Comments on: How-To: Making The Most Of Apple TV With XBMC And Boxee http://gigaom.com/2009/08/18/how-to-making-the-most-of-apple-tv-with-xbmc-and-boxee/ Sun, 26 May 2013 00:50:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: links for 2010-02-08 | .:: a few thoughts on the subject by rob wright ::. http://gigaom.com/2009/08/18/how-to-making-the-most-of-apple-tv-with-xbmc-and-boxee/#comment-353012 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:07:01 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=29566#comment-353012 [...] How-To: Making The Most Of Apple TV With XBMC And Boxee (tags: apple appletv boxee xbmc) February 08th 2010 Posted to Links [...]

]]> By: Eric http://gigaom.com/2009/08/18/how-to-making-the-most-of-apple-tv-with-xbmc-and-boxee/#comment-353011 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:53:07 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=29566#comment-353011 Just going to add up that most movies and tv shows torrents use H264 high profile, so most of this stuff wont play fine. If you rip and make your own stuff from your Bluerays, you wont encounter this problem since all you have to do is use the proper encoder settings.

]]> By: Eric http://gigaom.com/2009/08/18/how-to-making-the-most-of-apple-tv-with-xbmc-and-boxee/#comment-353010 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:48:38 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=29566#comment-353010 It plays 720P h.264 fines if you use a low profile settings when encoding. I am using Handbrake for windows with the default appleTv template. The only thing I did is rise up video resolution to 1280×720.
Plays perfectly with both XBMC and native AppleTV player.

]]> By: Shane http://gigaom.com/2009/08/18/how-to-making-the-most-of-apple-tv-with-xbmc-and-boxee/#comment-353009 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:34:23 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=29566#comment-353009 I’ve been using an ATV & XBMC for over a year, I’ve never even touched the other stuff it comes with.

I prefer the ATV to a mini because it’s eaiser to explain to my wife how to get XBMC started if the system crashes for what ever reason.

The only drawback is the in ability of the system to play back full HD (@ 1080), which I’ve had my mini do.

While some might say an optical drive would be nice, the purpose of having the system run the xbmc is to do away for need to these things…but that’s my opinion…

]]> By: steve-o http://gigaom.com/2009/08/18/how-to-making-the-most-of-apple-tv-with-xbmc-and-boxee/#comment-353008 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:36:31 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=29566#comment-353008 I’ve tried using the code above to get the download for the nightly build but I get an error whenever I try to start the download through Apple TV.

I’m using the latest launcher, on the most recent Apple TV software. Am I doing something wrong? I see it there on the bottom of the selections in downloads (like in the screenshots) but it doesn’t work… any ideas?

]]> By: JWizzz http://gigaom.com/2009/08/18/how-to-making-the-most-of-apple-tv-with-xbmc-and-boxee/#comment-353007 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:34:05 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=29566#comment-353007 I have my ATV running XBMC and Boxee. As for playing DVD’s, the USB port becomes live if you install the kextloader update in NitoTV. I attached a 1 gb USB drive that has DVDshrink ripped DVD’s, works like a charm.

]]> By: JeffreyAre http://gigaom.com/2009/08/18/how-to-making-the-most-of-apple-tv-with-xbmc-and-boxee/#comment-353006 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:58:54 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=29566#comment-353006 Just installed Boxee and XBMC onto my Apple TV. Couple of questions arise. Is their an easy way to get Boxee to recognize and play iTunes music? That would include old DRM-infested music, newer purchases without DRM, and music ripped from CDs. Also, what to do about applications on Boxee that just do not work?

]]> By: poo http://gigaom.com/2009/08/18/how-to-making-the-most-of-apple-tv-with-xbmc-and-boxee/#comment-353005 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:19:23 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=29566#comment-353005 Plex is the way to go for Macs

]]> By: Andrew Bednarz http://gigaom.com/2009/08/18/how-to-making-the-most-of-apple-tv-with-xbmc-and-boxee/#comment-353003 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:58:55 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=29566#comment-353003 The atvusb-creator (http://code.google.com/p/atvusb-creator/) has a PPC version so you should be fine. All you need the Mac (intel or PPC) for is creating the USB stick.

]]> By: Ian Royce http://gigaom.com/2009/08/18/how-to-making-the-most-of-apple-tv-with-xbmc-and-boxee/#comment-353002 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:09:01 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=29566#comment-353002 I have gone down the road with Boxee on my ATV using ATVFlash for software. All came to a grinding halt when I discovered that I had to be using an Intel Mac as host. I am still using a PPC iBook!
Should I give this patch a try? … Can I get XBMC and maybe even Boxee to work using my PPC?

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