by editor @ AppleTVHacks.net on October 1, 2008
Boxee, an open source media center with a focus on UI and social networking is now available on Apple TV!
Boxee will play any non-DRM content, and let users share information with each other and their existing social networks about what they’re watching or listening to. It will also aggregate all your entertainment (video, music, images) into one place and add in any RSS/XML/MMS feed (with mainstream content from sites like Hulu & ABC coming soon).
You can read more about Boxee in this article, or watch the video below.
The installation is very simple, thanks to an installer which formats a USB drive and sets it up to do the installation for you once plugged into your Apple TV.
If you would like to get an invite to the Boxee alpha, simply follow this link http://www.boxee.tv/atvhacks. You can then grab the USB-drive installer software from here.
by editor @ AppleTVHacks.net on October 1, 2008
The atv-bootloader team have today launched atvusb-creator, which creates USB flash drive based installers that include patchstick, factory restore and various Linux distributions.
This version is comes with ssh, bin tools, and two plugins (XBMC for Mac and Boxee for Mac). That’s right, two full blown OSX applications with their own AppleTV plugin to launch and get updates.
Currently, it is only available to run on OS X, but Linux and Windows versions should be following within the week.
Download it http://atvusb-creator.googlecode.com.
by editor @ AppleTVHacks.net on March 4, 2008
Did somebody not just ask me if Jaman TV was available for Apple TV Take 2? Well, I guess, the answer is “yes”.
Jaman just informed me a few days back that the Jaman TV plugin is now available for Apple TV Take 2. I played around with it and am happy to report that it works flawlessly on my updated Apple TV.
As far as I know, there are no new features. Just the ability to work with the new Apple TV 2.0 software.
The Patchstick zip file is available for download here.  You can refer to the original Jaman TV post (located here) for installation instructions and how to use the player.
by editor @ AppleTVHacks.net on February 29, 2008
Version 0.2 of Couch Surfer brings you support for History and the ability to load “new window” links. Brandon has also made available custom webkit frameworks in a separate file.
Thanks, Brandon.
Let me know how it goes. Just got the files from Brandon. I haven’t even installed it yet.
by editor @ AppleTVHacks.net on February 22, 2008
After a little run in with the lawyers from Apple concerning the the name and the logo of “Safari HD”, Brandon has decided to change the name of his immensely popular browser plugin to “Couch Surfer” along with a new logo.
The files are listed below. Download away!
by editor @ AppleTVHacks.net on February 19, 2008
Even more love from Brandon.
He has just updated Safari HD with the ability to access http password protected sites. So for those of you that have already downloaded the previous version, try again.
The URLs are still the same:
- Safari HD Installer for version 1.1
- Safari HD Installer for version 2.0
- Safari HD 1.1 core files
Now go and get some sleep, Brandon. Don’t tire yourself out.
[Update] All links removed to comply with Apple’s lawyers requests.