January 7th, 2010, 12:38 PM
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Boxee Beta Public Release is out (0.9.20)
http://boxee.tv/download
Change log:
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Boxee Beta 0.9.20 Release Notes
New features with this version since Boxee Alpha 0.9.14 point release
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Boxee Beta 0.9.20
- Auto Login: Choosing 'Remember Password' at login will automatically log that user in at startup.
This can be changed from Shutdown > Change User
- New Global Menu: All main media windows now open the Global Menu when going back. The Global Menu also
holds your list of Shortcuts (a local list for the specific machine).
- Shortcuts: The Main Menu has a list of shortcuts that you control. Almost everything in
Boxee can be added as a shortcut: an application, a favorite TV Show, a local
folder on your computer.
- TV Show Library: The TV Shows library aggregates all available TV Show sources in Boxee and enables
easy access for searching, filtering and sorting shows. An episode may be
available from an online source (such as Netflix) or available locally on your
computer.
Boxee tries to identify all the available sources and let the you choose your
favorite playback option.
- My Shows: Any of your favorite shows can be added to My Shows, to let you keep your favorites
all in one place. Additionally once you add a show to My Shows, any new episodes of
that show will automatically be added to your Queue.
- Movie Library: The Movie library aggregates all available Movie sources in Boxee and allows easy
access for searching, filtering and sorting of the movies.
- Search: Search is supported for Movies, TV Shows, Music and Apps and can be accessed from
the left menu.
- Queue: The Queue is a list of stuff you'd like to watch or listen to. You can add TV
shows, Movies, Internet streams, etc. to the Queue. If you've added a show to
My Shows, new episodes of that show will be automatically added to your Queue.
- Feed: The feed is a list of items shared with you by your Boxee friends.
- Sharing: You can share anything you can play in Boxee with your friends.
Boxee also supports posting to Twitter and Facebook whenever you click Share
(settings for this feature are on the Boxee website). You can also type a custom
message whenever you share something.
- Apps: You can run Boxee apps from the official Boxee App Library or from 3rd party
repositories. The apps can be sorted by popularity or by release date. You can
add your favorite apps to My Apps.
- Watch/Not A Video will automatically be marked as watched after a you finish watching it.
Watched You can also mark videos as watched or unwatched manually when clicking on them.
indication:
- Media Scanning: You can now specify the frequency of scanning for new media of folders on your
computer. It provides for better performance and greater control over the process.
You can manually initiate a scan when browsing local folders (Main Menu > Files)
or define a folder as a new media source.
Hardware Boxee can now accelerate decoding of H.264 videos using compatible graphics
Accelerated processing units (GPU). This means that machines with slower CPUs (such as Intel
Video Decoding: Atom) can now play high-definition content! This functionality is only available
on Windows Vista and Windows 7 and a compatible video card (see below).
Note: Make sure you have installed the latest drivers for your video card and the latest
version of DirectX (http://bit.ly/bxdirectx).
NVidia Cards:
. Geforce GTS xxx
. Geforce GTX xxx
. Geforce GT xxx
. Geforce 9xxx
. Geforce 8xxx
. MCP79 (Ion)
. MCP78
. MCP7A
ATI Cards:
. Radeon HD 4xxx
. Mobility Radeon HD 4xxx
. Radeon HD 3xxx
Intel Cards:
. X4500HD (part of G45 chipset)
. X4500MHD (part of GM45 chipset)
Major changes with this version since Boxee Alpha 0.9.14 point release
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* Added: Support for running Boxee using Mac Snow Leopard
* Added: Support for running Boxee using Ubuntu Linux Karmic Koala (9.10)
* Added: Windows version is using DirectX instead of OpenGL
* Added: Support applications to run using non-English Windows (e.g. Netflix, Pandora, Radio Time,
Hulu, MLB, Tumblr, Atom, Facebook)
* Added: Support applications to run using non-Administrator Windows user
* Added: Account preferences such as Applications, Feeds and Queue are stored at the server, making
it easy for you to quickly install and use your Boxee account from several computers and
devices.
Known Issues
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* Early Access issues
o Manual Resolving feature not implemented
o Under AppleTV and Linux, the default projectM visualisation during music playback can
induces a crash. You'll need change the visualizer before playing audio.
o Linux APT repository is not available yet. To install:
# sudo dpkg --install [.deb file]
# sudo apt-get -f check
note: the dpkg command will result in dependency errors. The apt-get command will resolve
the missing dependencies.
alternatively use gdebi GUI application
* Not Supported
o Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) and Intrepid Ibex (8.10) are no longer officially supported
o Microsoft Windows default OpenGL driver is not supported, download proper display driver from
your respective hardware vendor (e.g. http://www.intel.com, http://www.nvidia.com,
http://ati.amd.com)
o Power PC (PPC) not supported
o Linux - Netflix not supported
o Linux - Content offered by Move Networks player not supported
* General
o Fixed: Windows and Mac CPU usage
o Fixed: Video podcasts failed to retrieve a redirected content
o Fixed: Click on Settings > Appearance > Region > date/time induced crash
o Fixed: Toggling between window to fullsceen did not rescale the window properly
o Fixed: Client sends special:// in thumbnail URL instead of real URL in Share / Watch actions
o Fixed: Remote control failed to start Boxee
o Fixed: Adult Hidden Apps feature also hide non-adult Apps
o Fixed: Getting Shares from a removed friend
o Fixed: Hitting the 'End' key on the Home screen causes Boxee to crash on both Mac and Windows
o Fixed: AppleTV crashes when accessing SMB shares (errors 4, 10, 11)
* Applications
o Fixed: Netflix - search not returning full results vs Netflix.com
- some recommended items appears on unsupported systems with Netflix
action to watch movie
o Fixed: FailBlog - crash while playing a video
o Fixed: MLB - video stutter
- game video restarts on seek
o Fixed: BBC iPlayer - play icon stays on top of video after the playback started
- content not being updated
o Fixed: MTV - some videos did not start
- videos not cropped properly
o Fixed: Pandora - crash while listening to music
- failure playing a station after connection, yet notifications
appear and station can be manually picked and played
o Fixed: We Are Hunted - crash during video playback
o Fixed: Revision3 - no feeds under DiggNation
o Fixed: Digg - videos from Vimeo didn't start playback from friend activity
* Media
o Fixed: Crash while resolving media
o Fixed: Browsing UPNP network shares
o Fixed: Boxee resolves 2 parts of one movie as two movies
o Fixed: Cannot browse and play media from RAR and ZIP archive files
* Video
o Fixed: Unresolved videos directory appears even when no unresolved videos inside
o Fixed: Error while installing Boxee and bxflplayer-win32 process is active in background
o Fixed: Some Flash content not working on Windows XP
o Fixed: Movie name not displayed when paused
* Music
o Fixed: Albums, artists and track info are now based on ID3 tags
o Fixed: Playback of Audio CD displays an error and then no track info and thumbnail
o Fixed: Cannot choose and play a specific song from an album using a mouse
o Fixed: Some albums don't show artwork even though there's a folder.jpg and artwork is
attached to the ID3 tag
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Full release notes:
http://boxee.tv/download/relnotes?ver=0.9.20
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January 7th, 2010, 12:40 PM
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Excellent post. Thanks agentlame.
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January 7th, 2010, 12:47 PM
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Installed and running 
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January 7th, 2010, 01:07 PM
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This is the part where it gets eerily quiet on the forums as everyone downloads the beta and spends a little time falling in love with it.
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January 7th, 2010, 01:11 PM
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Then BAM, THOUSANDS OF BUG REPORTS INSTANTLY.
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January 7th, 2010, 01:14 PM
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The download page is a little bit unclear... it says:
"Boxee Beta 0.9.20.10261 for Microsoft Windows (x86 32bit only) XP, Vista, 7"
Does this mean that XP is 32 bit only, but that Vista / 7 are 32 or 64bit?
Or does it mean 32 bit only for all versions? (I'm running Win7 64bit)...
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January 7th, 2010, 01:23 PM
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You've included apple tv in the release notes, but the download link still reads 'no beta available' ?
Quote:
Originally Posted by agentlame
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January 7th, 2010, 01:26 PM
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There is an AppleTV beta that the Boxee team is working on, its just not ready for public consumption yet, hence its inclusion in the beta notes but not on the download page.
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January 7th, 2010, 01:28 PM
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@honetsbleeps all 32 bit but we have tested the version on 64 bit and experienced no problems..enjoy
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January 7th, 2010, 01:32 PM
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Trailer
Am I missing something, or is there no more option to watch the trailer for movies?
Also, it seems that if a movie's description is too long, it gets truncated, without the ability to read the entire description.
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