Inverted Reality

apple, tech, coffee, vespa, gadgets, family

Category: Apple TV

PS3 and AppleTV friendly files

I’ve been recording TV shows lately, and encoding them to suit various media players including PS3 and AppleTV. I wrote a blurb here on cinemamac.com check it out.
Bookmark to:

Apple TV hacking continued

I hacked a friends Apple TV not long ago, a version 1.1 It was going great for a while until it was accidentally updated by the wifey… damn.
So I spent half of yesterday hacking their v2.02 unit. it’s getting a little more complex as Apple works to prevent people from hacking them. I applied much [...]

AppleTV blog moved

I’ve been blogging about the AppleTV a fair bit since I bought one. There’s a lot of information on this site on the subject, however, I’ve decided to move the posts and articles to another of my sites….
www.cinemamac.com

So go get your AppleTV fix over there from now on.. okay? great!

Tags: appletv

Bookmark [...]

Some issues with my AppleTV 2.0

Since updating to ATV 2.0 and re-hacking (see, ATVfiles and NitoTV). I’ve been having a few minor issues.
The biggest issue at the moment is sometimes when using ATVfiles to navigate and play my movies, I loose the sound. A reboot of the ATV is required to get the sound working again. Strange!
If anyone has experienced [...]

Safari HD for AppleTV

Brandon Holland has been cranking out some great plugins lately, including the excellent Skype Plugin. Now he’s at it again with a great Safari webkit plugin, check it out!

Get it now
Bookmark to:

AppleTV Take 2

Well Apple have officially released their latest update to the AppleTV dubbed “Take 2″. This update brings a heap of new features and an updated user interface. Of the new features we can expect movie rentals, and… my favourite, the ability to now use the AppleTV as an airtunes device from your Mac using iTunes [...]

Skype on AppleTV

Well it’s done, and done properly. You know it was actually me that got Skype running on the AppleTV originally.
Well Brandon Holland has done the hard work and integrated it nicely into the AppleTV frontrow as a plugin. He’s also working on a really tidy Safari plugin
Check it out:
http://www.brandon-holland.com/skypeplugin.html

Bookmark to:

AppleTV software update in Feb

Steve’s Macworld 08 keynote is over, he’s announced a pile of stuff, but of most importance to the AppleTV lovers out there, is the release of a software update for AppleTV due in Feb. The interface looks new, the ATV will be able to buy or rent content directly from iTunes store without a computer. [...]

Apple TV update and iTunes rental movies

There’s been a lot of rumours (or should I say hope?) that Apple might release an updated Apple TV at Macworld 08 (as well as ultra portable laptops, new cinema displays, etc, etc).
Do you really think Apple will release an updated Apple TV? I dont.
Bookmark to:

Use iPhone or iPod touch as Apple TV remote

Wow this is cool. I just found this with a but of Apple TV searching. You can use your iPhone or iPod touch (or any web browser device) as an Apple TV remote control! Why you would want to I do not know, but here’s the link anyway:
http://www.picpoc.ro/static.php?page=staticATViPhoneRemote

Bookmark to: