Table of Contents

Links

http://forums.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=17499&p=95927#post95927

http://americaninfidelblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/how-to-install-boxee-1-5-on-debian-testing-wheezy/

Install Boxee

Repack Boxee - Remove unwanted dependancies

dpkg-deb -x boxee-1.5.0.23596-2bcda77.i486.deb boxee
dpkg-deb -control boxee-1.5.0.23596-2bcda77.i486.deb boxee/DEBIAN
nano boxee/DEBIAN/control
 

You are simply going to change “flashplugin-downloader” to “flashplugin-nonfree”. Save the file.

Install Repackaged Boxee

dpkg -b boxee boxee_repack.deb
dpkg -i boxee_repack.deb

Cleanup the apt-cache

cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
rm boxee.list
apt-get update

Configure Boxee

Settings to change:

• vSync turn on
• Hardware rending assisted if possible

• change the rendermethod in the guisettings.xml to 3

  cd /home/media/.boxee/UserData nano guisettings.xml ctrl+w <rendermethod>

Parts Required

The server does not need much. Make sure there is at least 2GB of memory, 1TB of space for storage, 250GB of System space (for running all the other applications), and an HDMI video card. 

My System:

Dell Optiplex GX620

3GB of memory

250GB SATA WD Caviar Blue

1TB Seagate

Sapphire Radeon HD5450 (with Low profile mounts)