[Article] Article: I don't watch that much television, but I am a geek. (HTPC Part II)

[fly]

You can view the page at http://uselessforums.com/content.php?11-I-don-t-watch-that-much-television-but-I-am-a-geek-(HTPC-Part-II)

 

[Duke]

Will you be covering how your doing networking over the local coax in your house as well?

 

[fly]

Will you be covering how your doing networking over the local coax in your house as well?

Yep. That will be included.

 

[Valve1138]

To jailbreak an ATV2 run Seas0npass on it, install NitoTV, then use that to install XBMC and any other helpful apps.

Another Top Gear top tip when using ATV's for XBMC is to have a SQL backend for the library database. The ATV's are shit ass slow otherwise. It's very easy to setup, and all info can be found in the XBMC Wiki.

 

[fly]

To jailbreak an ATV2 run Seas0npass on it, install NitoTV, then use that to install XBMC and any other helpful apps.

Another Top Gear top tip when using ATV's for XBMC is to have a SQL backend for the library database. The ATV's are shit ass slow otherwise. It's very easy to setup, and all info can be found in the XBMC Wiki.

You technically don't even need NitoTV. Once it's broken, just SSH into it and install XBMC

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=How-to:Install_XBMC_on_Apple_TV_2

 

[Valve1138]

Nope, you don't. But having Nito installed makes the update and maintenance considerably easier since you can then do it from your couch with the remote.

 

[fly]

Nope, you don't. But having Nito installed makes the update and maintenance considerably easier since you can then do it from your couch with the remote.

I've never used it. I've set mine up to boot directly into XBMC, so I never even see the Apple interface. Yuck!

 

[Valve1138]

I've never used it. I've set mine up to boot directly into XBMC, so I never even see the Apple interface. Yuck!

We use ours for Netflix as well quite regularly, so it's bots up into the ATV interface.

 

[fly]

We use ours for Netflix as well quite regularly, so it's bots up into the ATV interface.

Ahhh, that makes sense. Since I download everything I want to watch, I've personally got no use for Netflix. April does use it occasionally, and in that case, she uses the xbox.

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Theres a plugin for xbmc that lets you watch amazon prime videos pretty seamlessly...Ill dig up the book mark later if anyone wants it


edit - I think theres one for netflix too

 

[fly]

Oh, and btw, XBMC also is in Alpha on Android. It runs pretty well on my Transformer Prime.

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Oh, and btw, XBMC also is in Alpha on Android. It runs pretty well on my Transformer Prime.

Tried it, wouldnt work on my tf101

 

[fly]

Tried it, wouldnt work on my tf101

You need non-NEON for Tegra2 devices

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813089

Or a direct link to the latest (8/29) nightly
http://xbmc-android.googlecode.com/...c4118186c759da3cabac6ef13d90615f0-no-neon.apk

And once you get it working, install the IceFilms plugin from here
http://www.xbmchub.com/blog/category/video-addons/

 

[Petunia]

You can view the page at http://uselessforums.com/content.php?11-I-don-t-watch-that-much-television-but-I-am-a-geek-(HTPC-Part-II)

i cant read it. the font color and the background color make it difficult to read.
just my luck. the only time i log on and post from my laptop...

 

[fly]

i cant read it. the font color and the background color make it difficult to read.
just my luck. the only time i log on and post from my laptop...

Ahhh! On the black theme! Thanks for noticing. Fixing now.

edit: Fixt

 

[Petunia]

Thanks babe