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[LINUX] Apple TV Crystalbuntu (Ubuntu Linux and Crystal HD) Disk Image for Apple TV
xpo_dk Wrote:Hi there,

I've just installed the file from the first page of this - and it rocks! Thanks a lot!

Only thing I can't figure out is why XBMC suddentley is so slow loading movies. In macOS XBMC load a movie in seconds - now we're talking 4-5 minutes...

My movies is stored on a timecapsule - everything is connected "with wire"...

Any ideas?

Thanks a lot for this cool thing!!!!

You can try this http://gigaom.com/apple/public-safety-ad...ule-7-4-1/. It seems to have improved performance for me, but I was not having waiting times like yours, I just had timeouts...
maartenst Wrote:You can try this http://gigaom.com/apple/public-safety-ad...ule-7-4-1/. It seems to have improved performance for me, but I was not having waiting times like yours, I just had timeouts...

How long does it take you to start a movie when selecting it?

Guess you're connected to the timecapsule thru a router - meaning with wire?
xpo_dk Wrote:How long does it take you to start a movie when selecting it?

Guess you're connected to the timecapsule thru a router - meaning with wire?
directly to the TC, as that is a switch too. And it takes only a few secs if it is HD. Altough like I said a few posts before, somehow most movies dont play anymore on my system anymore, not sure what happened there No
Hi! Where and how can i configure wireless card settings?

For wired network it is:
/etc/network/interfaces

and comment out
auto eth0
and add (replacing with your details)
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.120
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1


P.S.:
I was talking too fast Smile With above settings i can not set static ip. What am i doing wrong.

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# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
# auto eth0
# iface eth0 inet dhcp
# comment out "auto eth0"
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.8.8.56
netmask 255.255.252.0
gateway 10.8.8.56

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
# address 192.168.1.106
# netmask 255.255.255.0
# gateway 192.168.1.1

wpa-ssid MySSID
wpa-ap-scan 1
wpa-proto RSN WPA
wpa-pairwise CCMP AES
wpa-group CCMP AES
wpa-key-mgmt WPA-AES
wpa-psk mypass
wireless-channel 1
wireless-mode managed
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TNX
Thanks Bandit_kaine for your great guide! I think I've actually got everything running on the internal disk! I do have one question regarding last step:

In system info > storage information it says:

Code:
Filesystem      Size Used  Avail  Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3       2.4G 1.6G   636M  73%   /

which makes me think that it's not actually using my whole disk.

if I do:

Code:
sudo parted /dev/sda print

I get:

Code:
Model: ATA FUJITSU MHW2040A (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 40.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name                  Flags
1      20.5kB  210MB   210MB   fat32        EFI System Partition  boot
2      210MB   236MB   26.1MB  hfs+         Recovery              atvrecv
3      236MB   38.9GB  38.7GB  ext3         primary
4      38.9GB  40.0GB  1108MB  linux-swap   primary

which seems ok, right?

So my question is, am I using the whole disk for xbmc storage or not? How can I be sure? I want to enable DDS images and don't want to run out of space!

Edit: I noticed Moonwalker's post that said:

moonwalker Wrote:I had to use the next two commands too to make it all happen on my internal drive.

resize2fs /dev/sda3
tune2fs -j /dev/sda3

would that be what is missing? and would that need to be done while still booted from the USB?
illiac4 Wrote:Hi! Where and how can i configure wireless card settings?

For wired network it is:
/etc/network/interfaces

TNX

ehhh...running this image is most likely done on an apple tv with the crystal hd stuff, so without a wireless card...?
maartenst Wrote:directly to the TC, as that is a switch too. And it takes only a few secs if it is HD. Altough like I said a few posts before, somehow most movies dont play anymore on my system anymore, not sure what happened there No

Why didn't I think of that before!

I plugged it into the TC and wrooommm - up and running!

Thanks a lot!
xpo_dk Wrote:Why didn't I think of that before!

I plugged it into the TC and wrooommm - up and running!

Thanks a lot!
No worries
Hi,

Yesterday I screwed my Crystalubuntu instalation, so I burned my pen drive with pin87a's image.

I've opened a terminal to my apple tv and I wrote

Code:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Then, I wanted to update to xbmc RC1 so I've added ppa info and wrote

Code:
sudo apt-get install xbmc

On System>System Info I see that is RC1 but the problem is that I've lost
"broadcom crystal hd" as render method on System>Video>Playback.

Can someone tell me if I cannot upgrade to RC1 or if I have to run some kind of script to enable crystalhd on rc1?

Thanks
-d
diegoap Wrote:Hi,

Yesterday I screwed my Crystalubuntu instalation, so I burned my pen drive with pin87a's image.

I've opened a terminal to my apple tv and I wrote

Code:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Then, I wanted to update to xbmc RC1 so I've added ppa info and wrote

Code:
sudo apt-get install xbmc

On System>System Info I see that is RC1 but the problem is that I've lost
"broadcom crystal hd" as render method on System>Video>Playback.

Can someone tell me if I cannot upgrade to RC1 or if I have to run some kind of script to enable crystalhd on rc1?

Thanks
-d

did you upgrade chd as well? i believe older trunks don't work with newer dharma builds
I'm wondering how to get this TV to 24p in XBMC (ATV Linux). The TV EDID (and sony specsheet) lists:

(--) NVIDIA(0): --- EDID for SONY TV (DFP-0) ---
(--) NVIDIA(0): EDID Version : 1.3
(--) NVIDIA(0): Manufacturer : SNY
(--) NVIDIA(0): Monitor Name : SONY TV
(--) NVIDIA(0): Product ID : 64769
(--) NVIDIA(0): 32-bit Serial Number : 16843009
(--) NVIDIA(0): Serial Number String :
(--) NVIDIA(0): Manufacture Date : 2010, week 1
(--) NVIDIA(0): DPMS Capabilities :
(--) NVIDIA(0): Prefer first detailed timing : Yes
(--) NVIDIA(0): Supports GTF : No
(--) NVIDIA(0): Maximum Image Size : 1440mm x 810mm
(--) NVIDIA(0): Valid HSync Range : 15.0 kHz - 70.0 kHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Valid VRefresh Range : 58 Hz - 62 Hz
(--) NVIDIA(0): EDID maximum pixel clock : 150.0 MHz

With a refresh rate of 58Hz - 62Hz how do you get 24p from X or XBMC?
When you play a 24p source in a 24p Blu-ray player the TV switches to "1920 x 1080/24p" and says so on the screen and when you hit the Display button on the TV remote. Yet no X modes other than 60hz will work. The message 'Invalid Source" is displayed using 24p modelines.
thnmnt Wrote:Edit: I noticed Moonwalker's post that said:

[...]

would that be what is missing? and would that need to be done while still booted from the USB?

Yep - the resize2fs is what's missing. It should be able to do it online (booting from the internal drive) - just don't bother watching movies at the same time because it'll gring the machine for a little while.

The tune2fs afterwards is to remove the journal from the drive. I (personally) wouldn't bother about that.
defiler Wrote:Yep - the resize2fs is what's missing. It should be able to do it online (booting from the internal drive) - just don't bother watching movies at the same time because it'll gring the machine for a little while.

The tune2fs afterwards is to remove the journal from the drive. I (personally) wouldn't bother about that.

brilliant! thanks for that. That did the trick and took about 5 min. I now have 33G available on the drive. Maybe Bandit_Kaine can edit his post to add this crucial step. I can confirm it works perfectly.

Edit: I should mention that when I first rebooted I got file system errors and had to run fsck to repair them. But subsequent reboots went fine.
Well can someone please help me with setting up static ip address. No matter what i do it always gets the ip from router DHCP.
diegoap Wrote:Hi,

Yesterday I screwed my Crystalubuntu instalation, so I burned my pen drive with pin87a's image.

I've opened a terminal to my apple tv and I wrote

Code:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Then, I wanted to update to xbmc RC1 so I've added ppa info and wrote

Code:
sudo apt-get install xbmc

On System>System Info I see that is RC1 but the problem is that I've lost
"broadcom crystal hd" as render method on System>Video>Playback.

Can someone tell me if I cannot upgrade to RC1 or if I have to run some kind of script to enable crystalhd on rc1?

Thanks
-d

You need to upgrade to at least r156 of the CrystalHD firmware/library/driver:
Code:
svn checkout --revision 156 http://crystalhd-for-osx.googlecode.com/svn/trunk crystalhd-r156
cd crystalhd-r156/crystalhd/linux_lib/libcrystalhd
make
sudo make install
cd ../../driver/linux
autoconf
./configure
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe crystalhd
cd ../../../../
sudo rm -rf crystalhd-r156/

Then just reboot and the option should be available in XBMC again.
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