Assuming that you have already JB’ed, and you already have the akward repo installed…. $ echo “deb http://mirrors.xbmc.org/apt/atv2 ./” > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xbmc.list $ apt-get update $ apt-get -y install org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2 It will install and reboot Lowtide……
Category Archives: AppleTV
AppleTV 2 and DFU
Don’t try and use one of the old white remotes. It just won’t work. I found out the hard way when I misplaced my metal remote and wanted to JB my ATV2. The white ones will control the ATV2 fine, but they will not let it enter DFU…
Upgrade ATV2 Plex to 0.6.6
What I had to to get 0.6.6: it’s worth it, since 0.6.6 has resume-on-watch, and trick play now works for forwards and reverse tricks! $ – shell commands I entered from the JB’ed ATV2. [ ] – output from the commands. The biggest deal was removing the symlink for Plex’s frappliance. I suppose if I…
Ultimate Guide to Plex9 on AppleTV 2G with 4.2.1
Update on Jan 12: You should use the SeasOnPass app from fireCore — it does exactly what I outline below, only much more quickly and easily. After a few days of screwing around with a new AppleTV 2G that came from Apple with 4.2.1 pre-installed (so no going back to older firmware) and reading numerous…