XBMC now works on Apple TV, iPad and iPhone • Hacker News Board

Re: XBMC now works on Apple TV, iPad and iPhone

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Post by jbeluch » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 7:16 PM UTC

One of my favorite things about XBMC is the plugins. The plugins are basically web scrapers that present content within the interface. If there isn't one you want for a particular website, build your own! They're written in python and could make a fun weekend project. Once your done, commit it to the official repository.

Re: XBMC now works on Apple TV, iPad and iPhone

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Post by chedigitz » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 8:47 PM UTC

If xbmc can run on appleTV 2, then a boxee port should be around the corner. Let's hope, as I love boxe's simplicity, in its ability to auto organize the entire library.

Re: XBMC now works on Apple TV, iPad and iPhone

#43

Post by aw3c2 » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 11:22 PM UTC

patrickk wrote: post #27

aw3c2 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bought content is usually an even bigger pain in the arse to transcode. I am currently trying to rip some DVDs of mine and it is an incredibly frustrating experience.e

Here's a solution: http://lifehacker.com/355281/dvd-rip-automates-one+click-dvd...

Thanks but I am actually on Linux and I don't believe an automated tool could prepare the result as I like it.

Re: XBMC now works on Apple TV, iPad and iPhone

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Post by chopsueyar » Sat, Jan 22, 2011, 12:15 AM UTC

binarysoul wrote: post #3

sielskr wrote: post #2

This 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

Please let us know.

Re: XBMC now works on Apple TV, iPad and iPhone

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Post by Sutto » Sat, Jan 22, 2011, 9:20 AM UTC

chopsueyar wrote: post #44

binarysoul wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Please let us know.

Seeking is slightly painful with some mkv files for me (at least over Samba - Which was expected given it's 10/100 ethernet), but in generally all the files I've tried (mostly 720p) have played back perfectly.

Re: XBMC now works on Apple TV, iPad and iPhone

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Post by Sutto » Sat, Jan 22, 2011, 9:21 AM UTC

ZenzerNet wrote: post #37

hop wrote: post #24

Can this play from a NAS or folders outside iTunes? And I'm pretty sure it will, but does it play a range of other filetypes - mkv, etc?

XBMC plays anything you throw at it. From anywhere :)

Except (unless I've completely missed it) stuff over AFP.

Re: XBMC now works on Apple TV, iPad and iPhone

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Post by Sutto » Sat, Jan 22, 2011, 9:26 AM UTC

All in all, I've found the Apple TV port to be pretty awesome - If you're willing to live with 720p output (It can decode 1080p, but it downscales to 720p - and it supposedly has minor lag at some points) and minor issues with seeking (which are bearable) and the current tethered jailbreak, it's a fantastic $130 XBMC device.

One thing to note is the default skin for XBMC felt laggy, but once I set it all up and switched to something else (in my case, Rapier tweaked to work on XBMC 10), it felt a lot faster and worked pretty well.

Better yet, using seas0npass and nitoTV (It's my own blog post, but http://blog.ninjahideout.com/posts/apple-tv-2g-and-xbmc-setu... details the process) it's relatively simple to set up - the caveat being it's tethered still on Firmware v4.1.1. Here's hoping the new release of GreenPois0n which will supposedly be untethered comes soon.