I thought its time to start a dedicated thread for all Apple TV users so that we can discuss new features, problems, troubleshooting, jailbreaking, etc

What is Apple TV

Apple TV is a handy little media streaming device that has been around for about 2-3 years. The 1st generation (silver box) and now the current 2nd generation (black box). If u have an itunes account, you can purchase movies, TV shows, Netflix, etc, BUT only if you're in the US or have setup a VPN. Otherwise with the latest software, u can airplay movies, music etc from any idevice and if u have iphone 4s or ipad 2, you can do airplay mirroring, i.e. whatever's on your device appears on your LCD TV, including games, apps, anything! More info on Apple TV in the link below.
http://www.apple.com/appletv/

Why You Should Jailbreak Apple TV

The question is, why the hell not?? You open up a whole new world of entertainment, 24/7/365. Stream any movie, tv show ever released from the past and up to current releases. Basically, you will never ever need to buy another DVD/BLURAY in your life! Due to obvious reasons, I cannot elaborate more, but check the guides below on what your little black box can do for you. It's magical!

Jailbreaking the Apple TV

The latest jailbreak version for Apple TV is SeasonPass for 5.3 (iOS 6.1.4 - 10B809) Untethered. Below is the download page and simple instructions that you need to jailbreak your Apple TV. Sometimes you may need to try a few times, especially getting the Apple TV into DFU mode which requires the right timing and patience. Please be informed that the jailbreak is currently only available for the Apple TV 2. Apple TV 3 is not supported yet.
http://support.firecore.com/entries/387605...-101-seas0npass

Installing XBMC & nitoTV

Below is a simple guide for you to install XBMC and nitoTV, 2 of the most important programs you need for your Apple TV. To install XBMC and nitoTV, you can use the Terminal application on your MAC to SSH into your Apple TV or use a small utility called Putty if you're using Windows. Download Putty here. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatha...y/download.html

P.S. get your Apple TV IP address from General and then Network tab. Then use root as username and alpine as password. Click yes to any security warnings that pop up.

Then go to the link below and follow the instructions to install XBMC and nitoTV.
http://www.lotheron.com/2011/05/24/how-to-...-2-running-ios/
P.S. in the XBMC instructions, you can skip steps 3-6 as it's not needed anymore.

Installing addons into your Apple TV

You can install addons such as Icefilms, LiveStreams, 1Channel, Navi-X and many more that you need using a small utility called WINSCP which you can download here. http://winscp.net/eng/download.php

Here's another guide with video step by step guide for using WINSCP and installing Icefilms, etc
http://sliced-apple.com/2011/06/17/how-to-...ur-apple-t-v-2/

p.s. always log in to your Apple TV using username : root and password : alpine
you need to determine your ip address of the Apple TV by going to your General and then Network tab in the Apple TV.

Addons List for Apple TV

Go to the link below to download the zip files for the addons that i recommended above. Then use WINSCP to drag the zip files into the /private/var/mobile/media folder of your Apple TV.
http://www.xbmchub.info/

This post has been edited by aceedburn: Dec 9 2014, 11:02 AM

2. wiraone (black, Aug 2011)

3. olivur (black, xmas '10)

4. Khoh ( 2 silver , May'10 , 1 black still in the box )

Hamswat (Black, 2010)

1 black still in the box <--- why?

Where to get em?...I cant find any.. =(

I think all of them are buying from overseas?

Yep, from US or UK or Australia

Stil using the 2 Apple TV 1G jail broken with USB enable for external HDD . Tons of music and podcast installed very convenient without the need to switch on my mac book and of course airtunes and airplay function.

The Apple TV 2G is slick and tiny but then no HDD , play music/movies need to stream from MAC/PC very lazy and troublesome , that why still in intact in the box.

Apple TV 2 G bought mainly for airplay and mirroring function.

This post has been edited by khoh: Jan 20 2012, 02:39 PM

If there are any Apple TV resellers, kindly come in here and make your presence known. There are many interested people that want to buy this magical device!

p.s. No con men allowed, ok?

m|key (black, dec 2011)

koaybl ( black, January 2012)

This post has been edited by koaybl: Feb 1 2012, 02:31 PM

FieldEngineer (Black, January 2012)

Black, January 2012

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Added on February 2, 2012, 7:31 amI bought it from ebay (us)

This post has been edited by bx6330: Feb 2 2012, 07:31 AM

Just updated the 1st post with Guides for Jailbreaking, Installing XBMC, etc.

This post has been edited by aceedburn: Feb 3 2012, 09:07 PM

Is streaming from my Mac with Apple TV have delay between audio and video?

Coz i tried with my linux PC connecting wit my TV yesterday, my drama will have a slight delay around 0.5sec between audio and video.

Just wondering if this gonna happens on Apple TV?

Buy the Apple TV from overseas and then jailbreak it to use?

No delay when stream from my iMac

Well, it works great without jailbreak too but you're limited with streaming from online services or iTunes. You can't play xdiv, divx or mkv files. Jailbreak is to allow us to install xbmc which one of the best media player frontend available.