XBMC now works on Apple TV, iPad and iPhone
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#2This promises to remove the only obstacle to my spending $99 on an Apple TV box, namely, my fear of being locked into Apple's content distribution system.
Will someone unaffiliated with the project please describe their experiences with using this software to watch mp4s of movies? Any restrictions or gotchas?
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#3This promises to remove the only obstacle to my spending $99 on an Apple TV box, namely, my fear of being locked into Apple's content distribution system. Will someone unaffiliated with the project please describe their experiences with using this software to watch mp4s of movies? Any restrictions or gotchas?
apple tv plain works fine with mp4.... but I'm going to try this with mkv files and all other kinds of stuff this weekend
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#4Does the AppleTV do full 1080p?
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#5Does the AppleTV do full 1080p?
Not out-of-the-box. XBMC on the AppleTV(2) does, though.
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#6Does the AppleTV do full 1080p?
Not out-of-the-box. XBMC on the AppleTV(2) does, though.
To be precise the hardware is outputting 720p, but XBMC can decode 1080p files and scale them down. I'm not sure if the output can be hacked or not, but the developers claim it's "not a priority" at the moment.
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#7This promises to remove the only obstacle to my spending $99 on an Apple TV box, namely, my fear of being locked into Apple's content distribution system. Will someone unaffiliated with the project please describe their experiences with using this software to watch mp4s of movies? Any restrictions or gotchas?
I saw an independant report stating that 1080p had minor stutters. Don't know if that's fixable. This is an early release but on the other hand they're pushing beyond the boundaries of what the hardware is designed for.
I'm also not sure what profiles it supports. Apple's software specs says Main Profile only, but they sometimes software restrict their hardware to keep support homogeneous across their lines (this appears to be the case for the 1080 support, they're just calling Apple's code).
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#8I just wish the tetherless JB would be released already.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not out-of-the-box. XBMC on the AppleTV(2) does, though.
To be precise the hardware is outputting 720p, but XBMC can decode 1080p files and scale them down. I'm not sure if the output can be hacked or not, but the developers claim it's "not a priority" at the moment.
Ungh, didn't know about that caveat. I guess I'm back to my initial idea of getting a WD TV Live. Any better option?
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#10I've been running XBMC as my media centre for years now, first on a hacked XBox (original) and then on a hacked Apple TV (first gen).
It's a great piece of software, happily streaming from my NAS box, playing music, etc. Not found anything it doesn't play yet.
And there are remote control apps for iPhone and Android too!