UK Mac boxee users.

[perrin21]

Hiya, im curious what percentage of users are from the UK like me. Just post below if your from uk and where from.

[deckard]

yup, I'm in Cardiff

[poprock]

Glasgow, here.

[willscottuk]

South London for me.

[perrin21]

lol i should have said england, the two above are from different countries. Lol

[perrin21]

hi all, im from Preston by the way :-)

[manonfire]

Birmingham, playing with the alpha on the Mac(10.4)

Waiting for a few more features, and bits before I shell out for Apple TV or something to replace my PS3.

[lladnaar]

Another London here. Though I mostly use ATV, I occasionly use it on my MacBook.

[BobSteel]

American, but in NW London.

[ptomicek]

Czech, but living in central london

[bowlandspoon]

from chichester here

[perrin21]

wow quite a variance in locations then. there must be more locals. C'mon guys speak up.

[mswbull]

Hampshire for me. :)

[russellm]

Cambridgeshire here.

Testing boxee on my ATV, MacBook Pro and iMac.

A little frustrated for now at the lack of content that is accessible from the UK. Installed the BBC iPlayer plugin but doesn't work most of the time. Other channels (Sky, 4, More4 etc.) all seem to use Windows-only streaming technology.

That said, I still think it's a great product!

[allanchaplin]

Gloucestershire for me, on a mac mini under the tele.

[Robby]

Oi be fram Norfolk boot oim no carrot cruncher.

Really pleased with Boxee, runs well on my iMac connected to my LCD. I too would love proper iPlayer/Sky/CH4 content.

[tickly]

Boxee being used in Suffolk, despite most people here thinking the VCR is the height of technology!

Using Boxee on my ATV, Mac Mini under the TV as well as my iMac in the office.
Getting iplayer to work well on these would be a step in the right direction.:D

Ian.

[gfrosty]

I'm in Sandbach and loving Boxee

would also love to see bbc iplayer, ch4, Ch5, ITV all streaming via boxee !!

Keep up the great work!

[chrice]

Suffolk here too.

I have found that comedy central stuff works in the UK, which is great because they had stopped their Daily Show stream in the UK because it is now on 4od and therefore pc only.

[BritFist]

London here.

[poprock]

Having Americans on your Boxee friends list isn’t very helpful, given the amount of streaming content they watch that isn’t available to us over here. Anyone want to start swapping usernames and building up a UK friends list to see what the social side of Boxee is like?

[chrice]

well im chrice on boxee as well as here so feel free to add me.

is it a twitter style job where people follow you and can see stuff even if you arent their friend or do you have to agree to it and thus you can get rid of them?

[pacmanssj]

from Guildford myself!

[chrice]

Just a little bit of joy for you guys.

Download and install HotSpot Shield from http://www.hotspotshield.com/ and Hulu works PERFECTLY!!

:D

[peterc]

I made a wiki page for this, I think it makes it easier to quickly add people :)

find it here (http://wiki.boxee.tv/UK_Boxee_Users)

[Robby]

Anyone want to start swapping usernames and building up a UK friends list to see what the social side of Boxee is like?

Sounds like a plan. Is there an existing thread? Feel free to add me, whoever wishes to do so.

I tried using Hotspot Shield and although it worked it stuttered terribly so was uninstalled pronto.

[perrin21]

Just a little bit of joy for you guys.

Download and install HotSpot Shield from http://www.hotspotshield.com/ and Hulu works PERFECTLY!!

:D

i tried that and it didnt work properly for me, was very jumpy and stuttery on playback. Totally un watchable.

[nooooddy]

Hello everyone, I'm Noddy and I've just jumped aboard the Boxee bandwagon. Using it on Macbook and Apple TV with great success but looking forward to being able to access high quality iPlayer streams and the holy grail that is Hulu!

[jonoville]

In east London - although a Canadian.

[tbr@blueyonder.co.uk]

I'm in Blackpool, just started with Boxee today.

[nate247]

Im in Bristol... new to Boxee today...

[chrice]

i tried that and it didnt work properly for me, was very jumpy and stuttery on playback. Totally un watchable.

It does go up and down. Sometimes I have no problems as all sometimes it buffers alot. Just depends on which connection you are lucky enough to get I guess. If it does jump ive found that pausing and waiting for maybe a minute usually sorts out the problem.

[plancaster]

I'm near Middlesbrough.

I've just spent a week breaking AppleTV and having a bit of fun playing around. Finally about settled on getting my settings right. Just need to figure out the iPlayer plugin next.

[toaster]

I am in london been in the beta a little while. would be good to add a few users in me feed!!

Anyone who was not got the iplayer running it is well worth it!!

[DGMurdockIII]

guys dont worry they havent forgot about you guys i thnk that iplayer will be the next internet feed they add or at least one of them

[shammy]

hi all. I'm in aberdeen using a macbook hooked up to my TV.

I'm liking the look of boxee and hope we can actually get access to some decent internet TV soon!

[alboreto]

Newcastle Under Lyme here, just been playing for a few days now with my MacBook occasionally plugged into the TV.

Must say, this is something that actually makes an Apple TV enticing!

Love the getting iPlayer in this too, although having a bit of trouble with the radio at the moment.

[subvertbeats]

New to boxee, live near Reading

[arronhuk]

From St Albans, Herts.

Just downloaded and installed Boxee today still sorting my media for it to catalogue shame it can plug into itunes to get the drm stuff. I'm going to continue to tinker with iplayer and let you know the results.

[DannyDroid]

Dorset here.

[threluja]

From Kent, new today, liking the alpha very much.

Have iPlayer plugin working for video but not radio, any ideas?

[askelton]

Kettering, Northants here.

[mozza]

Im from South Yorkshire, Im only using boxee on my atv as it doesnt support ppc :(... still it does the trick on the atv

Anybody wanting to add me to their friend list thingy thats cool by me

[poprock]

Grab the new release of Boxee, delete your old iPlayer plugin and use the shiny new built-in iPlayer app. Works great!

[manonfire]

The new iPlayer edition seems to rock.

Now just to work out how to get this all on my big tv!

[vinnie110]

The Midlands for me.

[subvertbeats]

The new iPlayer edition seems to rock.

Now just to work out how to get this all on my big tv!

WHat hardware are you using?

[husky]

milton keynes, went from running boxee of my ubuntu system to buying a mac mini for it.

[eAi]

I live in London, working in Brighton! I've dabbled with XBMC for a while and it's not been simple enough. I'm considering getting a Mac Mini if they ever bother releasing an update for it.

[manonfire]

WHat hardware are you using?
I've currently got a Macbook.

Most of my media playing is done via the PS3, networked to my ReadyNAS.

Thinking of investing in apple TV just to use boxee, though I hear rumours of murmours with sony. . though doubt that would come to fruition quickly.

[Dug]

A village in the wilds of Hertfordshire

[skorch]

Living in London (originally from Canada). Just using it on my MacBook but have a shiny new AppleTV on its way. I hope it doesn't turn out to be underpowered as some people have posted. I don't think it will, though as I'm not all that concerned with HD video.

[struyk]

Manchester but in the Isle of Man right now (splitting my time between the two)

[subvertbeats]

Living in London (originally from Canada). Just using it on my MacBook but have a shiny new AppleTV on its way. I hope it doesn't turn out to be underpowered as some people have posted. I don't think it will, though as I'm not all that concerned with HD video.

Skorch you should be fine with most 720p. 1080p will be a no go.
If HD isnt a biggie for you then you'll be set :)

[southwestuk]

Gloucestershire...

MacBook Pro and Apple TV

[Grunt357]

Northampton - Boxee Alpha on Mac Mini.... Real cool app... lovin it

[edintwo]

Edinburgh here:)

[Telamon]

Spooky, Edinburgh here too!

Inherited my dads old Mac Mini and stumbled across boxee by accident while trying to turn it into a basic media centre. Doesn't do what I wanted it to (play standard DVDs and xvids burned to DVDR) but does so much more I hadn't even considered (all the internet loveliness) that I've become hooked!

Now I'm patiently waiting to get onto the Windows Alpha, as my main computer is my PC in the flat, and I want boxee goodness on there too!

[monkeymagic]

Basingstoke here. Using AppleTV, but find it a little slow and jerky in places - still awesome though. Considering getting a Mac Mini to replace the AppleTV so I can play 720p/1080p mkvs without converting.

[kilvil]

wiltshire here on mac book for a week now, considering getting a apple tv to try it out on that. need to find out which is best to get though.

[skorch]

I bought an appleTV and have given up on it. It's just too underpowered in the end. I found it struggled with the basics and felt sluggish. I have since bought a Mac Mini and have everything setup seemlessly using Remote Buddy. It's fantastic!

[chrice]

As most developers of plugins seem to be from the US. Is there any UK based plugins that people want to see? Not promising anything but Id quite like to write something. As iplayer is now working im not sure what else is UK only? ITV, Five or 4OD (although all these have mac issues)

[poprock]

You’ve covered the main ones, but do Sky have any content online?

Could there be a way of linking up with iPlayer’s high quality streams, rather than the standard ones the official Boxee app uses?

Do LoveFilm have any streaming movies you could do a Netflix-type thing with? (LoveFilm also have Mac issues, mind you.)

Obviously there’s already a Joost app, but could you do something with Joost’s UK content, since the official Boxee app shows us all the American links we can’t view?

Just some ideas, not sure how feasible any of that is.

[jake74]

Scouser in Blackburn. Running Boxee on an old 1.6Ghz Mac Mini via HDMI to a 37" Samsung HDTV

Had it for a while, only just started to love it, and eagerly awaiting the iPhone remote!

[psycatron]

i'm in Belfast. Running ATV from my Imac. Was all for giving up on Boxee until i updated ATv to 2.3 and updated Boxee, now it runs great for me with movies. It can only tag a handful of my music for some reason.

[chrisHiggins]

East Midlands here.

Long time XBMC user on original XBoxes - have one on each TV in the house accessing music and movies from shares on my Mac. Great bit of kit. I'm interested in Boxee for a number of reasons:

1. this seems to be where the support and action is at now - not much happening on the original XBox platform any more (or I daren't make any further changes for fear of losing the great stability I have now)

2. tight integration with online video content, in particular the BBC iPlayer

3. proper HD :D

4. we're a house full of Macs (one Mac Pro, one PPC PowerMac, one MacBook and one iMac) and I like the idea of us all seeing what we've each watched/listened to etc etc

5. I'm looking for something new to geek with

Having tested the app on my Mac, I'm really impressed with the polish and thoughtfulness, even though it is still 'alpha'. So I'm about to build my own Boxee Box. Not sure whether to go OS X (installed from a legit 'familty pack' license FYI) or Ubuntu so I've picked a parts list that should do fine under either:

- Gigabyte G31M-S2L micro ATX board
- Intel E5200 dual core (same architecture as Core 2 Duo but half the price)
- 2GB DDR2
- Nvidia 8400GS 512MB

and I'm going to stick it all in this:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Images/Products/965907-a.jpg

[icosium]

Hi, Just installed Booxee on my macbook, and already loving it...should be much more fun when I connected to my TV ;)

Any other RSS/script that we can install to play UK-based content e.g. ITV, etc.?

Cheers

[Ian]

Im from Dunfermline just signed up and cand log in would welcome advice

[icosium]

Did you get a confirmation e-mail?
Also note that the username may not be your e-mail address.

[siman007]

I'm in Macclesfield

Just installed Boxee on my imac +mac mini, seems good.

Has anybody set up their mac to record TV programs (free view etc using UK channels and program guide) and made it available through Boxee? If so what did you use and any pointers to details would be great.

Given Netflixs is not available here - and lovefilms don't have a video streaming is their any other way of getting films by ip streaming?

Cheers
s

[markmcrobie]

Just west of Glasgow here, got Boxee running on my iMac.

I adore the look & feel, and the online side, but I'm having a few major issued with my own music and movies.

[connormill]

Aberdeen here, Love boxee on my Dell D630 (running OS X 10.5.5 :P ) and soon on my Apple TV, can't wait for it to arrive!

[poprock]

Has anybody set up their mac to record TV programs (free view etc using UK channels and program guide) and made it available through Boxee? If so what did you use and any pointers to details would be great.

It’s not so elegant, but I’m using Elgato EyeTV 3 with a Miglia TVmini aerial input. The standard TVTV.com subscription that you get with EyeTV works pretty well, letting you set recordings through a web browser from anywhere. Making it available to Boxee means having to export recordings from EyeTV to a folder on my external HD in an appropriate format (I use H.264)—thankfully EyeTV can do that all automatically though.


Given Netflixs is not available here - and lovefilms don't have a video streaming is their any other way of getting films by ip streaming?

Lovefilm do have video streaming, but it is currently Windows only. They plan to release it for Mac in the next few months. Once it’s up and running, we need someone to write a Boxee app for it!

[Chriscd]

It’s not so elegant, but I’m using Elgato EyeTV 3 with a Miglia TVmini aerial input. The standard TVTV.com subscription that you get with EyeTV works pretty well, letting you set recordings through a web browser from anywhere. Making it available to Boxee means having to export recordings from EyeTV to a folder on my external HD in an appropriate format (I use H.264)—thankfully EyeTV can do that all automatically though.


You don't have to export at all. Admittedly I haven't tried it with Boxee yet, but with XBMC, I simply add the EyeTV archive folder as a share location and it can play the recordings in their raw (MPEG2) format. It is even happy playing a recording that is in progress. The only problem that I do get is that some filenames generated by EyeTV are illegal for XBMC - the most common are ones containing "/" (e.g. "Lost episode 3/24")

[siman007]

It’s not so elegant, but I’m using Elgato EyeTV 3 with a Miglia TVmini aerial input. The standard TVTV.com subscription that you get with EyeTV works pretty well, letting you set recordings through a web browser from anywhere. Making it available to Boxee means having to export recordings from EyeTV to a folder on my external HD in an appropriate format (I use H.264)—thankfully EyeTV can do that all automatically though.


Ok I will have a go at it in the mean time I have been using the latest Alpha version with IPlayer seems to work well.


Lovefilm do have video streaming, but it is currently Windows only. They plan to release it for Mac in the next few months. Once it’s up and running, we need someone to write a Boxee app for it!

Wow - couldn't find it on the love films site! ok thanks - really looking forward to it on the mac - and yes Boxee would be perfect for it. I could have a go at a client but I have only ever done MS.net stuff.

Cheers
si

[ipb1962]

Whalley, Lancashire calling.....

I initially ran Boxee thru my MacBook Pro but I now have ATV running on 2.3.1 and the latest alpha release. I look forward to the next release (24th March, as far as I am aware).

I have Leopard Server running on a Mac Pro but I am still to work out how to connect to AFP shares. When I have tried SMB it was less than useless...

The MacBook Pro worked perfectly but I just didn't want it tied up constantly.

Everything is being streamed over an 802.11g network.

I would love to hear about other peoples experiences, iPlayer rocks on Boxee on ATV.

Cheers

Ian.

[i Confess I'm a Geek!]

I'm in Maidenhead running boxee on my mac mini plugged into an HD TV and a 1tb drive.

[poprock]

Wow - couldn't find it on the love films site! ok thanks - really looking forward to it on the mac - and yes Boxee would be perfect for it. I could have a go at a client but I have only ever done MS.net stuff.

The unofficial word (off the record from a Lovefilm staff member) is that their streaming service has been switched off for the big relaunch, which should be in beta sometime in the next two months and fully available mid-summer. The new system should include streaming and download, with some movies being free to subscribers and the rest being pay per view.

[Taz79]

An Aussie living in Bristol here.

I've recently installed Boxee on my Macbook.

It works ok so far, a little slower/not as responsive as i'd like but giving it a try.

My Anime stuff doesn't come up in Media, but most of my other stuff does.

I normally either use my Macbook connected to my TV using VLC or Frontrow or run an external 1TB drive through my PS3 for upscaling, however PS3 doesnt do any HD/.mkv files.

Ideally would like Boxee to be a slick, stable all in one solution.

I like the Internet content, however much of it is US only.

I can get Iplayer to load and show me what to view, however can't get any of the streams to work. It gives me something along the lines of "this is not available"

[pzboyz]

Yup, I'm in the UK.

After being a long time lurker I got an ATV last week, obviously was not the best time to join as the latest Boxee and ATV OS 2.4 are causing issues. At least streaming files off my ReadyNAS works fine so I am happy.

pzboyz

[oddjones]

Liverpool...

[cryokev]

Just joined in from Banbury

[stuey00]

A newbie user, but running boxee on a 2009 mac mini. From Bedfordshire, now living in London

[springtide9]

Bristol (and noticed this is an old thread!)

Looking forward to any Boxee integration with the 'listen again' services from Channel 4 & Five TV (UK TV channels - via YouTube or direct app) as well as the LoveFilm stuff.

I see that Sony have released their Bravia TV IPTV services with LoveFilm in the UK, so does that mean that the new services are available (and anyone from Boxee have any plans/dates for developing an app for LoveFilm?

[GoggleEyedSalmon]

West London

...la la la

[se99jmk]

North London

Macbook Pro, content on internal drive.

(Would love to get a Drobo FS but DAMN those things are expensive!)

[cecemf]

Central London and on Boxee Box and Boxee mac os x 10.6 :D

[mgdew]

Ashford in Kent, Boxee Box, Boxee on iMac, Boxee on Macbook

[fluid]

West London.

Just moved to Boxee from Plex on a 2010 mac mini, external 2Tb raid box for media. Learning my way around Boxee and mostly liking it so far.

[scottwallacesh]

South London, Boxee on Mac OS X 10.6

[Jonze]

Nottingham

Run Boxee on a 2011 MacBook, a PC and a BoxeeBox

[caliban10]

Chepstow

Mac Mini w/HDMI

[willowyok]

The Mac Mini is a form factor desktop computer by Apple. It is uncommonly small for a desktop computer of the external power supply. The Mac mini three desktop computers the current Macintosh line-up and the iMac and Mac Pro.

[Carniphage]

Sheffield.

Got a Mac Mini acting as a fileserver in the basement - hooked up to Drobo.

Couple of Boxees in the house (one Mac Mini, one Boxee Box)
Airport Extreme seems to hold up most of the time.

C.