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1 Boxee User Manual.
2 Table of contents About B oxee Boxee Fe atures Boxee FA Q Installin g Boxee Su pported Platf orms Minimum syst em R equirem ents Installing t he Software Window s Mac OS Linux Ub.
3 Using B oxee Na vigating Boxe e Addin g Rem ov in g S h ortcut Removin g Show s fr o m H istory Sea rch Movies and TV Sho ws Vie wing a Local Movi e or a TV Sh ow Th e TV Sho.
4 About Boxee Boxee is the first free, open so urce social-medi a soft ware that allows users to personalize their home media experience. Boxee is availab le for Windows, Mac, L inux and Apple TV(thro ugh a 3 rd devel oper).
5 Boxee Fe atures Hom e Screen The Hom e Screen is y our hub for recomm endat i ons and cont en t: see recommen dat ions f ro m y our f r ien d s on Boxee, Faceb o o k or Twi tt er in Boxee's Fee.
6 M edia Row Logout Ro w ShortCuts Ro w.
7 Featured Feat ured Section on Hom e Screen Feat ured Feed.
8 Feed Scree n Queu e Queue Secti on on Hom e Screen Queue Screen.
9 TV Show s TV Show Librar y M y TV Shows M ov ies.
10 Applica tions.
11 Files Shar i ng.
12 Boxee FAQ 1. Wh a t is Boxee? Boxee is the be st way to watch m o vie s, TV sh ows and clips fro m t he In t erne t on y o ur TV. Y o u can buy a device po wered by Boxee o r b u il d y o ur own Bo x ee using a new or used com puter .
13 (TS/AVI/MK V/MOV/M2TS/MP4), VC-1 (TS/AVI/MK V/ WMV), MPE G-1 (DAT/MPG/M PEG), MPEG -2 (MPG/MPEG/VO B/TS/TP /ISO/IFO), MPEG - 4 (MP4/AVI/M OV), Div X 3/4/ 5/6 ( A VI/MKV), Xvid (AVI/MKV), and WMV9 (WM V/ASF/DVR- MS).
14 Installin g Boxee Supported Plat form s Apple Macintosh Mac OS X (I n t el Only) (Ti ger 10.4, Leopard 10.5, Snow Leopard 10.6) Linux Ub u ntu (9. 10 K armic Koala , 10.04 Luci d Lynx) Windows Wi ndo ws (XP, Vi st a, 7) Apple TV Boxee is av ailable for t he Apple TV t hrough a 3rd pa rt y devel oper (firmware 2.
15 dual -co re x86 (Intel / A MD pr o cess or) based sys tem ru nning at 2.4GHz o r greater 2 GB sy ste m mem o r y (R AM ) o r m ore V i deo Card (f or hardware acceler ated Flas h ( 10.
16 Installing Boxee Ens ure t he ma chine y o u are in stalling Boxee o n h as up - to -dat e softwar e and dr ive rs . Downl o ad t he relevant version o f Boxee f or y o ur o peratin g system. To use the Boxee appli cat i on y o u will need to regi ster wi t h Boxee.
17 Cli ck Finish Cli ck o n the Boxee i con t ha t was added to y our des kto p Boxee will st art Now go to fi rst tim e use to co nti n ue the in stalla t ion process Mac Inst allati on Cli ck o n the .
18 Apple TV Insta llation Ins t alling Boxe e o n an Apple TV w ill requ ire t hree things : a co mputer runn ing Mac OS X or Windo ws XP/Vista a USB flash drive which will work as a patc hsti.
19 Setting Up Boxee First ti m e use W elco me to Boxee. Congratula t ions , y ou are about to use y o ur TV in a brand new way! On ce y o u downl o ad and install Bo xee t here are a few t hin gs t hat are specific f o r fi r st t im e use. The fi r st t im e y ou start / run Boxee y ou will be pre sented wi t h t he l o gin screen.
20 Not Registered If you have not yet regist ered at the Boxee Website , check Ne w User and then enter your em ai l address, a usernam e, and pass word. Ch oo se ' Remem be r Password ' to au to m at i ca lly l o g in t o Bo x ee each t im e y o u start B oxee.
21 Basic Settings Calibrati n g t he Scree n Wh en ru nnin g Boxee for the fi rst t im e af t er an insta ll , you w ill b e asked if y o u wo ul d like to cali brat e the screen .
22 Fi rst , go to t he top le ft curso r (seen above) and use the arrow keys to posi t i on i t in t he to p lef t co rner of t he scree n. You sh ould be able to see t he green arrow-head an d t wo thin gree n li nes in the corner.
23 Setting up a Second ar y Screen If y ou have t wo di sp lays at t ach ed, y ou can contro l the resolution f o r Boxee in y our mai n, as w ell as y our seconda r y d is pla y . Set y our display prefere nc es to "ex tended deskto p" on y ou co m put er.
24 CBS Hul u f eeds Joost (only part o f t he c ontent) MTV (m ost of the content) Netflix The WB Ama zon Pan do ra Bl ocked for IP's o utside t he UK : BBC i .
25 Organizing your me dia library Adding Media Sources Media sources are f o l ders o r driv es Boxee looks t h ro ugh to i dentify and add me dia content to the TV Shows, Movies, Music, Photos and Files screens .
26 On ce he re y ou can t hen: Enter t h e SHARE NAM E for your so urce (keep it simple so y ou can easily iden t ify i t l ater). Review the SHAR E LOCATION f or correctnes s. Check the source MEDIA TYPE (m u l t iple select i on is avail ab le for mul t iple me d ia t y pes in t he source).
27 Correctly nam ing l ocal medi a files Af ter settin g up y our m edia so urces Boxee wil l start to retriev e art work and inf or m at i o n, b ased o n how y our media file s are named. There i s a specific way y ou must nam e y our m o vie fil es and y o ur TV shows and episodes f or the func t ion to work correc tly.
28 The.Day .t h e.Eart h.Stood.Still .( 1951).avi The.Day .t h e.Eart h.Stood.Still .( 2008).avi For mul t i-part movie bot h par t # an d cd# are support ed. Title.part#.extension Examples : Sev en.Po unds .cd1.avi Sev en.Po unds .cd2.
29 Example: So u t h Park extra epi sode ca ll ed "The Sp i rit o f Christmas (santa vs frosty)" htt p://www .thetvdb .co m/? t ab =episode &am p ;s eriesid=75897 &seas o nid... sh ou l d be named South.Park.S00E02 Music Wi t h music, t he m o st im portant i ssue is the i d3 t ag s.
30 Enter t h e correct nam e f or the m o vie o r sh ow. Cli ck o n Search . Ch oo se the m o vie o r sh ow t ha t m atches t he one y o u tryi ng to resolv e f ro m t he resul t s lis t. You sh ould n ow see the correct vi deo inf or m at i on.
31 Sele ct Done if y o u agree. This will usually do the tri ck. Ho wev er, if t he m ovie o r show i s n ot in t he onli ne databases that B oxee uses f or in dexing y o ur m edia(IMDB), t he n Boxe e w ill not be abl e t o r ec ogni ze t he media.
32 Sele ct "OK" the erase the me d ia dat aba se. To erase the thumbnai ls fro m t he Boxee li b r ar y go to Setting > System > Advanced an d select : Cle a r thumbnails lib r a r y (media files will remain in tact) Sele ct "OK" the erase the thumbn a ils f ro m t h e li br ary.
33 Then, to stop the una ut hori zed changing of the above act i on, select "Set adul t co nt ent l o ck" by select in g: Setting > P arental Control > Set adult content lock... Enter a password of y our ch o osin g t hen select "Done" o r hi t enter.
34 Setting up Services and user s Adding Your Accou nt Service s The Boxee App Lib rary has services y ou get and use t hrough B oxee. Boxee support s servi ces f ro m t he foll ow ing provide rs: Fac eboo k Tw i tter Googl e Buzz FriendFeed Tumbl r NetFlix Flickr Di gg MUBI MLB .
35 5. Now g o to t he Apps Libr ary in Bo xee an d s elect t he App f or t he se rvice y ou woul d li ke t o add. 6. On the n ext screen you can select St ar t, Add T o M y Apps or Add Sh or tcut . 7. S el ect in g St art will take y o u to t hat servi ce app.
36 Adding / Rem ovi ng a User Addin g a User If y ou do n' t have a Bo xee account when y ou fi rst laun ch Boxee o r woul d li ke to se t up a new us er acco unt, y o u can do so f ro m t he l og in screen .
37 Check New User Enter your em ail address and t h en choo se a usern ame: Boxee will ver ify t h at y our usern am e is a vailabl e a nd then prompt y ou to enter a password:.
38 Sele ct Done . There will b e a s light pause as Boxee creates the n ew user pro fi l e. Whe n ev ery t hing is ready , y ou sh ou l d see: Sele ct OK and y o u will auto m at i ca lly be l ogged into Bo x ee.
39 Using Boxee Gener al Na vigati n g i n B oxee Navigating in Boxee i s simp le and intuitive. You can use a mouse, a keyboard, a remot e cont rol or a co mbination that suit s your needs.
40 The ' keyb o ard' icon sh o wn o n the 'on sc ree n ke yb oards' all ows y ou to toggl e t hrough t h e 3 avail able keyb oar d langua ges that are se t in Sett ings > Appear.
41 Adding / Rem ovi ng a Shortcut You can add Apps, TV sh ows, m ed ia fo l ders o r even spec ifi c fil es as short cu t s f or easy access on t he Global Menu . How to ad d a shortcut 1. Br owse to t h e appropri at e fil e via the Movie, TV Show, or Fi le icon or chose an app f ro m the A pp Librar y .
42 How to rem ove a shortcut 1. Open t he appli cat i on window an d select t he appropr i at e ite m . 2. Sele ct t he Remove Shortcut butto n . How do I m ana ge shortcuts? 1. Open t he Jump Menu 2. Sele ct t he cog/settings icon on the botto m l ef t cor ne r of the Sh or tcuts Row 3.
43 4. S el ect t he sh ortcut an d y ou will be g iven o ptions to ei t her M ove or Remove i t . Removi ng Shows From Hi story Boxee keeps a histo ry o f all o f t he m edia t h at y ou h ave watch o n y our computer so y o u will be able to go bac k and replay i t without havi ng to track down where y ou f ou nd i t in t he firs t pl ace.
44 Cli ck t he " Remove From History " i co n Done... the fil e is n o l onger in your histo ry fil e. If y ou wo ul d like to clear the ent ir e history f ro m Boxee y o u can delete the playbackhistory .dm p fi le l ocat ed in t he Bo x ee userdata f o l der.
45 Boxee will searc h y our l ocal sour ces any TV S h ow, Mo vi e, Music or Apps an d also go out to the interne t to seacrh f or o nli ne TV Shows and display the resul t s.
46 Movie Sear ch (local a nd onli ne).
47 Movies and TV Shows Viewing a Local M ovi e or TV Show On ce Boxee has import ed and index ed y our local media sh are s y o u can watch t hem in My Movies o r My T V Shows. Loca l M ovies 1 . Fr om t he Home Screen, click on Movies . 2. Sel ect t h e m ovie from t he righ t side o f t he screen .
48 Local TV Show s 1 . Fr om t he Home Screen , c li ck o n T V Shows . 2. Usin g t he lef t/s li de men u a nd sele ct My TV Shows . 3. Select the epis ode you woul d like to watch. 4 . W atch m o vie. 4. A V ideo will aut o m at ically be marked as watched af ter a y ou fi nish watching i t .
49 The TV Sho w Library There are a numb er o f ways to vi ew online content f ro m Bo x ee. T he m ost popul ar me t hod is to use t h e TV Show Lib rary: 1. From t he Home Screen , c li ck on TV Shows . 2. Usin g t he lef t /sli de men u, selec t TV Show Libr ary .
50 Don' t see t h e TV sh ow y o u wan t in t he "to p 200"? Try t he se arch f unct i on a ls o in the lef t/s lide m enu: The Movi e Library Boxee n ow in c ludes a "Mo vie Lib r.
51 3. Sele ct any m o vie, for ex am p le Home . 4. Sele ct t he so urce (if m o re t h an o ne source i s available) y o u wo ul d li ke to wan t to wat ch the m o vie f rom.
52 Adding and Removi ng a TV Show to the Queue Boxee can autom at i cally add new ep is odes o f y our f avor i t e TV sh ows to y our Que ue wh en t hey beco m e avail ab le for o nli ne viewing.
53 Music Listening t o Local M usic Boxee can pl ay many co mm o n digit al m usic formats w i th options li ke t r ack mi x , repeat al l t racks, repeat 1 track and vi sualizat i on. To ch ange t he sett i ngs in Boxee go to Sett ings > Media > Music f ro m t he Bo xe e Home Sc re en .
54 To activ ate t he o n screen d isplay contr ols (s h o wn bel ow) press selec t /en t er t he use the r i ght an lef t arrow key s to navi g at e the OSD using en ter to sele ct t he acti on. Yo u can see the effects o f t h e visualiz at i o n(Mi ke Dro p) below.
55 P hotos Viewing Local P hotos Boxee can di splay all co mm o n d igi t a l p icture / im age f o r m at s w i th o pti ons like slide sh ow wi t h the "Ken Burns Eff ect" and the abili t y to zoom / pan o n an im age. To ch ange the settin gs in Boxee go to Settings > Med ia > Photos f ro m t he Bo xe e Home Scr een .
56 The OSD sh own bel o w a ll o ws y o u to co n t ro l t he pan and zoo m fu nctions o n a part i cu lar im age..
57 Apps The full list of Boxee apps ca n be found in 3rd party app reposi tories . Adding and Removi ng Apps from M y Apps By de faul t, t he My Apps screen i s populated wi t h some of the more in ter estin g and popula r Bo xee Apps . However, there are m any many m ore A pps available in the App Libr ary : 1.
58 You can even use list m ode instead o f t humbs : On ce y o u have found an A pp (o r sev eral Apps ) o f i n t erest, y ou can do any o f t he f o ll o wing: 1. Launch t he A pp (t ake i t f or a test run, so to speak) by select in g Start 2. Sele ct Add to My Apps so t ha t the A pp w ill show up in the My Apps scr een ev er y tim e 3.
59 Adding a Third-part y Repositor y Al t hough Boxee has many A pp s to s t art, bel ieve i t o r n ot , t he re are ev en m ore Boxee appli cat i o ns av ailable t o chose f ro m . T hi rd- part y devel oper s (t hose not on the Boxee t eam ) can also create and sh are Boxee applicat i ons wi th Bo x ee use rs.
60 Sele ct Done . If the reposi to ry was successfully ad ded to Boxee, the name o f t h e repository wil l be listed in t he M y Repositories screen.
61 F iles Using the Fi le B row ser Boxee h as a File Brows er t hat a ll o ws you to bro w se t h ro ugh an d select any media o n y o ur networ k that ha s be en shared. You can pl ay/ vie w t he m edia, add a se l ect ed source as a Boxee Me d ia share or go to the Unreso lv ed Videos folder and wo rk t h ro ugh res olvi ng t hem .
62 Settings Settings > Local Sources Here i s where y ou Add Sour ces f o r m edia and resolve any U nident ifi ed Files. This sc reen a ls o inf o r ms y ou of the status of t he file sc anning progress, file s f ound an d number of uni dent ifi ed files .
63 Your l ocat i on - New York, NY(defaul t) Tim e Format - 12h(def ault) , 24h Te m per ature Scal e - F(defaul t) , C Hi de feeds a nd appli cat i on t h at cann o t be pl ayed in y o ur l ocat i o n - checked(def ault) Screen » Resolution Test & apply resol ution Screen format & o verscan.
64 Resolution Full Screen (d efault) Wi ndo wed Test & apply resol ution To test an apply t he reso lut i o n sett in gs. Screen form at & overscan... Ov ersca n o None (default) , 3%, 4% , 5 %, 6% Aspect Rat i o o 4:3(1.33), 16:9(1.
65 Screen sa ver m o de - Slidshow(defaul t), Bl ack, Dim , O ff Screen sa ver previe w - use to previ ew the screensaver current ly set Screen sa ver m o de i dle t ime out - 5 mins(defau.
66 Sound s » Navigation sounds Back ground Ima g e » Set background image Set background images folder Reset background ima ge.
67 Advanced » Vertical blank s ync Show hidden fi les and directories Advanced Vert i ca l blank sync - Always enabled (default) , En able dur in g vide o play back, D is abled, Let driv .
68 Settings > M edia Here i s where y ou set t he Bo x ee confi gurat i o n s per t ai nin g t o Medi a. Video Subt i t les font - box ee.ttf(default) o S i ze - 30( defaul t), range 16-74 o St.
69 Additional ke yboard 1,2,3 Pause vi deo when e xi t in g p lay back screen - not check ed(default) M usic Vi sua li zat i on - MilkDrop(def au lt) , Spec t rum _win32dx, Wavefor m , No ne .
70 - Use pan an d zo om eff ects when the im ages is d ispl ayed Autoplay A ut oplay DVD-V i deo - check ed(defaul t) - Play a DVD when ins erted in to the driv e A ut oplay VCD/SVCD - checke .
71 Settings > System This is w here all t hings re l ated to t he Boxee "S ys te m " are set. Version Versi on - t he versi o n of Boxee installe d Buil d Dat e - t he b uild date.
72 Audio hard w are A ud i o output - Analog(defaul t) , Di gital - DT S Capa ble receiver - check ed(defaul t) - Dolby D igi ta l (AC3) capable receiver - checked(defaul t) A ud i o outout de.
73 Settings > Ne t w ork This is where all t hings re l at in g to the Boxee n etwo rk setti ngs are co nfi gured. Network Enable HTTP proxy - unchecked(default) HTTP proxy host - bl ank(de.
74 Servers -P leas e make sure t his option i s enabled if y ou are using the Boxee Rem ote f or the Iphone/i pod Enable webs er v er - checke d(default) W eb server po rt - 8080(defaul t) .
75 Navigation Enable m ouse - checked(def au lt) Advanced Cl ear m ed ia inf or mati on f ro m li brar y ( media files will re mai n in tact ) Cl ear t humbn a il s librar y ( media files .
76 Settings > P ers onal Fo ll ow wha t y our f r i e nds are sharing wi t h y ou f rom Faceboo k, Twi t t er and Googl e Buzz. You can control what i s being put in to t he Feed secti o n on y o ur Home Scr een f ro m t hes e sour ces by using t hes e sett in gs.
77 Settings > P arent al Control Adults Hi de adu l t fe eds an applicat i ons - checked(def au lt) Set adul t lock... - All ows y ou to se t a password f or adu l t c ont en t .
78 OSD > Settings > Video While y ou are watchin g a video, there are vi deo sett in gs that can be ad jus t ed. To adj ust settin gs while watching video, cl ick/select the 'gear' icon in t he upper ri g ht corner of t he screen .
79 OSD > Settings > Au dio While y ou are watchin g a video, there are vi deo sett in gs that can be ad jus t ed. To adj ust settin gs while watching video, cl ick/select the 'gear' icon in t he upper ri g ht corner of t he screen.
80 A new drop -down wi ll appear wi th t he se t t i ngs t hat are avai lable f or subt i t l es settin gs In the drop down y o u will f ind: o Enable subt i t l es - Check ed(default) - Toggl e check box to enable or disable subti t l es. o Subt i t les offse t - 0.
81 Boxee Useful Links Boxee Si te K now ledge B ase 3rd Part y Apps App Subm issi on Video Tutorials.
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