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Boxee Box 1.2 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)