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Although we actually have enough Apple hardware, we have now bought a new Apple computer in order to be able to test the new Apple processor Silicon M1 with our products. Actually, we would have preferred to wait until a 27-inch iMac with this processor is available, but well … a new Mac Mini is okay too. The biggest surprise with the Mac Mini was that the MAC address changed – already known from iPhones, but not yet for us with Macs. Especially since no info was displayed even when starting the Mac Mini – and also the deactivation as …

Keywords: 64 bit, edit, editing, M1, movie, nessMediaCenter, nessViewer, Silicon

After a long time we finally reworked the old "NV Remote" App for iPhone and iPod touch whose successor is now available as "NV Remote II" in iTunes Store (iOS App Store)."NV Remote II" was not only adapted for iOS 7 and iOS 8 (and still supports iOS 5.1.1 and newer), but is now also compatible with the iPad.The design of the buttons has also been revised and equals now the buttons of "nessViewer App" for iOS.The functionality of "NV Remote II" is described on the nessViewer website and on YouTube you can watch a demo video that shows the …

Keywords: iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, media center, Media Presentation, remote control

Lorne has suggested the following enhancements for the (fullscreen) movie presentation started by the media center:1) Display of the current movie position and the current playback speed when fast forward is selected.2.) Higher playback speed to get more quickly to a specific position in longer movies.3.) Continuous increase of the playback speed if "right hold" is pressed longer than 3 seconds.4.) The resume of the last playback position after reopening an already watched movie.From point 1 we were at the beginning not so very excited because in other applications (eg QuickTime Player or EyeTV) the status info hides a part of …

Keywords: info, media center, Media Presentation, movie, Playback, speed, status

In the past the media center and media presentation were (only) controllable by keyboard, Apple remote control and "NV Remote" on iPhone and iPod touch.Now the media center and media presentation can additionally be controlled by trackpad, (magic) mouse and mouse / scroll wheel.The media center can be controlled by swiping up & down, clicking the left mouse button to select (or open / present) the current entry or moving up one level by clicking the right button.The media presentation can be controlled by swiping right & left to select the next & previous media entry (or to jump forward & backward if just one movie is selected) …

Keywords: center, Control, magic, media, MediaCenter, mouse, present, Presentation, trackpad, wheel

iTunes, EyeTV or VLC can now be controlled via nessViewer by Apple remote control or NV Remote App if one of these applications is frontmost.iTunes can be activated by the MediaCenter (iTunes -> iTunes Control -> Activate iTunes), EyeTV (or VLC if EyeTV is not installed) will be automatically activated if a EyeTV movie is started by the MediaCenter.Once activated, in iTunes the current track can be paused / continued or the next / previous track selected, in EyeTV (or VLC) the current movie can be paused / continued or stepped forward / backwards.Thru pressing MENU, the MediaCenter of nessViewer will …

Keywords: EyeTV, FreeMoviesCinema, Hulu, Internet TV, iTunes, media center, VLC