[alexsisk]

Hi,

I have Kodi 17.6 for tvOS (one of the latest builds) installed on my Apple TV 4K via Xcode. The device is not jailbroken. I'll just say that I was able to get the device to allow Kodi on without the 7-day reinstall issue, and I love it.

I'm trying to transfer some path-corrected music (m3u) playlists over, and I noticed that there are two SSH buttons [see screenshot] on my Apple TV's info page under "Devices & Simulators" in Xcode.

My goal is to drop the playlists into a folder, hopefully something similar to

Code:

/private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/Kodi/userdata/playlists

The problem is, despite being absolutely sure that Xcode is connected to the Apple TV (grabbing logs, screenshots), these buttons don't work:

(And yes, I've tried simply typing "ssh [email protected]," the Apple TV's IP.)





Does anyone know anything about this scenario? (Note: If the answer was just "it must be jailbroken" there would not be buttons within Xcode to SSH to the device.)

[phunkyfish]

Also interested in this.

[alexsisk]

Also interested in this.

There’s a particular guy who does the Apple TV builds if I remember correctly. I don’t know that this subsection of the forum gets quite as many views as others - so it may be helpful to tag him in a post...but I can’t remember his name.

Or we can just wait. :-)

[Karellen]

Maybe you would be better in the Mac OS X forum? Do you want me to move it there...

[alexsisk]

Maybe you would be better in the Mac OS X forum? Do you want me to move it there...

That works. Thank you. I posted here originally because there isn’t a specific section for tvOS, but I suppose that’ll get it in the same family. :-)

[Karellen]

Moved to Mac OS X

[alexsisk]

@Memphiz

Loving the tvOS builds! Sorry to bother you, but you *may* have a simple answer for this question. When you get a second, if you could take a look at this, we would really appreciate it.

-Alex

[Memphiz]

Never seen those buttons. It indeed would make sense that those are only visible on jailbroken devices. What i see on the terminal screenshot is the port 1022 - try port 22 instead just for fun.

If that device is not jailbroken and you don‘t need to resign kodi every 7 days - then what is it?

[alexsisk]

Never seen those buttons. It indeed would make sense that those are only visible on jailbroken devices. What i see on the terminal screenshot is the port 1022 - try port 22 instead just for fun.

If that device is not jailbroken and you don‘t need to resign kodi every 7 days - then what is it?

 Would Apple be likely to include Xcode UI tools (the buttons) to make things easier on a jailbroken device? 

OK, I will try Port 22 when I get home from work today. Since clicking the Xcode buttons will not allow port selection, I will try directly from a Terminal prompt.

The buttons use port 1022 as the default for any SSH connection - this is reflected on a port usage chart that I saw somewhere on Apple's developer website, which is why that is the default, but I'm willing to try anything.

The device is registered on another developer's account.

[alexsisk]

Never seen those buttons. It indeed would make sense that those are only visible on jailbroken devices. What i see on the terminal screenshot is the port 1022 - try port 22 instead just for fun.

If that device is not jailbroken and you don‘t need to resign kodi every 7 days - then what is it?

 Maybe that capability to drop files into a particular app within the iTunes interface - could that be a possibility for a straightforward way of allowing that functionality? (I realize there are probably many other folders people may wish to access for various reasons though, which could complicate that.) Just a thought.