Apple TV?

fletch8 · Jul 29, 2014

Jay - how are you getting on with that box?

Is is it just plug and play for live sports and new movie releases?

cava83 · Jul 30, 2014

Might of interest to someone;

https://bgr.com/2014/07/28/apple-tv-torrent-streaming-torrentv/

cat171 · Oct 21, 2014

Quick question,

Where do you plug the HDMI cable ? I'm considering getting the number 3 ATV, but the HDMI cable is in the Blu Ray player etc, do I need another one too?
Also will it just play anything that's streaming on the ipad?

Feirny · Oct 21, 2014

cat171 said:
Quick question,

Where do you plug the HDMI cable ? I'm considering getting the number 3 ATV, but the HDMI cable is in the Blu Ray player etc, do I need another one too?
Also will it just play anything that's streaming on the ipad?

I just switch my AppleTV HDMI from my PS4.
I stream almost everything from the iPad, it's pretty slick to be fair. I picked mine up for £75 new.

cat171 · Oct 21, 2014

Feirny said:
I just switch my AppleTV HDMI from my PS4.
I stream almost everything from the iPad, it's pretty slick to be fair. I picked mine up for £75 new.

Cheers, I don't know if I can be fooked to do that mate (it's all behind the player etc) can I get a splitter or something?

Feirny · Oct 21, 2014

cat171 said:
Cheers, I don't know if I can be fooked to do that mate (it's all behind the player etc) can I get a splitter or something?

Not sure actually.
My TV has two HDMI ports, but it means I'd have to find another cable.

welshname · Oct 21, 2014

You can get a splitter. You'd take one from the telly, into a splitter then shorter cables from the splitter to each device. Then you flick the switch on the splitter to change between each device.

cat171 · Oct 21, 2014

Feirny said:
Not sure actually.
My TV has two HDMI ports, but it means I'd have to find another cable.

I dunno what the TV has tbh, I'll have to pull it out & see :wink:

welshname said:
You can get a splitter. You'd take one from the telly, into a splitter then shorter cables from the splitter to each device. Then you flick the switch on the splitter to change between each device.

Cheers, can I get one off of eBay etc?
The blu ray has the surround sound etc set up too, I'd want that to work etc.

Knuckles · Oct 21, 2014

cat171 said:
I dunno what the TV has tbh, I'll have to pull it out & see :wink:

Cheers, can I get one off of eBay etc?
The blu ray has the surround sound etc set up too, I'd want that to work etc.

I'd be surprised if your tv didn't have two inputs.

And I bet you can pick one up from homebargains/b&ms/wilko/asda etc for convenience

cat171 · Oct 21, 2014

I just checked the spec, all good. It has three.
3x HDMI, 1x SCART, 1x USB 2.0

Cool, I'll just get a cheap HDMI cable for the ATV.

Sunglasses_Ron · Oct 21, 2014

I've fallen in love with my ATV all over again since I moved onto sky fibre broadband last week

Tom · Oct 21, 2014

Sunglasses_Ron said:
I've fallen in love with my ATV all over again since I moved onto sky fibre broadband last week :smile:

Amazing what a fast connection does, my netflix is sublime now.

Carlv8415 · Oct 21, 2014

Anyone heard anything about a jailbreak for the ATV3 yet ?

Tom · Oct 21, 2014

Carlv8415 said:
Anyone heard anything about a jailbreak for the ATV3 yet ?

Wont happen. You can pretty much do everything without a jailbreak now.

The Boosh! · Oct 21, 2014

cava83 said:
Might of interest to someone;

https://bgr.com/2014/07/28/apple-tv-torrent-streaming-torrentv/

Does this work?

Carlv8415 · Oct 21, 2014

Tom said:
Wont happen. You can pretty much do everything without a jailbreak now.

Watch movies for free ? [emoji6]

What do people use their ATV for ?

Tom · Oct 21, 2014

The Boosh! said:
Does this work?

Yup

Sunglasses_Ron · Oct 21, 2014

I couldn't get popcorn time to work. I found a way to download the app but it doesn't seem to work. I have managed to get movie box working though

The Boosh! · Oct 21, 2014

Tom said:
Yup

Can you shut the macbook while it's playing along or doesn't it work like that?

Tom · Oct 21, 2014

No you need to keep it running, same with plex

welshname · Oct 21, 2014

The Boosh! said:
Can you shut the macbook while it's playing along or doesn't it work like that?

If you install insomniax you can.

The Boosh! · Oct 21, 2014

I guess running it in clamshell mode will work as well.

welshname · Oct 21, 2014

The Boosh! said:
I guess running it in clamshell mode will work as well.

Doesn't that only work if you have a BT input devices connected and a true external display

Toby · Oct 21, 2014

Tom said:
Wont happen. You can pretty much do everything without a jailbreak now.

What's that supposed to mean Thomas?

Tom · Oct 21, 2014

Toby said:
What's that supposed to mean Thomas?

It means I love coconuts.

jam. · Oct 21, 2014

I love my Apple TV, but I think its missing something - channels for every (at least UK) catchup service going - iPlayer/ITV player/4OD/Five/Dave/Sky Anytime/etc..etc.
I know you can jailbreak; I have - and use XBMC pretty often (despite it feeling really clunky) - but having that option from the main menu could be great.
Also, I think its time content providers had actual apps - instead of lists of text and walls of movie posters.

We might see these changes when the new Apple TV is released in 2020

welshname · Oct 21, 2014

I've been looking at alternatives to an ATV 2 with jailbreak as quite frankly the hardware is lacking. Nexus Player was the first thing I was interested in but since they aren't actually going to release that over here yet I've been looking at the Amazon Fire TV. As it's android you can easily sideload the latest release of XBMC on there and considering it's got a quadcore cpu and 2GB RAM along with a dedicated GPU it should run really well.

Tom · Oct 21, 2014

forgot about that, looks pretty sweet.

Carlv8415 · Oct 22, 2014

A Raspberry pi with Apple TV theme and XBMC installed. Job done

welshname · Oct 22, 2014

Carlv8415 said:
A Raspberry pi with Apple TV theme and XBMC installed. Job done

Pi is pretty low spec and clunky too. I have one along with an ATV.

Gavin. · Oct 22, 2014

I'm well out of touch with it these days, I have an ATV2 with xbmc installed but nothing ever seems to work on it properly, even after I updated all the plugins using xbmc hub last night. Is there a popcorn time app or something?

Carlv8415 · Oct 22, 2014

welshname said:
Pi is pretty low spec and clunky too. I have one along with an ATV.

I have never used one personally, that's just the setup my friend has and they are capable of playing 1080p content.

welshname · Oct 22, 2014

Yep they are but the menu navigation is pretty clunky.

Gavin, what addons do you use? I'm using iStream and Navi-X these days. 1channel is blocked in the UK and none of the proxies work for very long.

Gavin. · Oct 22, 2014

welshname said:
Yep they are but the menu navigation is pretty clunky.

Gavin, what addons do you use? I'm using iStream and Navi-X these days. 1channel is blocked in the UK and none of the proxies work for very long.

God knows, I used ice films in the early days, 1channel a bit later and not really used much since, I have navi-x installed but not really looked at it. I'll have to have a play around

Toby · Oct 23, 2014

Tom said:
It means I love coconuts.

A response I should have expected.

Tom · Oct 23, 2014

Toby said:
A response I should have expected.

Indeed, badly worded questions have that effect on me.

Toby · Oct 23, 2014

Tom said:
Indeed, badly worded questions have that effect on me.

You could have played ball just this once. We aren't all as witty as you

Tom · Oct 23, 2014

Soz tobez

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