2011-02-14, 00:27
Here's a cool little idea I just had (and tested), that I thought worth sharing.
Now that the ATV2 has an untethered jailbreak, it's a pretty darn portable device, but of course, without external USB storage, a bit limited in its ability to use your own source material on the go.
Then I realized that since I have my iPhone and iPad with me pretty much all the time, I could just use one of those as a server. Since I can add a 32GB SD card on the iPad via the Camera kit, I can have a fair amount of material with me without carrying much extra.
A quick search turned up a Cydia app called XDrive, which allows you to use the iPad or an attached SD card as a Samba share.
It's extremely easy to set up, and works like a champ. To use the SD card, just set up a share with the path /var/mnt/mount1/ , then enter the iPad address with the XDrive share name directly into XBMC as a source.
This is useful to me, because I can now load up some avi or mkv videos on my iPad or SD card, watch them on the plane directly on the iPad (with XBMC), and then when I get to my destination, serve the same material right up to the ATV2.
Now that the ATV2 has an untethered jailbreak, it's a pretty darn portable device, but of course, without external USB storage, a bit limited in its ability to use your own source material on the go.
Then I realized that since I have my iPhone and iPad with me pretty much all the time, I could just use one of those as a server. Since I can add a 32GB SD card on the iPad via the Camera kit, I can have a fair amount of material with me without carrying much extra.
A quick search turned up a Cydia app called XDrive, which allows you to use the iPad or an attached SD card as a Samba share.
It's extremely easy to set up, and works like a champ. To use the SD card, just set up a share with the path /var/mnt/mount1/ , then enter the iPad address with the XDrive share name directly into XBMC as a source.
This is useful to me, because I can now load up some avi or mkv videos on my iPad or SD card, watch them on the plane directly on the iPad (with XBMC), and then when I get to my destination, serve the same material right up to the ATV2.