simbafish Wrote:Yes, thank you, but I don't understand how to do it. What it said was:
If you know your *nix:
* SSH into your AppleTV1
* wget http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/osx..._beta1-x86.dmg
* wget http://atv-xbmc-launcher.googlecode....9.04_update.sh
* chmod +x xbmc-9.04_update.sh
* ./xbmc-9.04_update.sh xbmc-11.0-Eden_beta1-x86.dmg
* sudo reboot #(or kill Finder)
Could you walk me through?
The XBMC Eden Beta 3 that I downloaded last night is "xbmc-Eden_beta3-xbmcbuntu". Inside are three folders: casper,isolinux and preseed. Is this the right download for ATV1? I have Beta 3 running on my iMac. Fortunately I never upgraded to RC 1. Is there any way to get it from the iMac to ATV (SSH)?
I may not know the language, but if I don't try, I will never learn.
Right, forget xbmcbuntu. It's a full linux install, a modified version of Ubuntu, I doubt that's what you're looking for! What you need to do is:
open a terminal on your mac and type
when it asks for a password type in frontrow
then copy and paste these commands into your terminal window one at a time (if any give you an error message, stop at this point and paste the error message here):
Code:
wget http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/osx/xbmc-11.0-Eden_beta3-x86.dmg
this gets the beta3 for mac (which is what the atv1 runs)
then
Code:
wget http://atv-xbmc-launcher.googlecode.com/svn/tags/xbmc-info/scripts/xbmc-9.04_update.sh
this downloads a script that is capable of mounting the dmg image you got in the first step and installing the xbmc binary located in it
then
Code:
chmod +x xbmc-9.04_update.sh
this makes the script executable so that we can run it as a program
then
Code:
./xbmc-9.04_update.sh xbmc-11.0-Eden_beta3-x86.dmg
this line runs the script and supplies the file you downloaded in the first step as an argument. This is what actually gets the business done of installing xbmc for you
then, finally:
this restarts the UI - give it about 10 seconds. When you re-enter the launcher, your new (old in this case!) xbmc should be ready to go
to exit the ssh session, simply type:
then close the terminal window.
I've broken it down for you so you can see why each step is necessary and what it actually does. Hopefully this will reduce the gobbledygook factor a bit! Best way to learn is to have a go.....