Bye-bye Boxee: how a startup failed to conquer the living room

Re:Bye-bye Boxee: how a startup failed to conquer the living... by andybak on Thursday July 04, 2013 @12:07PM (#5991260)

I'm not familiar with Apple TV. Why is beamer necessary. Can the Apple TV not play video files from a network share?

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Re:Bye-bye Boxee: how a startup failed to conquer the living... by josteink on Thursday July 04, 2013 @12:09PM (#5991266)

No. It requires your files to be a format iTunes understands (which mostly limits it to stuff bought in the i-store) and in a iTunes media-library on a PC running on your network. Which for most non-Appleheads is pretty bad and for some (like me) even a no-go.

It could be worse though. In the olden days you had to synch the media to your Apple TV before being able to play it.

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Re:Bye-bye Boxee: how a startup failed to conquer the living... by rbanffy on Saturday July 06, 2013 @03:48PM (#5999826)

  sudo port install ffmpeg

You're welcome.

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