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how to stream to Boxee
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:41 pm
by djchamkila
is there special app I need to add to Amahi server to stream my media to Boxee Box ? or just share my media folder with Boxee will be good enough ?
Re: how to stream to Boxee
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:54 pm
by bigfoot65
You can try sharing a folder. I am not familiar with Boxee, but you can search the forums and possibly the wiki for a solution.
Re: how to stream to Boxee
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:10 pm
by apastor
Does Boxee work with UPNP or DLNA
If so you can install MiniDLNA, to stream/view video, muisc and images.
Re: how to stream to Boxee
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 12:20 pm
by spcano01
My 5 Boxee Boxes work great with SMB. I heard NFS is quicker/better/made of magic fairy dust, but cannot find an "easy" way to "convert" my shares yet. As of now, no real reason besides wanting to be like all of the cool kids....
1.5 firmware just got released to beta testers of BB, and it's much nicer/quicker.
Re: how to stream to Boxee
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:24 pm
by schweitzer6
Sorry to revive an older thread, but for those who may be looking. I'm recently new to Amahi and have jumped in with both feet.
I concur that SMB works just fine for Boxee. Depending on your permissions you may have to log in or open up that good ol guest account on your HDA, which is what I opted to do.
I have no experience with NFS so I can't comment.
Now, I also have 2 Xbox360s on my network so I streaming to them would not work by simply having an accessible share. I debated back n forth but ultimately installed Amahi DLNA. This works for the Boxee as well and with no log in.
I've tried them both but only briefly so I can't say if one performs better than the other.
Re: how to stream to Boxee
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:33 pm
by spcano01
I am interested in DNLA, but not sure what the min specs are. I have a quad core older CPU, so perhaps that's enough.
Re: how to stream to Boxee
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:38 pm
by bigfoot65
That should be fine. I was streaming with an old dual core and had no problems.