uPnp?

[jeff_porter]

Hello all,

I've just found Boxee whilst looking into getting an AppleTv.
I must say the interface looks great, & you might of just convince me to get one. :D

Anyway, what I would really like is for Boxee to support pulling media from a uPnp server. Can this be done?

I have a DS107 server with Twonky installed that contains all my media.

Thanks
Jeff Porter

[avneron]

we support upnp, just didn't implement the UI for it.
will try to get it working for the next build.

Mac Mini + boxee is a much better solution than Apple TV (unless you hack the Apple TV and run boxee on it... http://www.appletvhacks.net/2008/07/03/boxee-mini-review/)

[jeff_porter]

Thanks for the quick response.

A mac mini is 400 quid over in the UK, its a big more than I want to spend on replacing my SLM5500.

I'll keep an eye on Boxee, someone might port it over.

:D

[efether]

Here's how you enable the uPnP client in Boxee --

Edit the guisettings.xml file of Boxee, and change 'false' to 'true'. Pretty easy, really. Then just go under ADD NETWORK SOURCE, and off you go...

Here's an excerpt of my file for uPnP --



<upnp>
<client>true</client>
<musicshares></musicshares>
<pictureshares></pictureshares>
<renderer>true</renderer>
<sep1></sep1>
<server>false</server>
<videoshares></videoshares>
</upnp>


Also, if you ask me...Boxee on the AppleTV is not a great implementation. The 1GHz and 256MB of ram in the AppleTV results in stuttered videos via Boxee...and Netflix support isn't there, nor will it ever be there, because of the lack of horse-power. You'd be better off picking up a used Mac Mini off from eBay...it uses the same remote....Boxee works fantastic on it...and Netflix is actually supported on it.

I hope this helps.

-Eric