[AppleTV2]FAQ

jd2157 Wrote:I can't help bring back sound in your menus but I can help by encouraging you to read the Official FAQ in the stickies (always the best first place to start when you have questions). There's lots of good info in there including details on why navigation sounds aren't currently enabled and when they will be.

My mistake for the sound in the menus. Must be the fact that the atv menu had sound.

I'm soo happy everything works fine!!! Thanks everyone for all the help and I'll be sure to read the FAQ before next time. This forum has soo much information can't wait to start reading!!!

procrastinator Wrote:A friend asked me how to install a 3rd party repo onto their ATV2. I couldn't find a nice step-by-step instruction post on this forum so I wrote some instructions myself. I thought it might be good to stick it up here for everybodys' benefit, so here it is:


The easiest way to add or remove files from your ATV2 without delving into the command line is to use a SFTP program like Filezilla, or Cyberduck. Personally, I use Filezilla on Windows so this is what my description will focus on. The procedure shouldn't vary that much if you're using a different OS.

Method:

1. Download, install, and run the Filezilla Client program from the link above
2. In the boxes near the top of the Filezilla window enter the following details (here's an example of the Filezilla window for reference: link):
   
   Host: enter the IP address of your ATV2
   Username: mobile
   Password: alpine (this is the default, if you've changed the password then enter whatever you changed it to)
   Port: 22
   
   NOTE: if you find, in step 6, that you cannot upload the file, try logging in again using the username “root”. After you have completed the transfer SSH into your ATV2 (un: root, pw: alpine) and run the following command to restore file permissions
   
   Code:
   

   chown -R mobile.mobile /var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC
3. Hit the "Quick Connect" button
4. The files and folders on your ATV2 should now be listed in the "Remote site" frames on the right-hand side.
5. navigate to the folder
   /private/var/mobile/
6. transfer the add-on zip file into this folder
7. In XBMC go to the Add Ons manager and choose to “install from zip”
8. select the “Home Folder”
9. find and select the zip file you want to install
10. Done!
    
    

after i find the file and i try to select the file and i click it, nothing happens. i open it up and there is nothing in it. should there be? ive been working on a solution to this problem for about 3 days. any help?

About 6 months ago I came across a thread to do this.
Have tried all sorts of search word combinations with no luck.
Any offers ?

Pressing menu and down on the remote for about 5 seconds will force the atv2 to restart.
Typing reboot at the command prompt through ssh also works well.

croc49 Wrote:About 6 months ago I came across a thread to do this.
Have tried all sorts of search word combinations with no luck.
Any offers ?

There you go:

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...art&page=2

Cheers

I need to work on my reading skills