Boxee: A guide to creating your online media center (I)
Many content you can see through your computer, but certainly the most important and occupied space are movies and television series . And is that many users have spent the remote keyboard and mouse almost without realizing it.
With this change of attitude needs arose and, over time, programs that have been covered. At the time, XBMC appeared as a player and video catalog , ready to be controlled more easily than traditional programs, and have been so successful that, following him, have emerged clones perfecting their formula.
Currently, the most prosperous of all is Boxee . An application that has managed to improve the approach of the original program to offer something new in many respects. A digital entertainment center that we will discover yourself in depth.
Getting Started
For starters, Boxee is different from any other media center for something very simple: you need to register to use . However, more than a nuisance, this condition opens up a range of possibilities for content and share your tastes with others.
Two ways to create a user: from the web or from the program itself
Thus, on opening Boxee for the first time, choose the New User and enter the data requested by the application. To do this you can use a wireless keyboard or remote control, thanks to the onscreen keyboard with which account application.
A look at the Boxee interface
Once inside, Boxee will analyze certain folders on your hard drive for media files and classified according to their nature. So while the program does its work, why do not you look at the options you have available?
1. Menu and Adjust Output
Two small buttons located at the top . Through the first you can quit the application, switch users or put the computer to sleep. On the second icon, takes the configuration menu . One of the first steps is to enter it, and within the menu appearance, select a region and language appropriate.
2. Image
The Boxee photo management is not the best there is, but at least content properly classified and makes slideshows minimally attractive.
3. Musica
Boxee also categorizes music in several ways: by artist, album, genre … The program has incorporated a display and radio integrates with Last.fm , which also makes the covers of the discs.
4. Movies
If Boxee recognizes the title of a film in the name of a file, add it to this section. The rest of the information do not worry, cover, and distribution data sheet, the pick of the website IMDB . So choose a genre, title, and popping, as the session begins in a moment.
5. Series
This section takes on special importance, and is well organized to take your shows without lifting a finger is a luxury. Classification of TV programs is similar to the movie, but Boxee organizes seasonal series and chapters . In addition, the chapters are marked seen , so you know exactly what to do next.
6. Apps
This is another big section with Boxee improvement on predecessor programs. As a media center can play your files, but also introduces you to the contents of Internet communications channels , which are organized as if it were small applications. So if you want access to galleries of Flickr , selection of the best videos from YouTube or podcasts more pointers on the Internet, you can simply add the add the repository that you like and run like any other file.
Although most of the default content is in English, you can also add applications manually , dragging its folder in the path C: \ Documents and Settings \ username \ Application Data \ Boxing \ userdata \ apps
Boxee apps are added manually or chosen from the repository that includes the program
7. Archives
Although classified by content Boxee all files, it is possible that anyone has been out and want to watch it. Do not worry, because Boxee also includes a file browser for you to access your entire hard drive without leaving the program.
8. Feed
Using Boxee’s website you can add other users to your account by way of friends. What is, you ask? Well the answer lies in this panel. Thanks to him, you follow what you just saw your contacts and also recommended film or series. A simple way to know the tastes of your friends.
From the records of movies or series, you can also see what your contacts are saying they
9. Featured
Boxee behind there are people, and are devouring audiovisual material. In this section we will recommend the freshest videos and short films that are appearing on the Web
10. Queue
If a series you really like, you can mark it as a favorite . The consequence of this is that, when issuing a new chapter, it is automatically shown in the play queue , so that you can see if you have previously downloaded. If you like to the point, this will point to visit more often.
The "other" main menu
In addition we have just reviewed, Boxee has another menu is available by pressing the ESC (or the equivalent of the remote control) in any of the points mentioned above.
It’s the same in almost all respects, except that it includes a lower area with direct access you can configure. To do this, go to the folder, TV series, movie, album or file you want to add, and the menu that appears when you press left, select Add to Shortcuts . This will save you navigate through menus to find it.
Now that you know the basics of boxing, we encourage you to start using it to organize and enjoy your multimedia content .
We, meanwhile, we hope to teach you, in future deliveries, to get even more from this fantastic program, from adding files from other computers in your home to find subtitles for your videos or view the schedule of various TV channels.
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