XBMC Now Working on 5.1

Legacy 2nd gen Apple TV
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According to the XBMC forums.

Link: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=127369

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Is this true? And please I have no idea how to use this link to actually install the software given the post below. Any help?

I have also installed xbmc on my Mac. Is there additional set up I also need to do on the Mac for xbmc to work on appletv?

Thanks in advance.

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Does anyone have another link for this install as the dropbox link posted is currently over bandwidth?

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look in description, see here, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnCnykP_doA

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For those who don’t know how to do this:

 

  1. Get an SSH client such as PuTTy

  2. Set username as root@YOUR.ATV2.IP.ADDRESS (you will have to get your IP address it has for your router such as 192.168.1.5

3)You will be asked for a password: default password is alpine

  1. Paste (Right click)  each line of code individually and run each one separately by hitting enter after paste

apt-get update
mkdir -p /Applications/AppleTV.app/Appliances
apt-get install org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2
mkdir -p /Applications/XBMC.frappliance
wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14341410/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-2_iphoneos-arm.deb
dpkg -i org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-2_iphoneos-arm.deb
rm org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-2_iphoneos-arm.deb

It will take a little while as it has to download and install XBMC twice (once for original version and once for update)

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Thank you so much for the detailed instructions.

One question, does the native Terminal app that comes on a Mac work or do I need Putty?

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Think any client will do. I just used that one. Don’t know much about this stuff. It just worked for me so thought I post.

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How does this work out on a Mac?

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Open terminal and ssh to your apple tv by typing: ssh root@

Where is the IP address of your apple tv (found by going into the network settings on the apple tv).

After that, process is the same as above.

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I’ve attached an image. Can anyone help out?

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Was able to install XBMC. Much thanks.

I hear IceFilms is a must. I don’t see it as available to install via XBMC.

Any instructions on this?

(wouldn’t have made it nearly this far without everyone’s help. So cool, Thank you.)

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See here: Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting.

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There’s a directory you’ll need to make to get around that error. Also, they released an updated version today. Here is the new Install steps:

apt-get update
mkdir -p /Applications/AppleTV.app/Appliances
apt-get install org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2
mkdir -p /Applications/XBMC.frappliance
wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14341410/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-3_iphoneos-arm.deb
dpkg -i org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-3_iphoneos-arm.deb
rm org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-3_iphoneos-arm.deb

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Used to be, till mega upload got burnt

Install navi-x via shsh, see you tube videos, then go system install, it will appear in program’s, there’s a lot in ere to keep you happy, sports movies !

YouTube is a really good source of information on ssh xbmc and navi-x installs, there really helpfull