Count Zero
MD2Be
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Warner Robins, GA | reply to sporkme
Re: AppleTV has arrived
You can already buy an HDMI -> DVD-D cable can you not?
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HiVolt
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said by sporkme  :So once someone finds a cheap way to turn one of those video ports into something that will talk DVI or VGA, it's a $300 Mac.  Kinda pointless with no ram upgradeability. How much does it have anyway?
Edit: 256mb it seems, with 64mb video ram.
But anyway, I'm more interested in the hacks that make it work the other way around, running the AppleTV app on a regular Mac. I have a Mac mini hooked up to the HDTV, and it would be a nice front row replacement.
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Johnny
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Atlanta, GA
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said by sporkme :said by BellBoy :Looks like the USB port fell to hacking. So once someone finds a cheap way to turn one of those video ports into something that will talk DVI or VGA, it's a $300 Mac. That's what I'm thinking. Open the floodgates for the switchers. $299 plus cheap USB KB and mouse, and $129 or less for the OS. Isn't there a cheap HDMI->DVI or other adapter? |
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sporkme
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said by BellBoy :Looks like the USB port fell to hacking. So once someone finds a cheap way to turn one of those video ports into something that will talk DVI or VGA, it's a $300 Mac. |
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BellBoy
Obama racist? Then Bush is Hitler.
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Looks like the USB port fell to hacking. |
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Count Zero
MD2Be
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Warner Robins, GA | reply to NOCMan
Congrats! enjoy it! |
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Count Zero
MD2Be
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Used to have more money.... now that money is all tied up in 'lick-pics' and '[month] desktops' 
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Count Zero
MD2Be
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Warner Robins, GA | reply to thorgod
Sometimes they are |
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sporkme
drop the crantini and move it, sister
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Morristown, NJ | reply to LBDSL
Small Dog has a nice summary of many of the current Apple TV related hacks here:
»blog.smalldog.com/article/632/ap···s-so-far |
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LBDSL
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The wireless ability on these things are horrible, I hope that can be fixed with some software update. There are tons of reports on Apple's support site with issues just like mine, wireless will go in and out, if it connects at all. One post had a user create some type of foil antennae extender.
But as Johnny pointed out, it does stop syncing when you use the AppleTV
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Johnny
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said by thorgod :So here's the funny thing. All day I couldn't get much stuff copied over to my Apple TV. Now that it's nighttime it's been syncing continuously for the past half hour or so. Wonder if it's got something to do with the number of active wireless channels at a given time? Who knows, but it's working for now! Were you streaming to it? It pauses the syncing if it is streaming. |
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NOCMan
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I got the first season of Battlestar Galactica and it seems the picture is oversized for my HDTV. So the credits are cut off on the bottom.
Looks like a case of stretching someway.
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thorgod
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So here's the funny thing. All day I couldn't get much stuff copied over to my Apple TV. Now that it's nighttime it's been syncing continuously for the past half hour or so. Wonder if it's got something to do with the number of active wireless channels at a given time? Who knows, but it's working for now!
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Johnny
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They have FireFox running on it now.
I wonder if I should tell them that the "AppleTOCWatchdog.kext" file is not in the standard Tiger install and is probably what is killing any attempt to launch the keyboard USB driver? |
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NOCMan
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said by Johnny :I see a simple app on the Mac sending an Appleevent to the Mac TV which will trigger the changes needed to install the support for Perian. The Mac TV OS runs as root, so it should be able to do anything it is told.
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Johnny
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And it's got USB, so I could imagine someone throwing EyeTV on there...
Yep, the USB driver is in there, and they are able to sense command-S and Verbose mode, but that is probably the firmware doing that, not the USB kext in the I/O kit. Last I checked they could get to the Darwin command line but a keyboard wasn't recognized at that point.
SSH and VNC work, so they can do it that way, and eventually get a USB driver going.
They faked up the Xvid by using Perian and fooling QuickTime into loading a QT reference movie that actually pointed to an Xvid file rather than a .mov file.
Or just load a whole Tiger image on there and be done with it.
Note that Apple calls the OS "Mac TV OS".
Within a week I think they will have a one-click solution for Perian - the lead Perian developer was posting there and he is going to help out.
Apple shouldn't care what people do with this thing - if it is easy and free to add on Perian and support all formats, then Apple doesn't have to support it and they don't have to fiddle with licensing. With that flexibility, the Apple TV will easily be the best unit out there.
I see a simple app on the Mac sending an Appleevent to the Mac TV which will trigger the changes needed to install the support for Perian. The Mac TV OS runs as root, so it should be able to do anything it is told. |
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sporkme
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Awesome.
For a "closed system" from a "closed company" they left a lot of stuff just wide open and swingin' in the breeze.
So it's a mini with a tiny processor and frontrow+steroids for $300.
And it's got USB, so I could imagine someone throwing EyeTV on there... |
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Thinkdiff
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join:2001-08-07
Bronx, NY
1 edit | reply to Johnny
Thanks for the link Johnny.
I could probably get this thing running a lot more than they're doing in a day or so.. Who wants to donate one ..
The guys on that forum seem to not have very much OS X experience (especially with kexts or imaging the system)
I'm seriously considering getting one....
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thorgod
I've modeled explosions, BIG explosions
join:2001-07-30
Las Vegas, NV | reply to LBDSL
Yeah that's about where I'm at right now.
The only problem is I long ago stored all my ethernet hubs so I've got no clue where the relevant power adapters are!
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Johnny
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Atlanta, GA
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It's running OS X Tiger, 10.4.7, on a Dothan 1.0 gHz. with 256 MB RAM.
Graphics/Displays:
GeForce Go 7300:
Chipset Model: GeForce Go 7300
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
VRAM (Total): 64 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Core Image: Supported
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Quartz Extreme: Not Supported
Rotation: Supported
MORE INFO HERE: »forums.somethingawful.com/showth···number=1
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