2011-02-19, 22:11
hello,
i know that this is not exactly an XBMC thing, but i think there might be others who want the thing i just achieved for their ATV as well.
i was getting annoyed bei XBMC being the fourth button on th ATV menu. i have an ATV2 with just nitoTV installed and XBMC. so XBMC will be positioned after Movies, nitTV and Internet.
since i only have the ATV2 for XBMC, i wanted to optimize where XBMC is in the menu. Overflow was not an option for me, since i still would not be having XBMC in the first spot of the ATV menu.
if you want to do this, you only need to edit two files! connect to your ATV either using SSH or like me, using a ftp client through a SFTP connection (use root as user).
WATCH OUT! STEP 2 HAS TO BE REDONE EVERYTIME YOU ARE UPDATEING XBMC!
1st file to edit: /Applications/AppleTV.app/Appliances/Movies.frappliance/Info.plist
look for those lines
and change the value in between real-tag to 2.0 - save file and close.
2nd file to edit: /Applications/XBMC.frappliance/Info.plist
look for those lines
and change the value in between integer-tag to 0 - save file and close.
after that yuo can simply reboot your ATV2 using nitoTV and after that you should be greeted with XBMC in first place of the menu. you can of course change the values and therefore the position of all menu options to your liking. XBMC in first was just the one i was looking for.
hopefully this little "hack" is useful to others. l8r.
i know that this is not exactly an XBMC thing, but i think there might be others who want the thing i just achieved for their ATV as well.
i was getting annoyed bei XBMC being the fourth button on th ATV menu. i have an ATV2 with just nitoTV installed and XBMC. so XBMC will be positioned after Movies, nitTV and Internet.
since i only have the ATV2 for XBMC, i wanted to optimize where XBMC is in the menu. Overflow was not an option for me, since i still would not be having XBMC in the first spot of the ATV menu.
if you want to do this, you only need to edit two files! connect to your ATV either using SSH or like me, using a ftp client through a SFTP connection (use root as user).
WATCH OUT! STEP 2 HAS TO BE REDONE EVERYTIME YOU ARE UPDATEING XBMC!
1st file to edit: /Applications/AppleTV.app/Appliances/Movies.frappliance/Info.plist
look for those lines
Code:
<key>FRAppliancePreferedOrderValue</key>
<real>0.0</real>
2nd file to edit: /Applications/XBMC.frappliance/Info.plist
look for those lines
Code:
<key>FRAppliancePreferedOrderValue</key>
<integer>2</integer>
after that yuo can simply reboot your ATV2 using nitoTV and after that you should be greeted with XBMC in first place of the menu. you can of course change the values and therefore the position of all menu options to your liking. XBMC in first was just the one i was looking for.
hopefully this little "hack" is useful to others. l8r.