I use Boxee.No need to jb ipad.just install Boxee on ipad & Boxee Media Manager on Pc.

I thought boxee is already dead

The End Of Boxee On The Desktop & What To Use Instead

This post has been edited by chokia: Nov 2 2013, 09:36 AM

You need the boxee box for that right? So that's why they dont allow using your mac / win desktop.

By the way, i saw on your ipad that After Earth has DD5.1, can you actually get that via airplay?


XBMC via airplay can only get 3.1 i need to connect thunderbolt cable to hdmi to get 5.1/7.1.

Hi. My current setup is Maxis home fibre 10 mbps - Apple TV3 - Panasonic Plasma TV. Borhui is kind enough to intro me his one month free trial of Netflix and HuluPass. Below is my observation and would like some comments:

1. Netflix vs HuluPass - somehow I feel netflix interface is better than HuluPass in apple TV3. I keep on going back to watch netflix rather than hulupass mainly due to I am not trying to catch the latest series maybe.

2. Netflix content. What u guys watch really? I am watching those old series like prison break, lost, heroes. Some movies like avengers, flight etc. What are the newer movies to catch?

3. Video quality of netflix. This is pretty much random. how do u guys tell if it is SD, 720p, 1080p or Super HD quality that is currently being streamed? Is there a setting to show it? I am able to tell there is difference in quality from raw eye viewing. Everytime when i start a video, it will start at low quality like 720p, some videos after some time will improve to better quality, so i assume 1080p. Some just remain at that initial video quality throughout (maybe 720p). This usually applies to series with many episodes. Those quality that improves over time usually are movies or single episode comedy shows (russell peters). Do you guys experience the same? Movies like The dictator somehow seem to stay at 720p (maybe) throughout. But movies like avengers appear to be in very high quality (1080p or even superhd maybe?). The only time i experience very poor video quality (standard definition, SD??) is when i skip forward the video and the quality during that skip forward or backward seems to be the pooerest. Any guys can comment on ur video streaming quality?

1. Netflix's shows all last season series. What a waste.

2. I like to watch lesbian movies on Netflix coz all uncensored

3. Netflix just only get SuperHD launched on sept 2013 and they listed only certain ISP can get it. That super Hd is 1080p so big deal.

And i dont think our ISP like maxis or unifi or astro can get this.


So XBMC FTW!

I'm get bored waiting for Jailbreak on ATV3 so I can install XBMC.
Maybe I should just buy a complete set of Raspberry Pi

Why bored? Is XBMC better than netflix and hulupass? How so?

You should not compare Netflix/Hulu with XBMC.
Netflix/Hulu is a service provider of media
XBMC is an app that enable you to stream your own media.

I used XBMC because it is free, does not depend on current internet connection & downloaded media is highly quality now (yes, its a wrong thing to do).
But I still need to provide the service on my own to setup and maintained the media library. That do not mean I didn't subscribe to Netflix/Hulu.

If you dont like such work and just want to press and play, then subscribe to the Netflix/Hulu service (which is also wrong if you in Malaysia as the service does not permitted outside US/Canada but there is always ways).

I have a Network Attached Storage, shared by several media player running XBMC in my house.
The service only required the WiFi network (not the internet).
At current point, my media library contain 650++ 1080 Movie and thousand episode of TV Shows.

Xbmc got porn ...oooppss slip of the tongue

This post has been edited by chokia: Nov 7 2013, 12:42 PM

+1

Just to show my ATV2 + NAS + XBMC App usage:


This is the installation:



This is the XBMC menu:



The movie menu:



The TV Shows menu:

Can your ATV2 play 1080p movie from dailyflix? or 1080p mkv from your NAS (if you use XBMC to play)?

haven't tried 1080px MKV file on ATV2 + XBMC from NAS but have tried 720p..no problem at all...smooth ride....

btw, my ATV2 are connected to the NAS through switch, if wireless not sure about the performance

This post has been edited by markiliz: Nov 8 2013, 03:24 PM

Ok, this reason alone i'm sold. How to get xbmc on ATV3? I googled online it seems some websites offer how to jb ATV3. Are those genuine techniques?

fake.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_jailbreaking

only trust wikipedia

no jailbreak for ATV3 yet...

if you want to run XBMC with minimum power consumption, get a raspberry pi...performance might not as good as ATV2, but not much different IMHO

There is no jailbreak for ATV3 as yet. Maybe the thread owner might want to put this in the 1st post. I'm a jailbreaking aficionado for the ATV and I would be one of the first people who will know if and when the jailbreak for ATV3 gets released. If you're one of the lucky ones with a jail broken ATV2, be thankful. I have both ATV2 and ATV3.

This post has been edited by aceedburn: Nov 8 2013, 05:46 PM

maybe we should collect money n pay chronicdev to develop exploits for ATV3..haha...and sell them afterwards..

Can play 1080 movie in my NAS, using XBMC.
No problem. The first buffering will take about 5-8s. Skipping ahead will be a bit slow.