We’ve already shown you one dirty way of re-enabling Hulu on Boxee but now there is an official work around direct from Boxee via RSS. The latest build adds support for video RSS fees and so…all you need to do is add Hulu’s public RSS feed to the app’s reader. It’s surely not as sexy as the past application, but it’s better than nothing. Plus, App Box and auto update show how fast this alpha release is maturing.
App Box is the companies first take on 3rd party app support by offering users a single location to install and select add-ons. Auto update is just what it sounds like: an auto update feature to notify the user about new release and install them. Both are welcome additions to the already killer media platform. However, the company does offer some words of caution.
this is a bleeding-edge release. not for the faint of heart since it did not go through much testing. we are on track to release a more stable update on March 24th.
Boxee… you always write about Boxee. I know it has some nice features, but the interface is very basic at best. I’d suggest you look into Plex (http://plexapp.com/). It is quite mature and actually works as one might expect. For me, Plex is the only media center app. Of course, I am bias. ;)
I second that
“video RSS fees”
I think you meant “video rss feeds” …not just I want to insert video rss fees into boxee (whatever that is)
But who really wants to buy an overpriced macintosh to use as a media center pc?
XBMC is classic.
UPDATE: NBC has now blocked Boxee’s RSS access to Hulu by completely blocking Boxee’s browser. Here’s the post on the Boxee blog that breaks the news: http://blog.boxee.tv/2009/03/06/the-trials-and-tribulations-of-innovation/
What’s up with Hulu? Anyways, you can use Yahoo Pipes or Feedity – http://feedity.com to create a custom RSS feed for a Hulu page and it should work just fine.. for now at least!
I have Boxee running on my Apple TV, Hulu does not work overseas.. but in the end… I only end up using XBMC… its the best home media manager IMHO