[backstage] Boxee.net
Hi All, I discovered yesterday late last night boxee.net. - http://boxee.net/index2.php. Its basically the most advanced media centre I've ever seen. Its built on top of the xbox media centre (xbmc) so it plays everything and supports resolutions up to 1080p. Its hard to describe but the integration between the net and local media is very tight. I had a play yesterday night (3am) and was pretty blown away. It feels like XBMC, acts like XBMC and even has the same defaults and bugs as the current XBMC. But has a simpler interface and could be pushed to a mainstream audience. Its Mac and Ubuntu only right now and doesn't support live TV through a tuner card just like xbmc, but who cares when everything's going ip right? The site is all locked up to a private alpha right now but there's a review here and even a video here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzXu05ZuvII | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwQG-4kT7FENR=1 Hopefully I'll get some invites for backstagers soon - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Boxee.net
On Tuesday 05 August 2008 15:44:26 Ian Forrester wrote: I discovered yesterday late last night boxee.net. - http://boxee.net/index2.php. Its basically the most advanced media centre I've ever seen. Its built on top of the xbox media centre (xbmc) so it plays everything and supports resolutions up to 1080p. Its hard to describe but the integration between the net and local media is very tight. I had a play yesterday night (3am) and was pretty blown away. It feels like XBMC, acts like XBMC and even has the same defaults and bugs as the current XBMC. But has a simpler interface and could be pushed to a mainstream audience. Its Mac and Ubuntu only right now and doesn't support live TV through a tuner card just like xbmc, but who cares when everything's going ip right? I could't find a download link - what legal sources of video does it support ? Michael. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
RE: [backstage] Boxee.net
Its private alpha so there's no download links. It supports all types of video including internet video like flash and high quality formats. Check out revision3.com for a selection of legal content for example. Ian Forrester This e-mail is: [x] private; [] ask first; [] bloggable Senior Producer, BBC Backstage Room 1044, BBC Manchester BH, Oxford Road, M60 1SJ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] work: +44 (0)2080083965 mob: +44 (0)7711913293 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Sent: 05 August 2008 16:05 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Boxee.net On Tuesday 05 August 2008 15:44:26 Ian Forrester wrote: I discovered yesterday late last night boxee.net. - http://boxee.net/index2.php. Its basically the most advanced media centre I've ever seen. Its built on top of the xbox media centre (xbmc) so it plays everything and supports resolutions up to 1080p. Its hard to describe but the integration between the net and local media is very tight. I had a play yesterday night (3am) and was pretty blown away. It feels like XBMC, acts like XBMC and even has the same defaults and bugs as the current XBMC. But has a simpler interface and could be pushed to a mainstream audience. Its Mac and Ubuntu only right now and doesn't support live TV through a tuner card just like xbmc, but who cares when everything's going ip right? I could't find a download link - what legal sources of video does it support ? Michael. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Boxee.net
I'm a Boxee alpha tester - not sure how many invites it'll allow me to send, but if interested, ping me off-list and I'll see what works. We're looking at contributing SlipStream functionality to Boxee for STBs, once Boxee stops crashing my MBP for long enough to figure it out. cheers Richard On 5 Aug 2008, at 15:44, Ian Forrester wrote: Hi All, I discovered yesterday late last night boxee.net. - http://boxee.net/index2.php . Its basically the most advanced media centre I've ever seen. Its built on top of the xbox media centre (xbmc) so it plays everything and supports resolutions up to 1080p. Its hard to describe but the integration between the net and local media is very tight. I had a play yesterday night (3am) and was pretty blown away. It feels like XBMC, acts like XBMC and even has the same defaults and bugs as the current XBMC. But has a simpler interface and could be pushed to a mainstream audience. Its Mac and Ubuntu only right now and doesn't support live TV through a tuner card just like xbmc, but who cares when everything's going ip right? The site is all locked up to a private alpha right now but there's a review here and even a video here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzXu05ZuvII | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwQG-4kT7FENR=1 Hopefully I'll get some invites for backstagers soon - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html . Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Boxee.net
It looks good, so it won't install on an Xbox then? I currently runn XBMC which suits, although it has the odd bug but the release I hae isn't quite current. Hi All, I discovered yesterday late last night boxee.net. - http://boxee.net/index2.php. Its basically the most advanced media centre I've ever seen. Its built on top of the xbox media centre (xbmc) so it plays everything and supports resolutions up to 1080p. Its hard to describe but the integration between the net and local media is very tight. I had a play yesterday night (3am) and was pretty blown away. It feels like XBMC, acts like XBMC and even has the same defaults and bugs as the current XBMC. But has a simpler interface and could be pushed to a mainstream audience. Its Mac and Ubuntu only right now and doesn't support live TV through a tuner card just like xbmc, but who cares when everything's going ip right? The site is all locked up to a private alpha right now but there's a review here and even a video here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzXu05ZuvII | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwQG-4kT7FENR=1 Hopefully I'll get some invites for backstagers soon - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
