boxee – the new generation in media centers
by Gabi SolomonJust a few minutes ago i happened to tune into Chris Pirillo Ustream Chanel that was showing the GnomeDex conference, and it caught my attention right away.
It was a presentation of a new media center software called boxee.
boxee is a social media center. with boxee you can play videos, music and pictures from your PC or from the Internet. you can also share with your friends what albums you’re listening to, what movies and TV shows you’re watching, send recommendations and more.
boxee is designed to work with a remote control (it looks great on a big screen TV), but you can also control it using your keyboard.
once installed boxee will start scanning your local Movies, Music and Pictures folders automatically. boxee will attempt to bring artwork, reviews, cast, etc. for your media, so browsing your library becomes more useful and fun than looking at a list of files.
boxee is based on the best media center on the planet, xbmc.
If you havent figure it out what the fuss is about, well this media center will drive content right to your screen from services like youtube and last.fm and display it right on your screen, and above all it will let you know your friend activity on those services, get recomandation from your friends on what videos, shows to watch or what music to listen too.
Plus it can connect to other devices on your home network being computers, file storing servers or even mobile devices ( that have a way to comunicate on the network ) and pull in content from them as well : pictures, music or video.
I dont know if this has caught your attention, so i am going to add another BIG + … its OPEN-SOURCE, yes you heard right … open-source, plus it has versions for windows, mac and linux … how cool is that.
The only bad side is its in alpha state and hasnt opened download to everybody, you must register on the site to get a download link ( hope i receive one soon ).
Enjoy the screenshots and videos below.
Cheers.
