On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Conor Klecker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:conor@ronoc.net">conor@ronoc.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>Boxee sent out emails to Alpha and Beta users with an offer code to purchase a few D-Link hardward items on a discount. One of which is the boxee box for $169. </div><div> </div><div>Has anyone been using this as a frontend with much success? I was able to play recordings and videos, however LiveTV was buggy. I could pause, but not rewind. </div>
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<br></blockquote><div><br>I've had a Boxee box since launch day - Do you mean using the MythBoxee app as a front end? I've never been able to get that working with my whacky multiple back-end setup. However, I do use it to play recordings over SMB and occasionally uPNP. The pros and cons of each are:<br>
<br>SMB - I run the <a href="http://mythrename.pl">mythrename.pl</a> script manually and have the show_names folder as a source in Boxee. Playback (N wifi) is almost always very smooth with no hiccups. Fast-forwarding and rewinding are usually pretty usable. Oh, an important thing - I access this by hitting the videos -> Files -> Show_names folder, not from the root tv shows view... Boxee munges everything up because it doesn't know which episode is which.<br>
<br>UPNP - This usually "just works" but it's a mess, because it just gives a flat list of files and I have to scroll forever.<br><br>I've been very interested into using mythfuse or MythicalLibrarian to populate symlinked filenames with episode info, but that won't work with my current setup. Once my Prime arrives and I consolidate all my tuners and files to one backend, I plan on trying again. The MythicalLibrarian dev is super responsive and good at responding to questions.<br>
<br>If you really want to see the joy of the Boxee Box, check out Navi-X. It lets you do Things That Shall Not Be Mentioned on this mailing list. <br></div></div><br>