Boxee

There’s a new version, read about it here!

Finally I’ve accomplished to free myself from TV schedules, advertisments and all the other stuff that’s just not right anymore about commercial TV broadcasting. This post will outline which hard- & software is involved in my perfect TV setup, so you can attempt to rebuild it in your home.

Hardware:

Software:

Transmission

So how did I chain it all together?

Firstly there is the iBook with?Catch pulling my subscribed TV shows from?showRSS. Whenever there is a new Release, Catch will download the torrent file and autostart it in Transmission. Then I have the 1TB drive connected via WiFi over Apple’s Timecapsule router and set up different groups in Transmission for each show (so they all have a defined save location). Whenever a file is finished downloading it will be transferred to the external drive in the show’s corresponding folder.

When I get home in the evening I can switch on the projector and the hacked AppleTV running Boxee and since I have “subscribed” all my shows in Boxee, it will tell me right on the start screen which new und unwatched episodes are available. Now I just have to select the show I want to watch. Ad-free, mostly in their english original language (and not the crappy, synced version in Austrian/German TV) and whenever I want.

Those are all public Flickr photos of our journey.
Have fun browsing through them and feel free to comment!

Singapore 2010

Singapore 2010

Cairns, Kuranda, Australia 2010

Cairns, Kuranda, Australia 2010

Great Barrier Reef, Australia 2010

Great Barrier Reef, Australia 2010

Brisbane, Australia 2010

Brisbane, Australia 2010

Surfers Paradise, Australia 2010

Surfers Paradise, Australia 2010

Burleigh Heads, Australia 2010

Burleigh Heads, Australia 2010

Byron Bay, Australia 2010

Byron Bay, Australia 2010

Coolangatta, Australia 2010

Coolangatta, Australia 2010

Springbrook, Australia 2010

Springbrook, Australia 2010

Coffs Harbour, Newcastle, Australia 2010

Coffs Harbour, Newcastle, Australia 2010

Sydney, Australia 2010

Sydney, Australia 2010

Kangaroo Island, Australia 2010

Kangaroo Island, Australia 2010

Uluru, Kata Tjuta, Australia 2010

Uluru, Kata Tjuta, Australia 2010

Melbourne, Australia 2010

Melbourne, Australia 2010

Great Ocean Road, Australia 2010

Great Ocean Road, Australia 2010

Hong Kong 2010

Hong Kong 2010

 

rock im park 2010. muse 1
Image by deep_schismic via Flickr

Dear readers,

I’m just writing to let you know, that I’ll be gone for a while now.
First I’m going to work at the Frequency Festival in St. Pölten for the next few days as IT administrator.
I’m especially looking forward to see Skunk Anansie, Muse, Massive Attack and 30 Seconds To Mars.

After the Festival my girlfriend and me are heading for our big journey which will take us to the following places:

  • Singapore
  • Cairns
  • Brisbane
  • Gold Coast
  • Byron Bay
  • Sydney
  • Adelaide
  • Alice Springs
  • Melbourne
  • Hong Kong
  • …and probably a few more down under

I can’t wait until I’m back in my favorite country Australia! 🙂
Maybe – if I have net access – I’ll update this blog or my Flickr Account with some news while traveling but I’m not sure if I’ll find the time and motivation, so don’t bet on it 😉