lipsterc8 Wrote:Sean-
Tried using the wiki but i couldnt find it when i tried to install in on xbmc on my apple tv. do i need to use that on my macbook or should it work on the apple tv.
Not quite sure what you are saying here.
This is the wiki.
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=XBMC_Online_Manual
You don't install it on anything. You read it online just like you read this forum online.
As far as installing add-ons from a zip file, there are are several options with an ATV1.
1. Connect to the ATV1 over SFTP - this involves a program like Cyberduck or FileZilla on a Mac or Putty on a PC. User name is frontrow, pw frontrow by default after doing the patch stick install. This gives youa graphic interface for the ATV1's file structure and you can copy the zip file over with this interface.
2. Turn on AFP (mac file sharing) and the USB port on the back by using the Nito TV "Smart installer" under the Nito TV menu on the ATV1. If it works the first time, awesome.
If it doesn't you may need to prepare a special "recovery.dmg" file and then SFTP that recovery file onto the ATV1 to run the "Smart Installer" again. There are lots of different guides. I personally sort of like this one.
http://forums.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=15046
Don't worry that its on the Boxee forum, its all about prepping some system resources for the ATV1's OS. Basically cutting and pasting some pieces out of 10.4.9 they left out of the ATV1 Os so your hardware is more fully functional than Apple originally intended.
I like adding AFP and the USB support because then you can most easily attach a USB storage device to the back of the ATV1 and drag and drop files to it - making it a cheap media server as well as player.
Once you do #2, you can copy the XBMC add-on zip via AFP or put it on a USB thumb drive and load it off of that, etc.
But if you just want to turn on some unofficial plug-ins quick, download Cyberduck, sign on to the ATV1 using SFTP (not regular FTP) and look around at its file structure. By default under mnt/usr/frontrow there is a "movies" folder and if you are having a hard time finding where you saved your plug-in zip file just use that one.
When in XBMC you pick the "install from zip file" option it lets you browse your ATV1's file structure. The zip file does not have to be where the plug-in will eventually be installed, XBMC will unzip and/or download the pieces it needs for the plug-in where XBMC needs them to be, regardless of where you locate the zip file.