Boxee
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Boxee is a free cross-platform media center and entertainment hub with social networking features that is a fork of Open Source XBMC media center software. As a "'Social Media Center", Boxee enables i... More


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DEVELOPMENT STATUS : alpha
LICENSE : gnu general public license (gpl)
OPERATING SYSTEM : Mac OS X
win32 : Linux :

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Mac Version Of Boxee

I used the Mac version of Boxee recently. It looked pretty slick, with a nice, smooth UI - very similar to the original Joost client. It crashed on me a couple of times, so I guess I will wait for a more stable version. This was on the Alpha version.


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Boxee Is A TV Boxed In Your Computer

I am using the windows version of Boxee which is still under alpha testing and it has turned out to be THE media-center for my laptop/PC. Easy, intuitive and extremely user friendly it makes viewing your online and offline media a pure breezy pleasure. I have stopped using any media center on my PC and have also reduced my usage of the VLC media player because of Boxee. Hope the windows version comes out to public early. This is one app you would not avoid missing from your PC.


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Looks Very Cool...


Boxee  by an anonymous user on July 2nd 2008 at 03:56 AM

A new media center application for the Mac (and soon to be Linux and Windows). Based on the open source media center application Xbox Media Center, aka XBMC, which we've covered from it's humble beginnings on the Xbox classic to its move to your Mac and your thumb drive, Boxee completely reskins XBMC and adds a new social element. With Boxee, your local content seamlessly integrates with web content from sites like Last.fm and YouTube, and Boxee shares what you're watching, listening to, and liking with all of your friends.


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Mac Users Should Definitely Check This Out!


Boxee  by an anonymous user on July 2nd 2008 at 03:51 AM

Boxee is building the ultimate social media center which I believe can change the way people consume and share digital content at home. Boxee allows users to easily consume and share video, photos, and music from various sources on their computers and TVs, interact with their friends around this content, and more. We think this is a huge leap from anything that's out there today.


Boxee just came out with their alpha for mac. I encourage you to sign up for their alpha plan, download, and get ready for an entirely new and exciting media center experience.


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Big Predictions, and a Hardware Announcement, From Boxee

We've written about the Boxee media center application a number of times here on OStatic. One of the main differentiators between Boxee's open source media center platform and other similar applications is that Boxee is chock-full of social and sharing features. You can discuss shows and video clips and music with friends online--as you consume them. Boxee is also gaining more and more community-built plug-ins. Today, at the NewTeeVee Live event in San Francisco, Boxee CEO CEO Avner Ronen made a significant product introduction, and quite a few surprising predictions.



Boxee Investors See it As "Firefox for Media," Aiming High

Last week, we covered the news of a new $6 million round of venture capital funding for Boxee which is behind the very popular Boxee open source media center application. Open source applications for managing videos, music, television content, movies and the like have been maturing, and the VC community is definitely waking up to Boxee's potential. The company's latest round of funding was led by Boston-based General Catalyst with participation by prior investors Spark Capital and Union Square Ventures. Now VideoNuze has a very interesting interview with Boxee investors Bijan Sabet and Neil Sequeira. 



With New Funding in Tow, Boxee Will Head for CE Devices

Among open source media center applications for managing video, music and other entertainment content, Boxee has emerged as a clear leader. This week the company announced that it has received a $6 million injection of venture capital funding, led by Boston-based General Catalyst with participation by prior investors Spark Capital and Union Square Ventures.

The investment brings Boxee's total funding to $10 million, obtained in under a year. As Boxee officials noted in their announcement of the funding: "Boxee today is mostly serving a tech-savvy audience – those who feel comfortable connecting a computer to a TV." For example, Boxee is very popular with Apple TV users, who manage media with it, and are able to watch video content on big-screen TVs. So what lies ahead for it, and how can it gain appeal beyond a tech-savvy audience?



Where can I find the configuration files for Boxee

I can't seem to locate the files - I'm running Red Hat 6.0.

Boxee

you recently wrote an article about boxee and i've been playing around with it lately. I have a MBP with an external display, but i cannot figure out how to get boxee to present on the external display (aside from mirroring which is lame), is there a way to do this?


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