[garyi]

Hi I know this is a bit off topic but you guys seem knowledgeable

I would like to be able to use my laptop (Macbook) to control the apple tv, whether in XMBC or not.

As I have 'hacked' my ATV I wondered if anything existed to allow this? Basically I want to choose music to play without having to have the TV on.

Yes I have an iPod touch, but want to use the laptop.

[Krieg]

Inside of XBMC:

http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=The_Web_Interface

To control the whole ATV you might try installing VNC

[SkeezerJ]

Any Progress here? Does anybody know how to install VNC on ATV...that way I can control it with my iPhone...the little apple remote really stinks
thanks

[boasist]

did you buy the 2.99 xbmc app? what don't you like about it?

[SkeezerJ]

something to control hulu would be nice also

[dafranca]

something to control hulu would be nice also

I done this little script that will do a workaround:
http://pastebin.com/pastebin.php?dl=f3f7c7f99

1) Transfer: f3f7c7f99.sh on ATV.
2) Open ssh connection to: AppleTV.local
3) Type Password: frontrow
3) execute: chmod 755 f3f7c7f99.sh
4) execute: sudo bash ./f3f7c7f99.sh
5) Type Password again: frontrow
6) After ATV reboots open your VNC Client and connect to: AppleTV.local
6) Type Password: frontrow

[bigdaddyo811]

I get the following when I do the above instructions

.ount: unknown special file or file system /
./f3f7c7f99.sh: line 47: syntax error near unexpected token `else'
'/f3f7c7f99.sh: line 47: `else

and then if I try running it again, I get

.ount: unknown special file or file system /
: File exists/frontrow/VNCtemp
./f3f7c7f99.sh: line 47: syntax error near unexpected token `else'
'/f3f7c7f99.sh: line 47: `else

[brentonmac]

I made a change to the script so it would run

http://pastebin.com/m677a3362

[bigdaddyo811]

I get the following error


./m677a3362: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
./m677a3362: line 1: `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>'

[garyi]

Hi team. Perhaps I am a muppet but all this time I was just tapping in the IP addy of the ATV and getting nothing.

Turns out you want your IP (look under setting in XBMC and it will be there bottom right) plus the following, :8080/default.asp

So for instance 192.168.1.14:8080/default.asp

This assumes you have the latest build and that you have gone to settings and turned on the web server and left it as port 8080

Works perfect, I am delighted.