Anyone have an Apple TV?

leowyatt · 29-05-2008, 11:04

Just heard about this on MacBreak Weekly so thought I'd share. It's a great solution and if I had an Apple TV I'd use this and the 360 would never be used for media every again.

Mark · 29-05-2008, 11:12

If I'd have known about that I might have bought an AppleTV instead of the solution I did go for as it supports more formats. Still, at least what I did get cost less than the 40GB model but has 250GB available.

Feek · 29-05-2008, 11:19

Now that's very very interesting - I'd love to be able to rip all my DVDs out to a media box and get all the disks stashed away somewhere but still have access to them. I don't know if it's possible to add an external disk array to the AppleTV but if so then this is seriously worth considering.

leowyatt · 29-05-2008, 11:22

You can hack the apple TV to use USB storage

Feek · 02-06-2008, 11:38

Quote:

--aTV Flash Unavailable Until Further Notice- Thursday 29 May, 2008

Due to questions arising regarding the fair use of a particular file present on the aTV Flash, and conflicting opinions as to whether or not it falls under the fair use category, we have VOLUNTARILY discontinued offering the aTV Flash at this time.

In our interpretation of the fair use doctrine, our software does not cross any lines, but since this is a grey area issue, we have taken a proactive approach and decided to seek clarifcation directly from the rights holder before we offer the product again.

We are working with them to resolve this, and will have updates posted here as they become available.

Current orders have been canceled and refunded.

Sorry for this inconvenience.

Apple Core, LLC

And there was me planning on going and looking at the AppleTV as I drive past Lakeside later today...

karbon · 02-06-2008, 11:42

you can load stuff from your network i believe. you could get a NAS box and use that.

a friend of mine has one and certainly picks up stuff from one of his other machines.

Del Lardo · 02-06-2008, 17:19

My housemate has a great hack for Apple TV that is very good for indexing TV show and films from network shares/NASs but it doesn't support all formats most notisably mkv files.

I have an Istar HD which is the dogs doodahs. $250 delivered from the US and will play pretty much everything you can throw at it including 1080p mkv files. Will play back from network shares, esata disks and USB drives.

petemc · 02-06-2008, 18:42

I looked into the Apple TV but it can't play mkv files for some reason so I ended my search. I've heard something about a new Asus eeeeeee thing but its only a 1.6ghz Atom processor. I have no idea how that'll cope with 720p video.

Flibster · 02-06-2008, 19:09

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Originally Posted by petemc

I looked into the Apple TV but it can't play mkv files for some reason so I ended my search. I've heard something about a new Asus eeeeeee thing but its only a 1.6ghz Atom processor. I have no idea how that'll cope with 720p video.

As my freshly softmodded Xbox can play 720p rather smoothly at 733mhz/64mb ram over a lan - the Atom in the Eee shouldn't be stressed at all with that.

All I need to do is re-case the xbox to make it a bit prettier and I'll be sorted for now.

Simon/~Flibster

petemc · 02-06-2008, 19:10

O rly? Original Xbox with no cpu updates? I've tried and mine fails. It stutters like a mofo after 16 pints.

29-05-2008, 11:04	#1
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Anyone have an Apple TV? Just heard about this on MacBreak Weekly so thought I'd share. It's a great solution and if I had an Apple TV I'd use this and the 360 would never be used for media every again. __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

29-05-2008, 11:19	#3
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Now that's very very interesting - I'd love to be able to rip all my DVDs out to a media box and get all the disks stashed away somewhere but still have access to them. I don't know if it's possible to add an external disk array to the AppleTV but if so then this is seriously worth considering. __________________

29-05-2008, 11:22	#4
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	You can hack the apple TV to use USB storage __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

02-06-2008, 11:42	#6
karbon Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Glasvegas Posts: 475	you can load stuff from your network i believe. you could get a NAS box and use that. a friend of mine has one and certainly picks up stuff from one of his other machines. __________________

02-06-2008, 18:42	#8
petemc Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nr Liverpewl Posts: 4,371	I looked into the Apple TV but it can't play mkv files for some reason so I ended my search. I've heard something about a new Asus eeeeeee thing but its only a 1.6ghz Atom processor. I have no idea how that'll cope with 720p video. __________________ Thats no hamster, its a space station!

29-05-2008, 11:12	#2
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	If I'd have known about that I might have bought an AppleTV instead of the solution I did go for as it supports more formats. Still, at least what I did get cost less than the 40GB model but has 250GB available.

02-06-2008, 17:19	#7
Del Lardo Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge Posts: 2,539	My housemate has a great hack for Apple TV that is very good for indexing TV show and films from network shares/NASs but it doesn't support all formats most notisably mkv files. I have an Istar HD which is the dogs doodahs. $250 delivered from the US and will play pretty much everything you can throw at it including 1080p mkv files. Will play back from network shares, esata disks and USB drives.

02-06-2008, 19:10	#10
petemc Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nr Liverpewl Posts: 4,371	O rly? Original Xbox with no cpu updates? I've tried and mine fails. It stutters like a mofo after 16 pints. __________________ Thats no hamster, its a space station!