Nice work on integrating Hulu into the mix. This makes boxee a more practical replacement to cable.
Chris Beiting
· 1 year ago
Alright Avner... I'll get the lipstick!
matt
· 1 year ago
Awesome Boxee! I'm definitely dropping Cable TV now....if only I had an invite ;) Crossing my fingers that one shows up today!
Wyatt
· 1 year ago
Awesome! I'm so glad I was finally able to get a patch stick created in Linux so I could get XBMC loaded and hopefully get a when you guys get enough invites going. Keep up the great work!
baksharp
· 1 year ago
Congratulations!,on the new version.Will try it out tonight. thanks, baksharp. imac 24",atv,eyetv,turbo.
adisonic
· 1 year ago
oooohhhhhh! just waiting for xbox 360 or windows version to release..... COOOLLL!!!!!!!!! ADIsonic
juamps
· 1 year ago
can't wait to go home from work and try it out! Thanks Avner et al!! Good luck at i-stage today!!
d4rk
· 1 year ago
Excellent work guys, this release is slick.
Rick
· 1 year ago
Can't wait for this (currently I'm relegated to watch the login screen as I patiently wait for my invite - pleeeeaaassseee today!!!). I have my Apple TV all updated and ready to go. One thing I'm curious about, is if CBS and the likes (streaming TV) will work outside of the US. I'm currently working in Mexico, and those sights won't allow me to stream here because they check the IP. Not sure how it could be possible, but if the CBC, etc. TV streams worked outside of the US, that would be sweet! It would also be awesome if Boxee streamed movies from http://www.watchnewfilms.com/ (I love that sight).
avner
· 1 year ago
@Chris where are you based? i want to book my flight :)
@boxee I'm on comcast with a business account but I'm getting bad framerate with hulu.
Andrew A
· 1 year ago
> now a person visiting boxee.tv will actually know what boxee is doing
I don't know what it was like before, but in my opinion, it needs more information. Is it a product or a service (or both)? It seems like it must be a product, but why would I have to sign up for a product? Maybe that's signing up for a marketing mailing list - to get more info I have to give you my email address? (No thanks.) Please, don't make me watch a video to find out such basics as whether it's hardware, software, a service, a combination of the above, how much it costs, that it's only alpha at this point, etc.
From the video, it seems like it's free software that requires that I sign up for a social network. I might be interested in the software (and maybe willing to pay for it), but I really don't want yet another social service, and I don't want to broadcast what I'm watching or listening to, or even _when_ I'm watching or listening to something. If your business model is predicated on a social network, please make that clear. (If it's not, then I'm perhaps interested - Hulu for instance might be of interest to me if I can watch it through my tv with an easy-to-use UI rather than at my home office desk, on my computer monitor.)
Reallytnotnick
· 1 year ago
So how well does Hulu work on an Apple TV? I find Hulu is slow on my 2ghz G5, but then again this is an x86 chip so maybe it works better as Flash sucks on my computer. Is it able to play the 480p versions without trouble? Any chance of it playing 720p versions from Hulu?
Tim Moore
· 1 year ago
I'm using it on Apple TV btw. My netflix box works flawlessly.
Shawn Dawson
· 1 year ago
Excellent integration, really well done. Unfortunately the playback quality is lacking on the AppleTV... audio seems to be ok but the video stutters quite a bit. Not really watchable at this point. :-(
Chris Beiting
· 1 year ago
I am confident they'll get the video sorted out... The thing that sucks about AppleTV is that it only has 256 megs of RAM -- I love my ATV, but if it's going to be a huge hurdle, I might punt it and get a cheapo dell, and put Boxee on it via Linux...
Packfan
· 1 year ago
Love the update. Hulu and CBS streams both have choppy video on AppleTV (although CBS wasn't nearly as bad as Hulu). CBS looked like it was dropping maybe a few frames a second. Hulu however only showed a few frames a second.
Other video sources of high(er) quality seem fine, so I'm not sure it's the format, or something specific about those feeds.
I am excited to see them as part of the new release, and if we can get Hulu to play back smoothly on AppleTV, I might have to go out and buy a couple more ATV boxes.
tom sella
· 1 year ago
@Packfan @Shawn Dawson @Tim Moore please retry now.
Tim Moore
· 1 year ago
@tom sella, no change.
hylton
· 1 year ago
For Boxee on the Apple TV - where can I find Hulu? Been poking around a bunch and no luck. Any pointers appreciated. Also, re the interface - is it new on the Apple TV as well? I'm seeing the same and though I believe I updated perhaps that's the culprit in why I can't find Hulu and interface is the same?
Tim Moore
· 1 year ago
ok, i have 3 apple tv boxes. @ were set to 1080i streamed hulu fine. A lil jerky here and there but watchable. The apple TV set to 720p wouldn't play hulu. When I changed the ATV's resolution to 1080i it now works. Go figure...
tom sella
· 1 year ago
@Tim Moore et al on atv, we just uploaded a version refresh which fixes the stutter, please update boxee.
Nate
· 1 year ago
Same issues with Hulu on Apple TV. Love the fixes though!
Nate
· 1 year ago
Just saw the last post. Will update now...
John Doe
· 1 year ago
THe new version rocks ! :-)
kuntz@libero.it
· 1 year ago
Great work, guys!
Packfan
· 1 year ago
Hulu and CBS both look great. Much, much better. There seems to be one frame drop every so often on Hulu... but that could be my connection and its barely noticeable anyway. I didn't notice any issues with CBS steams at all.
Great Work! Fast too.
Chris C
· 1 year ago
This sounds awesome, I would love to try this. Can please have an alpha invite? Thanks!
hylton
· 1 year ago
Me again: still no luck in finding Hulu anywhere. Can someone spell out the path to Hulu? (possible culprit, again: i've updated twice now (I believe) but not seeing the new interface some are claiming. Any suggestions?
raphsabb
· 1 year ago
I am ubable to get the hulu shows to play. When I press enter for them to play, it starts "thinking" but then goes back to the list of shows.
I am running boxee on Ubuntu feisty by the way.
George Sokorai
· 1 year ago
Please let me know when it is out, in full release, not alpha or beta.
Matt
· 1 year ago
Next Joost... but seeing that Joost gave a shout out to Boxee in their "Web Version" press release I'm sure you are waiting until they allow embedding and a partnership deal is finalized .
after alpha update, hulu doesn't show up under internet video. restarted, still no hulu.
manolis
· 1 year ago
i'm so excited about this... but i still didn't get my copy of the alpha boxee.... :-(
Eric
· 1 year ago
Great job guys! Awesome UI and perfect integration with ATV. Thanks for finially delivering the functionality that Apple should have included. You guys rock hardcore!
David
· 1 year ago
I still don't see HULU or CBS on my Apple TV. Any thoughts?
hylton
· 1 year ago
I'm with you David - still can't see Hulu or CBS even though I've updated several times. Tips anyone?
Erik K Veland
· 1 year ago
Why all the focus on laptops? 24" iMacs are where it's at for small sized apartments / dorms / bedrooms!
EyeTV support next. I beg you!
Erik K Veland
· 1 year ago
Oh yeah, new interface is vastly improved. Some major issues though:
Can you make the text pure white instead of grey? The higher the contrast, the easier it is to read!
Lots of TV Shows are recognised as Movies instead and I can't seem to change them. Changing the "TV Show?" option doesn't seem to do anything. After I type in the Show Name, Season, Episode Number nothing happens. Doesn't matter if it is an obscure show like "Riget" (The original "The Kingdom") or a mainstream one like The Colbert Report. To make things worse, some TV Show titles, like half my Invader Zim episode names are recognised as Movie Titles and presented with the wrong info.
If there's more than one set of subtitles, all of them will be shown at once.
Oh, and finally, is there any way of rerouting Hulu through a proxy for us non-US citizens? :)
If not you may as well remove the option altogether.
Keep up the good work, despite these issues I can't live without Boxee these days!
TV
· 1 year ago
I'd like to thank avner for the invite!
But don't flood him for requests... macprouser (at) mac (dot) com if you still need one.
Bulldog
· 1 year ago
no hulu outside the US. :(
tom sella
· 1 year ago
all of you having issues with not seeing hulu, cbs, etc. under internet source with the new version, please head to our forum at http://forum.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=1035
Andres
· 1 year ago
this is awesome! any spare time for an invite aagonzales [at] uh [dot] edu
javier
· 1 year ago
There is an issue with hulu videos that require you to be older than 17. No way of login into hulu through boxee... Please fix. Thanks
Ben
· 1 year ago
Yes i agree with the last comment there are some really good shows on hulu that require you to login. There needs to be some fix for this because it limits the amount of shows that available watch.
avner
· 1 year ago
@Ben @Javier we're working on a fix
Ben
· 1 year ago
ok sounds great! also is there any plan to support the 480p stream of hulu?
All Comments
thanks,
baksharp.
imac 24",atv,eyetv,turbo.
COOOLLL!!!!!!!!!
ADIsonic
Good luck at i-stage today!!
I don't know what it was like before, but in my opinion, it needs more information. Is it a product or a service (or both)? It seems like it must be a product, but why would I have to sign up for a product? Maybe that's signing up for a marketing mailing list - to get more info I have to give you my email address? (No thanks.) Please, don't make me watch a video to find out such basics as whether it's hardware, software, a service, a combination of the above, how much it costs, that it's only alpha at this point, etc.
From the video, it seems like it's free software that requires that I sign up for a social network. I might be interested in the software (and maybe willing to pay for it), but I really don't want yet another social service, and I don't want to broadcast what I'm watching or listening to, or even _when_ I'm watching or listening to something. If your business model is predicated on a social network, please make that clear. (If it's not, then I'm perhaps interested - Hulu for instance might be of interest to me if I can watch it through my tv with an easy-to-use UI rather than at my home office desk, on my computer monitor.)
Other video sources of high(er) quality seem fine, so I'm not sure it's the format, or something specific about those feeds.
I am excited to see them as part of the new release, and if we can get Hulu to play back smoothly on AppleTV, I might have to go out and buy a couple more ATV boxes.
Great Work! Fast too.
I am running boxee on Ubuntu feisty by the way.
http://press.joost.com/2008/10/joost_launches_w...
EyeTV support next. I beg you!
Can you make the text pure white instead of grey? The higher the contrast, the easier it is to read!
Lots of TV Shows are recognised as Movies instead and I can't seem to change them. Changing the "TV Show?" option doesn't seem to do anything. After I type in the Show Name, Season, Episode Number nothing happens. Doesn't matter if it is an obscure show like "Riget" (The original "The Kingdom") or a mainstream one like The Colbert Report. To make things worse, some TV Show titles, like half my Invader Zim episode names are recognised as Movie Titles and presented with the wrong info.
If there's more than one set of subtitles, all of them will be shown at once.
Oh, and finally, is there any way of rerouting Hulu through a proxy for us non-US citizens? :)
If not you may as well remove the option altogether.
Keep up the good work, despite these issues I can't live without Boxee these days!
But don't flood him for requests... macprouser (at) mac (dot) com if you still need one.
Thanks