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Noiz1212 · 2012-07-13, 08:09

Hey, i just got an ATV3, but didn't know there was no jailbreak for it yet, hope they fix it soon.

i was wondering if xbmc on ATV2 can watch videos in 1080p?

if not will the ATV3 be able to, because of the A5 chip?

Another question: does the xbmc run on its own? or do i need to host a xbmc server on one of my computers?

andrewch · 2012-07-13, 08:25

Hopefully the jailbreak will come soon. Id love to see it. The ATV2 can play 1080p content but it only outputs it in 720p. I believe that's a limitation of the ATV2 not XBMC.

Your media will need to be stored on a server/PC somewhere on your network but XBMC works pretty much the same on ATV as the other platforms.

Noiz1212 · 2012-07-13, 08:51

(2012-07-13, 08:25)andrewch Wrote: Hopefully the jailbreak will come soon. Id love to see it. The ATV2 can play 1080p content but it only outputs it in 720p. I believe that's a limitation of the ATV2 not XBMC.

Your media will need to be stored on a server/PC somewhere on your network but XBMC works pretty much the same on ATV as the other platforms.

If the ATV3 could output 1080 with xbmc i would be so happy, i mostly watch tv shows anyways so 720 is okay..

i got a sonology ds1512+ running. But is the xbmc for ATV also a server or only a client? i'm used to plex. there you have one plex client and one server.

XBMC works as one?, server and client in same program on the atv?

g-off · 2012-07-13, 09:10

XMBC will work as a server for UPNP. It is able to access media both locally on the device hosting it and over networks using diverse network protocols such as:
ftp,smb/cifs,nfs,webdav/http,afp,rtsp,upnp/dnla

Your nas will be accessable to xbmc easily as-is.

Noiz1212 · 2012-07-13, 09:17

Hopefully they will be able to break the atv3 soon, since i'm not able to get my hands on an atv2.

simlock · 2012-07-14, 00:12

hi you can get them still i just bought mine from amazon at £165 there fetching more than that on ebay second hand jaolbrak and non jailbroke i hope they do make the jailbrake for the 3tv there half the price and tesco was doing them for £50 at one stage at that price worth buying even for a rainy day iv just joined hoping to lean how to install all apps for the free tv dont look easy.................................br