A micro-USB cable is not included with the Apple TV, so you have to buy it separately - micro-USB is now the standard for charging mobile phone, so it is readily available in shops (Apple is one of the few manufacturers with a non-standard connector) (for the techies: you need a male USB type A connector for your computer and a male USB micro A connector for your Apple TV). You disconnect HDMI, power and network from your Apple TV, and hook it up to your computer using a micro-USB cable. With a few clicks, you see what software you can use, and get a excellent walk-through.Īfter the IPSW file is created, you are instructed to boot your Apple TV in DFU mode. By all means, check out the Jailbreak wizard at iClarified. Your best choice depends on the iOS version (4.2.1, 4.3 are in common use at time of this writing) of the Apple TV and the operating system of the computer you connect to (Mac or Windows). I used Seas0nPass to create (and install) the IPSW software. IPSW contain the operating system and some software for iOS-based hardware, including the Apple TV. Use iTunes to install the software on the IPSW on the Apple TV.Connect the Apple TV to a computer using a micro-USB cable ( warning: this cable is not included with the Apple TV you have to buy it separately - the cable is often used to charge mobile phones), and bring the Apple in DFU (Device Firmware Update) mode.IPSW files contain the operating system and the software. The name IPSW comes from iPhone soft ware, since the Apple TV 2nd generation runs iOS (the iPhone/iPad OS). Create a IPSW file which includes a shell daemon.Jailbreaking of the Apple TV 2nd generation is the hardest part, even though it is still pretty straightforward is you have some UNIX experience. Jailbreaking is the process of hacking a device so that it can run any software you like. The most easy solution to first jailbrake the Apple TV software using either Seas0nPass or PwnageTool and then install a mplayer-based media center, such as XBMC. The Apple TV runs XBMC which can mount the network disk with recordings and play most of them.Optional: The shows copied to put on a (LaCie) file server (Network-Attached Storage, NAS) (alternative: configure your Mac as a Windows file server).(XBMC handles VIDEO_TS folders, but AppleTV has hardware acceleration for the H.264 encoding in MP4 files, and that plays much better than native DVD files). Movies are downloaded on my Mac, or converted from DVD to MP4 format using Handbrake. Television shows are recorded on my Mac using EyeTV.Software such as EyeTV (that I use to record television broadcasts) allows automatic export of the recordings to iTunes, but conversion takes hourse and hours, and requires a fair amount of disk space.The Apple TV supports only a few movie formats and only sees content in the iTunes library, but not recorded content (such as EyeTV recordings) or downloaded content (from a different reseller than Apple's own store).A micro-USB cable (not included with the Apple TV, but fairly common for mobile phones).Network disk (Network-Attached Storage, NAS) or desktop PC or Mac that acts as a file server with recorded television shows.Jailbroken (hacked) Apple TV (version 2) to show recordings on a television.For information on jailbreaking the AppleTV 1st generation, see AppleTV and EyeTV. This article deals with the jailbreaking the (black) Apple TV 2nd generation, and installing XBMC. 1 Playing any recording on an Apple TV 2.
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