It's essentially a versatile media player that's available across multiple platforms, allowing users to play files stored locally, such as videos and music, and stream live internet broadcasts and podcasts. In fact, it first began life as XBMC, or Xbox Media Centre. Kodi is probably best described as a 'media centre'. Unfortunately for consumers, it's a complex issue that surrounds what is at heart a very useful and intuitive way to enjoy digital media and on-demand content. This kicked off a Europe-wide debate as to the legality of the boxes.
In the Autumn of 2016, a Teesside man was arrested for selling 'fully loaded' Kodi boxes - an internet TV streamer that allows you to choose from swathes of content, from blockbuster movies to live Premier League football. Playback choked and crashed during viewing of.Boxee crash when browsing into unidentified Files.Support packed bitstream muxing mode in.mkv files do not playback properly (some flavors of H.264) Shoutcast and Radiotime: Switching stations or Cancel causes interface to freeze and console output to crawl.Stretch 16:9 and Stretch 14:9 not working properly.Crashes indexing mp3 file with corrupt embedded thumbnail.Crashes when indexing some videos inside.Become unresponsive and hang during playback of AVC.SMB file sharing of external HD size reporting is wrong.Write failure when accessing Box-attached disk over SMB.SMB credentials are not saved upon restart.Show “Remove From Favorites” button in episodes list, even if no episodes are available.“Vietnamese” character set is misspelled in System Settings.
iso playback over Wireless N: excessive buffering, playback speed issues, random exits vob files playback (standalone files) is stuttering and low FPS
Added SMB client defaults to Network Settings.Added option for hourly scan of SMB/UPnP/USB sources.Mark movies as watched/unwatched from the Action menu.Add Genre filter support for local files.Enhanced sorting options in browse screens (A-Z, Z-A, most popular, newest/oldest…).Added alphabetical scrollbar for local files.Enabling user flavor selection (online/local files inclination) during first login and via Settings.
The next firmware update should come out before the end of the year, with major improvements to the browsers, new content/apps and more bug fixes. In this update we also made some minor UI changes to address certain usability issues related to playback of local files (added more filter and sort options, quicker navigation in long lists based on A-Z, ability to mark movies as Watched/Unwatched). We are still focused on bug fixing and minor improvements based on user feedback we’re getting from our early users.
If you don’t see the ‘update’ icon on the top-right of your home screen, go to Settings>System>Update to manually check for and download the update.
De aankondiging op het Boxee Blog ziet er als volgt uit: Boxee Box firmware update, UI tweaks and some love for 3D, tooĮarlier today we released a firmware update for the Boxee Box (details below). Voor meer informatie over deze speler verwijzen we naar onze review van eerder deze maand, en het topic met gebruikerservaringen op ons forum. Hiervoor is onlangs nieuwe firmware uitgebracht met 1.9 als versienummer. D-Link heeft samen met Boxee een mediaspeler op de markt gezet met de naam Boxee Box. Zo kunnen Boxee-vrienden je activiteiten volgen en kan je bepaalde content aanbevelen. Het programma kan natuurlijk audio- en videobestanden afspelen, maar voegt daar ook sociale interactie met andere Boxee-gebruikers aan toe. Boxee is platformonafhankelijke mediacentersoftware met een sociaal tintje.