up around the house that's coming up today on this episode of system."

" All in the system I'm Patrick Norton and I -- tank filling in for one David Calkins who is away. Doing the baby thing. -- They ill in the first heard the video jukebox series we showed you deception needed to convert your media contact your dvds. In durable portable format you can use different devices around my house today we're gonna finish offer video jukebox series by showing you what you need to do. -- basically share that content across your local home network. Here to help me is the man who occupies. Space a lot of it too by our most recent pants measurements for his new fitting. Mister Roger Chan yes with advanced stage comes advanced waistline and before people start Twitter and emailing Fallon vicious things to me. Roger growth that in there. Someone wrote in surfing in a room that someone wrote it and that could be me and you certainly can be. -- any case we'll later on this show we're gonna do a quick walk through in case you haven't figured out -- picture Apple TV your windows media Extenders going to tell you about those there. Pre the bone simple if you follow the instructions mister Chang however has of a lot of people are aware of it's called diversity in its -- to stream content via Xbox 360 and the PS3."

" And a lot more and actually streams content to your mobile devices as well as. Literally every known set top device that supported by the DL and change the digital living. Network association basically kind of set top boxes in the living room this is sort of a precursor to the terminator. I don't think it has any weapons yet or any ability to move on -- down. But it's also supported us through UP and PC and we have to figure out all the there is networking you know ports and all that and it can serve as a substitute for the windows media Extenders -- giving windows media Extenders are extended devices. Us and up on the TV can fulfill those. As well the great thing is typically for all of these devices you need this specify specific format. That their content has to be -- But what diversity does which is really great is it actually converts it. Offline life into the appropriate. Format you know requirements of resolution bit rate and all that. So basically by the budget like you know -- before files that may be won't play on my widget this'll automatically. Re encode them yes now of course the flip side of that is that you do lose quality and in this system byproduct. Of of the conversion. So you know while it does make everything a lot more accessible you will lose some -- of and one of those video file. Audio file fanatics we must have. The the best available you know high fidelity format. Probably something you're gonna have to tweak with you can do it with this but you will do you need to go to season to some fine tweaking."

" I was in the setting."

" Stand now for Netflix sponsored pick of the week this week is get smart. Base in the 1960 TV series of the same name get smart stars Steve Carroll and and half the ways to secret agents with my help varying degrees of confidence that you sent off to the great had a brush and of course the devious plans of the embassies and chaos. And needless to say things don't quite go as planned and I'm sure somebody missed it by. As much. Now Steve -- not your favorite actor. Well you know what you can always check out the original 1960 TV series or one of the other 89999. Other titles available at Netflix including. We're willing to bet more Blu-ray titles and you can find anywhere in your hometown. With forty delivery centers almost all -- happen in a single business day and you don't have to pay for shipping its free. Plans start at four dollars and 99 cents a month but your system viewers we got a hook up for yet. You get a free trial today by signing up at www. Netflix.com. Slash system. Please support system by supporting our sponsors."

" If you are streaming high definition content something to think about typically what's called the 720 120. But a lot of data to eleven G networks will handle it well it to eleven should do just fine ethernet is still especially if you're pushing a lot of other activities at the same time. The BitTorrent server or perhaps fourteen roommates that are downloading who knows what's. It might be nice to have either an 8211 and connection or an ethernet connection to your media devices can be super super helpful."

" Yeah you do want to have a fast connection 'cause especially in the in the in the home networks in this situation. We are streaming content from one place I mean it's not very expensive. And it's something you do want to have especially if you're gonna do more spoilers ruining your bedroom the living room you know Dan or someone else's work -- something like that. It just having it available at an additional bandwidth does that but what I found out is that what you start layering on. Stop intends to start -- more than just a little bit."

" Yes there's three things are gonna need for diversity. -- network which hopefully are we have. He saw -- detector on the other end and see a windows machine she can run diversity on well Pegasus a fourth thing -- you download it right."

" You can't download diversity but just need to download the diversity codec so it uses a lot of the open. -- available. On mine and -- to do a lot of the and security so much you'd have those preinstalled. You do want to do the additional download that it pops apparently install process. And make sure those are all up today. Now what you finish it's gonna pop up. And it's a pretty easy setup you get to screen. He did all the check boxes. That come after the install process -- get a couple of a web shows actually more than a couple of what you yourself the cool thing is these are all accessible again over your network device -- money and whisper. Believe it or not these are actually partnerships that diversity is done with like CBS cool but PBS in order to take that content that they have in the library and archives. And make it available. The streaming content itself. In terms of quality it's about what you would get if you -- d.s to their flash player on mine. Essentially all you want to go to."

" Who is these settings and you have your four. Function -- general media library -- ordered Internet feeds. Couldn't -- general and media playback device I have an Xbox 360 sit up here but if you have multiple devices you have. You know -- your device or you have some sort of it's music extend her basically specify the settings for each one you can -- you can specify the specific one but it's best leave an undetected and and then though do be automatic settings. Now. You can do the sharing stop sharing this is essentially what turns it on and on so you can access media. Temporary media files this is important this is kind of where it will do it needs the space to actually do. He. Three includes caching caching of Hogue including on the fly as it not just including but also like things like Internet -- and so so somewhere where -- can buffer out stuff. And again if you had any network issues and you're not running UP and IP address IP addresses if you are doing something through a firewall. Which you shouldn't. So -- either UP and IPs and X media reports. And you know out of the box most people shouldn't have any issues with that. Media library pretty standard. Just go through -- to anything that you want now you can actually I sometimes do this because oftentimes my files especially if I've ripped for a took an MP3 and DC DDB. Puts the entire song name and album stuff. Into the file name and have been too lazy to change it around in the IDC take. You can modify the name sort shortens it so it's not like this huge alphabet soup. Across the screen. And trans go to on this is very important this is for people who. Either don't want this default settings receive sort of authority or they want to try to get as much as they can you know kind of test the waters a little bit. This what you would essentially adjust the video resolution. Now for example see Hillary factly Gigabit ethernet and evidently. The fastest PC. On the planet you can do something like this -- by 720 in the get something it would be yet closed system between Beatles scale up depending on where he. Source material. Image resolution this is for slides -- photos and stuff. Now depending on the target platform. You can have windows media encode re encoded to 78 or nine. -- leave -- at the default because haven't had any issues covered so in case you might be used to Microsoft mpeg four video codec. Which is a little more generic you sensitive Debian because. If you have -- yet if you had issues with it being picked up on the other and buy a windows media device which would never happen. It's that is exactly. And optimization equality -- speed begins get a fast machine in the fast network you can probably go with the quality but if you have. An average PC like even a Quad Core 6600. And you know hundred megabit or. Gigabit ethernet network I would go for the speed because they're there are times word diversity will start cashing. On your device and -- device has some sort of buffer. Compression. Also one of those things that you want to make sure because if you're gonna have a fast machine. You know to get that quality it's gonna have to re encode it a lot of diversity his performance in terms of the quality of the -- at the device you're streaming to. Depends on exactly how much course Barry the box using this service exactly. So -- of course you know how how heavily -- the immediacy if you have something that was included in the mpeg two. You might be able to get -- of slightly less work. But doing so might be overly high in these statistics foreign group which has a lot of compression. That's one of the lot of magic in a -- or just a lot of other clock cycles there's a lot of stuff for it to -- on. And finally Internet feeds are generally take too much with this because. There's all the episodes of us. You know my -- and we don't watch it sorry. But you know you can go through -- and a place play with the settings including the number of items of course. Bandwidth. That you have available because as it downloads it's also stream of the network you know depending on how your network said -- because. Congestion and can -- and we -- Now it's kind of -- when they originally did this it was kind of odd to add or add a folders and content. To -- philosophy -- that seem pretty obvious. On the left you have sources in your library sources is just that it's where are you storing that media store it locally is -- online is in another drive. Simple matter of clicking add item give it a name. More descriptive the -- because once you start from the sides can be pretty lengthy. And once you're done and if you add any new items to want to edit you can highlight click edit. Or if you have new files that you just drop and click refresh to go through and and we index those files into diversity is. List yes. All right so once that's done it's pretty much matter of making sure it's up and running at two visas at the low rate you'll see. Diversity and launch start stop -- start pretty basic stuff. Now you can of course use diversity. You know as itself as a client as well of course appointments to run it through your network to actually have one set of --"

" Here. Right now we're popped into the dashboard or the rather than you recent that's sort of the Xbox. And we're gonna go over to. Be system are actually -- bugs. Air. Then and go over to the media want to enjoy it or consume this case it will be the video library so this week diversity has your content show off. Yes and it can't and it's and if you see it on now on the screen. Essentially shows up as a media device typically if you did this through windows have a joke is in windows media extension. That you -- nexus or network drive click on it. And now I have all these photos folders and files. And what you're done it's really a simple matter just selecting the folder that you NCs let's go up to this is one of the folder descriptions really come in handy. Which they did do weakness. Books. I'm Ron well I lets it show -- oxygen but you have them all available. All right that's good to. There's a Tekzilla emphasis here that takes. And we'll click play. Now of course again this is for the 360 get a history to be slightly different if you have a set top box that's not workable will be a little different. So if if the original file that. Diversity is passing through to the Xbox is compatible with the Xbox we'll still remember -- we'll just actually you can actually force diversity not to -- convert anything if you can you can you to force it to you can force it to auto load. Are essentially what it says comfort when necessary or no version of the death. And so if you want to do you know the songs you have the credit format whoever target device you have. You can make it this high fidelity high qualities as she won -- over intact. Now if you want to do a multitude of devices. You can need to enable that version has not all devices support the same. They may say support it such as it's four but not the missing bit rates right that the same resolutions not the same you know frame rates."

" So it's one of those catch what it is you want to be sure that you have the media that you can access you know in three different places but all. -- places have different hardware so to diversity it's free. Yes it's free it's really straight authority is unless you're dealing -- you know of a bunch of different target platforms. You mean you can get this up and running and understand ten minutes -- If you have a big library set up it's a great way for a lot of Xbox 360 owners before the recent update let you do do you -- such -- four and DivX playback. It was pretty much the only way you can get -- WMD encoded movies to play. On the 360. And a lot of PS3 owners uses as well for the same reason and for you know that the fact all of this. The PSP voters to think musicals. Yeah I mean. Did the ability to essentially target a multitude of platforms using when software where you have to later one server on top of another top of another. A work. The only feeling I can find it is that it does not support and -- the format the machine. The metro -- format because it is a file container and it's really hard to see what kind of phone or video encoding and it. So sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't he do need to download an additional is the suffers I think the hires splinter. Basically. Does support. It's a very roundabout way it works for me 50% of the time depending on the video playback. But you know it's solid it works and the bonus that they started doing of those partnerships with what. Well web videos like through CBS PBS. Means that you can get additional content and also do of course RSS feeds that I can do MP threes to do you."

" Instead of textile let's do the other -- system that via HD because slash slash her recent 3COM slash system. SY STM there's nobody in that is correct. Now simply go to be subscribe link at the top and it will go through other subscriptions. And then let's pick the arts is between one last good candidate. And chooses WV because -- it's of that Xbox. Jump right click I am going to copy linked to location. That and go back to diversity and then I'm going to click on sources. You know and -- adamant that the top and I am gonna make sure to select video armistice. Yeah net gives the RSS feed them kiss you on going to be controlled me and entitled system. -- of this system -- them. Then menu items this system. And then I'm gonna submit. Submit. That alone. As to choose and finds the Teamsters listing it it's gonna eventually appear up on the old Xbox was so funny because just being enters I don't know -- ago it doesn't. Right server system on the other it. So depending on how big the list is -- anywhere from a few seconds to maybe a little we'll definitely want to chips those are all the older episodes you wool. It's actually depends on how you since you -- tremendous spike in system viewership took place that week. This is that's it's a bad thing I'd say it was back exactly. So so results that everyone does that so when it comes up."

" It should come up damages go to the front of the screen so I can see what's happened in. Aren't they Patricia we do you listen to show -- nineteen minutes."

" This episode there's an affair attractiveness from now on. And yet these mountains around so I feel like shows like Tekzilla any of the revision to cystic -- system. Scanned school you can put those up in that diversity and schedule them to download and you'll have it you'll be able to go through you'd never communities Canon one of those set and forget it thinks -- you probably do want to check that's a tremendous. At least every other day. Yet it's it's a really solid platform menus in and not just limited videos but also music is is that as well. Podcast MP threes still associate the big photo collection you want to show at a birthday party and plug it into. The big TV that look will look. That goes through your. In Vegas vacations off he loves to yesterday."

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" All right we're back now when people say iTunes people -- think iPods iPhone or the Apple TV yes. That's a pretty comprehensive network of things I mean is it really specific about the Apple TV the that the quality most of which are -- Is getting in and hey you know big media for a living we want people to see the glory over video on the best possible links to -- he did in the best possible format. And of course we love the idea of basically having our entire movie collections available at the click of a button. Which is why we get so excited about setting up from miniature boxes here's a thing if you're gonna homogenous environment like. You know and I basically you're going from iTunes the Apple TV. Or appeared you know in windows and into a media Extenders things are a lot simpler matter fact there are really easy to set up."

" We get warm fuzzy when our -- just works case in point the Apple TV and the windows media center Extenders. RHP media smart connect media extend it works with windows media center set it up to that extent of your television in your home network. And hit the windows button on the remote control or go to the devices windows media center Extenders set up page. The right down the eight digit code provided by the -- and go back to your PC with Vista. Launch windows media center. You should -- prop that launches the Extenders set up after Extenders detected on the network not go to task select at a standard extend to set up a launch. On the next window you'll enter your setup yeah. If when this detects an additional firewall in your home network you have the option of launching a web page keeps details the changes are -- in some common applications. Such as Vista and Norton Internet security. You'll need to manually configured settings chances are you won't be changing firewall settings if you only use a firewall on your home routers and not on each individual PC. The computer power settings window lets you automatically configure your PC into away mode which will keep it from powering down -- is more electricity but its content will always be available for your standard access. The next window lets you customize the century media stored on your PC. At this point the ought to -- think we'll start and you'll need to get your PC permission to continue if you race he has gone. If things go wrong you'll get a configuration error window like this otherwise you are done and you can go back your HDTV and fire up your windows media Extenders. Can figuring an Apple TV is even faster once it's connected to your network and television. -- Apple TV go to settings computers and select connect to iTunes. Now right down the five digit code in the window. Next had your Mac or PC running iTunes make sure you've installed and are running the latest addition of iTunes and open iTunes on your computer. It's like the Apple TV icon with a click set up next with a new devices list and of the five digit passcode from your TV screen. And after you and your passcode you can name -- TV and tweak iTunes to manage your media. I like custom sinking so I can pick and choose what gets loaded on the Apple TVs rather limited hard drives it's. --"

" Well that was very very informative. Yet so yes I just basically walking through the directions you can via inside of basically IT. -- you know the thing is sometimes things aren't as straightforward as people believe they can be having read a multitude of manual instructions and PS. Sometimes they make it really easy and sometimes it -- get. So easy it doesn't make any sense because you know I'm saying is definitely but there's actually one other and we wanted to touch upon before you shuffled off. And that -- You know one life."

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" You're bringing up secret. Well I was embryo of the secret I was bringing up about a point actually -- kind of it's is kind of its really not so much as secret as it's not very well known. And it's a software. Application called foxy. And boxy essentially does a lot of things that diversity does and a lot of things that iTunes does and kind of mash them together."

" I don't know if I'd say like iTunes and diversity what it is right is is much guys got together they look to the Apple TV this that this hardware and it is amazing yup but we hate the software."

" Box is a little different from most media players for example you have to register an account. Why would -- do that well it's a socially connected media player sounds a little web 2.0. Would back away from the screen is this is really cool checking out recommendations come from our friends we can see what your friends are watching and listening to you right now. And of course you've got recently added media on your local servers or drives and the most recently used media have. Now a media players and media player right radical cause leader Kenny -- can click on playing and I can play a whole bunch of -- in there you through freedom. I can blogging -- last FM account of I have one I can give them the big fat thumbs up because the music so much. -- really gets interesting is when you start looking. Not so much as the -- playback. Let's pause that out there. Go back to -- menu system here and start looking at what else is actually automatically integrated into the menu. Let's go through two pictures rank pretty boring stuff but. Movies and video and in. Pictures all -- Internet setting which allows you to automatically access on line services like Flickr you can register and browser own account. We're gonna something like interesting guests which is a selection of some of the most popular. Photos that are actually available online at Flickr right now like this one is from a friend of ours who -- over at laughing squid. The same concept applies to video. -- click on be going to an Internet check this out that'll to have access to some of my favorite things and online video like Apple movie trailers. Hulu Comedy Central and Netflix if you have -- Netflix account you can actually automatically subscribe. And download to Revision 3 movies. Well I guess they're really TV shows and movies like system -- stamps school and all the other stuff. When you're on your profile you can basically create and add friends you can look at activity is what's going on for example Muppets from space was recommended to me by Abner and how can resist the Muppets it's a really interesting idea. The windows version is not publicly available yet but it should be available soon. If you've got its OS-X Apple TV or put into clinics you really should check it out."

" It's a free download box the dot TV BO XEE dot TV. And there's only one copy act because it's kind of built threatening to run it actually -- devices in you can of course run on the Apple TV or Apple notebook is -- That -- that you really built it around the Apple remote control there is no windows client yet."

" All of -- someone now. And what's so ironic is the the X it's based on the expediency race yet -- to the Xbox media clients for those -- and no I did this along -- okay it's three years ago. The Xbox media client was essentially an attempt to treat -- media center her. Turn your original Xbox a big black one. To a media center by giving it Kennedy Xbox 360 interface back to -- access our sets means. Video downloads. Music get through the FF mpeg in color you can do things like debate you can do things like mpeg four."

" You know. Brawl not on DV that -- mpeg two video that was great it worked really well. For the -- have so I think it's kinda cool that it's found additional life outside of that particular. Well it just won't. Die we."

" That's the chemicals is that it's pretty slick and actually the ability to see what your friends are watching interacting your friends' feeds itself recommended and of course it also works with Netflix. Which is pretty slick matter if it seems like everything right now works with Netflix."

" Even the Xbox with the update that I can tell you it is actually built only thing I'd rather my tax now. I don't I sold all my games because they finished album. And -- and it. You know -- works pretty -- one final point I want to make up the Netflix but in the Xbox and not sure how it works on the other set top boxes. -- Netflix HD. -- it isn't you know HD dvd or Blu-ray level fidelity it's pretty darn good it's almost. Broadcast each -- level so if you're used to watching shows like heroes. Some you know some movies that they had encoded HD. You're gonna notice the difference especially if you have you know -- cable site. If you do it like it did on -- you won't see much of a difference because he gets scaled down to fit the bandwidth about Netflix Netflix Netflix Netflix. So I know that sponsor us. If it works pretty darn well breast and."

" Unlike when the Netflix streaming service originally came out they actually have a lot of movies worth watching and candidate -- enemy like that -- Digg -- this week they read this is so cool hey if you're looking for more material for your media center damaging have to -- real and so really -- going on this week it's our show that features the funniest -- videos on the web. Andrew bad crop he normally hosts the show he's on vacation we got a couple of guess as you might recognize Martin sergeant and Kevin Rose are feeling it. Guess what they think about some of the topic videos of the week the real served up weekly comes that every Monday at 3 PM eastern. And as always if you have any ideas comments or suggestions please email system -- three dot com and don't forget to visit the forums. Reason three dot com slash forum and visit our archives or visit three dot com slash system. Yes yes visit them and if forms. You know me grief that be paid no more nasty comment please be nice not so much about me but the other. I mean that's about the only one does -- stop it. A better Norton and I -- okay we'll see you next week."