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- AppleTV 2.3
update kills
boxee: While mixed
video/audio
playlists are
something I've
been looking
for since
version 1, The
new Apple TV
update is
mostly
insignificant
feature
additions, and
breaks Boxee,
which makes it
pretty
undesirable at
the moment.
When Apple
gives us the
features that
we want, and
that the
device is
obviously
capable of,
people will
stop hacking
it en masse.
Imagine if
iTunes had got
its start by
disallowing CD
ripping and
only letting
you play music
that was
purchased from
Apple or made
in Garageband.
The reality is
that people
already have
tons of
digital media,
and the
further that
Apple gets
from trusting
users to be
responsible
with how they
acquire and
manage media
and the more
they dictate
usage and
cripple
featuresets,
the less
successful
they will be.
It's their
product and
their choice,
but if there's
a way to make
it work the
way we want it
to, people
will continue
to do it.
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- Boxee: the
open,
connected,
social media
center for mac
os x and linux: I've been
using an
AppleTV since
it was
released. A
device with
great
potential
(cheap, HD
enabled, great
integration
with iTunes)
crippled
intentionally
by Apple's
need to tie it
directly to
iTunes only-
Since it's
still illegal
to rip your
DVD collection
to file in the
Rip, Mix, Burn
style we've
become
accustomed to
in iTunes, the
AppleTV
eschews any
video media
you have in
naughty
'pirate'
formats like
DivX, and only
wants to play
video
purchased from
the iTunes
store or
DRM-less mp4
files you
ostensibly
made yourself
or that come
from podcasts.
Every weird
movie curator
worth his salt
that I know
now has a
couple of
terabyte
drives filled
with DivX's
and subtitle
files, and we
are not
anyone's
target user.
AppleTV's free
online video
solution is
also centered
around
YouTube, while
Hulu is
hosting tons
of
high-quality
free movies
and TV
shows.
A
range of hacks
have been
available for
the AppleTV to
make it do
everything
from play
exotic video
formats off
network drives
to order
pizza, but
they have all
been difficult
to install
(I've learned
more unix
hacking my
AppleTV than
when I worked
tech support
at Apple) hard
to use and
break
frequently, on
their own or
whenever a
small AppleTV
update comes
out.
Enter Boxee.
A new improved
application
helps you
build a usb
patchstick,
which you plug
into the
service port
on the
appleTV,
installs boxee
and the
supporting
Xbox Media
Center
software it's
based on.
Previous hacks
involved
building a
patchstick and
then doing
seperate Apple
TV installs
using SFTP and
SSH, but that
little
difference
isn't what
makes Boxee
better. Once
you have boxee
installed (and
activate your
account on
http://boxee.t
v, you'll need
to apply for
an alpha
tester account
first, sorry)
the real
difference is
in the
interface and
thouroughness
of the
implementation
. Boxee does
everything the
AppleTV always
should have
done. It
recognizes
your network
drives (on the
mac you'll
have to turn
on Samba
sharing in
your sharing
preferences),
plays every
video format,
displays
subtitle files
beautifully,
finds posters,
synopsis and
trailers for
media names it
recognizes
online, has
Last.fm like
social
scrobbling
features (not
to mention
actual access
to Last.fm, as
well as
myspace video,
hulu, Youtube
and a host of
other free
video and
music outlets)
and the
integration is
beautiful.
quick
intro to boxee
from boxee on
Vimeo.
I
installed it
last night and
I'm smitten. - ProVideo
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Because I?ve
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