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DaveyLC

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10th Oct 11 at 16:06

God knows but its happened to a lot of people

Gary

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10th Oct 11 at 16:09

Preparing apple tv for restore......

Bored already

DaveyLC

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10th Oct 11 at 16:09

It will all be fine

Gary

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10th Oct 11 at 16:10

Gave me 1602 errors before when i tried doing it and i nearly bricked it

Still preparing to restore, proper needs to hurry up

Gary

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10th Oct 11 at 16:15

1602'd again

Gary

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10th Oct 11 at 16:41

1602 again. I swear its going through the window in a min!

stubs

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10th Oct 11 at 16:54

What is IceFilms?
And what files can you play with XBMC installed? Can it handle .iso files?

Gary

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10th Oct 11 at 17:05

Hmmm im in and installing xbmc even with the error.

Meh

Dom

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10th Oct 11 at 17:08

quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC

quote:
Originally posted by AlunJ
Don't think I can justify buying one of these, my tv can stream files from my computers, so it's £99 basically for youtube 4od or whatever

Its so much more

It streams media and you have a handful of plugins to deal with online streaming; it doesn't really do much more than that (unless you're including the crud like game/emulator/weather plugins).
And client-wise you're better off with Plex as the performance is a lot better than XBMC.

quote:
Originally posted by stubs
What is IceFilms?
And what files can you play with XBMC installed? Can it handle .iso files?

When i was lending a hand with a mates ATV2 we had to bodge iso (full menu rips didn't work) support by using a FTP server and even then we had stuttering issues. Also from what i remember, the ATV2 will handle 1080p (h264's, anything else and video will stutter) video but is unable to output 1080p due to design/hardware limitation; instead it downscales to 720p.

[Edited on 10-10-2011 by Dom]

stubs

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10th Oct 11 at 17:13

Also on the ATV2, is the remote control IR or RF?

Dom

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10th Oct 11 at 17:21

quote:
Originally posted by stubs
Also on the ATV2, is the remote control IR or RF?

IIRC, it's infrared

Gary

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10th Oct 11 at 17:38

Sorted. Icefilms and everything.

jacko198

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10th Oct 11 at 17:44

Once jailbroken, what can you actually do with them that i couldnt on my ps3?

Can you record tv? Get sky sports? Etc

Gary

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10th Oct 11 at 17:50

quote:
Originally posted by jacko198
Once jailbroken, what can you actually do with them that i couldnt on my ps3?

Can you record tv? Get sky sports? Etc

Dunno about either of them, but if you watch a lot of films its a worthwhile investment.

John

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10th Oct 11 at 17:52

It doesn't do anything you can't do on the PS3.

AndyKent

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10th Oct 11 at 17:59

Can you still use airplay if jailbroken with this XBMC thing?

Gary

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10th Oct 11 at 18:01

The apple part works as normal so yes

Russ

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10th Oct 11 at 18:03

quote:
Originally posted by Gary

quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
1) Put Apple TV in DFU mode
2) Load iTunes
3) Select APple TV
4) Click Restore

Reinstalling itunes currently.

Dont get why it needs restoring though

are you pressing ctrl/alt when you click restore so you can choose what ipsw to install?

Doug

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10th Oct 11 at 18:17

When its JB'd and running XBMC can you play network shares?

Gary

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10th Oct 11 at 18:34

quote:
Originally posted by Doug
When its JB'd and running XBMC can you play network shares?

Main reason I bought it

Doug

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10th Oct 11 at 18:39

quote:
Originally posted by Gary

quote:
Originally posted by Doug
When its JB'd and running XBMC can you play network shares?

Main reason I bought it

And can you boot into normal AppleTV as well as XBMC? I want to Airplay my iPad2 and iPhone 4S as well as use it as a media streamer!

Gary

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10th Oct 11 at 18:50

You boot to ATV then choose xbmc in the menu

Gary

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10th Oct 11 at 18:54

Also gotta say, icefilms is epic. Good shout there Davey!

Doug