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Trip report: Very quick & easy to install. Doesn't really add a lot (though the plugins bit seems to suggest it opens the way for other people to add more new stuff?). Being able to change the shows/movies layout to a bigger grid is nice. Also noticed that when you select some local media to watch it the button's now "play: whatever.avi" rather than "play: //fileserver/directory/blah/whatever.avi" which is nice if you've OCD'd your filing system like I have. But yeah, doesn't seem to be any good reason not to install it. edit: actually, I can't seem to shut it down now. If I select "shut down" from the menu it reboots immediately. FreakyZoid fucked around with this message at 20:44 on Dec 30, 2012 |
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All I want is a shutdown button on the top right of each screen. gently caress having to back out like 6 menus just to turn off.
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After a couple of days of use, I don't think it is any faster. Not noticeably so. I have found it's got a nice feature of being able to automatically highlight the next unwatched episode of a TV show though, which saves a lot of scrolling if you're working your way through something. Also the shutdown problem I was having seems to have gone away.
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So I was about to go with a Boxee Box (I'm new to this)... but now with all of these new Android devices and such, I just don't know. Here's what I want: - No streaming of local media over wifi. Want to plug in an external HD directly. - XBMC or similar type of interface (scraped info) - Ability to play any type of file. Ripped Bluray MKVs, MP4, Avi, etc. - Netflix is nice but not a must. I have a PS3 as well. Go with one of the new Android devices? Thanks! dowdy_pants fucked around with this message at 01:48 on Jan 6, 2013 |
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Jan 5, 2013 15:25
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jonathan posted:I was going to order a Zotsc ad12 tomorrow and then toss Boxee in the fireplace. If there's hope for xbmc on the shitbox maybe I'll keep it. I did this months ago. Stop living the lie that this poo poo is going to get better somehow and just get a Zotac or Foxconn.
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- No streaming of local media over wifi. Want to plug in an external HD directly. * Check - XBMC or similar type of interface (scraped info) * Check - Ability to play any type of file. Ripped Bluray MKVs, MP4, Avi, etc. * Check - Netflix is nice but not a must. I have a PS3 as well. * Has Netflix but no Hulu Go with one of the new Android devices? * I don't know anything about the new android devices. In my own experience the last firmware update only crippled my Boxee to make it slower and it will not power down with the remote any more. The design of the box while cute lends itself to being hard to place with other components. I think just about everything else at this point is cheaper than the boxee.
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I thought the original Boxee Box was discontinued quite awhile ago, now we have the craptacular Boxee TV DVR.
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dowdy_pants posted:So I was about to go with a Boxee Box (I'm new to this)... but now with all of these new Android devices and such, I just don't know. Here's what I want: boxee box will do all of this, and now that its been cracked probably more later. Boxee TV on the other hand, will not. for the file types, you can play files that havent been unpacked from rar.00s. Thats how smart the file support is. boggles my mind.
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Citycop posted:- No streaming of local media over wifi. Want to plug in an external HD directly. Have you looked at wdtv live?
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Maneki Neko posted:Have you looked at wdtv live? My boxee still works.
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it'd be really rad if this could be the thing to replace my boxee box some day: http://kotaku.com/5973986/here-we-go-valve+supported-computer-hardware-will-be-shown-off-tonight I would hope that if they start selling a hardware device that can play games through Steam they also figure out a way to have it stream local content.
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MMD3 posted:it'd be really rad if this could be the thing to replace my boxee box some day: Everyone is expecting this to be Valve branded PC hardware running some form of Linux that boots straight to Steam's big picture mode, so you'll almost certainly be able to install XBMC on it.
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I'm really hoping something like this takes off: http://www.pivosgroup.com/xios.html I think my only real problem with boxee these days is it has a somewhat small buffer for streaming video from my NAS over wireless.
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That Pivos thing looked interesting until I watched a YouTube video of it booting up. It took literally a few minutes to boot.
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wolfbiker posted:That Pivos thing looked interesting until I watched a YouTube video of it booting up. It took literally a few minutes to boot. Wow, I just checked, 1:40s to boot, man I guess I'll find some other device to drool over.. maybe they'll work something out to speed that up. Do all android devices take this long to boot?
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Why turn them off?
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I can hear Boxee Box across the room. What's nice is holding the power button for 3 seconds is the only way to turn it off aside from unplugging it since the power button in the UI doesn't turn it of 90% off the time.
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Leaf Lock posted:I can hear Boxee Box across the room. What's nice is holding the power button for 3 seconds is the only way to turn it off aside from unplugging it since the power button in the UI doesn't turn it of 90% off the time. This kills me. I always have to hold the power button because the UI button rarely works...why is that?
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BonoMan posted:This kills me. I always have to hold the power button because the UI button rarely works...why is that? Can't make power button work when you're too busy trying to make money off your product by adding silly features.
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Boxee has no other means of making money other than through sales through the box.
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yeah, so instead of major bug fixes, they went on to make a tv tuner, and then another handicapped box.
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Boxee thread update! featured videos are now recycling with stuff we already saw a month or two ago! Facebook video feed has finally started working again after nearly 6 months! I havent found time to install boxee plus yet  Question: how are you guys configuring your logitech harmony remotes to use boxee?
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Laserface posted:Boxee thread update! I use one of these with my Harmony remote: http://twistedmelon.com/mira/hardware.html Then I just set up the boxee box as a media pc, can't remember if I used a specific one or not but there is some info on the boxee forums. I was get the navigate buttons working, pause/play, and I think like music/movies buttons setup or something. I definitely couldn't get everything I wanted but I got enough to make it worthwhile. especially important after my girlfriend lost my boxee remote and now I can't find a place to buy a replacement  oh, just found the button mapping legend I used http://www.jesseweb.com/wordpress/?p=881
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I used this with boxee. $5 shipped http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wireless-PC...=item35c38a8867
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MMD3 posted:especially important after my girlfriend lost my boxee remote and now I can't find a place to buy a replacement ebay has recplacements. I bought the Manta thing but wish i had have seen that other one for $5. fiddlesticks.
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Is there a megathread somewhere I've missed where folks argue the relative merits of the boxee vs roku vs google tv vs apple tv, etc?
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Laserface posted:Boxee thread update! I finally got around to installing boxee+ (v1.4.1) and overall I'm happy with the experience. That's all i really have to say about that...I mean, I use it to watch local content and Netflix and I very rarely use it for any of the other features. It's been a month and general operation is noticeably more stable than before with only one hangup during a .mkv pause-resume which required a manual reset. I've been using an app for my Android phone called Boxee Thumb Remote and it's pretty much the perfect replacement. I may try programming my Harmony for Boxee this weekend, but you should try a Boxee app and control it from your phone if you have that opportunity! ...And here's a link to the app in the Android market. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.evendanan.android.thumbremote Yummers fucked around with this message at 01:45 on Jan 19, 2013 |
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I have the boxee apps on phone/iPad but getting the harmony working is a better solution. Everything electronic in my living room is supported but the boxee until my manta arrives.
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pr0k posted:Is there a megathread somewhere I've missed where folks argue the relative merits of the boxee vs roku vs google tv vs apple tv, etc? Boxee is hot garbage, AppleTV is great (though the current one doesn't have a jailbreak), Roku is a little less slick but cheaper than AppleTV, GoogleTV will never have its poo poo together.
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How is the NHL Game Center app on Boxee?
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So I am reading boxeeplus website, considering spending my day off installing it. From the way it reads, it looks like this doesnt actually change the software on the boxee at all, and just boots off the USB?
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Laserface posted:So I am reading boxeeplus website, considering spending my day off installing it. And it shouldn't take a whole day off. It took me like 20 minutes or so. I've been on it for about a month, and I haven't run into any major bugs.
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Ah ok. Don't expect it to take long, it's finding the time when my girlfriend won't want to use it.
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http://old-blog.boxee.tv/2013/01/20/january-flash-11-update/ What's the likelihood that this will apply to the BoxeeBox, and not just the new one? Also, will the boxee+ mess up future updates?
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Laserface posted:Ah ok. Don't expect it to take long, it's finding the time when my girlfriend won't want to use it. You may need to reset Netflix data, it's an option in settings, upgrade borked my Netflix until I did it.
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deong posted:http://old-blog.boxee.tv/2013/01/20/january-flash-11-update/ It is talking about boxee box.
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Installed boxee plus but now I can't enable the default shows and movies buttons no matter what settings I use. Anyone come across this?
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So what's next after Boxee Box for those of us with a big media library? I've been waiting to hear about codec support on the Xbox One and PS4. All's quiet on the Steam Box front, but that sounded promising too.
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I went for a Zotac AD10 and XBMC. So much happier with it than the BB.
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Linkletter posted:So what's next after Boxee Box for those of us with a big media library? I've been waiting to hear about codec support on the Xbox One and PS4. All's quiet on the Steam Box front, but that sounded promising too. I'm waiting to hear some more stories from Ouya owners as well on how good of a job it's doing with XBMC, this guy demo's streaming 1080p files via wired ethernet off a server here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78XQHex71kg starts around 2:45, looks promising.
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