Hi folks,
Recently I have purchased a Boxee box in order to play 720p media on my network. This unit was to replace my JB'd ATV1 running XBMC. The ATV1's aging Pentium M was just not upto the task of playing high res content so I sadly had to look elsewhere.
Boxee seemed the perfect choice, as I didn't want to dabble with building a HTPC. I received my Boxee last week, and despite it being able to play hi-res content off my network easily enough - I am not happy with the purchase compared to how smooth and easy XBMC was to work with.
The fixed media scraper on Boxee is just horrible and can't recognise half my tv shows like Knight Rider (1985) or Thundercats (old). Movies are fine. By comparison XBMC has this mastered to a tee. I spent two days renaming a ton of TV shows and half of them still aren't picked up. Then there's the boxee remote, which is RF based instead of IR, meaning I can't program my Logitech Harmony One remote to replicate it's functions.
I am considering returning this unit, and looking at XBMC on a JB'd ATV2. My main question to most of you ATV2 users is - how well does it run XBMC, and how well does that handle 720p/1080p content off network shares?
Boxee is a great bit of kit tbh, very silent and has yet to even get warm to the touch. However the software just lets it down. There is a beta build available, which I shall try tonight though. Overall the software, despite being a fork off XBMC has a long way to go.
Cheers all!
Recently I have purchased a Boxee box in order to play 720p media on my network. This unit was to replace my JB'd ATV1 running XBMC. The ATV1's aging Pentium M was just not upto the task of playing high res content so I sadly had to look elsewhere.
Boxee seemed the perfect choice, as I didn't want to dabble with building a HTPC. I received my Boxee last week, and despite it being able to play hi-res content off my network easily enough - I am not happy with the purchase compared to how smooth and easy XBMC was to work with.
The fixed media scraper on Boxee is just horrible and can't recognise half my tv shows like Knight Rider (1985) or Thundercats (old). Movies are fine. By comparison XBMC has this mastered to a tee. I spent two days renaming a ton of TV shows and half of them still aren't picked up. Then there's the boxee remote, which is RF based instead of IR, meaning I can't program my Logitech Harmony One remote to replicate it's functions.
I am considering returning this unit, and looking at XBMC on a JB'd ATV2. My main question to most of you ATV2 users is - how well does it run XBMC, and how well does that handle 720p/1080p content off network shares?
Boxee is a great bit of kit tbh, very silent and has yet to even get warm to the touch. However the software just lets it down. There is a beta build available, which I shall try tonight though. Overall the software, despite being a fork off XBMC has a long way to go.
Cheers all!
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