Boxee Driver

[wuench]

Boxee Box Driver
Version 1.1
Tested with Boxee Firmware Version 1.5.0.23615

Description:
This driver provides controls for Boxee media center. Boxee is media center software available for Linux, Windows, and other platforms, as well as available as the Boxee Box from Dlink. Boxee can play video and audio files across the network of various formats including unencrypted bluray and DVD as well as access internet content. This driver supports the following Boxee functions:

• Boxee Remote Control - Commands to duplicate the funtionality of a Boxee remote (navigation, transport, keyboard strings).
• Media Info - Displays information about the currently playing media file
• On Screen Notifications - Information popups can be displayed with custom text
• Play Media Files - Can directly play local files or access internet sites in the Boxee browser when passed a URL/file path
• CQC Media Renderer - Boxee can be used as a standard CQC media renderer to play files from a CQC Media Repository

See attached HTML documentation for further details....

Release Info
Version 1.0 - Original Version
Version 1.1 - Fixed for CQC 4.2.902 JSON Changes

Available in CQC 4.3.901+



Attachments

[willplaice]

Hi,

installed on 4.0.0 and driver just sits at "wait for Init"

should i have done anything with the Driver files ?

also, help page still has <title>SlimServer</title>.

driver sounds great - looking forward to sending boxee urls...

Will

[wuench]

You may need to upgrade CQC there have been a lot of changes and the driver may rely on some.

The driver files are just there for convenience, you shouldn't need them. Driver packs are made in a specific version of CQC and sometimes don't work in future version, so I always try to post the raw files just in case.

I fixed the help file, thanks.

[willplaice]

many thanks - installed fine on .19...

regards, Will

[kblagron]

I am getting a large number of Lost Coms and Lost Connections. 130 over a 4 hour period. On your DTV driver, I increased the timeout within the driver setup, and it didn't eliminate them, but definitely got them within 1 to 3 an hour, depending on the receiver. Is this something that could be added to the Boxee driver.

On a side note, my wife and son have been using the Boxee non-stop, so the timeouts may be related to its use.

[wuench]

There is a value called WaitTime in the manifest you can adjust but it is already pretty high at 5 secs. You will need to reload or reconfigure the driver to get it to pick up the new value if you change it. If it is timing out when loading a movie you can also adjust the buffering timer up WaitBuff .

[kblagron]

If the Boxee is powered off, at least in my setup, the driver waits for a comm resource, and cannot be used to turn it on. In sleep mode, I still have access - is this normal?

[wuench]

Yeah, the boxee doesn't have a standby mode, you have to leave it on and let it sleep for it to stay connected.

[wuench]

Ok, this driver has now been updated to work with CQC 4.2.902+.

[Dean Roddey]

I just added this latest version to the build for the next drop.