Comments on: Boxee for the Holidays

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:52:16 +0000

Just snagged a Zotac (the dual core one)

Any chance I can get a beta invite to try on it? I'll put up a walkthrough on the forums if it helps me get in someones good graces.

I'm especially interested in trying out the new gcc target for ion thats in gcc 4.5 on some of what I plan to run. Has anyone tested that with Boxee itself yet to see if the performance benefits are significant?

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:53:17 +0000

Any chance you guys will get HD support for Netflix?

By: RyanB

RyanB — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:30:25 +0000

Ill give that a try. Thanks

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:29:37 +0000

We hope to support 64-bit systems in the future, but we're not quite there yet.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:27:00 +0000

I had the same problem – try installing the latest version of Silverlight and see if that helps.

By: RyanB

RyanB — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:25:16 +0000

I am having trouble getting Netflixs to work properly on the Beta. My account is linked and I can view my queue but when I attempt to play the movies, I get audio and a white screen only. (I can hear the audio and pause/play/FF but no video.) Any ideas?

(XP Pro, 4gig ram, 2.4ghz)

The Beta kicks A&$ – Keep it up dev team!

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:34:45 +0000

I have the Acer Revo, it's a great little unit for boxee. I have had it hooked up to my 56" plasma for months now, no issues, all good. I give it a hole hearted recommendation for a boxee box.

I can't wait to take advantage of it's ion chip….now if I could only get my beta invite

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:02:31 +0000

Is this correct? Boxee is still not compatible with Windows Vista 64-bit systems?

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:26:48 +0000

Good to know it's good to go! Being outside the US (and having tried the proxy approach and found it lacking) the only web service I can not live without is the iPlayer. If this is working 100% under Ubuntu in the new BETA on the ion platform then I'm sold on one of these little buggers! How has your test rig coped with the iPlayer under Ubuntu?

By: tom sella

tom sella — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:46:45 +0000

Both Windows and Linux work very well now. Under Linux, VDPAU is supported for NVidia cards, and under Windows DirectX and DXVA.

I like Linux as it allows for tweaking and making the experience similar to a CE device, if you know how. Windows has the added advantage of Netflix, so if you are a Netflix user, Windows is the way to go.

Another huge advantage to Windows is that Flash 10.1 is accelerated (currently in beta, and mileage varies) on the ION platforms. If you mostly stream from the web, again, Windows is the winner for running Boxee.

We do have an ASROCK for testing, and it works well.