For the past year I’ve been doing the “trick the aTV” method to get color on my composite TV by plugging in the HDI plug waiting 5 secs and plugging the composite plug in the green. It’s been working well but it’s a pain to redo every time I need to reset the aTV. So I was stoked to see that latest nitoTV included a TVcomposite hack. But I can’t get it working.
When I run the TVComposite installer in NitoTV it hangs. It says it has downloaded and is installing and then nothing…
I can get back to the menu but it’s still in B&W, even after a reset. video setting is set to 480i
Any Ideas?
PS. These forums have been a goldmine of information for trouble-shooting my aTV and aTVflash software and I’m very grateful for all the help I’ve got from the contributors. You guys rock!
Glad it’s working for you. I can’t get it to work in 576i mode (PAL). It does work in 480i in colour, but TV I want to use it on during my holidays is a PAL CRT as I’m in the UK.
Can anyone confirm they can get composite to work in colour in PAL mode?
I’ve had a reply from the aTV Flash staff to say they are trying to duplicate the problem. Thanks for posting your confirmation, it seems they need to issue an update to correct the problem.
That’s sad. I’ve downloaded the update, but won’t have chance to update my box until Friday evening or maybe Sat sometime. I’ll post one way or another when I have tested.
I followed the instructions again and still get a B&W image.
I then re-flashed the apple TV to be sure and again followed the instructions and still B&W.
I replaced the cables and still no joy.
Just to be sure, I downloaded both TVComposite files :
TVComposite_NTSC.tar.bz2
TVComposite_PAL.tar.bz2
There does seem to be a difference between the files.
I then checked on my AppleTv that the correct file was installed in the \System\Library\Extensions\TVComposite.kext\Contents\MacOS directory.
I then checked that the rc.local file contained a line for the TVComposite file and it was ok.
So the problem appears to be with the file itself.
Again, has anyone been able to get this to work on PAL?