[sadsack007]

Hi all,

I think I've exhausted the majority of the last 12 months worth of "How to" video's but there were a few things I wanted to make sure about first.

I have a fresh Jailbroken Atv 2 running on 5.3 tethered.

I looked at this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoVkvrcJ7lE which seems to be the correct way to install using putty. But i would much rather get up to date information from the (shall i say) the horses mouth first.

I looked at this from a site related to the above video, I am assuming its a "cut and paste" rather than "type and error" scenario.

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Since Alot of you guys requested, and XBMC finally brought out there latest version of XBMC V12 and now made it compatible with iOS 5.2 AKA 6.1 for our AppleTV 2..
To process this Using MAC/Ubuntu use your Terminal, but if your on Windows Download PuTTY
here is how you can install it

apt-get install wget
wget -O- http://apt.awkwardtv.org/awkwardtv.pub | apt-key add -
echo "deb http://apt.awkwardtv.org/ stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/awkwardtv.list
echo "deb http://mirrors.xbmc.org/apt/atv2 ./" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xbmc.list
apt-get update
mkdir -p /Applications/AppleTV.app/Appliances
apt-get install org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2
mkdir -p /Applications/XBMC.frappliance
reboot


and this is from xbmc.org
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apt-get install wget
wget -O- http://apt.awkwardtv.org/awkwardtv.pub | apt-key add -
echo "deb http://apt.awkwardtv.org/ stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/awkwardtv.list
echo "deb http://mirrors.xbmc.org/apt/atv2 ./" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xbmc.list
apt-get update
mkdir -p /Applications/AppleTV.app/Appliances
apt-get install org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2
mkdir -p /Applications/XBMC.frappliance
reboot

So they both look identical, one thing that worries me is the very last line "reboot" ...... will that cause a problem with the tethered JB? also most of the information seems to relate to 5.2 and not 5.3, would there be any error situations due to this. or is there anything extra I would need to update to the above install lines.

I have read quite a few problems with other peoples installs going wrong using the above method, one of them being this one, http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=181551 I maybe somewhat over the top in worrying for no reason but if I loose the JB I cannot see any way of going back due to the lack of blobs.
I'm also not to sure if it's possible to do some kind of backup like you can with an iphone of ipad using itunes and then restoring. But seeing as 5.3 is no longer being signed that theory may be out of the question anyway.

I did use (I understand it's frowned upon here) xbmchub installer before but I had so many problems I decided to re-JB and allow SPass to re-install 5.3. So I am assuming there would be no remnants of it left behind.

Thanks chaps for reading, and also for any replies / help given,
Happy new year to all,
sadsack007...

oops nearly forgot, installation will be done via either XP tower or Win7 laptop, or if needed an IPhone.

[Ned Scott]

You can ignore the reboot part. It's there just in case people are running XBMC at the same time, as well as reboots being an easy way to make sure no other ATV "apps", like netflix, are using any RAM. Even if you do reboot, you just need to tether boot it, but you don't need to reinstall anything.

[sadsack007]

Thanks Ned,

Glad about the "reboot" It really does bug me having to unpack the lappy just to do the re-tether.... - a little off topic, but a friend was supposed to have given me a little netbook, I was really looking forward to getting it (money is tight in the UK, electric and gas and petrol have gone through the roof)..... as it would have been perfect to do re-tethering.

So as far as your concerned as long as i "copy & Paste" I shouldn't have any problems? only one other thing, does xbmc.org have there own repo, and also some type of fix / repair / maintenance tool available that i could install alongside xbmc?

Thanks again....
sadsack007....

[Ned Scott]

XBMC indeed has it's own add-on repository.

As for any maintenance tools, we do not have one, but they are typically only needed for add-ons that we don't support per our piracy policy (see forum rules (wiki)). That being said, things like the "HUB" or "unitytalk" maintenance tools typically just duplicate other individual add-ons, like the debug log uploader (which we do have), and also do some functions that we don't recommend doing as it often breaks XBMC installs.

In other words, even if you do use those add-ons, I think you're better off not using any "maintenance" tool. Everything it does can be done almost as easily, and with less chance for breaking things, using other methods.

[sadsack007]

Thanks Ned, and sorry about the time delay in responding....

I fully understand the info about .org's piracy policy..... I just wanted to ask about the Maintenance to avoid heading down the same route I went before. It's good to know that some of the things available elsewhere can still be used by coming here and asking for help.

Just one last thing, as I'm not to sure if it would complicate the installation process, (also I'm not to sure about the "Pir Policy" on this bit either,) but considering the Atv is Jbroken, Would it be necessary to add some form of additional info to a hosts file before or after xbmc install. Or do you think this would already be in place when the Atv was Jboken with Seasonpass? (I cannot think of a way to test this theory apart from trying to update).... Something I'm trying to avoid at the moment... lol

Thanks for the help Ned,

Sadsack007

[Ned Scott]

I'm not sure what you mean, but no additional step is necessary for a full XBMC install on the ATV2. All the functionality is there.

[sadsack007]

I was just wondering if it was possible to stop the Atv from self updating it's firmware, as I've read on a couple of forum's that it has happened to some people.

[Ned Scott]

That should happen automatically when you install XBMC, but if that has changed, you can manually install updatebegone:

Code:

apt-get install com.nito.updatebegone

[sadsack007]

Thanks Ned.....

All the best mate for the info.... just what I needed..

Happy new year to you, and any one who may be reading....

sadsack007..