triumshockwave
August 23rd, 2008, 10:28 PM
I've been using Boxee pretty heavily for almost 2 weeks, but the only thing posted to my profile is Batman Begins. From what I understand based on other threads, Boxee is using online sources to poll for metadata to do the indexing and presumably the profile updates. The primary thing I use Boxee for is watching fansubbed anime and Japanese dramas, which tend to have a lot of extra stuff in the file name. For example, this is what I have playing right now:
[Zeonic-Corps]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_-_06_[640x480_H.264_AAC]_[357085BA].mkv
Even though Mobile Suit Gundam is listed in TheTVDB, Boxee is probably having trouble parsing names like that. I realize you guys are working on the indexing, but maybe there should just be a mechanism to fail gracefully. Like, if it can't figure out an IMDB or TheTVDB link for what you're watching, just post the raw file name to the user's account. It's not as useful as a nice link to more info about the show, but it's better than nothing.
[Zeonic-Corps]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_-_06_[640x480_H.264_AAC]_[357085BA].mkv
Even though Mobile Suit Gundam is listed in TheTVDB, Boxee is probably having trouble parsing names like that. I realize you guys are working on the indexing, but maybe there should just be a mechanism to fail gracefully. Like, if it can't figure out an IMDB or TheTVDB link for what you're watching, just post the raw file name to the user's account. It's not as useful as a nice link to more info about the show, but it's better than nothing.