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Today Firecore released beta 6 of their aTV Flash (black) software for the AppleTV 2.
What’s new in Beta6?
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- Added show/hide options for standard AppleTV menus
- Added option to manually install if no AppleTVs are detected
- Improved auto-update disabling
- Improved installation error handling
- Minor UI adjustments
Media Player
- Added new lightweight player
- Added recently played items to ‘Top Shelf’ in main menu
- Added Favorites to main menu
- Added option to manually mark files as watched/unwatched
- Added ‘Test Connection’ option for AFP/SMB shares
- Added support for DVD subtitles
- Added support for multiple DVD audio tracks
- Added basic support for MT2S files
- Improved overall video playback (especially HD video files)
- Improved thumbnail generation when cover art is not available
- Improved FF/RW controls
- Improved DVD menu and video playback
- Improved DVD playback progress reporting
- Improved memory management
- Improved AFP/SMB streaming
- Improved error handling for invalid files
- Resolved most video stuttering issues
- Resolved energy saver mode issue
- Resolved issue that resulted in some DVDs being displayed in (squished) 4×3 mode
- Resolved numerous DVD playback issues
- Resolved flickering when navigating through certain menus
- Resolved additional conflicts with XBMC
- Reduced number of network connections used
- Minor UI and other miscellaneous fixes
Cool I’ll have to give this a try. I’m a fan of jailbreaking my iPhone but I’ve yet to do much with my Apple TV 2 box. I mostly got the Apple TV so I could view AirPlay photos/videos on my TV. I’ve since found the MCE Air Play (for Media Center) so I can stream photos/videos to my Windows 7 computer while in Media Center mode. I’ll be putting the Apple TV 2 in my bedroom now so this add-on sounds perfect to watch stuff from my windows home server box. I have the Xbox 360 but it doesnt hurt to have better coverage with the apple tv and aTV. I also found a cheap HDMI “auto” switch box so I can automatically see what ever device is powered on at the time. (either Apple TV 2 or Xbox 360) no buttons/remotes needed to switch inputs. (all auto!)
cool 🙂 and thanks for the tip. Let us know how you get on.