dropbox enables users to share files between computers in a super-easy way.
once you install dropbox it adds a folder to your PC/Mac that you can share across your own computers or with friends (watch the video on getdropbox.com it’s pretty straight forward).
it becomes really cool when you add your Dropbox folder as a source on boxee.
go to Settings->Media Sources choose to add a Local Source and select the Dropbox folder.
now whenever a friend is uploading new pictures/music/videos you can see it immediately on your boxee. in case of Music or Video, boxee will automatically scan it, and you’ll see the artwork appear in Recently Added in the home screen of boxee.
i set it up on my Mac Mini at home, so if i download stuff at work, my wife can immediately see it on our TV at home.
there are lots of great scenarios of boxee + dropbox. i highly recommend playing with it.
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Actually dropbox recently opened out of private beta to public beta!
fixed! thanks.
didn't realize they are in public beta..
The only downside to it is that it seems to work really slow with large files, which are supposed to be the main share items (movies) for apps like Boxee.
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Nice. I have a dropbox account and I installed boxee on my atv but don't have an account. Can anybody please send me an invite? thanks!
I suggest setting up a server with NFS as this will prove to be fast with large files – for windows users, try Samba.
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Doesn't Dropbox impose file size limits because it syncs files up to the server? I've been using Foldershare and it's great because it's P2P – no file limits (except 10,000 files per folder, I think).
I don't see dropbox from appletv (I have a PC) – do you know how to resolve this?
have you shared the dropbox directory under windows, so its available as a share from the pc?
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