On Monday, Sling Media released SlingPlayer for Mac 1.0, a Mac OS X version of its media player software for the Slingbox device.

The software, which is currently available as a public beta, is a 55 megabyte download and allows Slingbox users to view content on their Macs. According the iLounge, the software purports to allow users to be able to view Slingbox content from an Apple TV as weel as "Front Row, iPod in Apple's Universal Dock or iPod in an iPod Hi-Fi." This version also allows viewing through the newly-released Apple TV system.

Sling Media claims the Slingbox device currently supports over 5,000 different devices, including the latest cable boxes and digital video recorders. Users can access the SlingPlayer remote from their Mac to change the channel or open a new media file.

SlingPlayer 1.0 for the Mac requires a 700 MHz G4 or 1.6 GHz Intel Core Duo processor and Mac OS X 10.3.9 or Mac OS X 10.4.7 or later to run. The software is encoded as a Universal Binary and functions at native speeds on both PowerPC and Intel-based hardware.

If you've tried the beta and can provide feedback about it, let us know.