Boxee Box as an extender? (xbmc perhaps?)

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by rockinray

Thanks!

I just got V6_6_1 for Mac - Placeshifter. Is this the latest version? About all I could find on the web...

Thanks again -

Version 6 placeshifter will not work. Look here: http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56137

[rockinray]

Thanks Tom,

I ended up downloading Placeshifter for both Linux and Windows and they both are working.

I was not notified about a trial on the Windows side so hopefully it will continue to work. My Linux box is not that easy to get to.

I will pick up the Boxee this week and cannot wait to see how it works.

Thank you all very much for continuing to work on this - dummy like me REALLY appreciate the efforts!

[rockinray]

So let me ask this question.

How hard would it be to "simplify" the front end, removing what is no longer relevent such as "Videos"?

Since it appears this app will mostly be for TV / Recorded TV, I am wondering is this would make sense? It would for sure give a cleaner front end for the user experience.....

Not sure - just tossing this out for opinions!

Thanks -

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by rockinray

So let me ask this question.

How hard would it be to "simplify" the front end, removing what is no longer relevent such as "Videos"?

Since it appears this app will mostly be for TV / Recorded TV, I am wondering is this would make sense? It would for sure give a cleaner front end for the user experience.....

Not sure - just tossing this out for opinions!

Thanks -

Taking stuff out is easy. Figuring out how to redesign the UI is hard. I thought about eliminating a lot of the unused stuff but then decided against it so I could leave the option to maybe fill in missing pieces over time. I don't feel strongly about it one way or the other. It was actually easier to replicate the Sage UI vs. create a new UI which is why I went in the direction I did. I also thought it would be "comforting" for users to see a familiar UI.

Tom

[KeithAbbott]

Originally Posted by tmiranda

I also thought it would be "comforting" for users to see a familiar UI.

Also, for a family with a mixture of HDx00 and Boxee devices, a fairly consistent user interface is definately nice to have...

[rockinray]

Cool - and you have done a wonderful job!

One day - maybe. Like I said, just tossed it out for discussion.

I am very anxious to give this a try and might get the Boxee on my way home from work today. Once I have, I will for sure post back. My shares are set on the Linux Server so it should be straight forward.

How can I help move this forward? An excellent effort!

Oh, and I am bidding on an HD300 on eBay just to get one back - LOL!!!

Thanks again -

[kricker]

I've thought about removing the stuff that is not needed as well. I figured I'd wait, as I am very busy right now, and I wasn't sure what the programmers were going to add in.

My thinking is to re-design the front screen and remove video/music/photos/online.
I could turn that left side menu into TV recordings specific functions, such as what you normally see as the TV submenu on a true Sage client.

I've also thought that we could leave music/videos/photos, and have those jump to the Boxee specific screens. So Music would jump to Boxee's My Music screen, Videos would become Movies, and add a TV Shows menu item (although what to call it to not confuse it with SageTV recordings).

[rockinray]

So maybe moving forward (and if it is easy enough), we look at a "special Boxee" front end that would eliminate things that are no longer needed to clean it up... I think if Tom were to make the community aware of this change it would be well received.

I will know if I am watching via HDxxx or Boxee... So will my Wife and kids. Straight forward stuff.

Still tossing ideas out there!

Thanks -

[KeithAbbott]

Originally Posted by kricker

I've also thought that we could leave music/videos/photos, and have those jump to the Boxee specific screens. So Music would jump to Boxee's My Music screen, Videos would become Movies, and add a TV Shows menu item (although what to call it to not confuse it with SageTV recordings).

I like this idea.

[amigasteve]

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[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by kricker

I've also thought that we could leave music/videos/photos, and have those jump to the Boxee specific screens.

I like this idea too. I read about some issues with PushState() and PopState() (I think those are the methods) so it may not be easy to return from the Boxee menu back into the Sage app. You'll need to look into that to be sure. This would be a very nice addition.

[kricker]

Yeah getting back I think you'll have to go back to apps/SageTV. I doubt there is a way around that.

[NishanF]

Has there been any progress in playing cablecard tuner files on the Boxee?

Originally Posted by Deacon Crusher

Well the Sagedct util that lets you use cablecard tuners (Ceton, SD and Haupp) with Sage only works with shows that are marked Copy Freely so I'd hope/assume that this means that they are playable anywhere since they play inside Sage and Sage doesn't support any DRM that I'm aware of.

I've asked the dev. via the SageDCT string in the forum and we'll see what we get. If the answer is no way then this will turn the boxee app into a much less useful item for me as hooking up the CC to sage has been a huge boon.

Thanks

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by kricker

Yeah getting back I think you'll have to go back to apps/SageTV. I doubt there is a way around that.

It's pretty straight forward to link to the Boxee menus using this as a guide: http://forums.boxee.tv/showpost.php?...42&postcount=7

I haven't had much luck getting it to return directly to the Sage app.

[grbsaaber]

Got everything working. Very nice so far!!!!

Just one question how long does it take to play a file once you select it.

For me it takes almost 10 seconds or more to play the file.

Im wondering if that is normal or if I need to look at some settings or my network.

Thanks, keep up the good work

[KeithAbbott]

Originally Posted by grbsaaber

Just one question how long does it take to play a file once you select it.

For me it takes almost 10 seconds or more to play the file.

Im wondering if that is normal or if I need to look at some settings or my network.

FWIW, I don't have Boxee Box hardware, but using the Boxee software + SageTV app, mine takes about 4 seconds to start playing after you press the play button.

[profit]

I picked up a boxee box.


sage menu is off the screen a bit too. I'm not sure how to correct that.

I received an error when selecting a channel:

The selected show could not be watched. The recording started but has stalled. -- might have been tuner in use

but I went to a tuner I knew was available and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

[darcilicious]

Originally Posted by profit

sage menu is off the screen a bit too. I'm not sure how to correct that.

In Boxee, go to Settings>>Display and make sure you're set to the right resolution and then calibrate the screen position.

I received an error when selecting a channel:

The selected show could not be watched. The recording started but has stalled. -- might have been tuner in use

Live TV doesn't work currently (it's a bug with the Boxee firmware). This is covered in the HowToSetupAndUse document.

[darcilicious]

Originally Posted by grbsaaber

Just one question how long does it take to play a file once you select it.

For me it takes almost 10 seconds or more to play the file.

It is pretty slow on my Boxee too, I think from the Boxee Box firmware, not from the app but I haven't looked at it closely lately and I'm not sure if the devs see the same thing or not...

[zzo]

All of my Sage TV recordings are from an HD Homerun - I installed Boxee on my Mac to try out this app as I can use another extender - however none of my recorded TV shows work.
I don't know how old the SageTV app in my Boxee is - think I initially set it up a month or so ago.
Anyway when I select a recording to watch it says 'launching player' and then just hangs there forever...
ideas??
thanks!!
Mark