RE: Re: Apple TV

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

*chuckle* I'm just looking for that elusive stable and quiet device to do
selection and playback of DVDs from the network ...

... Been talking to the guys at work about using AppleTV's or possibly the
NetGear EVA8000's.

:-D

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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]=20
> On Behalf Of Ben McCormack
> Sent: 15 October 2007 19:39
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Fw: [ukha_d] Re: Apple TV
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> Gareth
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> Got it all running.
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> Streaming for me is from a Apple Fileshare on a server but=20
> can do Samba etc Plays everything I have downloaded so far
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> Not used XBMC - Sorry
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> You are welcome to pop over and have a look!
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> Ben
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> --- 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
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> > codec set ? Can just stream off the NAS ?
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> > In other words, is this an actual alternative to XBMC ?
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> >  Gareth Cook
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> > ----- Forwarded by Gareth Cook/UK/IBM on 15/10/2007 16:37 -----
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> > Today 07:49
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> > [ukha_d] Re: Apple TV
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> > Just to add to this, you can now hack the AppleTV without=20
> opening it=20
> > up using Patchstick (Copy some stuff to USB drive and connect
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> > appleTV and reboot)
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> > I am running a similar setup, music from internal drive and=20
> TV shows=20
> > and movies from NAS. Working very well
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> > Ben
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> > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Chris Miles"
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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
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> > hard drive out and connected it to my external USB caddy. I
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> > installed the trial copy of MacDrive which allows me to get=20
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> > access to Mac partitions on the external drive.
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> > > Now it was just a case of dropping the OSX version of SSH=20
> into a bin
> > directory of
> > choosing, and drop a startup script which will start up the=20
> SSH daemon=20
> > on next boot.
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> > > Now I have full SSH access, which means I can SCP file in=20
> and out of=20
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> > box as well.
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> > > Installed a bunch of plugins and software from
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> > > which
> > allow me to
> > mount my samba network shares from my NAS box, and also to play
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> > variety of files such as XVid, DivX, and DVD - streaming MPEG
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> > wireless is horrible though, the built in wifi adapter must only
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> > capable of 802.11g, which just does not cut the mustard -=20
> yay for my=20
> > CAT5 infrastructure throughout my house though.
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> > > I am using the built in 40gb for syncing music from=20
> iTunes, and just
> > running everything
> > 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=20
> current TV=20
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> > refresh rates.
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> > > One drawback through is that it only has DVI and=20
> component outputs,
> > Apple have
> > assumed that anyone with a wide screen TV is likely to have a=20
> > component video input, which is obviously not the case with
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> > CRT wide screens, and obviously not much use for us who use=20
> composite=20
> > video distribution systems, so at the moment I just have it=20
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> > straight to one of my TVs and not distributing it untill I get
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> > appropriate converter.
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> > > One such converter is available here -
> > http://www.svideo.com/appletv2tv.html
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> > product which can do similar to this?
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> > > Loving it through, and the user interface like other=20
> Apple stuff is=20
> > > very
> > accessable, and
> > 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
> > 160gb.
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> > > Chris
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