trey_loco
January 28th, 2009, 10:41 PM
I've been using Boxee for about a week now and though I've been telling anybody who will listen about the joys of Boxee, I do have some re-occurring issues that I figured I would surface and see what responses I get.
mac mini 1.6 w/ 1 gig RAM
Running version 0.9.8.4880 of Boxee
external hdd accessed through network is my storage
1. First and foremost, it crashes way more than I think it should. If everybody experienced dozens of crashes within the first couple days, I would assume it was a known issue and there would be a thread about it.
Here is a list of things that have crashed it so far
a. accessing the http://[IP]:8800 - when doing so, the app will crash at least 50% of the time
b. quickly and rapidly pressing a remote button - I have a decent size music library, so holding the button to scroll down to "S" has caused it to crash a few times.
c. Many other instances and scenarios have surfaced that cause it to crash, for no obvious reason
2. Remote will randomly stop working. I'll be doing something..watching a movie or what not and when I go to pause, skip, or leave the screen, the remote will not be able to move the highlighted section. It just stutters and stays right where it is. This is really annoying as the only thing I have found to fix it is reboot the app and/or OS
3. When I do reboot the app and go to the left menu, it is unable to see any of the files for the appropriate category [video/music/pictures]. I can browse to them just fine, but they don't show up in the thumbnail view until I do the following: I have to browse both videos and music in order for the thumbnail view to being being populated. This affects the "Recently Added" section as well. It's like it's not re-establishing a connection with the network drive
4. While watching a show, the mouse cursor will show up in the middle of the screen and just sit there. If I remove the mouse, during boot up, it hangs for a long time..searching for a mouse.
To the people responsible for bringing Boxee to my living room, I extend a huge thank you. I purchased a mac mini for the sole purpose of using it and Boxee as my media center.
mac mini 1.6 w/ 1 gig RAM
Running version 0.9.8.4880 of Boxee
external hdd accessed through network is my storage
1. First and foremost, it crashes way more than I think it should. If everybody experienced dozens of crashes within the first couple days, I would assume it was a known issue and there would be a thread about it.
Here is a list of things that have crashed it so far
a. accessing the http://[IP]:8800 - when doing so, the app will crash at least 50% of the time
b. quickly and rapidly pressing a remote button - I have a decent size music library, so holding the button to scroll down to "S" has caused it to crash a few times.
c. Many other instances and scenarios have surfaced that cause it to crash, for no obvious reason
2. Remote will randomly stop working. I'll be doing something..watching a movie or what not and when I go to pause, skip, or leave the screen, the remote will not be able to move the highlighted section. It just stutters and stays right where it is. This is really annoying as the only thing I have found to fix it is reboot the app and/or OS
3. When I do reboot the app and go to the left menu, it is unable to see any of the files for the appropriate category [video/music/pictures]. I can browse to them just fine, but they don't show up in the thumbnail view until I do the following: I have to browse both videos and music in order for the thumbnail view to being being populated. This affects the "Recently Added" section as well. It's like it's not re-establishing a connection with the network drive
4. While watching a show, the mouse cursor will show up in the middle of the screen and just sit there. If I remove the mouse, during boot up, it hangs for a long time..searching for a mouse.
To the people responsible for bringing Boxee to my living room, I extend a huge thank you. I purchased a mac mini for the sole purpose of using it and Boxee as my media center.