I have gone through hours of research and testing and I'm back to square one. I'm trying to get XBMC on atv to work like the xbox does as a media center extender for windows media center so I can watch live tv from an HD tuner. I'm not sold on WMC and will use something else if that's what you suggest. I have to use Windows as a server though because Linux does not support my TV tuner card (ATI Theatre pro 650). Let me be clear, I'm NOT trying to just play my recorded TV. I can already do that. I'm trying to watch live TV on my appleTV that my PC tuner card captures on a box in my closet.
Setup:
Windows 7 Ultra 64bit (backend server with ATI Theatre Pro 650 tuner card)
Apple TV 2 5.1 (jailbroken of course)
XBMC Eden beta 3
Things I've tried
- WMC as backedn (There are no plugins for XBMC for WMC)
- MythTV as backend on Linux (TV Tuner not supported)
- MythTV as backend on Windows (Complicated setup but I'm pretty sure my tuner is not supported cause I couldn't get it set up)
- ForTheRecord plugin on atv. (can't find one that will install and work on XBMC eden 3. I haven't tried installing FTR as a backend on the Windows box yet because I can't find a plugin for XBMC on atv 5.1)
- BeyondTV. I have a valid license for this software and it runs great on the windows box but I don't know how to make it show up on XBMC.
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Windows 7 w/ tuner for Backend - AppleTV 2 5.1 & XBMC front end. Live tv possible?
Kafluke
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2012-04-27 18:18
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ixian
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2012-04-28 00:07
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WMC as a backend is a big no-go and probably always will be.
Easiest setup if you are a Windows user is MediaPortal TV Server, For The Record, and the FTR addon installed in the XBMC distro of your choice. Myself and many others are using this combo right now to watch live TV and recordings - it's a little rough around the edges in places (there's no proper timeshifting support in XBMC yet for one) but it works well enough. You'd be better served going to the 4TR forums and browsing/asking questions in the XBMC client subforum, you'll find a lot of them have been answered already. Red_F has an ATV plugin for FTR/XBMC though I haven't used it, I use XBMCBuntu.
(This post was last modified: 2012-04-28 00:08 by ixian.)
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Kafluke
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2012-04-28 00:41
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Quote:WMC as a backend is a big no-go and probably always will be. For XBMC? Yeah probably. However, right now that's the ONLY backend that actually works in my situation. I've managed to move EVERY function of my multiple streaming devices onto this single little "hockey puck" aTV 2. Everything EXCEPT for live TV. Right now I have to switch inputs over to my xbox 360 and then I can watch live TV in HD from my server in real time using WMC. If you have a better solution that allows me to watch live TV in HD in realtime on my XBMC enabled aTV then I'm all ears (hence the reason for this thread). Quote:...and the FTR addon... The problem is I can't find Red_F's plugin. I've looked all over and I havent found a download that I can install in XBMC on apple TV (Eden XBMC 11 beta 3). Quote:...installed in the XBMC distro of your choice. I'm very limited on my XBMC distro's of choice. I'm using AppleTV. I am unaware of any builds of XBMC for Apple TV 2 (IOS 5.1) that specifically support PVR functions. *edit* Found some builds to try out. I'll try and report back http://www.4therecord.eu/forum/viewtopic...=41&t=2425
(This post was last modified: 2012-04-28 01:13 by Kafluke.)
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Kafluke
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2012-04-28 06:19
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Ok I installed the latest build on that link. This one "org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_11.0-0_ftr.0.0.1.133_iphoneos-arm.deb" and the icon is blank and it doesn't load. It just crashes back to the apple tv menu.
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Kafluke
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2012-04-28 06:44
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I don't think that atv 2 build is compatible with IOS 5.1 (the version that came with the device)
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ixian
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2012-04-28 18:55
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(2012-04-28 00:41)Kafluke Wrote: [quote] I got that. I know what you are saying, I'm telling you how to do it  There's one problem though....(2012-04-28 06:44)Kafluke Wrote: I don't think that atv 2 build is compatible with IOS 5.1 (the version that came with the device) Can you even Jailbreak 5.1 on the ATV? I thought 5.1 didn't have a Jailbreak out (there's a tethered one for the iPhone/iPad, but the ATV2 is still a no-go as far as I am aware). Without Jailbreaking you are out of luck completely. |
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Kafluke
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2012-04-29 01:45
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Of course I'm jailbroken. Seas0npass will perform a tethered JB on aTV2 5.1. I'm already running XBMC
(This post was last modified: 2012-04-29 01:49 by Kafluke.)
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Kafluke
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2012-05-03 15:12
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Nobody else huh?
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skippy
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2012-05-04 14:19
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The atv2 has limited capabilty in the video formats it supports. Unless the livetv is h264 encoded, I am afraid you will have limited success.
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Kafluke
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2012-05-04 16:26
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(2012-05-04 14:19)skippy Wrote: The atv2 has limited capabilty in the video formats it supports. Unless the livetv is h264 encoded, I am afraid you will have limited success. Please tell me a video plugin that works in XBMC and DOESN'T work on appleTV. Every add-on I've tried that has been reported working for XBMC works the same on atv2. Do you actually have a atv2 or are you just speaking on a subject that you've ready about? |
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