Boxee - Free Media Center Software For Social Video Network and Internet TV

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Boxee, a free media center software that let you that you can change your computer system become your computer entertainment center. It can allow you watch movies, TV shows, listen to music and look at photos, as well as stream internet media content from websites. Beside that, the best of Boxee is integrates social networking content allows users to share information about what they’re listening to or watching with other Boxee users or friends on social networks like twitter, facebook, etc.

boxee - free cross platform media center software

Meanwhile, Boxee media center can play most audio and video file formats, as well as display images from many sources, including CD/DVD-ROM drives, USB flash drives, the Internet, and local area network shares. Boxee media center also includes a built-in BitTorrent client. By default, it includes a couple of Torrent links to legal BitTorrent trackers, but through plugins it’s possible for users to enable Torrent downloads from sites such as The Piratebay.

Meanwhile, Boxee is designed for your TV and use of a remote control. You can use a remote to navigate Boxee on a big screen, so you don’t have to stay lashed to a computer, and the platform has many social features for media sharing. To get Boxee on your TV you’ll need to first connect your computer to the TV screen. You will most likely need a DVI/VGA to HDMI cable (but it depends on the specific input/output on your computer and TV).

Boxee Media Center Features & Benefits

  • Designed for the TV using a Remote Control - connect your computer to a TV using a DVI/VGA to HDMI cable.
  • The best of the Internet on BoxeeMLBNetflix,YouTubePandoraFlickr,TumblrDigg and manymore.
  • Share what you’re watching with friends , and let them watch it too.

Furthermore, Boxee media center software is based on the Award winning open-source project XBMC, and also incorporates the XUL framework (which is the basis for the Mozilla browser). If you haven’t tried Boxee yet, it’s a good time to do so. The company’s long-term goal is to reach out to hardware partners and strike content-related deals. In addition to showing signs of promise, Boxee free media center is a lot of fun.

Boxee is still under development and is currently available as Alpha releases for Mac OS X, Apple TV, Linux and recently Windows.

Posted on 24. Jul, 2009 by km in Freeware, Open Source, Software

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