Boxee – the open source media center
BOXEE paid us a visit this morning to talk about the evolution of their media player which is currently in alpha release. The application they bring to the table is quite exciting and promises to be a strong independent contender alongside giants like Apple, Comcast, Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft.
What BOXEE is is quite simple, yet hard to wrap one’s head around. On one hand it is a program that organizes all of your personal music, photos, and videos; on the other it gives you access to all online media in one place. So instead of opening iTunes to play your mp3s, QuickTime to play your videos, Hulu to watch SNL, Flickr to browse photos, Pandora to stream audio, and so on, BOXEE brings it all to you. It’s even designed to be accessed using a remote on a TV and there is a social layer that lets you share with your friends.
As we watch print, tv, radio all merge online, BOXEE is there to make life easier.
The Beta release will be out in December. (via James Taylor)
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» Boxee – the open source media center Tasty Truth | TVPhoneMedia.com said this on November 10th, 2009 at 12:16 am
The founder spoke at SWSXi this year and brought a lot of future thinking to the table. I was super impressed with the promises of BOXEE
and signed up immediately (i guess that was a pre-Beta?). The cocial media aspect of it scared me because it was seemingly sharing all my content, but this new version seems to be more user-friendly and focused, rather then being “socially” motivated.
Charlie Shortlist said this on November 10th, 2009 at 7:42 am