nessMediaCenter

nessMediaCenter enables you to use your Mac as your primary media center. It is the suitable replacement for Apple's Front Row with latest Mac technology:

• Easy to use with a clean look and feel
• Direct access to movie / picture folder and volumes
• Support of Aperture, iPhoto, iTunes and Photos App media including DRM (AppStore movies and TV shows)
• Access to DLNA / UPnP media server and its media (pictures and videos)
• Comfortable selection of DVDs, EyeTV movies, PDF documents, pictures and videos in all common formats
• Controllable by Apple remote control, "NV Remote II" app on iPad, iPhone or iPod touch, trackpad, magic mouse or keyboard

The media center offers the following functionality:

• Choice of background color, selection color and font color / size
• Activation / deactivation of content
• Ad hoc construction of playlists with pictures, movies, media shows, PDF documents
• Presentation of this playlist or single media
• iTunes control to switch playlists / tracks or start / stop playback (including informations of the current track)
• Mark of unplayed movies which are stored in iTunes (if iTunes is started).
• Automatic dimming of the screen after five minutes
• Optional automatic display of the media center at application start
• Optional EyeTV activation or computer shutdown by selection of exit

During a presentation several functions are available:

• Increase of playback speed (up to 64x)
• Endless playback
• Sorting by name, path or random
• Fullscreen switch (e.g. for different presentations on 2 displays)
• Aspect ratio (4:3; 16:9; 21:9)
• Zooming
• Language selection (track activation; if available)
• DVD: selection of the default language (including automatic selection of audio passthrough if available)