First look: boxee

13.11.2008

Sources is where you add locations that you've stored media. For example, if your iTunes library is stored on an external drive, you'll want to add that source so that boxee can find it.

The Music entry works similarly. You can view local music by artist or album. Select Internet and you can get audio content via BBC, Jamendo, Last.fm, RSS feed, or SHOUTcast.

The Pictures entry can take you to local images as well as images stored on Flickr and Picasa.

Why it's cool

iTunes is a terrific media player, but it's limited to certain types of media and it's unwilling to stream the majority of media on the Internet. boxee is far more accepting of different media types and is happy to incorporate any kind of Internet media it can lay its hands on.