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Fizzypop
January 8th, 2009, 07:30 AM
Was wondering, what is the current Windows alpha release? Also, can anyone give me an idea of why a lower res episode of something like The Daily Show would stream all choppy but a 720p apple movie trailer streams with hardly a skip? Using Win XP SP3 with the 0.9.6.xxxx version of boxee.

Thanks.
marcel
January 8th, 2009, 10:40 AM
try it with the latest version 0.9.7.4825
agentlame
January 8th, 2009, 01:26 PM
where are you playing the daily show from?

if it's from hulu, the reason is that hulu is a flash stream, while apple movie trailers is a stream of the actual file.
Fizzypop
January 9th, 2009, 06:55 AM
Upgraded to 0.9.7.4825 and its only marginally better. I played it from Comedy Central and Hulu, same experience.
agentlame
January 9th, 2009, 12:16 PM
yeah, a flash stream is always gonna be a little more resource intensive than an actual file stream.
Fizzypop
January 9th, 2009, 06:15 PM
OK, thats what I thought but given the low resolution I was 100% sure. Why is flash the choice of developers when better results can be achieved otherwise?
agentlame
January 9th, 2009, 08:17 PM
OK, thats what I thought but given the low resolution I was 100% sure. Why is flash the choice of developers when better results can be achieved otherwise?

considering how bad the performance of netflix and hulu were, on first release... and how good they are now... we're in good hands. :)

remember, boxee on winodws is sooooo new... it's gonna be a while until it's up to the standards of the other platforms.
Fizzypop
January 11th, 2009, 06:20 AM
I can run Boxee on Ubuntu and AppleTV so I'll be ok, plus I'm a patient type :)

Thanks