Hacking Apple TV Take 3 Tutorial
Here is a little tutorial on how to Hack your Apple tv, to run Boxee, XBMC and enable a external-hard-drive.
This tutorial is an alternative to atvflash and is completely free!
After you hacked you apple TV with this you can play the following video formats:
- AVI, DivX, Xvid, FLV, WMV, RM and RMVB
- MKV formats supported up to 480p resolution (hardware limited)
- MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-3 and MPEG-4
- DVD files (VIDEO_TS/VOB)
- AVI support for: AAC, AC3 Audio, H.264, MPEG4, and VBR MP3
- Subtitle support for SSA and SRT
We will install:
- FTP/SFTP/SSH Access – Transfer files to and from the AppleTV
- NitoTV – Play DVD files, enable USB storage and much more
- XBMC – A fully customizable media center software
- Boxee – Watch and share media with your friends
- Sapphire 6.5 – Play and organize media using IMDB database