Filed under: Multimedia, Software, Apple TV
New version of Boxee supports Hulu
We've covered the Boxee social-networking media center application before, including the recent release that runs on the Apple TV. Now yet another alpha has been released that adds a long sought-after feature: internet flash video playback for "Hulu, CBS, Comedy Central and MySpaceTV." Other updates include improvement to UI performance as well as the ability to add your own RSS feeds manually, including those containing audio and video payloads (i.e. podcasts). This naturally opens the door to considerably more content for your Boxee device, whether it be a Mac, Apple TV, or even, perish the thought, an Ubuntu Linux machine.Unfortunately, Boxee remains invitation-only. However, you may register at the Boxee site to receive a future invitation.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
Jeff said 7:48PM on 10-21-2008
If anybody has an invite, I would really appreciate it!
jjbaldwin7@comcast.net
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Luke said 8:03PM on 10-21-2008
Done
Jeff said 8:10PM on 10-21-2008
Awesome, thanks Luke.
Avinash Vakil said 3:22AM on 10-22-2008
You know, posting your email onto a public forum raw like that means that you've just signed up for a boatload of spam...
Jeff said 8:03AM on 10-22-2008
Yeah I know, that's why I used an old email address that I don't really use anymore.
dicky said 11:09PM on 11-11-2008
I would also appreciate an invite to anyone who would be willing to send me one.
bo said 10:52AM on 11-26-2008
If anyone can send me an invite I'd sure be grateful!
Christer Eriksen said 8:01PM on 10-21-2008
I would also like to be a part of the testing with my MacBook Pro and Apple TV. Please send an invite to my MobileMe address (add @me.com to my username):
Chreriksen
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LD said 8:13PM on 10-21-2008
What is your username?
Christer Eriksen said 8:40PM on 10-21-2008
chreriksen(at)me(dot)com
LD said 8:13PM on 10-21-2008
I tried the almost lastest on the 20th on my AppleTV and it was quite nice. Then, just hours later, they released an improved version that most users report aids in Flash content performance.
As AppleTV is a bit underpowered for Flash, this is quite impressive. Since it's basically zero impact and a monkey can install it I encourage every AppleTV user to try to get an invite and try it out. It's really that awesome.
You get all your AppleTV goodness PLUS all the XBMC/Boxee goodness. The social features I can see certainly taking off. This is a company that will be here for a while.
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Travis said 8:21PM on 10-21-2008
One you sign up for an invite it doesn't take long to receive one.
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TresFaim said 9:18PM on 10-21-2008
I've heard so many great things about Boxee as of just recent, but since it's delay testing/invite only I've tried out the XBMC for mac. It's a nice program, but I don't think it's capable of taking advantage of flash based websites. So, if anyone has a spare invite I would be so pleased. Let's cross our fingers that this program might be released to everyone soon!
Iamsoblake@gmail.com
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Caitlin said 9:36PM on 10-21-2008
Ditto. I wouldn't mind an invite, either. You know, if anyone has some lying around.
caitlin [at] nolemonplease [dot] com
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awesomerobot said 9:52PM on 10-21-2008
I'd give 10,000 pts for an invite
awesomerobot [at] gmail [dot] com
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Axela23 said 10:10PM on 10-21-2008
Will do.
steve said 10:14PM on 10-21-2008
I was eagerly awaiting an invite for a few months, and I finally got mine yesterday(they email the invitations on mondays) and was thrilled. To my amazement, the software is excellent for an alpha.
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Matthew said 10:19PM on 10-21-2008
I find the timing of this extremely funny. I was already on the hunt to buy an Apple TV, and I'm a huge fan of hulu. So I started writing a simple OS X application that interacted with hulu, in the hopes of getting it to run well on the Apple TV for my living room.
Now Boxee looks awesome, so no need to re-invent the wheel here. Seems like people are asking for invites, so if people wish to continue to be generous, I would not be opposed to getting one as well:
matthewbjones85 _at_ gmail
I look forward to following and supporting boxee
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Jon said 10:27PM on 10-21-2008
I would also appreciate an invite to anyone who would be willing to send me one. I just repatched my apple tv after the 2.2 update and wanna check out boxee. Thanks!
jonvanasco@gmail.com
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Gary Barnes said 10:29PM on 10-21-2008
If anyone else has an invite to spare, I'd love to try the software out. I gave the site my e-mail awhile go, but I've yet to hear anything. Adding Hulu support only makes me more excited to test it out! Merci beaucoup!
gtbarnes@gmail.com
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