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I'm taking questions about Boxee and the Boxee Box
I'll be here starting 4pm ET and will hang out till midnight answering questions regarding Boxee, Boxee Box and all things Boxee :)
I'm imagining a killer ipad killer combo of boxee on a tablet like the Adam Notion Ink running android. Would something like that be even possible? (notion is said to have flash video capabilities)
Or are you guys just doing an mini-app version for android?
Or are you guys just doing an mini-app version for android?
Thanks for making yourself available for Q's.
Reading through the posts, it appears that the BB will be running a Linux distro, yet when answering some questions about Netflix/Silverlight, you mention CE. Is the goal to have a Linux based BB that can do Netflix streaming or are we looking at two different flavors of BB ?
How will the BB be able to adapt to future changes from content providers (Hulu, Netflix, etc). If they make a change to how they are streaming content which breaks the box, how does it get "fixed" ? With an HTPC there will eventually be a fix, tweak, workaround...can I assume the same for the BB ?
Reading through the posts, it appears that the BB will be running a Linux distro, yet when answering some questions about Netflix/Silverlight, you mention CE. Is the goal to have a Linux based BB that can do Netflix streaming or are we looking at two different flavors of BB ?
How will the BB be able to adapt to future changes from content providers (Hulu, Netflix, etc). If they make a change to how they are streaming content which breaks the box, how does it get "fixed" ? With an HTPC there will eventually be a fix, tweak, workaround...can I assume the same for the BB ?
I'm using an Acer Aspire Revo running Ubuntu (32 bit, though I tried 64 bit and had the same issue). I have both XBMC and Boxee installed, and have noticed that videos (particularly streaming videos) play much smoother under XBMC than Boxee. Will future versions of Boxee have smoother playback under Ubuntu?
And while on the subject, do you have any recommendation for a particular Linux distribution (and 32 or 64 bit version) for running Boxee on a Revo? I've been looking at the new ElementOS (@ www.elementmypc.com) but it is so new that even though it supposedly has a "10 foot interface" I'm not sure it's polished enough yet to actually be usable (particularly since a post on their support forum says you can't use a remote control to switch between programs, which I'd sort of think would be the whole point of something like that). Which Linux OS version do you use when developing new versions of Boxee?
And while on the subject, do you have any recommendation for a particular Linux distribution (and 32 or 64 bit version) for running Boxee on a Revo? I've been looking at the new ElementOS (@ www.elementmypc.com) but it is so new that even though it supposedly has a "10 foot interface" I'm not sure it's polished enough yet to actually be usable (particularly since a post on their support forum says you can't use a remote control to switch between programs, which I'd sort of think would be the whole point of something like that). Which Linux OS version do you use when developing new versions of Boxee?
We have not experienced this issue, but haven't done a qualitative comparison with XBMC for a while, given that the codebase on that front is pretty close. We'll look into it.
Boxee is supported on Ubuntu Linux, latest two general availability revisions at any given time (so currently, Jaunty and Karmic). On our forums, forums.boxee.tv, you may find builds to other distros. Fedora is pretty popular.
Boxee is supported on Ubuntu Linux, latest two general availability revisions at any given time (so currently, Jaunty and Karmic). On our forums, forums.boxee.tv, you may find builds to other distros. Fedora is pretty popular.
First of all thank you very much for answering our questions!!!
I am planning on streaming content over 802.11n. How will caching for local content be handled? Will I be able to increase the cache size? For example if I want the box to use the SD card for caching?
Thanks again for your time!
I am planning on streaming content over 802.11n. How will caching for local content be handled? Will I be able to increase the cache size? For example if I want the box to use the SD card for caching?
Thanks again for your time!
D-link Remote Hardware question:
Will the remote have a screen to allow audio browsing without having to turn on the tv/screen/monitor?
(squeezeboxesque)
I'm on the verge of getting a squeezebox but am wondering if this wonder machine can take its place.
Will the remote have a screen to allow audio browsing without having to turn on the tv/screen/monitor?
(squeezeboxesque)
I'm on the verge of getting a squeezebox but am wondering if this wonder machine can take its place.
Big boxee fan. I plan on having a network of them at home. Any plans on being able to network boxee devices so that they can stream/broadcast similar to sonos players? Maybe a "boxee server"? Would be cool to watch a video in the living room while having it also play in the bedroom.
PS. I also own windows home server...
PS. I also own windows home server...
Sorry to many question too little time :)
Will there be a way to show netflix/other subscriptions in the normal tv show and movie lists? I was told netflix asked you guys not to index there stuff. Is there anyway this will happen?
Will there be a way to show netflix/other subscriptions in the normal tv show and movie lists? I was told netflix asked you guys not to index there stuff. Is there anyway this will happen?
Been using Boxee since the beta, and I am very satisfied and exited about the box.
1. Any news about swedish and norwegian content. Almost every channel here in Sweden have content on the web. (Plex is one step ahead here. Maybe the only step... :))
2. Will content from the apps be able to show up in the queue? Like diggnation or a TV episode from a TV channel app?
1. Any news about swedish and norwegian content. Almost every channel here in Sweden have content on the web. (Plex is one step ahead here. Maybe the only step... :))
2. Will content from the apps be able to show up in the queue? Like diggnation or a TV episode from a TV channel app?
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How quickly does the BB startup? It would be annoying to the kids and wife if it takes a few minutes to startup, especially when I had xbmc on the original xbox startup in less than 10 seconds. Perhaps things like standby/suspend is used.
Speaking of standby, does the OS support spinning down connected harddrives from a defined period of activity or when the BB itself goes into standby?
Speaking of standby, does the OS support spinning down connected harddrives from a defined period of activity or when the BB itself goes into standby?
are there plans to fix the bug where you have to press enter to go full screen? (or is it a feature thats here to stay)
2010 looks like it is gonna be a great year for Boxee. What are you most excited about in the coming year and what were the most exciting Boxee happenings from 2009 for you?
yes. we had a good start for 2010.
to me the most exciting stuff is still the product. improving the experience coming up with new features and getting the feedback from the users. we're spending the time now stabilizing the Beta version, but have lots of new stuff that will come out this year.
2009 was a year in which we've learned a lot about how our users use and want to use Boxee, and how the industry views what we are doing. hopefully 2010 will be about implementing some of these lessons.
to me the most exciting stuff is still the product. improving the experience coming up with new features and getting the feedback from the users. we're spending the time now stabilizing the Beta version, but have lots of new stuff that will come out this year.
2009 was a year in which we've learned a lot about how our users use and want to use Boxee, and how the industry views what we are doing. hopefully 2010 will be about implementing some of these lessons.
What's the score on the social focus? Two points.
One: We went from a horizontal feed of recommended content from connected Boxee friends in the Alpha to a vertical feed in the Beta. This is a good start, but it misses 99% of the content my friends and family are watching, because for whatever reason they don't use Boxee to watch it. For example, I see a lot of YouTube videos at work or on the go, which I'm not going to fire up Boxee to watch. I think my friends and family operate the same way. We _happen_ upon content and consume it wherever we happen to find it.
Deeper integration with other authentication systems (Google, OpenID, Facebook Connect, etc.) could allow users to feed into Boxee bidirectionally, which helps everyone.
Two: Intra-Boxee communication. Netflix on the Xbox has this great but worthless "Party" idea. The premise is that you synchronize watches with your friends and hit 'play' all at the same time. It's novel but completely impractical. But. What if you could see a (ala Xbox) a friends list, with a status message including their online presence and what they're watching (privacy concerns controlled). You can then drill down to see what they watched in the past, or if the content is available either online (Hulu, Netflix, ABC, etc..) or stored locally you can join them at the same point in the content where the friend is now. The tight integration from One would make it easy to communicate either over Boxee or across AIM, Yahoo, GChat to enrich the experience.
One: We went from a horizontal feed of recommended content from connected Boxee friends in the Alpha to a vertical feed in the Beta. This is a good start, but it misses 99% of the content my friends and family are watching, because for whatever reason they don't use Boxee to watch it. For example, I see a lot of YouTube videos at work or on the go, which I'm not going to fire up Boxee to watch. I think my friends and family operate the same way. We _happen_ upon content and consume it wherever we happen to find it.
Deeper integration with other authentication systems (Google, OpenID, Facebook Connect, etc.) could allow users to feed into Boxee bidirectionally, which helps everyone.
Two: Intra-Boxee communication. Netflix on the Xbox has this great but worthless "Party" idea. The premise is that you synchronize watches with your friends and hit 'play' all at the same time. It's novel but completely impractical. But. What if you could see a (ala Xbox) a friends list, with a status message including their online presence and what they're watching (privacy concerns controlled). You can then drill down to see what they watched in the past, or if the content is available either online (Hulu, Netflix, ABC, etc..) or stored locally you can join them at the same point in the content where the friend is now. The tight integration from One would make it easy to communicate either over Boxee or across AIM, Yahoo, GChat to enrich the experience.
we will rollout the integration with Facebook and Twitter into the feed soon. it makes a big difference in terms of exposing you to what your friends are watching. I agree that tighter integration with the authenticated services is required.
we didn't invest much in the social aspects of Boxee in the Beta release. we were focused on user experience changes. more social stuff will come out later this year.
we didn't invest much in the social aspects of Boxee in the Beta release. we were focused on user experience changes. more social stuff will come out later this year.
the xbox netflix party system I don't think anyone uses.... me and my roommate tried it in the same dwelling and it was fine. had a emoticon system to express your thoughts on the movie (even though you have headsets). plus it puts the movie in a cartoon theater which is a little annoying since the movie is shrunk down to accommodate. I thought netflix party would be a cool way to watch movies with friends or loved ones who have moved away, but since everyone must have xbox live gold and a subscription to netflix it usually fails before launch. I think it would be cool for a party to have a movie playing in multiple rooms at the same time but thats just the a/v nerd in me... people usually do that with sonos and music anyway, not movies...
a good NBA League Pass app would be a huge thing for me!! I currently have to watch SD games through the cable box or a laptop connected to the TV or projector. Here's to HD NBA games on the Boxee Box!!
I think you guys need to get a podcast thing going in Boxee. Alongside Apps, you could have a Podcast app that lets you subscribe to podcasts without the need for separate applications. This would make it really easy for people to subscribe to, say, CNET Live shows that don't show up in the CNET app.
What do you think?
What do you think?
Any plans for storing watched status of videos in the cloud like you do now with the queue? I plan on eventually getting a Boxee Box, and having the Boxee Box and Boxee on my Mac in sync would be awesome.
two more questions for you :).
1. are there any plans to bring israeli content to boxee? do you know of any israeli content that will stream legally to the US?
2. i know you have answered some iPad questions already. What are the ideas you have been throwing around since the announcment? I know personally I have thought the iPad would be great as an extension to boxee (show movie info, character info, have a dvd type menu for extras while its playing etc.)
thanks!
1. are there any plans to bring israeli content to boxee? do you know of any israeli content that will stream legally to the US?
2. i know you have answered some iPad questions already. What are the ideas you have been throwing around since the announcment? I know personally I have thought the iPad would be great as an extension to boxee (show movie info, character info, have a dvd type menu for extras while its playing etc.)
thanks!
1. i assume you live in the US, right? our team in TLV has actually done some work on this front. it should be made available soon. there is the Israeli Channel that streams lots of Israeli shows using RayV. you should check it out.
2. i think it could be a great companion as well as a consumption device. the latter will be harder to get done, but as a companion we have lots of ideas (for both the iPad and the iPhone), we just need to see when we can get around to doing something about these ideas :)
2. i think it could be a great companion as well as a consumption device. the latter will be harder to get done, but as a companion we have lots of ideas (for both the iPad and the iPhone), we just need to see when we can get around to doing something about these ideas :)
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