Why boxee on apple tv

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But we're here to get you started with Boxee, which opens up your media and network far, far wider than Apple would dare to. It's time to install Boxee:. From what I've read, the standard brands, the kind you can buy on the racks at, say, Target, tend to do better than that freebie drive you got from a conference.

Windows' built-in ZIP handler won't be able to handle the file, though, so grab a copy of the free 7-zip. Use it to extract the contents of that atv-win archive you can usually right-click, then choose 7-Zip, Extract Here. You can usually launch it by double-clicking the file, and assuming you're connected to the net, everything should run fine. You'll see a whole lot of command line text scroll by, and a few downloads happening.

If you haven't plugged in your USB drive, do so now. Even if you don't have anything you need on the drive, go ahead and hit "Backup" and create an image file, because it makes restoring it after the Apple TV session much easier.

Once that's done, hit "Restore," navigate to the atv-xbmc-ssh image in the atv-win folder, and hit "Open. When it finishes, you've got a drive that's ready to introduce Apple TV to the wonders of open source.

Mac users: You've got it a lot easier. You'll get something that looks a bit like this:. The screenshot may be out of date, but the basic selectors and tools are the same.

If you haven't unpacked your Apple TV yet, it's safe to assume it's running the newest firmware, so make sure to select it under "AppleTV version 2. This part's pretty easy, but if you'd like a more detailed walkthrough in video, check out Boxee's own patchstick installation guide.

You'll know it picked up the drive if you see everyone's favorite open source penguin, Tux, sitting on an Apple TV. You'll also see a whole host of text scroll by squeezy-pictured at right.

If it freezes at any point and you see words like "failed" in the text, double-check that you created your USB stick in "Device mode" for Windows users , and check out the known issues. You'll see a final line of text informing you it's okay to restart when it's done installing, so pull out your USB stick, unplug the Apple TV, then plug it back in. Boxee isn't actually installed yet, but the tools to grab it and keep it updated are now installed on your Apple TV's home menu.

Don't hit every button and choose the "Downgrade" option for the launcher, however. Now you've really got Boxee installed, so if you haven't already done so, head to Boxee. Net video: Out of the box, with none of your media loaded in, Boxee on an Apple TV can do a lot of cool stuff.

Most everything you need is accessed by using the remote to click over to a sliding left-hand menu. In a blog post today, Boxee employee Avner Ronen writes :. We all watched the Apple announcement. We walked away feeling strongly confident about the space it left for Boxee to compete. We have a different view of what users want in their living rooms.

We are taking different paths to get there. And I agree, for the most part. For real media junkies, the ones who know and care about things like MKV playback and automatic BitTorrent support and hundreds upon hundreds of available plugins, the Boxee Box is the better choice. I think the Boxee Box, provided it works as promised, will sell pretty well to that sector of the market.

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