Apple TV Hacks
Welcome to the Apple TV Hacks page
This page will be used to gather information on hacks produced for the Apple TV such as Boxee and the aTV Flash.
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Boxee
On a laptop or connected to an HDTV, boxee gives you a true entertainment experience to enjoy your movies, TV shows, music and photos, as well as streaming content from websites like Hulu, Netflix, CBS, Comedy Central, Last.fm, and flickr.
Update: 08-25-10
Boxee Gets a Movie Library. This new Movie Library includes thousands of films from four great launch partners: EZTakes, Indie Movies Online, MUBI* and Openfilm. Download the latest version here for free.
Update: 02-26-10
You can now, once more, pwn your AppleTV following these super simple instructions, and get the Boxee Beta on that shiny Apple box. In fact, if you already have Boxee Alpha installed, you should be able to just update Launcher and then update Boxee to achieve the same result.
Click below to find an alternative way to get Hulu on Boxee.
Important Links
BoxeeHQ – Plugin Developer
http://boxee.tv/
http://blog.boxee.tv/
Where to Download
Official Boxee Remote
http://app.boxee.tv/download
How to Install
Directions for creating the patchstick for Apple TV
How do I get an Alpha invite to Boxee
Invites are no longer necessary to gain access to the Alpha.
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aTV Flash
The aTV Flash is a software upgrade that will greatly enhance the functionality of your Apple TV. The software installs automatically, and no modification or coding is required. The software can be easily removed at any time, and will NOT void your warranty.
Latest Version Number: 3.4.5
Key Features:
- Play additional video formats such as DivX, Xvid, AVI, WMV, RMVB & more
- Play DVD files WITHOUT converting them (includes menu & special feature support)
- Surf the web with a Safari based web browser
- Create video playlists with loop and shuffle support
- Easily enable external USB hard drive storage
- Enable FTP, SFTP and SSH access
- Install other Mac OSX applications like Firefox, and EyeTV
- Restore synced media from Apple TV in the event of a hard drive failure
- All original Apple TV features remain intact
Important Links
Where to Purchase
aTV Flash Product Page ( aTV Flash costs $49.95 for an instant download)
How to Install
The installer application features a graphical interface that requires no technical knowledge whatsoever.
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As you probably know, Apple TV is a set-top box manufactured by Apple. Out of the box, it is enabled to stream digital content from any computer running iTunes. As there is little information provided about what is going on “under the hood” of the Apple TV, this is a place to collect and share information.
This website is dedicated to finding additional uses for the Apple TV by (legitimately) enabling its Potential Capabilities, and is a place for the community to share ideas, discoveries and solutions.
Written by Eddie V. on December 20, 2008
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View Commentspatchstick.ca
February 20th, 2009 at 2:09 am
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February 21st, 2009 at 3:17 am
@Webmaster My emails get rejected by your server – please provide a working email address.
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Tinpan Harry
February 21st, 2009 at 5:17 pm
You posted to Twitter about a more complete set of instructions to replace Hulu. The link however was faulty.
Can you repost it please?
Thanks,
Tinpan Harry
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patchstick team
August 4th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
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aTVitter is available for free
gary
September 3rd, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Does it still provide fully interaction (storage and retrival) with an external HD like Time Capsule,iPod?
TinRocket
October 11th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Worked… Just had to re-set it!
bruceschweitzer
January 22nd, 2010 at 9:21 pm
This looks like a great site. I've had Apple TV for about a year now and LOVE it. I have an iMac G5 Intel and I have an external USB hard drive thats 500 GB and almost full.
How does one join this forum? When I click on a movie to rent or get more info on – it sends me to a blank page.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Alpine Bruce
January 23rd, 2010 at 5:21 am
This looks like a great site. I’ve had Apple TV for about a year now and LOVE it. I have an iMac G5 Intel and I have an external USB hard drive thats 500 GB and almost full.
How does one join this forum? When I click on a movie to rent or get more info on – it sends me to a blank page.
Look forward to hearing from you.
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