I’m considering purchasing another year of ATV Flash but just need to confirm a couple things:
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Since 1st gen stopped at 3.01 iOS, is there a similar app like AirPlay with the latest ATV Flash ?
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How about Netflix?
Been here for more than 3 years and Fircore support has always been a hit and miss… I get less than half a chance of getting any help.
- actually, it’s 3.02.
(and it’s not ios, like the appletv2 and appletv3; instead, it’s running a version of intel tiger (mac os x 10.4) under the hood.
- netflix: certainly doable.
silverlight and firefox are your keys to success:
(the most annoying part is grabbing a framework from a mac os x intel tiger install).
here’s a guy doing it on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuKkZ8TF9dw
(he references another forum where he gives details:
http://forums.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=4586&page=12 )
(he mentions boxee in the title, and it’s where he links to forum-wise, but, he does not use it in the demo).
more info:
http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Firefox
http://forums.boxee.tv/showpost.php?p=93754&postcount=110
choppy for the first few minutes, but then smooths out as it buffers and adjusts.
you’ll definitely want a way to use a mouse during it (he uses rowmote’s trackpad during the install). i’ve set a roomie with vnc to get it started.
- alternate:
you can transcode from a pc (unsure how to do it on a mac) your inbound netflix stream (works for hulu, too) using a an app called playon in conjunction with xbmc on the appletv. more details here:
Useless info and not remotely answering the essential question.
It does not seem practical. It’s making something so simple so cumbersome. For $100 or less, I can get a ATV3 or Roku.