Apple tv

Faustus · 1 Nov 2011 at 22:44

Von Luck wrote....... ? You can stream audio or video from itunes via the ATV2 already, that's out of the box functionality.

Yes you can but what you can't do is "mirroring" as you need full AirPlay functionality for that which is currently only on iOS devices. For viewing other content from your Mac not within iTunes you either have to JB ATV or use an App such as Air Video but again with that you need an iOS device as well.

Jimmy1983 · 2 Nov 2011 at 09:14

Highly recommend jailbreaking ATV2. It's rather good

Rooky007 · 2 Nov 2011 at 09:31

Right where can I read up on jailbreak pls and what benefit I'll get

dav3evans · 2 Nov 2011 at 10:52

From the looks of it you can do it fairly easily if you check out AppleTVhacks.net The new version of the software for the ATV2 (4.4) doesn't support XBMC yet apparently so you will need to check what version it is on..though this will change in time I'm sure.

randal · 2 Nov 2011 at 10:53

Rookies said:
Right where can I read up on jailbreak pls and what benefit I'll get

Your Google-Fu is weak dude.

http://www.appletvhacks.net/

Seas0npass for ios5 (4.4) based ATV2s. Check the caveats, it's tethered and doesn't allow XBMC to be installed.

Faustus · 2 Nov 2011 at 13:41

randal24 said:
Your Google-Fu is weak dude.

http://www.appletvhacks.net/

Seas0npass for ios5 (4.4) based ATV2s. Check the caveats, it's tethered and doesn't allow XBMC to be installed.

Absolutely, avoid for time being until tethering is fixed. Mind you with all our free on demand content plus Netflix coming soon to UK there hardly seems a reason for doing it any more.

Loke · 2 Nov 2011 at 14:55

With a jailbroken ATV 2 you can use it to subscribe to Netflix, works a bit like spotify in that you pay a monthly fee and can stream anything in their library without any extra cost :cool:

KIA · 2 Nov 2011 at 15:04

4.3 (4.2.2) 8F305 is the place to be.

randal · 2 Nov 2011 at 16:20

fluff said:
4.3 (4.2.2) 8F305 is the place to be.

Easy enough to downgrade to this version and JB?

Rooky007 · 2 Nov 2011 at 16:50

Can't make out if worth getting. Can some of u look to see if it easy see what films got close captions on rental films. Also any screenshots of what it looks like

Conanius · 2 Nov 2011 at 17:29

sorry for the potential hijack, but is there any way to put a DVD in another mac / external drive plugged into the atv2 to do playback on the box?

randal · 2 Nov 2011 at 17:47

From what I've read not on the ATV2. On the ATV1 you can basically install Tiger and run whatever you want on it.

SDK^ · 2 Nov 2011 at 23:28

randal24 said:
Easy enough to downgrade to this version and JB?

I've gone through the process tonight and it went well.
I now have XBMC running and it's sweet. My ATV2 is now a fully functional media player

randal · 3 Nov 2011 at 00:02

SDK^ said:
I've gone through the process tonight and it went well.
I now have XBMC running and it's sweet. My ATV2 is now a fully functional media player now

Super sweet.

How are you finding the performance of XBMC? Apparently the initial releases were a bit slow, wondering if they've sorted that out...

I plan to use XBMC for all media duties reading from an SMB share on a time capsule to do away with the need to have iTunes on a Mac running for music/video streaming. Don't suppose you're doing this are you?

Cheers

SDK^ · 3 Nov 2011 at 18:40

It works great, no stuttering or sound syncing issues - it's just like you're watching it from a DVD or Bluray source.
I have it running through a Windows7 PC with wireless setup.

I'll probably get a NAS to save having the desktop running all the time.

randal · 3 Nov 2011 at 18:48

Awesome, I'll post my findings once I get it all set up. I think it'll all be OK, looking forward to having the best of both worlds.

iOS for all the iTunes/Airplay integration, and XBMC for the media freedom.

SDK^ · 3 Nov 2011 at 19:17

randal24 said:
looking forward to having the best of both worlds.
iOS for all the iTunes/Airplay integration, and XBMC for the media freedom.

That is exactly where I was as well. I wanted a media player streaming device but also liked the Airplay mirroring functionality and didn't want to shell out for for two player devices.
It's annoying that ATV2 out of the box only streams movies through iTunes (MP4 etc) so having the JB XBMC option makes it the perfect device for iPhone and iPad owners.

Jimmy1983 · 3 Nov 2011 at 19:58

SDK^ said:
I've gone through the process tonight and it went well.
I now have XBMC running and it's sweet. My ATV2 is now a fully functional media player

What version you running mate?

Mr.Pink · 3 Nov 2011 at 20:01

Another ATV2 convert. I have a NAS box which i store all my MKV movies which stream perfectly over XMBC/ATV2.

Icefilms is really good too, for streaming movies that are held online.