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Patrick Norton and Dave Randolph take you through some of the more popular hacks and mods out there for the AppleTV. They have sorted out all the articles out there and have come up with a complete step by step procedure to help you get your AppleTV up and running with a larger drive, SSH, Xvid and a RSS reader.
COMMAND TO FIND THE DISK IDENTIFER FOR YOUR DRIVE
diskutil list
COMMAND TO START DISK COPY: Remember to replace (disk1) with your
ATV disk identifier and replace (drandolph) with your user name.
dd if=/dev/disk1 of=/Users/drandolph/AppleTV.img bs=1024k
LOAD THE IMAGE ON A NEW DRIVE: Remember to replace (disk1) with
your ATV disk identifier and replace (drandolph) with your user
name.
dd if=/Users/drandolph/AppleTV.img of=/dev/disk1 bs=1024k
USE IPARTITION FROM CORIOLIS SYSTEMS TO RESIZE THE MEDIA PARTION TO USE THE
REST OF THE FREE SPACE ON THE NEW DRIVE.
http://www.coriolis-systems.com/
COPY SSHD FROM YOUR LOCAL INTEL MAC DRIVE TO THE ATV.
sudo cp /usr/sbin/sshd /Volumes/OSBoot/usr/sbin/
MAKE SSHD EXECUTABLE
sudo chmod +x /Volumes/OSBoot/usr/sbin/sshd
BACKUP THE ATV SSH.PLIST
cp /Volumes/OSBoot/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist ~
DOWNLOAD AND COPY NEW SSH.PLIST
http://www.engadget.com/files/ssh.plist
cp /Users/drandolph/Downloads/ssh.plist /Volumes/OSBoot/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/
CLEAN UP AFTER SPOTLIGHT
sudo rm -rf /Volumes/OSBoot/.Spotlight-V100
sudo rm -rf /Volumes/Media/.Spotlight-V100
PUT THE NEW DRIVE BACK IN THE APPLE TV
SSH LOGIN
ssh -1 frontrow@AppleTV.local
SSH PASSWORD
frontrow
MOUNTING THE ATV DISK.
sudo mount -o remount,rw/dev/disk0s3/
MAKE SURE YOU CAN WRITE TO THE DRIVE.
sudo mount -uw /dev/disk0s3
LAUNCH FUGU
http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/files/Fugu-1.2.0-English.dmg
LOGIN TO
AppleTV.local
FORCE SSH1 UNDER ADVANCE OPTIONS
PASSWORD
fronrow
CODEC'S USED. DOWNLOAD THEM AND COPY THEM OVER USING FUGU TO THE FRONTROW
HOME DIRECTORY.
http://trac.cod3r.com/a52codec/
http://perian.org/
DOWNLOAD THE ATVFiles PLUGIN AND COPY IT OVER USING FUGU TO THE FRONTROW HOME
DIRECTORY.
http://ericiii.net/sa/appletv
MOVE THE ATVFiles PLUG-IN OVER TO THE RIGHT LOCATION.
sudo mv ATVFiles.frappliance/ /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/PlugIns
MOVE PERIAN OVER TO THE RIGHT LOCATION.
sudo mv Perian.component/ /Library/QuickTime/
MOVE A52 CODEC OVER TO THE RIGHT LOCATION.
sudo mv A52Codec.component/ /Library/QuickTime/
DROP YOUR MOVIES INTO YOUR ATV USING FUGU.
/Users/frontrow/movies
DOWNLOAD, COPY AND MOVE THE RSS READER AND RSS.FEEDS FILES
http://blog.twenty08.com/2007/04/07/appletv-rss-plugin-beta-1-available/
sudo mv RSSAppliance.frappliance/ /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/PlugIns
IF YOU DID IT RIGHT YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO DO THIS STEP BUT IT NEVER HURTS.
sudo mv rss.feeds /Users/frontrow
REFERENCES:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/how-to-play-divx-and-xvid-on-your-apple-tv
http://www.appletvhacks.net
http://wiki.awkwardtv.org
http://blog.twenty08.com/2007/04/07/appletv-rss-plugin-beta-1-available
