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Boxee Invites Part II
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I would love a boxee invite if there are any left, please PM me so I can divulge my email a little more privately. Thanks!! 
Don't know if this is still something that is reasonable to ask...
But I would LOVE a boxee invite:
ravi.s.desai (at) gmail.com
Thanks
But I would LOVE a boxee invite:
ravi.s.desai (at) gmail.com
Thanks
Boxxe alpha goes public today!
http://blog.boxee.tv/2009/01/08/open-locks-whoever-knocks/
boxee’s private alpha went well beyond our expectations. over 200,000 people signed up.. today we’re opening our alpha to all Mac, Ubuntu and Apple TV users. Windows is also moving into private-alpha (which means you still need to get invited, but we’re going to release thousands of invites every week). bear with us as we scale…)
new applications in this release:
* BBC iPlayer (UK users only) - we could not ignore the calls from our London-based users for proper iPlayer support. it is a huge success in the UK (bigger than Hulu in the US), and it provides access to a huge selection of tv shows and radio in great quality. too bad it is only accessible from the UK.. BBC-if you want worldwide viewers, we’re here with open arms!
* Joost - in the survey of video applications you wanted to see on boxee, Joost was #1 (iPlayer was #2..). Joost has a great content library with TV shows, web videos, music videos and movies. you can browse the different channels and search through the entire Joost library.
* MTV Music - when MTV Music launched a couple months ago it got great reviews from users. it is a prefect service for the TV. we started by letting users play music videos from artists they come across on boxee. now you can go into the MTV app and conduct searches by Artist/Song or just browse.
for keyboard users we included support for some basic stuff:
* CMD + TAB - lets you switch to other Mac apps (even when boxee is in full screen)
* CMD + F - toggles between Window mode and Full screen.
* shift + letter - jump to the place in the list that starts with that letter (e.g. shift+h will save you a bunch of clicks to get to Heroes on Hulu)
bug fixes & enhancements:
* dual screen support
* Netflix streaming improvements
* Search in Hulu
* ffwd, rewind, pause in Comedy Central
* improved mouse support
* 3 digits episode numbers recognized
* giving folder.jpg its proper priority
* updates to SMB library
* updates to video and audio playback libraries
* updates to Flash player
we also created http://developer.boxee.tv, which provides basic guidelines for developers who want to build apps to run on boxee. this will continue to grow over the next few months based on your requests. an early example of using the boxee API is work done by Orange Labs (from the France Telecom group) who created a boxee application for their photo sharing service Pikeo.
last, but not least, a big thanks to the early access testers. your responsiveness and thoroughness were a huge help! you guys were so active reporting bugs and giving feedback that marcel who handles our support had to answer more than 1,500 emails over the weekend.. (he is recovering now)
http://blog.boxee.tv/2009/01/08/open-locks-whoever-knocks/
boxee’s private alpha went well beyond our expectations. over 200,000 people signed up.. today we’re opening our alpha to all Mac, Ubuntu and Apple TV users. Windows is also moving into private-alpha (which means you still need to get invited, but we’re going to release thousands of invites every week). bear with us as we scale…)
new applications in this release:
* BBC iPlayer (UK users only) - we could not ignore the calls from our London-based users for proper iPlayer support. it is a huge success in the UK (bigger than Hulu in the US), and it provides access to a huge selection of tv shows and radio in great quality. too bad it is only accessible from the UK.. BBC-if you want worldwide viewers, we’re here with open arms!
* Joost - in the survey of video applications you wanted to see on boxee, Joost was #1 (iPlayer was #2..). Joost has a great content library with TV shows, web videos, music videos and movies. you can browse the different channels and search through the entire Joost library.
* MTV Music - when MTV Music launched a couple months ago it got great reviews from users. it is a prefect service for the TV. we started by letting users play music videos from artists they come across on boxee. now you can go into the MTV app and conduct searches by Artist/Song or just browse.
for keyboard users we included support for some basic stuff:
* CMD + TAB - lets you switch to other Mac apps (even when boxee is in full screen)
* CMD + F - toggles between Window mode and Full screen.
* shift + letter - jump to the place in the list that starts with that letter (e.g. shift+h will save you a bunch of clicks to get to Heroes on Hulu)
bug fixes & enhancements:
* dual screen support
* Netflix streaming improvements
* Search in Hulu
* ffwd, rewind, pause in Comedy Central
* improved mouse support
* 3 digits episode numbers recognized
* giving folder.jpg its proper priority
* updates to SMB library
* updates to video and audio playback libraries
* updates to Flash player
we also created http://developer.boxee.tv, which provides basic guidelines for developers who want to build apps to run on boxee. this will continue to grow over the next few months based on your requests. an early example of using the boxee API is work done by Orange Labs (from the France Telecom group) who created a boxee application for their photo sharing service Pikeo.
last, but not least, a big thanks to the early access testers. your responsiveness and thoroughness were a huge help! you guys were so active reporting bugs and giving feedback that marcel who handles our support had to answer more than 1,500 emails over the weekend.. (he is recovering now)
Thanks to the very kind person that sent me the invitation. I must've jumped in at just the right time!
This is really good stuff...
P.S. I know it's alpha, but the only really annoying bug is that I cannot use boxee to watch Apple movie trailers, or some of my own home videos formatted for the iPod. They appear in only pink tones (almost like entire color bands were missing).
Anyone else seeing this? And yes I did submit a ticket.
This is really good stuff...
P.S. I know it's alpha, but the only really annoying bug is that I cannot use boxee to watch Apple movie trailers, or some of my own home videos formatted for the iPod. They appear in only pink tones (almost like entire color bands were missing).
Anyone else seeing this? And yes I did submit a ticket.
just got an appletv TODAY! invite??
hey guys, just bought my apple tv today, LOVE IT! and i've been hearing so much about this boxee thing, i would love to check it out for myself. Anybody willing to send me an invite? Thanks greenwep@bc.edu
hey guys, just bought my apple tv today, LOVE IT! and i've been hearing so much about this boxee thing, i would love to check it out for myself. Anybody willing to send me an invite? Thanks greenwep@bc.edu
either people dont listen or they dont care ...i been saying that for months on here that you dont need "invites"...i guess the mods just like to leave this thread up and have clueless people asking for invites even though they would see its completely open if they just went to the website.....pretty silly i say.
Yep. Especially since a long, detailed post entitled "Boxxe alpha goes public today!" is just two above the one asking for an invite.