http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/Mar 23rd 2007 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/
One of the reasons I'm staying away from the AppleTV is due to my few TBs worth of XviD files sitting on my drive that can't be played back.]]>Mar 23rd 2007 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/http://filmnut.vox.com/library/post/play-virtually-any-video-format-in-apple-tv.html

Does that work?]]>Mar 23rd 2007 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/That won't work. The method described in that post works because the codecs are installed on the computer that is playing the files. You can install xvid and divx codecs all day long on your BASE Mac, but it won't be of any benefit to the Apple TV box... which is the machine that is playing the files. You need to have the codec installed on the Apple TV. Which is what this hack is doing.]]>Mar 23rd 2007 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/
Time is only ticking until we get Windows loaded on them... :-)]]>Mar 23rd 2007 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/
All this work and you could've just have bought an old school XBox for a lot cheaper, softmod it, and stream all your non-DRM video files to your TV for A LOT cheaper.

And for all those complaining that it can't run 720p most stuff people download are usually not in HD and if you really care about that stuff, XBox360 can play 720p files with a little bit of softmodding and it does a lot more.]]>Mar 23rd 2007 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/Mar 23rd 2007 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/Mar 23rd 2007 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/Mar 23rd 2007 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/
I want to say why the hell is everything all over this Apple TV product. I rather get a XBOX 360 that can do the same and then some. IPTV, Gaming, Download, Streaming through Media Center, and eventually DVR. ]]>Mar 23rd 2007 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/
No matter what we might think about iTunes as an app or Apple as a company, the reality is that Apple owns the retail digital media market right now and it is not going to want to let go of that. So, for example, other than a TiVo, I, personally, would feel better about setting my mother up with this than MCSE or an Xbox or etc. I might be willing to play with config files and network settings and the like in my house, but I don't want to have to support that at my mother's (know what I mean?).

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Hope that made sense, I am not a computer guru, but when I do the export to apple like you do, it hasn't been showing up on apple tv. Any help will be great.]]>Oct 10th 2007 1:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/
Besides, this is a gen-one product that is built to do one thing right as soon as you take it out of the box, just like every Apple product - work for what it's made for. It's unfair to compare it to something that has been tweaked and updated for a while. That's like comparing a Zune to current-gen ipods. It's ridiculous to expect it to not have some ground to cover before it can even compete.

Give this thing time. If a hack has already been done, then wait and see what more there is before bringing out the "this is better than that" debate.]]>Mar 23rd 2007 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/
Your comparison with the Apple TV as a gen one product is irrelevant in my opinion. Even though its first gen, its still released after other products have done so. I agree that the Zune is better than the ipod in technical specs. Simply as you stated its released after the ipod. so why cant apple do the same thing after seeing so many other products released?

@Geoffrey Sperl

your right about media rights, cant argue with you there, maybe on music i can, because the other music providers can provide just as much music as Itunes, just not video. Regarding the video, since this is for the living the selection for XBox live media is getting bigger each day.Also, is setting up a 360 that much more difficult then you say? I really doubt it. To play Divx and such maybe, but isn't it just as difficult to do with the AppleTV? Reading that you have to mount the device first in order to hack it to play xivd is by far a lot harder than the 360 with MCE.

This reminds me of the day when i was a SONY fanatic. It left me thinking the same thing with apple. I use to be all over Sony product because of there name recognition, but it left me with sub par products. just like what apple is doing. Its not full filling my ideal idea of a Media center device.

So to reiterate, XBOX 360 does: Games, DVD, Download Movies, Media Center (Music, Movie, Pictures), DVR (eventually), IPTV (end of this year), Voice communication, Stream musics from Media Player, and karoake (im jk kidding, its possible if they add a USB mic to it).

could AppleTV do all this? Ill leave that for you guys to decide.

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is anyone else totally missing the point of this device? wireless isn't worth $250.]]>Mar 23rd 2007 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/
is anyone else totally missing the point of this device? wireless isn't worth
$250.
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Now lets gets that USB hole working, let the EyeTV software be installed, pop a EveTV hybrid in and I'm sold

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1st, TV & movie downloads from iTunes look good on an Ipod but terrible on anything larger. In the Apple Store they have Ipods hooked up to larger mac screens playing back movies and the quality is horrendously bad. I can't believe they would even demo them in this fashion. Just about any video format and/or codec I have in my computer plays back better.

2nd, I would never buy an Apple TV unless it could playback all video formats. This thing will never sell in its present form - a definite money loser.]]>Mar 23rd 2007 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/Mar 23rd 2007 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/Mar 23rd 2007 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/Mar 23rd 2007 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/
http://www.mediagateusa.com/html/mg350.html

and have xvid support built in, along with 1080p and as big a hard drive as you want. For the same price.

I know which direction I'd go.
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Guess which one will sell 10,000% more units in the next year.

also, that silly little competitor you point to doesn't even have HDMI out. give me a break.
It also has 1080i (NOT 1080p, as you claim) and doesn't even have draft 802.11n.

I, also, know which direction i'd go.

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1. I recorded an OTA 720p HDTV broadcast using my El Gato Hybrid;

2. I exported the program from EyeTV 2 as a Quicktime 1280x720 HD file;

3. I then opened the exported QT file in Quicktime Pro and exported again again using "Movie to ATV" (I had to do this because the original QT file would not stream);

4. I dropped the converted file in to iTunes, and streamed it to the Apple TV playing on my 44" 720P HDTV.

Final Streamable File Specs: 960 x 540 ... I am not sure why QT Pro converted the original 1280x720 file to the lower res, but it did and the file streamed and looked GREAT.

Results: I must say ... IT LOOKED SPECTACULAR. Somewhere between OTA HDTV and DVD ... just like sat and cable HDTV. I am a bit surprised given the low-end specs of the ATV. No dropped frames, no glitches, no hiccups. If they offer HD movies on iTunes, they are going to look GREAT!

The Downside: It took FOREVER to convert the 4 minute HD QT file using QTPro.
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You are mistakenly wrong if you think xbox media center is for kids, the system in itself is by far the best around. I don't even know what your talking about. Do you even own one to say otherwise? ]]>Mar 23rd 2007 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/
I'll probably buy one to use it as an file server/bittorrent server/apple tv.]]>Mar 24th 2007 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/Works like a charm (and Mac server software is also available).

Why Apple would ship their boxes without XVid support (or why anyone would buy one without it) is beyond me. It would be like selling a car which can't drive on roads.]]>Mar 25th 2007 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/Mar 26th 2007 1:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/apple-tv-reportedly-hacked-for-xvid-support/
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