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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 Apple Mac Snow Leopard (10.6)
* Added: Support for running Boxee using Ubuntu Linux Karmic Koala (9.10)
* Added: Windows version is using DirectX instead of OpenGL
* Added: Support for old graphic cards that do not have pixel shader 2.0
* 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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* Beta issues
o Manual Resolving feature not implemented
o RSS Feeds application not implemented
o Linux APT repository is not available yet. To install use gdebi GUI application
o Downloads feature removed
o Lyrics feature removed
* Not Supported
o Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) and Intrepid Ibex (8.10) are no longer officially supported
o Power PC (PPC) not supported
o Linux - Netflix not supported
o Linux - Content offered by Move Networks player not supported
Fixed issues with this version since Boxee Beta 0.9.20.10263 (GA) point release
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More information and fixes at http://jira.boxee.tv
* General
o BOXEE-4092 Boxee freeze when playing a video with digital audio
o BOXEE-2739 Boxee crash when playing an MKV file with Dolby Digital sound SPDIF output and using
the volume keys on boxee.
o BOXEE-4118 Can't consistently/successfully use SMB network shares
o BOXEE-4084 Network sources doesn't always pick up available SMB shares
o BOXEE-4065 Beta crashes when scanner is resolving archive (rar and zip) files
o BOXEE-4179 Boxee userdata cache folder reached to 700 MB in less than a week of use
o BOXEE-3832 Samba Client disconnects and fails to reconnect
o BOXEE-3894 Missing d3dx9_42.dll after running installation on windows 64 bit
o BOXEE-2841 DirectX dll not found error while installing Boxee, causing boxee to crash on startup
o BOXEE-3627 Mangled graphics on Snow Leopard. *** Special thanks to ametovic at XBMC ***
o BOXEE-4006 Cannot connect to SAMBA server
o BOXEE-4030 browsing applications window crash Boxee
o BOXEE-4153 Boxee's loading screen hang when playing FOX or ABC, despite proper install of
peripheral software.
o BOXEE-3621 Sometimes boxee hang while toggling fullscreen to window mode
o BOXEE-3619 Failed to remove an item from the queue
o BOXEE-3826 Switching to fanart screensaver causes a crash
o BOXEE-3783 Sometimes feed applications has few lines of videos appears empty
o BOXEE-3558 Screen goes black permanently when toggling into windowed-mode from music visualizer
o BOXEE-3552 Boxee crashes on startup
o BOXEE-3535 Queue count incorrect at times
o BOXEE-3525 Files > Network > UPnP crash Boxee
o BOXEE-3257 Sometimes a change user makes Boxee hang
o BOXEE-3254 If there is no torrent client then need to remove the Boxee Downloads folder under
Files > File Browser as well as the public torrent application
o BOXEE-3478 Exit from playback shows the first screen instead of the minisode screen
o BOXEE-3456 When reloading a list the focus is changed to the first item in the list
o BOXEE-3448 First few seconds of falsh based videos the OSD is not usable
o BOXEE-3500 Can't copy and paste anymore in the repositories
o BOXEE-3814 No way to force re-scan of a media source? Or not working?
o BOXEE-3979 windows 64: Boxee crashes with error id 5
o BOXEE-3628 No Keyboard in Ipod Touch/iPhone remote
o BOXEE-3460 Queue text -The "remove from queue" icon text is partially blocked.
It now says "ove from queue" vs. "remove from queue". (See screenshot).
o BOXEE-3254 If there is no torrent client then need to remove the Boxee Downloads folder
under Files >File Browser as well as the public torrent application
o BOXEE-3221 Action Dialog: remove the path for everything that is not a Local Item
o BOXEE-3185 Home screen thumbs that were already loaded get the spinning wheel each
time yo go to home screen. caching of thumbnails does not seem to work properly
o BOXEE-2790 Boxee can be launched multiple times on Windows.
o BOXEE-2733 Hitting the play or menu button on IR will not exit the screensaver mode
o BOXEE-2726 Boxee web server management appears and it is absolutely malfunction
o BOXEE-2593 Thumb loader spinner has an offset in last frames making it "jump" and have a
white border
o BOXEE-2566 Dual screen - OS X dual screen control
o BOXEE-631 Empty Boxee directory always created under downloads
o BOXEE-4342 Many buttons missing from on-screen keyboard
o BOXEE-4313 Boxee installs same dll file names in Boxee\system but different in size
o BOXEE-4227 Boxee Crashes on Startup
o BOXEE-4211 "add to boxee" bookmarklet on IE8 fail to determine that I am already logged in
o BOXEE-4165 Boxee crashes after startup (it seems while scanning media)
o BOXEE-4125 Boxee hang after playing local movie Win Vista 64
o BOXEE-4123 random password still allows for user login
o BOXEE-4075 Boxee continues to crash upon startup of application
o BOXEE-4035 Hundreds of connections on mini Snow Leopard BOXEE BETA causes loss of network
connectivity
o BOXEE-4004 Windows 64 bit: runtime error R6025 when running the BBC iPlayer application
o BOXEE-3989 Top of Screen Cut Off in Windowed Mode
o BOXEE-3879 The geo information should not appear every time you reach an empty list in boxee
o BOXEE-3488 No Harmony remote support
o BOXEE-3441 After an upgrade, first attempt to use some applications, makes the application
disappear
o BOXEE-3398 Screen calibration the default is 4:3 even though it seems it is really 16:9
o BOXEE-3373 Second line in feed and queue items should show the source name
o BOXEE-4280 Runtime Error R6025 - pure virtual function call (on shutdown of Boxee)
o BOXEE-4234 Can't use the "L" key from iPhone remote app in Boxee browser
o BOXEE-4343 leaving boxee running for the night, returning the next day to find it in an
unstable state
o BOXEE-3963 Improper installation of Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library
o BOXEE-2706 Boxee log size can be huge after few hours. the log should be recycled when
reached X MB
o BOXEE-121 Replace Boxee font with full unicode font
o BOXEE-3042 Action Window appears with no buttons and sometimes empty
o BOXEE-3029 TV Show episode separator can be selected and operate using the mouse
o BOXEE-747 Browse for subtitles doesn't give me access to my drives or network
o BOXEE-4353 No feeds at the home screen due to error in import feed feature
o BOXEE-4377 Video Calibration is not saved
o BOXEE-4371 Improperly sized font in Featured items
o BOXEE-4305 Incorrect username or password when using wrong proxy settings
o BOXEE-4277 Boxee crashes while the VPN is active
o BOXEE-4223 Windows boxee crash on exit after being idle for few hours
o BOXEE-4103 Boxee crashes when loading on Windows startup
o BOXEE-4087 boxee crashed while browsing SMB sources and trying to add network share
* Linux Specific
o BOXEE-4127 YouTube search crashes Boxee
o BOXEE-4172 Can not paste into input boxes
o BOXEE-4142 Search or browse on iPlayer crashes Boxee - also can't view any shows
o BOXEE-3855 Crashes when YouTube video ends
o BOXEE-3784 Playing Ted Talk videos play real bad and crash Boxee
o BOXEE-4316 Wireless connection disconnects when Boxee starts up
o BOXEE-4239 Password protected network shared crash boxee
o BOXEE-4120 Linux bxflplayer-i486-linux segmentation fault
* Media Library
o BOXEE-3911 Boxee crashed during media scanning of SMB network sources
o BOXEE-3895 Boxee crashes on vorbis comment inside a flac file
o BOXEE-4176 Heroes season 4 episode ordering is all wrong
o BOXEE-4117 Online (Netflix) TV episodes appear erratically
o BOXEE-4080 Episode appears in Queue before available on website
o BOXEE-3838 Some TV shows should not be Geo-blocked
o BOXEE-3567 Image pulls from TheTVDB.com appears to be incorrect
o BOXEE-3462 Boxee resolve archived (RAR; ZIP) videos but doesn't add them to Movies OR TV Shows.
o BOXEE-3722 Movies incorrectly resolved
o BOXEE-3083 The movie "Dance Flick" resolved as "17 Again"
o BOXEE-4209 Client hangs after running a few seconds - possibly from rar
o BOXEE-3797 Movies popularity sort is messed up
o BOXEE-4190 Shows from TV Shows Library appear and disappear seemingly at random
o BOXEE-4159 Movies isn't being removed after I delete them from the disk
o BOXEE-4216 FX netweork playback is in browser and not in fullscreen
o BOXEE-4215 NBC tv shows dont play in full screen
o BOXEE-3755 Daily Show - TV Show View - wrong sorting order
o BOXEE-3690 FX networks will not play as all it's content is intended for mature audience's only
and needs a login or verification of birthday
o BOXEE-4253 Fox, FX and ABC don't play in full screen
* Playback
o BOXEE-3837 No video playback black screen appears, can only hear audio playback
o BOXEE-3985 Boxee hang while playing H264 video with DXVA and selecting "crop black bars"
o BOXEE-3867 Terrible color / contrast on videos played in Boxee Beta
o BOXEE-3970 Video Scaling broken with DXVA
o BOXEE-3824 Wrong dynamic range for MKV playback
o BOXEE-3668 Fox network tv shows dont play in full screen
o BOXEE-3659 Hulu playback loads the web-site and plays the video in its small window
o BOXEE-3551 Cannot control volume in BBC iPlayer app
o BOXEE-3470 Playing an H264 video with DXVA - video start green and after 30 seconds playing
full color
o BOXEE-3087 Black video with no sound while watching Lost Season 5 Episode 9 on ABC
o BOXEE-3284 Hulu - Select a letter on hulu feeds A-Z displays the correct alphabetcal content
however when selecting the main screen again the focus will jump back to 30 days
o BOXEE-3275 CNet - After opening Cnet sub topic (e.g CNET Top 5 ) feeds start 4 rows down
instead of at the top of the screen this is also happening on Earth touch
o BOXEE-4113 ABC shows appears on half screen only on Windows 7
o BOXEE-4049 ABC plugin feed playback glitch
o BOXEE-3668 Fox network tv shows dont play in full screen
o BOXEE-3768 Playing back avi files has a video stutter at the beginning of playback for
approx 10 seconds
o BOXEE-3948 Local movies hard to play off hard drive
o BOXEE-1189 Subtitle state not remembered between stacked files
o BOXEE-4198 Boxee refuses to play certain subtitle files
o BOXEE-4076 Playing a movie trailer marks the movie as watched
o BOXEE-3922 Sound but no image playing RTVE flash videos
o BOXEE-4325 Unable to set tcURL on RTMP stream
* Applications
o BOXEE-4184 BBC Live application needs to have "gb " added to the
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