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Boxee

Version 1.5.0

Simple way of viewing online movies, music, TV, and photos on your iPad.

4.3
Based on 17 user ratesRead reviews & comments
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Boxee overview

Note: Boxee is no longer under development, the download provided here is an archive download.

Boxee is a simple way of viewing online movies, music, TV, and photos. Online TV, movies, music, and photos - made easy for couch potatoes.

Features & Benefits: Designed for the TV using a Remote Control - connect your computer to a TV using a DVI/VGA to HDMI cable.

On a laptop or connected to an HDTV, Boxee's free software lets you navigate all your personal movies, TV shows, music and photos, as well as streaming content from websites like MLB, Netflix, Pandora, Last.fm, and Flickr from one screen with a remote.

What’s new in version 1.5.0

Updated on Dec 27 2011

Version 1.5.0:

Note: This product is not compatible with macOS Catalina and later.

Version 1.5 of Boxee is currently being tested by Boxee Box Early Access users and will soon be available in Beta. We plan to release 1.5 together with Live TV later in January. Here's some of the new features you can look forward to on the Boxee Box…

  • Home Screen - We've added links to the standard menu to launch the Browser and Live TV (once you've attached the dongle). We also gave the featured section a small facelift.
  • Menu - The Menu is now more accessible, popping up as an overlay that lets you quickly navigate between different sections or search. we also optimized search to minimize the number of clicks.
  • Movies & TV Shows - We updated the layout of Movies and TV Shows for easier navigation by Genre and Source as well as providing quick access to trailers.
  • There is also a new Movie details screen with extended synopsis and cast & crew information. For TV Shows it is now much easier to jump between seasons and see which episodes you already watched.
  • Watch Later & Friends - We expanded the thumbnails in Watch Later & Friends sections and now let you filter between clips, TV Shows and Movies.

Information

License

Free

Size

86.7 MB

Downloads

29934

App requirements

  • Intel 32
  • Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later
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Jdgicker
Jdgicker
Jul 23 2012
1.5.0
3.0
Jul 23 2012
3.0
Version: 1.5.0
frequent crashes negate the usefulness.
randyharris
randyharris
Apr 7 2012
1.5.0
4.0
Apr 7 2012
4.0
Version: 1.5.0
Boxee made the final version 1.50 available for download here: http://code.google.com/p/boxee-for-computers/ (unsupported)
Doug-S-
Doug-S-
Feb 21 2012
1.5.0
4.0
Feb 21 2012
4.0
Version: 1.5.0
Wait... So they are or they aren't doing desktop versions of this anymore? Because the official word was Boxee on the desktop was dead. And yet... Here this is.
Libertyforall1776
Libertyforall1776
Feb 5 2012
1.5.0
0.0
Feb 5 2012
0.0
Version: 1.5.0
Download link is dead... :(
OSX-FTW!
OSX-FTW!
Dec 27 2011
1.5.0
0.0
Dec 27 2011
0.0
Version: 1.5.0
My mouse only can travel about 50% across the screen here in version 1.5. I had to revert back to the stable build. :(
Tim27
Tim27
Dec 27 2011
1.5.0
0.0
Dec 27 2011
0.0
Version: 1.5.0
Apparently, 1.5 will be the final version of the desktop app. They are concentrating only on their Boxee device from now on.
Jeff-H-
Jeff-H-
Nov 5 2011
0.9.23.15885
5.0
Nov 5 2011
5.0
Version: 0.9.23.15885
The reason I got Boxee was to watch Vudu content. I linked my accounts no problem and see my rentals, however when I go to watch an movie (SD, all I've got so far), the movie plays for less then a minute and then I hear the fan of my mini spin up and it freezes, requiring a force stop. This has happened 3 times, which is every time. I have a brand new mini, 10.7.2, 8gb ram and newest Boxee.
Rubaiyat
Rubaiyat
Oct 29 2011
0.9.23.15885
0.0
Oct 29 2011
0.0
Version: 0.9.23.15885
Does this have anything over XBMC?
Libertyforall1776
Libertyforall1776
May 15 2011
0.9.23.15885
0.0
May 15 2011
0.0
Version: 0.9.23.15885
Boxee really needs a Crackle.com plugin! ;-) Some pretty good free content there...
Jazzyguy
Jazzyguy
Mar 12 2011
0.9.23.15885
5.0
Mar 12 2011
5.0
Version: 0.9.23.15885
I found my movies under my files/home/movies. I wonder why they don't show under "Movies"
Jazzyguy
Jazzyguy
Mar 11 2011
0.9.23.15885
5.0
Mar 11 2011
5.0
Version: 0.9.23.15885
I like it but somehow it can't find all my movies. It only found one. Yet Front Row and XBMC found them all.
Jazzyguy
Jazzyguy
Mar 11 2011
0.9.23.15885
5.0
Mar 11 2011
5.0
Version: 0.9.23.15885
Very nice Free App. I like it!
Diefis
Diefis
Feb 9 2011
0.9.23.15885
4.5
Feb 9 2011
4.5
Version: 0.9.23.15885
Good alternative to FrontRow.
Libertyforall1776
Libertyforall1776
Jan 15 2011
0.9.23.15885
0.0
Jan 15 2011
0.0
Version: 0.9.23.15885
Looks like Mac development has slowed down since the Boxee Box shipped... :-(
Libertyforall1776
Libertyforall1776
Nov 3 2010
0.9.23.15885
0.0
Nov 3 2010
0.0
Version: 0.9.23.15885
STILL not 64-bit, just like the XBMC it is based on... Boxee Beta 0.9.23 Release Notes New features with this version since Boxee Beta 0.9.22.136xx point release ------------------------------------------------------------ - VUDU Support - VUDU is our first premium pay-per-view movie service with access to new release movies as soon as they come out on DVD along with a huge catalogue of TV shows and critically acclaimed films.
Libertyforall1776
Libertyforall1776
Sep 4 2010
0.9.22.13692
0.0
Sep 4 2010
0.0
Version: 0.9.22.13692
STILL no PowerPC support, yet XBMC (which both Boxee and Plex are based) has no problem running on PPC Macs!
Jeff-H-
Jeff-H-
Sep 3 2010
0.9.22.13692
5.0
Sep 3 2010
5.0
Version: 0.9.22.13692
I was a Plex user for sometime but Plex was giving me problems in a few areas. As this should be a review about Boxee and NOT a list of my problems with Plex I'll just say that Plex became unusable in many ways and I was sort of forced to use Boxee...I'm glad I was! I feel that Boxee has a more pleasant looking GUI, it seems a little less bloated, and I think it uses a bit less CPU than Plex. It also handles Digital audio with no problems, one of the problems I was having with Plex and was one of the deal breakers with Plex. I'm still getting familiar with Boxee and I'm sure there will be a thing or two that I miss about Plex but I'm happy to do a bit of exploring and check out this new media center (new for me anyway). All-in-all a very good experience so far!
Michael-Fogler
Michael-Fogler
Aug 26 2010
0.9.22.13692
0.0
Aug 26 2010
0.0
Version: 0.9.22.13692
Works well, but the app freezes when I try to exit. Anyone else have this issue and know what can be done about it?
GeogProf
GeogProf
Aug 26 2010
0.9.22.13692
0.0
Aug 26 2010
0.0
Version: 0.9.22.13692
Boxee STILL requires you to run Safari in 32-bit mode! For that alone, it deserves a 1-star review. It's now August of 2010, and Boxee has been in development since April 25, 2009 (v. 0.9.11.5774) -- and its devs STILL haven't been able to write it for Apple's contemporary operating system (10.6), which has existed since just a few months after Boxee was first released? That's a pretty sorry record. Perhaps they should start looking for a new career.
Libertyforall1776
Libertyforall1776
Jul 17 2010
0.9.21.12563
0.0
Jul 17 2010
0.0
Version: 0.9.21.12563
Nice, FINALLY some Mac HW acceleration -- now all we need is Boxee for iPhone/iPad!!! ;-)
Jdgicker
Jdgicker
Jul 23 2012
3.0
Jul 23 2012
3.0
Version: null
widethtripp
widethtripp
May 1 2012
2.0
May 1 2012
2.0
Version: null
randyharris
randyharris
Apr 7 2012
4.0
Apr 7 2012
4.0
Version: null
Moccaboi
Moccaboi
Mar 16 2012
3.5
Mar 16 2012
3.5
Version: null
Movmnt
Movmnt
Mar 14 2012
4.5
Mar 14 2012
4.5
Version: null
Uendel
Uendel
Feb 5 2012
4.5
Feb 5 2012
4.5
Version: null
schmelding
schmelding
Aug 26 2011
5.0
Aug 26 2011
5.0
Version: null
Torsten73
Torsten73
Jul 8 2011
5.0
Jul 8 2011
5.0
Version: null
Mr-W-
Mr-W-
Apr 17 2011
5.0
Apr 17 2011
5.0
Version: null
Loi
Loi
Apr 1 2011
5.0
Apr 1 2011
5.0
Version: null
Jazzyguy
Jazzyguy
Mar 11 2011
5.0
Mar 11 2011
5.0
Version: null
Diefis
Diefis
Feb 9 2011
4.5
Feb 9 2011
4.5
Version: null
terrydactyl
terrydactyl
Jan 10 2011
5.0
Jan 10 2011
5.0
Version: null
Jeff-H-
Jeff-H-
Sep 3 2010
5.0
Sep 3 2010
5.0
Version: null
Islandmacman
Islandmacman
Jan 5 2010
3.0
Jan 5 2010
3.0
Version: null
Doug-S-
Doug-S-
Dec 23 2009
4.0
Dec 23 2009
4.0
Version: null
Hihagen
Hihagen
Jul 4 2009
5.0
Jul 4 2009
5.0
Version: null
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