Fw: Re: Apple TV

[Gareth Cook <g@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ooh.

Have you done this ? What does it look like ? Pretty comprehensive codec=20
set ? Can just stream off the NAS ?

In other words, is this an actual alternative to XBMC ?

G.

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Just to add to this, you can now hack the AppleTV without opening it up=20
using Patchstick=20
(Copy some stuff to USB drive and connect to appleTV and reboot)

I am running a similar setup, music from internal drive and TV shows and=20
movies from=20
NAS. Working very well

Ben

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Chris Miles" <chrismiles@...>
wrote:
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> Hi folks.
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> I got my Apple TV a few weeks ago. All working a treat now.
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> As soon as I got it I had it open killing my warranty (only way im=20
afraid), Ripped the 2.5"=20
hard drive out and connected it to my external USB caddy. I then installed=
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the trial copy of=20
MacDrive which allows me to get read/write access to Mac partitions on the=
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external drive.
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> Now it was just a case of dropping the OSX version of SSH into a
bin=20
directory of=20
choosing, and drop a startup script which will start up the SSH daemon
on=20
next boot.
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> Now I have full SSH access, which means I can SCP file in and out of
the=
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box as well.
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> Installed a bunch of plugins and software from www.awkwardtv.org
which=20
allow me to=20
mount my samba network shares from my NAS box, and also to play a
variety=20
of files such=20
as XVid, DivX, and DVD - streaming MPEG over wireless is horrible
though,=20
the built in wifi=20
adapter must only be capable of 802.11g, which just does not cut the=20
mustard - yay for=20
my CAT5 infrastructure throughout my house though.
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> I am using the built in 40gb for syncing music from iTunes, and
just=20
running everything=20
else straight off NAS, and it is working a treat.
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> Has HD support, although I only have a max of 576p on my current TV
at=20
the moment,=20
and it allows me to select from a variety of output resolutions, and=20
refresh rates.
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> One drawback through is that it only has DVI and component outputs,=20
Apple have=20
assumed that anyone with a wide screen TV is likely to have a component=20
video input,=20
which is obviously not the case with various CRT wide screens, and=20
obviously not much=20
use for us who use composite video distribution systems, so at the
moment=20
I just have it=20
connected straight to one of my TVs and not distributing it untill I get=20
an appropriate=20
converter.
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> One such converter is available here -=20
http://www.svideo.com/appletv2tv.html
-- does=20
anyone else know another product which can do similar to this?
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> Loving it through, and the user interface like other Apple stuff is
very=
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accessable, and=20
easy to use for all members of the family without much struggle.
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> =A3200 for the 40gb model. Couldnt see the point of upgrading to
the=20
160gb.
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> Chris
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