So I pre-ordered a Boxee Box

The Intel chips aren't in production anymore, nor are they being supported. A Boxee 2 has been rumoured for this autumn but, y'know...

Nope. Unless they have web feeds or you can get them via a tuner then you're never going to get regular feeds via a set top box other than those can can descramble regular tv channels i.e. Sky & UPC boxes, etc.

Though aer.tv has a decent selection if you're signed up to Magnet.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57528726-1/boxee-readying-new-set-top-box-with-dvr-support/

Boxee 2. hopefully will mean a (decent) update for the existing box

there are a load of new boxes coming out and boxee will surely be in there, even if the first box is being dropped, a new boxee box will mean that new apps etc will be made & should be able to be still playable on the old one? most of them anyway?

If it could do saorview and free to air satellite, then it would be the business

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Recording to the cloud for 15 quid a month, wtf, who wants to save to the cloud? The whole idea of PVR is to save content locally for offline use. More crippled offerings from the Boxee team.

Dont agree with the "crippled offerings from the Boxee team". Its offering most of the streaming features the previous boxee offered as well as the free over the air channels all from one box. And at 99 quid, seems pretty good to me. Though they're software support is total cack as you said. Im going to wait a few months and see how its sells in the States before I commit.

If it does freesat and saorview with the streaming content and netflix, its fairly neat package.

As for saving to a cloud, I would find handy to being able to save my content to a cloud. I work away from home 4 weeks out of every 6 and if I am able to access the cloud from my laptop its a winner for me.

That being said I wouldn't bother use the cloud myself if I was living at home full time. In that respect you are probably correct about the "crippled offerings from the Boxee team"

Is there any way to get the Boxee box to ignore the word "The" in movie titles. It's a bit annoying that of my numerous movies so many of them are listed under the letter T.

yllw.ldbttr wrote: »

I use Ember Media Manager to create my own NFO file per movie, takes care of the problem.

The who in the what now?

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Check my blog http://leetstreet.net/blog/2011/05/embe/

So if I add an nfo file for a movie does that take precedence over getting the info from imdb?

Got this in my email today.

I don't think i'll be helping upload, will anyone here?

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How will this work?
Is it not the same as Megaupload (And other sites that shan't be mentioned)?
How long could this last? we build the library for them, like grooveshark etc.. then unlike them, and more like Boxee, they introduce some crazy prices, and use our uploaded libraries as a reason for their pricing to others, while i can no longer view them...

Can people get done for this?
If i share movies (The one thing we're being told not to do on the internet) over Cloudee and then get suddenly disconnected, so i have to pay for services, all of my movies are still up there, i can no longer view them, but i am technically the person sharing them... ??
Using their service, the same reason Megaupload/Ninjavideo etc etc etc.. were closed down.


EDIT..

After thinking about it, it's well handy to share files to friends in Australia etc.. If they have unfinished tv series etc..

I'd still like to know the legality of it though..

GeorgeBailey wrote: »

So if I add an nfo file for a movie does that take precedence over getting the info from imdb?

Yes, pretty sure I got the info a year or so ago from this thread (thanks to OP and link above).

It's a great app, much more flexibility than allowing Boxee to scrape the content.

yllw.ldbttr wrote: »

The future is looking bright again.

Lots of work going on, keeping a close eye on progress.

I have installed this, the hack has added fanart to your films and tv programmes and it looks very well. They have also added a music icon on the home page and a different display for your local media. Using the interference seems a lot quicker as well.

Allyall wrote: »

Does this work on a PC with Boxee installed?

I amn't near one at the moment, and curious.

Yeah I think so, I remember reading on the hacked thread, someone tried it out on pc and it worked.