Boxee Box v1.2 Release Notes
New Features & Enhancements
Networking & File Playback
- Added support for Apple Filing Protocol (AFP)
- Added support for Network File System (NFS)
- Enhanced support for SMB/CIFS shares
- Added support for Boxee Media Manager
- Consolidated network shares under the server name
Interface
- Ability to filter premium content sources like Netflix, HBOGo, VUDU, etc. in library
- Reordered Apps library
- New “Featured Apps” section
- Updated App categories
- Support for seek within a video on first right/left click (when OSD is still not open)
- Seek forward is now 10 seconds instead of 5 seconds
- “Jump to letter” sidebar in libraries now shows current letter location
Browser
- Improved HTML 5 video support
Settings
- Resetting display settings leaves previous setting data intact
- Add support for HDMI output YUV422 and YUV444
- Add support for HDMI output 30 and 36 bit color
- HDMI “Black Level” settingnow RGB “High and Low”
Bug fixes
Networking & File Playback
- Problem with manually resolving a movie that has NFO file
- Fixed adult filter for local content in manual resolve
- HLS Playback ends abruptly
- SMB: boxee crash when selecting "No results found"
- "Resume playback from [end of video time marker]" shows up on videos that have been previously played all the way to the very end.
- When trying to play a movie again after it ended the play dialog offers to resume the movie from the movies last second
- Soundtrack loses Dolby Digital indication every 10s, without any relation to commercials spots
- SAMBA Authentication to Servers Accepting NTLMv2 Only Fails
- Boxee doesn't resolve TV Shows with ID located only in the tvshow.nfo
- .m2ts Thumbnails Are Gray (When Viewing In Files)
- After clicking play (from paused state) the OSD should immediately disappear
- TV Show files that are deleted aren't removed from the library
- Video file playing across network stops playing
- Video files containing "@" in the file path are not identified
Apps
- Videos on Vimeo do not play. and the device has to be restarted manually
- Vimeo - couch mode freeze after 10-15 minutes of playback, also freeze for a long time between videos
- API Command SeekTime() is not working
Libraries
- SnagFilms Documentaries playback stops prior to loading 2nd commercial
- Local TV shows take an extremely long time to load
- Watched TV Show Trigger not working
- Unable to remove a show from favorites when there is no content for the show
Browser
- Default focus when getting to exit confirmation in browser should be Exit not Stay
- HTML video tag causes page redraw issues... until video starts playing
- http://tv.clicker.com crashes boxee browser
- CNBC online video does not play
- http://zattoo.com/view will not open in the browser
Localization
- Localization: GERMAN Replace "Bewertung" for MPAA-Rating with "FSK"
Misc.
- Various Fixes to minimise Plasma Burn in
- Additional Keyboard names are not according the languages names but only in English (using the directory name)
- Increase subtitle sync limit from 50 to 200
- Boxee Box appears to be clipping black & white levels
Known limitations
- Streaming to the Boxee client via Airplay from the app is limited to online content (cannot steam local content via Boxee Media Manager)