[AppleTV2] ATV2 4.1 XBMC Crashes after few minutes

i can confirm the problem with 4.1 ... I have fixed the problem with updateing to 4.2.1 (tethered)... but now i can watch a 2h movie without a crash!

yozh Wrote:Oh wow I didnt even think of that. I did disable update notification using NitoTV because it was annoying me and right about after that it started working..... So that might be it.

I can confirm that installing NitoTV and disabling the updates fixed it on my ATV as well.

That's a really good point! I've also disabled update notifications. I wonder if that has something to do with it.

Trying making this change.

/etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 mesu.apple.com

update notifications causing general misbehavior is a 'known issue'.

cletus Wrote:I can confirm that installing NitoTV and disabling the updates fixed it on my ATV as well.

same here

Hi

I've tried this too with NitoTV but to no avail. The update notification still appears and therefore causes XBMC to kick out after 10mins or so of usage

Has anyone else experienced this? I am on 4.1 (4.0 aka)

Hi,

I think i might have found a temporary fix.
Thing is, when you disable the update notification with NitoTV, it points mesu.apple.com to 127.0.0.1 (localhost) in /etc/hosts

However, it adds a empty line first and then the above configuration.
When i manually edit the file and remove the empty line it works.

To easily check this, try disable with NitoTV, ping mesu.apple.com, check the round-trip time, edit the file manually, ping again and compare the results.

After this, i haven't had a single crash.
Hope this works for you as well.

nxn_swe Wrote:Hi,

I think i might have found a temporary fix.
Thing is, when you disable the update notification with NitoTV, it points mesu.apple.com to 127.0.0.1 (localhost) in /etc/hosts

However, it adds a empty line first and then the above configuration.
When i manually edit the file and remove the empty line it works.

To easily check this, try disable with NitoTV, ping mesu.apple.com, check the round-trip time, edit the file manually, ping again and compare the results.

After this, i haven't had a single crash.
Hope this works for you as well.

Hi - thanks for this. Will try out later this eve and report back

nxn_swe Wrote:Hi,

I think i might have found a temporary fix.
Thing is, when you disable the update notification with NitoTV, it points mesu.apple.com to 127.0.0.1 (localhost) in /etc/hosts

However, it adds a empty line first and then the above configuration.
When i manually edit the file and remove the empty line it works.

To easily check this, try disable with NitoTV, ping mesu.apple.com, check the round-trip time, edit the file manually, ping again and compare the results.

After this, i haven't had a single crash.
Hope this works for you as well.

It didn't but might be more me than you :-)

contents are like this

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost
127.0.0.1 mesu.apple.com

when I ping I get
C:\Users\Harinder>ping mesu.apple.com

Pinging a97.g.akamai.net [213.120.161.146] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 213.120.161.146: bytes=32 time=141ms TTL=54
Reply from 213.120.161.146: bytes=32 time=153ms TTL=54
Reply from 213.120.161.146: bytes=32 time=155ms TTL=54
Reply from 213.120.161.146: bytes=32 time=156ms TTL=54

Dense Wrote:That's a really good point! I've also disabled update notifications. I wonder if that has something to do with it.

Trying making this change.

/etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 mesu.apple.com

Has done the job for me. Installed nano using apt-get and editted the hosts file. After a reboot, my xbmc doesnt crash anymore