Tuesday, October 31, 2006

MediaCentral adds .Mac photocasts

By Peter Cohen

Equinux has updated their media center software for Mac OS X, MediaCentral, to version 2.4. A free update for registered users, the software costs $29.95.

MediaCentral provides you with a “hub” from which to run all of your media software on your Mac — Skype, IP TV, movies, DVDs, games, music, radio, photos and more are controllable through MediaCentral. It’s handy if you wish to use your Mac as a digital media hub in conjunction with a home entertainment system.

New to this release are customizable interface themes — color schemes including Deep Blue, Classic, Windows, Pacific Coast, Tequila Sunrise and others. You can create your own custom color schemes, too.

Also new is a TV Onscreen Display that appears semi-transparently above the running program; a TV device configuration tool and .Mac photocast support.

A trial version is available for download. MediaCentral is available as a Universal binary.

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