As I sat in the audience of Apple’s media event Wednesday, enjoying an incredible performance by Wynton Marsalis (who can make a trumpet do things I didn’t think possible) and his talented quartet, two thoughts kept going through my mind.
The first was, “Man, I love my job.”
But as someone who gets to play with computers and iPods for a living, I actually find myself saying that fairly frequently. The unique thought I had was, “OK, where’s the Mac mini, Media Center Edition?”
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What prompted this speculative query was Steve Jobs’ announcement of Apple’s new Front Row software and six-button Apple Remote, both debuting on the new iMac G5. Although the Remote is also available as a separate product (to allow you to control your iPod via the new Universal iPod Dock ), the Front Row/Remote partnership turns the new iMac into a formidable “home media center”—a device for watching videos and DVDs, listening to music, and viewing photos.
In fact, Front Row is home media done right. (Or at least as right as it’s been done yet.) If you’ve ever used a computer running Windows XP Media Center Edition, you know that although it definitely makes a PC more appropriate for use in your home entertainment system and has a number of useful features—especially its DVR functionality—it’s still klunky and, well, not that fun to use. Front Row, on the other hand, is the iPodification of the concept: It may not have every feature you might dream up, but it has most of the ones you need and it provides them via an elegant and easy-to-use interface.
To use Front Row, you simply press the Menu button on the Remote; your computer screen switches smoothly to the Front Row screen, which displays iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, and DVD icons. You use the left or right key to choose a mode and then press the Play key to enter that mode. Every mode works similarly, with an iPod-like menu system that lets you browse playlists of music, albums of photos, folders of movies, or a DVD’s menus, respectively. When you’re done, you exit Front Row and you’re back to Mac OS X. This is the best “home media” interface I’ve seen. Period. (And by “best,” I mean one that anyone in my family could sit down and use without reading a manual and without feeling overwhelmed by menus, buttons, and obscure settings and dialogs.)
What’s Front Row missing? TiVo-like features for watching and recording live TV. However, these would require additional hardware (a TV tuner) so I’m willing to overlook them for now. As popular as TiVo and similar DVR devices are, they’re still a long way from being as pervasive as DVD players and VCRs—far more people use their TVs for watching DVDs and have digital photos photos and music. I’ll feel differently in a few years, I’m sure, but for now, a device running Front Row would be a welcome addition to many homes.
So what’s the problem? The compelling Front Row/Remote combination is currently available only with the iMac G5. A perfect addition to a bedroom or office, but the available 17-inch and 20-inch screens aren’t big enough for most serious entertainment systems. And who wants to put an iMac G5 next to their TV?
But take a Mac mini, include the Front Row software; an IR sensor for the Remote; an optical audio output for connecting to your home theater system; and an S-Video output for connecting to your TV (in case your TV won’t take DVI), and you’ve got a compact, easy to use “home media center”—the first one I think people would buy en masse. Unlike Windows MCE, it would play the music and video downloaded from the iTunes Music Store—you know, the one with 84 percent of the market. And add a keyboard and mouse (such as Belkin’s MediaPilot ) and it also just so happens to be a full-blown computer running Mac OS X. Now that’s something I’d like to have in my family room. I’d buy one in a heartbeat; in fact, I’d probably buy two.
Don’t get me wrong: The new iMac with Front Row and Apple Remote is a cool computer—the first iMac I’ve actually considered buying myself. But hopefully it’s just a precursor: a way to introduce people to the idea of a good home media interface before Apple releases the true killer media product.
Installing ChaosUT2 – PC Users
The ChaosUT2 package comes in two forms, the first and simplest form is the .UT2MOD format. To install ChaosUT2 using this method, just double click on the .UT2MOD file and follow the instructions.
NOTE: What is a .UT2MOD? Well, for the most part, it’s a windows install file that is controlled by the setup program in your UT2003System directory. It is by far the easiest method to use. However, there may be some people who have problems with this method for various reasons, and so a few of these are covered in the next section.
The second method for installing ChaosUT2 is via a .ZIP file containing all the files necessary to use ChaosUT2, but with instructions for manually placing them where they need to go. This is one solution for those who cannot use the .UT2MOD format for whatever reason, but is a bit more time consuming and can cause problems if the instructions are not followed correctly.
Common Problems with PC Install :
One problem that people often ask is, “What do I do with a .UT2MOD file!!”. Well, as mentioned above, usually all you have to do is just double click the .UT2MOD file and follow directions. (assuming you have UT2003 installed)
Sometimes however, there is a problem when folks double click the .UT2MOD, and a window then opens up, asking which program should be used to run the UT2MOD. This is a known issue with UT/UT2, and is NOT caused by Chaos. But if this happens to you, go to this location and follow the instructions.
If you experience a problem that is not covered here, then E-mail us, or post on our forums, with as many details as possible, including any error messages you encounter (write them down please) and we will try to help you.
Installing ChaosUT2 – Mac Users
Step 1: Be sure you have installed the 2225.1 update! This is an official patch from MacSoft (the company that brought UT2k3 to the mac) and will allow UT2K3 to run under Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. It also offers many UT2k3 speed enhancements. This patch is necessary to resolve rendering issues that prior versions of UT2k3 had with Chaos. For the patch, and more information, go to:
Step 2: Download the zip file of ChaosUT2! You may have noticed that there is a ut2mod installer on the 2nd disc. For your own safety, please ignore its existance. Expand the zip, but leave the folder sitting on the desktop. Locate Unreal Tournament 2003 on your hardrive. Right-click or control-click on the application, and select “Show Package Contents”. You should now see the following window:
Step 3: Open the Chaosut2 folder on your desktop. Simply drag and drop the contents of the chaos folders to their matching “package contents” folders. For example, open the animations folder from your download, highlight all of the files in there, and drag & drop them on the animations folder in the unreal tournament package.
Step 4: Close the package contents, and run the game.
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MAC Instructions written by Gamer119