Using Optical TOSLink Cable

[ajaffarali]

I am trying boxee on a Windows Machine after having used Plex on the Mac and I like the interface. There are a few questions though and I was hoping someone can help

1) On the Mac, connecting the digital audio worked great through Plex. I could tell that all 5.1 channels were working well. However, using that same setup in Windows doesnt sound that great at all- I'm not even sure if the back speakers are just reproducing sound for the front speakers or if they are independant channels. Windows control panel shows only 2 channel output through the optical connection- how can I make sure that 5.1 is working?

2) In Plex, I could specify a directory as "TV Shows" but in boxee, its just videos, pictures and music. How can I specify a directory that should be for TV shows only

Thanks- I'm sure I'll have a few more questions down the road.

[cogadh]

Not sure on 1 (don't use optical audio at all), but on 2, Boxee automatically detects TV shows versus movies based on the file names and puts all TV shows in the My TV Shows section already. You don't need to specify the directory where files are stored as a TV show directory.

[ajaffarali]

Thanks- will give #2 it a shot.

A couple of other questions- how do disable sub-titles? Is there a menu I can bring up when a movie is being played like I could in Plex? If yes, what key on the keyboard brings that up?

Also, I have a Logitech Harmony Remote and I've set it up as a Media Center. It works fine inside Boxee but every time I select the Watch My Videos activity from the remote, Windows Media Center loads up! How can I disable that?

Lastly, how do I fast forward MKX files? I could do this in Plex quite easily but boxee seems to like skipping some seconds instead of fast forwarding.