Fw: Re: Apple TV

["Ben McCormack" <yahoogroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gareth

Got it all running.

Streaming for me is from a Apple Fileshare on a server but can do Samba etc
Plays everything I have downloaded so far

Not used XBMC - Sorry

You are welcome to pop over and have a look!

Ben


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Gareth Cook <g@...> wrote:
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> Ooh.
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> Have you done this ? What does it look like ? Pretty comprehensive
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> In other words, is this an actual alternative to XBMC ?
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> G.
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> ----- Forwarded by Gareth Cook/UK/IBM on 15/10/2007 16:37 -----
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> Just to add to this, you can now hack the AppleTV without opening it
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> (Copy some stuff to USB drive and connect to appleTV and reboot)
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> I am running a similar setup, music from internal drive and TV shows
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> Ben
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> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Chris Miles" <chrismiles@>
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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
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> > Now it was just a case of dropping the OSX version of SSH into a
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> > Now I have full SSH access, which means I can SCP file in and out
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> > Installed a bunch of plugins and software from www.awkwardtv.org
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> mount my samba network shares from my NAS box, and also to play a
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> as XVid, DivX, and DVD - streaming MPEG over wireless is horrible
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> > I am using the built in 40gb for syncing music from iTunes, and
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> > Has HD support, although I only have a max of 576p on my current
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> > One drawback through is that it only has DVI and component
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> > One such converter is available here -=20
> http://www.svideo.com/appletv2tv.html
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> > Loving it through, and the user interface like other Apple stuff
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> > =A3200 for the 40gb model. Couldnt see the point of upgrading to
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