• Watching Staten Island (2009) on XBMC http://bit.ly/cP6fa2 #xbmc #
• Watching Community, Episode: Romantic Expressionism on XBMC http://bit.ly/9qQP2o #xbmc #
• Watching The Office (US), Episode: Sabre on XBMC http://bit.ly/a7aaMV #xbmc #
• Watching 十月圍城 (2009) on XBMC http://bit.ly/9GXAwU #xbmc #
• Watching Lost, Episode: LA X (1) on XBMC http://bit.ly/bOL5Lq #xbmc #
• Watching Heroes, Episode: The Wall on XBMC http://bit.ly/b8AjH2 #xbmc #
• Twitter Roundup for the Week of 2010-02-01 http://goo.gl/fb/Xxgm #

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• Watching Community, Episode: Interpretive Dance on XBMC http://bit.ly/aKlWNc #xbmc #
• Watching Role Models (2008) on XBMC http://bit.ly/cfv9Hf #xbmc #
• Watching The Ugly Truth (2009) on XBMC http://bit.ly/ah3ah1 #xbmc #
• Watching Atlantis: Milo's Return (2003) on XBMC http://bit.ly/ck53dV #xbmc #
• Watching Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) on XBMC http://bit.ly/bRK32i #xbmc #
• Watching The Black Cauldron (1985) on XBMC http://bit.ly/d9TGui #xbmc #
• Watching The Jungle Book (1967) on XBMC http://bit.ly/dcxZqj #xbmc #
• Watching Family Guy: Something, Something, Something Dark Side (2009) on XBMC http://bit.ly/4EDgr4 #xbmc #
• Watching The Lookout (2007) on XBMC http://bit.ly/7VJ0d0 #xbmc #
• Twitter Roundup for the Week of 2010-01-25 http://goo.gl/fb/vk3u #

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• Watching Observe and Report (2009) on XBMC http://bit.ly/6feq9w #xbmc #
• Watching Fantastic Four – Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) on XBMC http://bit.ly/6xCc8C #xbmc #
• Twitter Roundup for the Week of 2010-01-18 http://goo.gl/fb/QG5L #

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• Watching 300 (2006) on XBMC http://bit.ly/6wvkH3 #xbmc #
• 1080p playback for netbooks and AppleTV via Broadcom Crystal HD and XBMC http://goo.gl/fb/nkMV #
• 1080p playback via Broadcom Crystal HD hardware decoder http://goo.gl/fb/nkMV #
• @semencov For local content -> XBMC (better media scraping).. For online content -> Boxee (better streaming and apps) in reply to semencov #
• @itayw xbTweet 0.890 is great.. So many new features in so little time. I like the freedom to customize tweets the most! in reply to itayw #
• @jervin some skins may not display Programs by default. You probably need to enable it in the skin's settings menu for the home screen. in reply to jervin #
• Couldn't have ended any better lol.. Weeds: Season 5 http://bit.ly/5opR59 #weeds #
• Watching Weeds, Episode: All About My Mom on XBMC http://bit.ly/7Y13pq #xbmc #
• Twitter Roundup for the Week of 2010-01-11 http://goo.gl/fb/6q7B #

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Team XBMC recently announced their work with Broadcom Media PC Group to bring 1080p hardware decoding to XBMC via the Broadcom Crystal HD hardware decoder (BCM970012).

Right now, the Crystal HD chip is only in mini PCIe cards but should make it’s way to PCIe x1 and ExpressCard some time in the future. This means lots of love for nettops, netbooks, AppleTV and Mac Mini (at the cost of $69) but none for the rest of us for a while. Broadcom Crystal HD support will be available in the next release of XBMC. Until then you can try out one of the nightly builds.

This changes the game for XBMC and other multimedia software because it has a common programming API, it’s cross-platform, and it’s open source. Hopefully we’ll see more 3rd party media players taking advantage of this soon.

• Watching Weeds, Episode: Ducks and Tigers on XBMC http://bit.ly/8bQOzS #xbmc #
• Watching Weeds, Episode: Perro Insano on XBMC http://bit.ly/5RfeLs #xbmc #
• Watching Weeds, Episode: Suck 'N' Spit on XBMC http://bit.ly/5z9UEQ #xbmc #
• Watching Weeds, Episode: A Distinctive Horn on XBMC http://bit.ly/89Iohd #xbmc #
• Watching Weeds, Episode: Where the Sidewalk Ends on XBMC http://bit.ly/6c9WSk #xbmc #
• @itayw not yet but going to check it out right now in reply to itayw #
• Watching Weeds, Episode: Machetes Up Top on #xbmc #
• Watching Weeds, Episode: Su-Su-Sucio on #xbmc #
• @boxee any rough estimate on when a 64-bit Windows version of Boxee Beta will be available? #
• Watching Fly Me to the Moon (2008) on #xbmc #xbtweet #nowplaying #
• Watching Extract (2009) on #xbmc #xbtweet #nowplaying #
• Watching The Tournament (2009) on #xbmc #xbtweet #nowplaying #
• Watching Shorts (2009) on #xbmc #xbtweet #nowplaying #
• Watching The Box (2009) on #xbmc #xbtweet #nowplaying #
• Peak at the upcoming Boxee Box Remote (It’s QWERTY) http://goo.gl/fb/ahVR #
• Boxee Blog » By the pricking of my thumbs, something awesome this way comes. http://goo.gl/fb/6fx6 #
• Watching Weeds, Episode: If You Work for a Living, Why Do You Kill Yourself Working? on XBMC #
• Watching Weeds, Episode: Till We Meet Again on XBMC #
• Watching Weeds, Episode: Head Cheese on XBMC #
• Watching The Final Destination on #xbmc #
• Watching Weeds, The Love Circle Overlap on #xbmc #
• Watching Weeds, Little Boats on #xbmc #
• Twitter Roundup for the Week of 2010-01-04 http://goo.gl/fb/D55d #

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While not nearly as crotch-hardening as this afternoon’s official launch of the Nexus One phone by Google, I’m pleased at what the Boxee team has just given a tease on: The Boxee Box Remote.

Unfortunately, no details have been shared about the device. All they’ve revealed is that it has a QWERTY keyboard on its underbelly, wireless of some sort, and sleek as hell.

If I were a gambling man, I’d bet the Boxee Box Remote will only be shipped in box with the Boxee Box (hence the name). I hope not, but we’ll see.

UPDATE: It looks like Engadget has gotten hands-on with the Boxee Box at CES.

Source: Boxee Blog

• XBMC Skin Update: Rapier 3.0 http://goo.gl/fb/NeFQ #
• @evan_lee Boxee if you're all about streaming media. XBMC if you just have a local library. in reply to evan_lee #
• Watching Weeds, The Two Mrs. Scottsons on #xbmc #
• Watching Weeds, He Taught Me How To Drive By on #xbmc #
• Watching Weeds, Grasshopper on #xbmc #
• Watching Weeds, Bill Sussman on #xbmc #
• Watching Weeds, Shit Highway on #xbmc #
• @jervin Not sure about Hulu and CBS. XBMC's SVN repo installer isn't nearly as polished and used as Boxee's applications menu in reply to jervin #
• Watching Episode 235 – Droid Gone Wild! on #xbmc #
• @jervin For Revision3 try adding from SVN Repo Installer via XBMC > Program plugins > SVN Repo Installer > xbmc-addons > plugins > video.. in reply to jervin #
• @digimediazone is sliding into 2010. Win a GlideTV on the 4th! #digitalmediazone http://bit.ly/8YtPXD #
• Watching Weeds, The Brick Dance on #xbmc #
• Watching Weeds, A Pool and His Money on #xbmc #
• Watching Weeds, Doing the Backstroke on #xbmc #
• Watching Weeds, Pittsburgh on #xbmc #
• Watching Weeds, Yeah, Just Like Tomatoes on #xbmc #
• xbTwitter revived as xbTweet http://goo.gl/fb/daUp #
• Watching Weeds, Mile Deep and a Foot Wide on #xbmc #
• Watching Weeds, Bash on #xbmc #
• Watching Weeds, Bash #
• Testing out xTweet 1.4: A Twitter client for XBMC #
• in some ways I wish this story were true http://bit.ly/FbAbn #
• Twitter Roundup for the Week of 2009-12-28 http://goo.gl/fb/kLz3 #

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Rapier, one of the sleekest, most polished, most professional looking XBMC skins gets updated to version 3.0. You can download it at http://xbmc.org/skins/rapier/

Other XBMC skins are available http://xbmc.org/skins/

Rapier 3.0: Ready For Consumption | XBMC.

xbTwitter has been given a new name and bit of an update courtesy of Itay Weinberger of XBMC Blog. Meet xbTweet–not to be confused with xTweet.

If you’re a XBMC user looking for the ability to automatically tweet your watched videos and music, try have to give xbTweet a try. Unlike similary apps for XBMC, xbTweet auto-tweets, auto-starts and uses OAuth so you don’t have to save your Twitter credentials. According to Itay, we’ll soon be able to change how the tweet looks.

To install/add xbTweet:

1. Close XBMC if it’s already opened.
2. Download xbTweet.
3. Extract the xbTweet folder to your XBMC\scripts directory.
4. Open XBMC, and then open the Scripts page.
5. Launch xbTweet. A Twitter OAuth login page should display in your web browser.
6. Login to Twitter. A PIN should display.
7. Go back to XBMC and enter the PIN.
8. After clicking Done xbTweet should be active.

Now that there is a good auto-tweeting app available for XBMC I can finally move back to using XBMC instead of Boxee. I look forward to future enhancements.

Source: XBMC Blog