FireCore Releases Media Player 0.9

Posted by thescragster on Oct 3, 2011 in Apple TV 2G, Applications, aTV Flash | 1 comment

Earlier today, FireCore announced an update to their Media Player to allow for TV Show metadata, better streaming qualities and a ton of bug fixes. The official announcement and full list of new features and updates are below:

Happy Monday! Today we are pleased to announce the release of a hefty update of Media Player for the 2nd gen (black) AppleTV. Version 0.9 adds a handful of new features and a ton of performance related improvements and bug fixes.

TV Show metadata and folder tagging Media Player now supports automatically fetching series and episode information for TV Shows. This includes information such as episode name, cast, director, genre, air date, content rating and episode thumbnails.…

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How to do an Untethered Jailbreak on AppleTV 2G 4.3 using Seas0nPass [Video Tutorial]

Posted by JaeM1llz on Sep 19, 2011 in Apple TV 2G, iOS 4.3, Jailbreaking, Tutorials | 22 comments

Hey everyone, this is a video tutorial to show you how to do an untethered 4.3 jailbreak on your AppleTV 2G using Seas0nPass. This is a very simple and straight-forward tutorial that pretty much anyone can do. Please following along with the video and if you have any questions or issues feel free to ask.

DOWNLOAD:
Seas0nPass – Win
Seas0nPass – Mac
ATV 2G 4.3 IPSW

TROUBLESHOOTING:

• If you can’t get into DFU mode try doing a rest first(hold down menu and the down button for 6 seconds) and then attempt to enter DFU
• If you still can’t enter DFU mode, try a different Micro USB cable(as I mention in the video, AppleTV is picky about what cable you use.

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IceFilms XMBC Plugin Fix for when IceFilms is down

Posted by JaeM1llz on Aug 29, 2011 in Apple TV 1G, Apple TV 2G, IceFilms, XBMC | 22 comments

A few months ago we wrote a tutorial on how to install IceFilms XMBC plugin that allows you to stream Movies and TV Shows to your AppleTV. It came to our attention from our readers that there are sometimes issues with IceFilms streaming videos. Apparently this is due to the IceFilms server having issues for one reason or anther.

Here is how you can fix the problem:

Step 1: Download this alternate version of default.py

Step 2: SSH into your AppleTV and locate the IceFilms XMBC plugin directory plugin.video.icefilms

• For Apple TV 2G it will be located in /private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/addons/plugin.video.icefilms/ 
• For Apple TV 1G it will be located in /mnt/Scratch/Users/frontrow/Library/ApplicationSupport/XBMC/addons/plugin.video.icefilms/

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Play Blackjack on your jailbroken AppleTV using Couch Surfer Pro and HTML5

Posted by JaeM1llz on Aug 7, 2011 in Apple TV 2G, Couch Surfer Pro, Games | 2 comments

Many of the set-top boxes of today are very versatile, allowing owners to add applications and games at their own leisure. Apple TV 2G however, doesn’t allow this, strange given the scale of its much celebrated App Store, with hundreds of thousands of downloadable apps and games.

A post by appletvblack demonstrates that one can attain a little gaming joy through a HTML5-based Blackjack game through the second-gen Apple TV. One game is hardly comparable to what you could get from an iPad, for example, but it is worth checking out nonetheless.

HTML, to give a little background for those of you that don’t know, is essentially language of the internet – the core structuring behind the web pages you see every time you open your Safari or your Firefox.…

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iOS 4.3 Brings Vimeo to AppleTV 2G and a few other changes

Posted by JaeM1llz on Aug 1, 2011 in Apple TV 2G, iOS 4.3 | 0 comments

Today Apple quietly released an update for the second-generation Apple TV, adding support for browsing videos stored on the Vimeo service, as well as purchasing and streaming TV shows via iTunes in the Cloud. YOU SHOULD NOT UPDATE if you wish to have your AppleTV jailbroken. It is unclear at this time whether or not any of the current jailbreaking tools will work with this new update. Only update if you do not want to jailbreak.

Notably, for the first time since the second-generation Apple TV was released last fall, this update also appears to unify the “Apple TV Software” version and “OS Build Version”, which are now both listed as 4.3.…

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Photo Stream and AirPlay Mirroring for iPad 2 Coming to Apple TV 2

Posted by thescragster on Jun 7, 2011 in Apple TV 2G, Software Updates | 1 comment

Among the tons of the new features that will come to our iDevices this fall along with iCloud and iOS 5, there are two Apple TV2-related features. The first one is Photo Stream – a special Photo Stream album on your Apple TV 2 will let you access your photos stored in iCloud. iCloud’s Photo Stream service automatically uploads the photos you take or import on any of your devices and wirelessly pushes them to all your devices and computers.

The other feature is AirPlay mirroring that lets wirelessly display everything you do on your iPad 2 right on your HDTV through Apple TV 2.…

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aTV Flash 4.3 for 1st Generation Apple TV Now Available

Posted by thescragster on Jun 7, 2011 in Apple TV 1G, Applications | 0 comments

Firecore has announced the release of aTV Flash version 4.3 for the original Apple TV. Included are some new features, as well as a number of improvements to existing features and core components.

The new update includes File Sharing (SMB Server) that allows you to stream non-iTunes media stored on your Apple TV (including media stored on external drives) to other devices including a second Apple TV (silver or black) or a Mac/PC computer.

After installing the File Sharing package through the Maintenance –> Install Extras menu, the File Sharing option can be enabled through the Maintenance –> Settings menu.…

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