Boxee Invites For Linux! [Linux Media Center App]

[Michael]

Tomorrow we'll have a story about the Linux version of Boxee, a "social media center" that's based upon X-Box Media Center. In the mean time though check out http://www.boxee.tv/

The Boxee company though has allowed us to give out invites for the private alpha testing going on for the Linux version. Right now Boxee is only available for Ubuntu 7.10 and Ubuntu 8.04.

So if you're interested in trying out this new Linux media center application (for free), post your email address in this thread along with a simple (or a lengthy one works too) explanation as to why you'd like to test Boxee. Then we'll email you out invites. You also must have at least five valid posts in the Phoronix Forums to be elgible.

[deanjo]

Can we pm you the email addy instead? Not really crazy about having my email addy posted in the forums?

[Michael]

Can we pm you the email addy instead? Not really crazy about having my email addy posted in the forums?

Oh yeah, sure. Or if you use the email address associated with your forum account, I can get it that way too, just say in your post.

[Michael]

Deanjo: You should now have an invite in your email inbox.

[deanjo]

Deanjo: You should now have an invite in your email inbox.

Thanks Michael

[LordBernhard]

I'm using ubuntu 8.04 too.. can you invite me too? plz & thx :-)

ps: looks great so far... mythtv never really fit for me (hard to setup, no theme's I really liked, ...)

[Michael]

LordBernhard: Invite should be in your mailbox.

[deanjo]

If you are using Ubuntu 7.10 or Ubuntu 8.04 and would like to test out this Linux media center application, check out this thread on the Phoronix Forums (http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11765).

You can also download the source so your not limited to Ubuntu.

[Guido]

Always nice to see some competition, even amongst open source applications. I'd like to give Boxee a shot as well.
I suppose you (Michael) as an admin can see my e-mailaddress?

Thanks!

[LordBernhard]

You can also download the source so your not limited to Ubuntu.

yeah.. that was my plan :-) first try it on Ubuntu and than on openSUSE 11.0 and Sabayon Linux 3.5 :-)

PS: thx

[Michael]

Always nice to see some competition, even amongst open source applications. I'd like to give Boxee a shot as well.
I suppose you (Michael) as an admin can see my e-mailaddress?

Thanks!

Invite sent, even though one of the rules was supposed to be you have at least 5 posts in the forums. :)

[Uber]

I love to test it, but wonder if I could ither use my Cable (DVB-C) or just an mythtv client ?

[Guido]

Invite sent, even though one of the rules was supposed to be you have at least 5 posts in the forums. :)

Well, I'm sorry :) I've been reading the homepage for quite some time already, but that article about Boxee finally triggered me to register for the Forum!

[deanjo]

yeah.. that was my plan :-) first try it on Ubuntu and than on openSUSE 11.0 and Sabayon Linux 3.5 :-)

PS: thx

You may have a bit of an issue getting to work on openSUSE 11.0 64-bit. It's simple enough to fix though. Have a look at this thread http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=34542&page=3 to get an idea of what you have to do.

[cquilliam]

I would really like to try this out. I've been a huge fan of XBMC, but the only thing lacking is TV support.

My email should be associated with my account. Thanks!

[Michael]

cquilliam: Invite should be in your email inbox now.

[cquilliam]

cquilliam: Invite should be in your email inbox now.

Thanks Michael,

I hope I didn't waste an invite on you. Just to let other people know, the linux release is for 32bit only. I have a 64bit system and thus cannot install.

Although, I am considering a dual boot to test this thing out, it seems pretty exciting.

[Michael]

Thanks Michael,

I hope I didn't waste an invite on you. Just to let other people know, the linux release is for 32bit only. I have a 64bit system and thus cannot install.

Although, I am considering a dual boot to test this thing out, it seems pretty exciting.

You could build it from source for 64-bit.

[alexth]

Hey, I hope not asking for an invite but some infos is ok here too =)
If you want to awnser them anyway in the story anyways that's fine for me =)

You said it brings rtorrent, does that mean it has a torrent frontend? That is something that has been lacking for xbmc!
Also do you know if there are plans to backport some non python features into the xbmc edition for the xbox? It is kinda sad seeing all the work going into other platforms while the xbox itself still is a kickass machine for a media center

[mo0n_sniper]

I would like to test boxee too.
I'm searching for a good linux media center

[Michael]

mo0n_sniper: Check your email inbox, you have an invite.

[Michael]

You said it brings rtorrent, does that mean it has a torrent frontend? That is something that has been lacking for xbmc!

Yes.

Also do you know if there are plans to backport some non python features into the xbmc edition for the xbox? It is kinda sad seeing all the work going into other platforms while the xbox itself still is a kickass machine for a media center

Not sure.

[ravalox]

I'm a longtime Mythtv user that made the pepsi switch from gentoo to Ubuntu two years ago and would love to give Boxee a look-see. My Ubuntu box is my media portal to the world; it's connected to projector mounted in my living room and on my wall it takes me all over the internet... as well as permitting me to play Quake Wars with preternatural visual acuity.

[Michael]

ravalox: Invite sent.

[courtjester]

I am a long time Phoronix reader but I have never posted in the forums. Would it still be possible to get an invite even though I have not posted five times? I am currently using mythtv on hardy.

[Michael]

I am a long time Phoronix reader but I have never posted in the forums. Would it still be possible to get an invite even though I have not posted five times? I am currently using mythtv on hardy.

Sure, check your email. You should have an invite.

[SarahKH]

Looks interesting. Kind of annoyed with MythTV's frontend system at the mo (I have a big ass GF card and you're not using eye candy why??) so wouldn't mind putting a new contender through its paces if there are invites left.

See how it compares to the original XBMC and the Clutter based 'gloss-mc'.

[Michael]

wouldn't mind putting a new contender through its paces if there are invites left.

Invite sent :) (Note to others: I think I have unlimited invites.)

[lortherin]

I can see it now. "Your friend Joe is watching: Transexual Lesbian Midget Bestiality.avi"

Umm... I don't want to know that. :)

[niniendowarrior]

I was always looking for this but can't seem to figure the hell how to get started. Please count me in, Michael.

I think the e-mail address should be accessible from admins, but if you need it, please drop a PM. I think you have my e-mail address anyway. ;)

[Michael]

I was always looking for this but can't seem to figure the hell how to get started. Please count me in, Michael.

I think the e-mail address should be accessible from admins, but if you need it, please drop a PM. I think you have my e-mail address anyway. ;)

Invite sent!

[tjwallis]

Would you please send me an invite as well.
Timothy

[Michael]

Would you please send me an invite as well.
Timothy

Invite sent.

[squish102]

Please could you send me one. I am a long time Mythtv user with FE/BE running. I have a spare machine that I currently hack around in mythbuntu and waiting to be reformatted. Thanks

[Michael]

Please could you send me one. I am a long time Mythtv user with FE/BE running. I have a spare machine that I currently hack around in mythbuntu and waiting to be reformatted. Thanks

Invited for Boxee.

[jackkerouac]

I'd love to test it out. Running Ubuntu Hardy on three machines with various configurations, so I think I would probably be a fairly good test subject / lab rat.

jackkerouac@rogers.com

[Michael]

I'd love to test it out. Running Ubuntu Hardy on three machines with various configurations, so I think I would probably be a fairly good test subject / lab rat.

Invite sent.

[jackkerouac]

Invite sent.

Thank you, kind sir. You are a scholar and a gentleman. :)

[niniendowarrior]

Invite sent!

Thank you Michael. I'm curious to see what's on this. :)

[tmpdir]

I'd love to compare it with my Mythboxes. But to be honest, i'm not meeting the requirements of minimal 5 posts. I'm reading this site for some time now, but never had anything to contribute. Because I really don't like people to enter needless trash on forums to reach somekind of thresshole, i'm not trying to get those 5 posts this week. Could you grand me the invite if I promose to contribute to these forums from now on :)? With al the talk about videocards en mediacenters lately it will be an easy promise to keep.

[Michael]

I'd love to compare it with my Mythboxes. But to be honest, i'm not meeting the requirements of minimal 5 posts. I'm reading this site for some time now, but never had anything to contribute. Because I really don't like people to enter needless trash on forums to reach somekind of thresshole, i'm not trying to get those 5 posts this week. Could you grand me the invite if I promose to contribute to these forums from now on :)? With al the talk about videocards en mediacenters lately it will be an easy promise to keep.

Sure, invite sent.

[ppanula]

Can i get invite too, very interested this Boxee as i am wanting to assemble HTPC for my living room and would be interesting to see if Boxee would be cool choice for it (event though its just on Alpha stage), my e-mail: ppanula AT lapua.net

[Michael]

Can i get invite too, very interested this Boxee as i am wanting to assemble HTPC for my living room and would be interesting to see if Boxee would be cool choice for it (event though its just on Alpha stage), my e-mail: ppanula AT lapua.net

Sure thing for a PTS contributor! Should be in your email inbox now.

[niamu]

I've been scouring the web for an invite to Boxee.

I'd love to get an invite sent to reveri.bw AT gmail.com

Thanks in advance.

[Michael]

I've been scouring the web for an invite to Boxee.

I'd love to get an invite sent to reveri.bw AT gmail.com

Thanks in advance.

Invite sent.

[rikishi]

Any change of getting an invite? I'm currently using mythtv, but I would like to test boxee. It sounds pretty sweet.

[Michael]

Any change of getting an invite? I'm currently using mythtv, but I would like to test boxee. It sounds pretty sweet.

Invite sent.

[Tafari]

Hook me up please Michael :)

[Michael]

Hook me up please Michael :)

Invite sent.

[Extreme Coder]

Hi Michael,
If possible, I'd like to get invited as well. I'm not sure if I'm that big of a poster to the site, although I'm a bit active on the ATI side. I want to try this and see how it compares to MythTV :)

Thanks!

[Michael]

Hi Michael,
If possible, I'd like to get invited as well. I'm not sure if I'm that big of a poster to the site, although I'm a bit active on the ATI side. I want to try this and see how it compares to MythTV :)

Thanks!

Check your mail.

[Extreme Coder]

Thanks! Going to try it now!

[The_Monkey_King]

Please add my forum account email to this list please.

I have ordered a DVI to component cable as part of my third generation HTPC. I hope to test all the HTPC functions by the end of the month or at the most, by end of September.

For those who don't my setup: GIGABYTE GA-MA69G-S3H (ATI x1250), RCA 52" HDTV (projection, 1080i). I also have a AVerMedia AVerTV Combo PCIe for decoding/encoding but may switch if the new drivers aren't up to the tasks in *nix distros.

[Michael]

Please add my forum account email to this list please.

I have ordered a DVI to component cable as part of my third generation HTPC. I hope to test all the HTPC functions by the end of the month or at the most, by end of September.

Invite sent, check your email.

[The_Monkey_King]

Invite sent, check your email.

Thanks! I have signed-on.

Interestingly enough, some friends and I have been trying to figure out how to port our viewing habits, queues, and at least our collections to friends and connections. Such as if I am going to record the new episode of The Office this Thursday, someone could see my intent and go oh, I need to record or watch that as well.

[markc]

Okay, I'll be honest and say I just registered but I have been meaning to for a couple of months since I've had your RSS feed in aKregator. I have 2 machines with Kubuntu 8.04 and one is connected to a 1080p screen so I would love to see how Boxee works. Pretty please?

[Michael]

Okay, I'll be honest and say I just registered but I have been meaning to for a couple of months since I've had your RSS feed in aKregator. I have 2 machines with Kubuntu 8.04 and one is connected to a 1080p screen so I would love to see how Boxee works. Pretty please?


Check your mail.

[ZapZack]

I have a computer hooked up to my tv running ubuntu. I would like to try this. Send me an invite to my forum email please.

-Zack

[Mr Greencastle]

I've been following your site for a few months, but since I'm not much of a forum guy, I haven't registered. However, I'm extremely intrigued with this Boxee project, and seeing this opportunity, I;d say it was as good a time as any to take it and sign up.

I have been looking for a good Media Centre for Linux for quite some time now. The only one I personally like is XBMC, and since this Boxee project builds upon it I'd really like to take a look. If there you have any invites left I would greatly appreciate getting in on this. Thank you :)

Green

[Michael]

I've been following your site for a few months, but since I'm not much of a forum guy, I haven't registered. However, I'm extremely intrigued with this Boxee project, and seeing this opportunity, I;d say it was as good a time as any to take it and sign up.

I have been looking for a good Media Centre for Linux for quite some time now. The only one I personally like is XBMC, and since this Boxee project builds upon it I'd really like to take a look. If there you have any invites left I would greatly appreciate getting in on this. Thank you :)

Green

Invite sent.

[Mr Greencastle]

Invite sent.

Wow that was speedy, many thanks Michael!

[Jackattack51]

I have a beautiful Hardy box just dying to try out the alpha! My email on the forum would be amazing if it's not too much trouble.

Thanks a million!

[Michael]

I have a beautiful Hardy box just dying to try out the alpha! My email on the forum would be amazing if it's not too much trouble.

Thanks a million!

Email sent.

[Jackattack51]

Email sent.

You easily just made my day! And to think I started up Rayman thinking you'll take a few minutes getting back to me... now it's time to play with something else.

Thanks!

[geoken]

Long time reader, first time poster hoping to get in on some Boxee goodness.

My story:

Since building my HTPC about 5 months ago I've tried every app under the sun (MythTV, Vista MCE, MediaPortal, Meedios, Elisa). My recent fav was Elisa but I've recently felt let down by their apparent wavering with regards to linux support. They've released 4 versions in the last month for XP/Vista and couldn't have been bothered to build a single package for any distro.

Anyway, I was just about to go back to myth when I read about Boxee a few days ago. I was super interested in it, and anxiously awaiting my first opportunity to try it out.

[Michael]

Long time reader, first time poster hoping to get in on some Boxee goodness.

My story:

Since building my HTPC about 5 months ago I've tried every app under the sun (MythTV, Vista MCE, MediaPortal, Meedios, Elisa). My recent fav was Elisa but I've recently felt let down by their apparent wavering with regards to linux support. They've released 4 versions in the last month for XP/Vista and couldn't have been bothered to build a single package for any distro.

Anyway, I was just about to go back to myth when I read about Boxee a few days ago. I was super interested in it, and anxiously awaiting my first opportunity to try it out.


Invite sent.

[NZJon]

Hi Michael,

I have a Hardy AMD64 box, and would be keen to have a look at Boxee...

Cheers,

Jon

[mrplow]

count me in, I'd love an invite, as a year long mythtv user I'd like to give another opensource app a go. I love mythtv but the social aspect of show suggestions looks promising, very tivo like

[Michael]

Hi Michael,

I have a Hardy AMD64 box, and would be keen to have a look at Boxee...

Cheers,

Jon

Invite sent.

[Michael]

count me in, I'd love an invite, as a year long mythtv user I'd like to give another opensource app a go. I love mythtv but the social aspect of show suggestions looks promising, very tivo like

Invite sent.

[darkerror05]

An invite would be great. I can't wait to try this in linux.

[Michael]

An invite would be great. I can't wait to try this in linux.

Invite has been sent.

[ktraglin]

...interested in trying out this new Linux media center application...why you'd like to test Boxee.

I'd like to test Boxee, as well. One of the main reasons: I use Miro for most of my video viewing, but it crashes my x-session (ATI drivers) way too often.

Please use my registered email address.

[Michael]

I'd like to test Boxee, as well. One of the main reasons: I use Miro for most of my video viewing, but it crashes my x-session (ATI drivers) way too often.

Please use my registered email address.

Invite sent.

[thwzr]

I would love to try this out as well! Very much interested in this project and would love to test it out on my hardware :)

If you could oblige, please send via my registered email!

~thwzr

[Bigtimer]

Can't wait to try this out.

[Michael]

thwzr and Bigtimer: Invites should be in your mail box.

[AshtonBRSC]

Would love an invite. Looks interesting. Please use my registered email address.

[Michael]

Would love an invite. Looks interesting. Please use my registered email address.

Invite sent.

[skideric]

Would Love to try this out! Long time user of XBMC,still Use it.
Got an AM@ 64 X2 4800+ ready to install Ubuntu & Boxee!
Realy excited by this GRET new Open Source Media" Do All"
Thanks!!

Opps! It is a 4800+ X2, NOT 3800+ SORRY!

[Bigtimer]

thwzr and Bigtimer: Invites should be in your mail box.

Thanks!! :)

[Michael]

Would Love to try this out! Long time user of XBMC,still Use it.
Got an AM@ 64 X2 4800+ ready to install Ubuntu & Boxee!
Realy excited by this GRET new Open Source Media" Do All"
Thanks!!

Opps! It is a 4800+ X2, NOT 3800+ SORRY!

Invite sent.

[Sean]

this is my first post but i've been reading here a while and have tried everything from myth to elisa and haven't found any i really like yet and would like to try boxee and am running computers right now with ubuntu 7.10 on one and 8.04 on another

[Michael]

this is my first post but i've been reading here a while and have tried everything from myth to elisa and haven't found any i really like yet and would like to try boxee and am running computers right now with ubuntu 7.10 on one and 8.04 on another

Sure, check your mail.

[Sean]

thanks! =]

[Strivelli]

Hi,

Could I possibly receive an invite?

Address is Dan@Strivelli.com

Thanks in advance if you decide I'm worth it.

And Thanks anyway if you decide I'm not.

[Michael]

Hi,

Could I possibly receive an invite?

Address is Dan@Strivelli.com

Thanks in advance if you decide I'm worth it.

And Thanks anyway if you decide I'm not.

Invite sent, check your mail.

[georgia_tech_swagger]

gts < at > ncaabbs < dot > com

thanks in advance!

[Kano]

I am pretty sure that Michael can see your email adresses ;)

[Michael]

gts < at > ncaabbs < dot > com

thanks in advance!

Invite sent.

[Michael]

I am pretty sure that Michael can see your email adresses ;)

Though easier that way, then I don't need to mess with logging into the vBulletin admin stuff and searching for the user, etc :)

[derred]

Been using xbmc for a bit now, but I really think it could do with a fresh perspective, so if there are any invites left, sign me up!

thanks in advance

[Michael]

Been using xbmc for a bit now, but I really think it could do with a fresh perspective, so if there are any invites left, sign me up!

thanks in advance

Invite sent.

[z3bbster]

Hello i was wondering if anybody can help me with a beta invite for Boxee?
Want to try this on Ubuntu 8.04 version.

How does Boxee do compared to linux mce (http://www.linuxmce.org/)?
Anybody some experience?

Thanx in advance.

[mikeee]

A longtime reader but new member here. I've been using mythtv for quite a while and its really great to see something new and exciting out there. If you have any more invites left, I'd love to try it. Thankyou.

[Michael]

Hello i was wondering if anybody can help me with a beta invite for Boxee?
Want to try this on Ubuntu 8.04 version.

How does Boxee do compared to linux mce (http://www.linuxmce.org/)?
Anybody some experience?

Thanx in advance.

Invite sent.

[Michael]

A longtime reader but new member here. I've been using mythtv for quite a while and its really great to see something new and exciting out there. If you have any more invites left, I'd love to try it. Thankyou.

Great, invite sent.

[ktraglin]

I'd love to play with Boxee. Already received an invite (thanks Phoronix - Michael), but the repository never seems to work:
Err http://apt.boxee.tv hardy/main Packages
404 Not Found

[Kryten]

I can't say I've posted on the Phoronix forums, but as a longtime Phoronix reader, 2+ year Ubuntu user, and owner of a recently modded XBox, I kindly ask for a Boxee invite.

[Michael]

I can't say I've posted on the Phoronix forums, but as a longtime Phoronix reader, 2+ year Ubuntu user, and owner of a recently modded XBox, I kindly ask for a Boxee invite.

Check your mail, invite should be there.