2008-11-26, 18:07
Hey guys,
I've been hunting for a good media center setup that'll play nice with my curent setup for the past few weeks.
I currently have a 500GB hard drive hooked up to an Airport Extreme base station. It's working just fine and I can stream video files to all my macs and PCs.
However, I want to be able to watch those files on my TV. I downloded XBMC and installed it on my MacBook Pro and gave it a test drive. So far it's been working great, I was able to add my Airport Disk as a source and browse the files and see the preview thumbnails.
One of the things I wasn't able to set up was the TV Shows and Movies category in the MediaStream GUI (or skin). If I select "TV Shows", nothing appears. I have to go to Videos, select the source, pick the show and play it back.
I was wondering how can I configure XBMC so the TV Shows category properly finds the TV shows stored on my Airport Disk, and automatically download cover art and meta data.
Oh, and another thing. How safe is to install XBMC on an Apple TV? Let's asusme I buy one now, which I assume will have the latest firmware installed.
I've been hunting for a good media center setup that'll play nice with my curent setup for the past few weeks.
I currently have a 500GB hard drive hooked up to an Airport Extreme base station. It's working just fine and I can stream video files to all my macs and PCs.
However, I want to be able to watch those files on my TV. I downloded XBMC and installed it on my MacBook Pro and gave it a test drive. So far it's been working great, I was able to add my Airport Disk as a source and browse the files and see the preview thumbnails.
One of the things I wasn't able to set up was the TV Shows and Movies category in the MediaStream GUI (or skin). If I select "TV Shows", nothing appears. I have to go to Videos, select the source, pick the show and play it back.
I was wondering how can I configure XBMC so the TV Shows category properly finds the TV shows stored on my Airport Disk, and automatically download cover art and meta data.
Oh, and another thing. How safe is to install XBMC on an Apple TV? Let's asusme I buy one now, which I assume will have the latest firmware installed.