Comments on: AppleTV 2 breaks free from the PC, remains under Apple’s lock and key http://www.last100.com/2008/01/16/appletv-2-breaks-free-from-the-pc-remains-under-apples-lock-and-key/ Tracking the digital lifestyle Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:39:11 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Luck Kanthatham http://www.last100.com/2008/01/16/appletv-2-breaks-free-from-the-pc-remains-under-apples-lock-and-key/#comment-27466 Luck Kanthatham Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:48:49 +0000 http://www.last100.com/2008/01/16/appletv-2-breaks-free-from-the-pc-remains-under-apples-lock-and-key/#comment-27466 Hi, Steve. I get your point. Apple TV has a great potential as a platform for 3rd party developers. Of course, it is entirely up to Apple to open it up. Not sure if you read my article I wrote a while back on "Repurposing the Apple TV" (http://appletvsource.com/content/view/464/). It shows you what kind of applications might be available on the Apple TV if there was an SDK for it. Hi, Steve. I get your point. Apple TV has a great potential as a platform for 3rd party developers. Of course, it is entirely up to Apple to open it up.

Not sure if you read my article I wrote a while back on “Repurposing the Apple TV” (http://appletvsource.com/content/view/464/). It shows you what kind of applications might be available on the Apple TV if there was an SDK for it.

]]> By: AppleTV owner http://www.last100.com/2008/01/16/appletv-2-breaks-free-from-the-pc-remains-under-apples-lock-and-key/#comment-27434 AppleTV owner Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:34:31 +0000 http://www.last100.com/2008/01/16/appletv-2-breaks-free-from-the-pc-remains-under-apples-lock-and-key/#comment-27434 Take a look at the AwkwardTV website: http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Main_Page I use Sapphire http://appletv.nanopi.net/ on my AppleTV to stream divx and xvid movies from my home NAS. It takes a bit of work to get all of the workarounds in place for it to work. Alan Quartermain has released a Backrow developers kit http://alanquatermain.net/brdevkit/ that works for both Frontrow and AppleTV, and there are a handful of existing plugins out there, some even open source projects. The AppleTV has a LOT of potential, and I agree that there are some very cool possibilities out there. I would love to see a native smb,ssh, and divx codec compatibility built in, (but what would the movie studios think about that?). Don't think Apple is going to be opening it up anytime soon as far as codec compatibility goes. Take a look at the AwkwardTV website:

http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Main_Page

I use Sapphire http://appletv.nanopi.net/ on my AppleTV to stream divx and xvid movies from my home NAS. It takes a bit of work to get all of the workarounds in place for it to work.

Alan Quartermain has released a Backrow developers kit http://alanquatermain.net/brdevkit/ that works for both Frontrow and AppleTV, and there are a handful of existing plugins out there, some even open source projects.

The AppleTV has a LOT of potential, and I agree that there are some very cool possibilities out there. I would love to see a native smb,ssh, and divx codec compatibility built in, (but what would the movie studios think about that?). Don’t think Apple is going to be opening it up anytime soon as far as codec compatibility goes.

]]> By: David Mackey http://www.last100.com/2008/01/16/appletv-2-breaks-free-from-the-pc-remains-under-apples-lock-and-key/#comment-27288 David Mackey Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:05:36 +0000 http://www.last100.com/2008/01/16/appletv-2-breaks-free-from-the-pc-remains-under-apples-lock-and-key/#comment-27288 Yeah, they need to open the AppleTV up. What about when I want to watch some of the shows available directly through the channels' site - or utilize Joost/Hulu? Yeah, they need to open the AppleTV up. What about when I want to watch some of the shows available directly through the channels’ site – or utilize Joost/Hulu?

]]> By: JP http://www.last100.com/2008/01/16/appletv-2-breaks-free-from-the-pc-remains-under-apples-lock-and-key/#comment-27226 JP Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:40:26 +0000 http://www.last100.com/2008/01/16/appletv-2-breaks-free-from-the-pc-remains-under-apples-lock-and-key/#comment-27226 The ultimate device: aTV plus EyeTV. The ultimate device: aTV plus EyeTV.

]]> By: dig http://www.last100.com/2008/01/16/appletv-2-breaks-free-from-the-pc-remains-under-apples-lock-and-key/#comment-27221 dig Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:10:13 +0000 http://www.last100.com/2008/01/16/appletv-2-breaks-free-from-the-pc-remains-under-apples-lock-and-key/#comment-27221 I think you are 100% correct in this. They have simply opened it up to one particular store a few photo sharing sites. Still a step in the right direction as we already love version 1.0. I think you are 100% correct in this. They have simply opened it up to one particular store a few photo sharing sites. Still a step in the right direction as we already love version 1.0.

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