2008-09-18, 23:41
XBMC for Mac (beta1) is now released, here's the short and sweet to install;
Requirements: AppleTV at r2.1, ssh and NitoTV installed. (see http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Main_Page)
The AppleTV need read/write enabled for OSBoot, (search the awkwardtv wiki for readwrite).
under a ssh login into the AppleTV
Ignore the message about installation failing, a perl post-install script has failed to run because perl is missing
This installs ;
/Applications/XBMC.app
make a sym link from /Applications to ~/Applications so NitoTV app launcher can see it
Launch it under NitoTV, setting-> appearance-> resolution and pick the one with (FullScreen)
Done.
Report bugs in the XBMC for Mac forums at http://forum.xbmc.org/. Please remember that this is a beta release in prep for the upcoming final release sometime in October.
Coming attractions;
A dedicated XBMC Media Center AppleTV plugin for launching.
A USB-creator for making a USB flash drive for installation of XBMC for Mac on the AppleTV
Requirements: AppleTV at r2.1, ssh and NitoTV installed. (see http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Main_Page)
The AppleTV need read/write enabled for OSBoot, (search the awkwardtv wiki for readwrite).
under a ssh login into the AppleTV
Quote:installer -pkg XBMC.mpkg -target /
Ignore the message about installation failing, a perl post-install script has failed to run because perl is missing
This installs ;
/Applications/XBMC.app
make a sym link from /Applications to ~/Applications so NitoTV app launcher can see it
Quote:ln -s /Applications/XBMC.app /Users/Frontrow/Applications.XBMC.app
Launch it under NitoTV, setting-> appearance-> resolution and pick the one with (FullScreen)
Done.
Report bugs in the XBMC for Mac forums at http://forum.xbmc.org/. Please remember that this is a beta release in prep for the upcoming final release sometime in October.
Coming attractions;
A dedicated XBMC Media Center AppleTV plugin for launching.
A USB-creator for making a USB flash drive for installation of XBMC for Mac on the AppleTV