But as always, we like it for its hackability. It retails for $99 and packs a punch with HD video, optical audio, and WiFi in that tiny package. From there you should see menu options similar to what is shown below.You’ve probably already heard about the Apple TV 2. Open XBMC on your Apple TV and navigate from your Home Screen to the System Menu. The rest of these steps take place inside of your XBMC installation:ġ. Now that we have copied all desired items from the computer into the ATV we are now ready to put down the computer and pick up the ATV remote.
In this case I have copied XBMC’s repo from my desktop into the file location provided. Once you have located the file, you will need to drag it from your computer into this file location as seen below.
Now we need to find the add-on that you download earlier in this tutorial. Next you will need to navigate to the location that XBMC associates as its Home Page. Click on the “Connect” button and you will find yourself inside the File System of your Apple TV.Ĥ.
zip file to your computer and remember file location you save it to.
Once you find what you want… download the.
You can search XBMC’s forums for things like skins, movie scrapers, music add-ons, picture add-ons, and more. The first step would be to find the add-ons you want to install.
If, on the other hand, you would like to add specialized add-ons/plugins such as IceFilms, NaviX, SuperTV, FastPassTV, 1Channel, or even Watchseries you will need to follow these instructions from beginning to end. If you would like to use these specific tools simply skip ahead to STEP #9. XBMC does come with many add-ons/plugins preinstalled in its database for you to install and play with. Before we begin, let’s go over what we need: The good news is that, by the end of this post, you will be able to install, uninstall, and find any XBMC tools you want within the confines of your Apple TV (1 or 2). Installing, and using, XBMC add-ons and plugins is a very simple process that can sometimes intimidate newbies, or first time users. This means that once XBMC is installed you can add new add-ons/ plugins to your Apple TV in order to give it some new features such as streaming live television, streaming movies from external websites, Pandora, Sports Channels, and much more. XBMC comes with the unique ability to install extra tools within the confines of its system.