All Things Apple TV2

Cyrus

Just a guess

but the people who have netflix are you using appletv with a US address to get the wider range of movies and tv shows? and the people who dont see netflix have just registered an irish itunes account?

adox

Cyrus wrote: »

Just a guess

but the people who have netflix are you using appletv with a US address to get the wider range of movies and tv shows? and the people who dont see netflix have just registered an irish itunes account?

I did have a US Netflix account with a VPN a long time ago but it was before my ATV2 days. Netflix shows up on ATV2 under Internet. I can log in no problem, but cant access any content.

Cyrus

adox wrote: »

I did have a US Netflix account with a VPN a long time ago but it was before my ATV2 days. Netflix shows up on ATV2 under Internet. I can log in no problem, but cant access any content.

im talking about your atv2 account tho

adox

Cyrus wrote: »

im talking about your atv2 account tho

Yeah I realise that. What I`m saying is Netflix is showing on my ATV2 with an Irish IP address.

eboarde

Do Apple use IP addresses to determine location? I thought it was the address of your credit card.

mailforkev

You can manually select a location country in Settings. You do then need an account for that country to purchase though.

I'm on latest iOS (jailbroken), Ireland as location and Irish Apple ID, and Netflix is first entry under Internet for me.

adox

Still not working for me. Tried again this evening but no joy. Unplugged everything form the Apple TV and gave it a few minutes before connecting back up and rebooting but still that dreaded message.

Won't be renewing as this is just pissing me off now haha. Have tried it with PS3 and it works fine, it's a pain in the hole using that. I use my ATV2 for all my media so would like to have that option for Netflix too. Its all the more annoying that I can log in through Apple TV but not view anything.

I searched high and low over the internet for a fix but they are all reboot the machine etc and none have worked. :eek:

rai555

adox wrote: »

Still not working for me. Tried again this evening but no joy. Unplugged everything form the Apple TV and gave it a few minutes before connecting back up and rebooting but still that dreaded message.

Won't be renewing as this is just pissing me off now haha. Have tried it with PS3 and it works fine, it's a pain in the hole using that. I use my ATV2 for all my media so would like to have that option for Netflix too. Its all the more annoying that I can log in through Apple TV but not view anything.

I searched high and low over the internet for a fix but they are all reboot the machine etc and none have worked. :eek:

reboot but not to turn off/on

adox

rai555 wrote: »

reboot but not to turn off/on

Sorry don't follow?

rai555

adox wrote: »

Sorry don't follow?

seems it is aTV Flash extra menu, sorry for confusion, that thingy did the trick as i was unable to log in to my netflix account untill i relaunched my aTV

adox

rai555 wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=76418212&postcount=242

Ok I dont have those options on my ATV2. Im running 4.2.1

rai555

that's the menue

adox

rai555 wrote: »

that's the menue

I don't have that menu option but I presume that's the same action as holding down the menu and play button on the Apple TV to get it to reboot? I tried that several times without success. I also found a reboot Apple TV option in nito TV settings, which I also did but didn't change anything.

rai555

adox wrote: »

I don't have that menu option but I presume that's the same action as holding down the menu and play button on the Apple TV to get it to reboot? I tried that several times without success. I also found a reboot Apple TV option in nito TV settings, which I also did but didn't change anything.

Would restoring back to factory settings do anything ?

adox

rai555 wrote: »

Would restoring back to factory settings do anything ?

It would lose my jailbreak. I don't want to have the hassle of jailbreaking and setting everything up that comes with it again.

I'm just going to have to use the PS3 for the rest of my 30 day trial and then I'll cancel. Might have given a go if I had it working on the ATV2.


Thanks for trying to help.

eboarde

I finally got the netflix option on my internet by going into itunes in settings and changing my location to US.

However I'm now having the same issue as adox I'm using 4.4.4 JB.

BobMcBob

Have the same problem with Netflix not showing up, just remembered that I had changed the /etc/hosts to stop software updates, so think that might be the problem. Will try changing that file back and see what happens tonight

gingernut79

The 4.4.4 jb from seasonpass installed the Netflix perfect for me, I used the untethered one that was released end of December .

sharkman

I've just about had it with Apple TV/ iTunes , I have ATV2 running latest SW (Not Jailbroken ) and latest iTunes . I run both off a Belkin PlayMax Router , I cant get AirPlay icon on iTunes BUT worse is the fact that I cant get more than 30 minutes viewing without homeshare bugging out on me and having to reset iTunes .

Any ideas would be most welcome otherwise there will be an ATV on adverts before I head to the madhouse.:mad:

mik_da_man

gingernut79 wrote: »

The 4.4.4 jb from seasonpass installed the Netflix perfect for me, I used the untethered one that was released end of December .

Gonna give that a shot today

eboarde

I updated my ATV2 software (from 4.4.4) over the weekend as Apple released a new update (not sure what the number is) and now Netflix works fine, I've not tried to JB it yet.

mik_da_man

mik_da_man wrote: »

gingernut79 wrote: »

The 4.4.4 jb from seasonpass installed the Netflix perfect for me, I used the untethered one that was released end of December .

Gonna give that a shot today

Yep upgrade to 4.4.4 has Netflix all right.
Jail broke it and restored xbmc. Happy days

120_Minutes

updated to 4.4.4 and jailbroke the other day, and netflix was there for a while and now its gone.

clintondaly

Hi

what exactly are the differences between 4.4.3 & 4.4.4,i have an untethered 4.4.3 and it is working flawlessly,is there any advantage to upgrading,the only difference i am aware of is the mirroring but i can get around that by using the VLC streamer which i have.

Rgds

soundsham

just wondering has anybody updated to 4.4.4 and re-jb using windows vista
id like to do so, but i couldn't jb day one when i bought it someone on here did it for me, seem to remember it was a vista problem
would like to update to eden too and have not been able

120_Minutes

sham, if i remember the problem you had was getting the ATV into DFU mode. almost every guide says to unplug it from the mains when you're trying to do this. when i updated and jailbroke the other day, i tried as per the guide and it didnt work, but as soon as i plugged into the mains and retried that step it worked.

so give that a go, and if all else fails i'll try it again for you.

mik_da_man

120_Minutes wrote: »

updated to 4.4.4 and jailbroke the other day, and netflix was there for a while and now its gone.

This could be location settings. After the restore/jb my region is set to cupertino and I've left it alone.

120_Minutes

mik_da_man wrote: »

This could be location settings. After the restore/jb my region is set to cupertino and I've left it alone.

nope, i'm on dublin.

Leiva

Mine was jailbroken months ago so the other day i checked to see if Netflix was available , and sure enough it was .

Went back in today and its missing

mik_da_man

120_Minutes wrote: »

mik_da_man wrote: »

This could be location settings. After the restore/jb my region is set to cupertino and I've left it alone.

nope, i'm on dublin.

Was it always set to Dublin after the jailbreak?

Im_No_Superman

mixednuts wrote: »

OK Im officially now a atv2 fanboy .

Picked it up today .

Im fully installed , jailbroken and have added the 2 suggested add-ons .
Anyone wanna share me some more great add-ons then please PM

Im now awaiting delivery of a 2TB NAS so if you wanna share your entire movie and music collection with me then i will happily oblige .


Im not above begging:p

Got a link to the NAS you purchased? On the market for one myself and will also be hooking it up to the Appletv.

Or if any one else has any good NAS recommendations that work will well with the Apple tv I'd be much obliged.

Cyrus

Im_No_Superman wrote: »

Got a link to the NAS you purchased? On the market for one myself and will also be hooking it up to the Appletv.

Or if any one else has any good NAS recommendations that work will well with the Apple tv I'd be much obliged.

buffalo linkstation been working great here for the past 8 months

see amazon.co.uk

Leiva

Im_No_Superman wrote: »

Got a link to the NAS you purchased? On the market for one myself and will also be hooking it up to the Appletv.

Or if any one else has any good NAS recommendations that work will well with the Apple tv I'd be much obliged.

Cyrus wrote: »

buffalo linkstation been working great here for the past 8 months

see amazon.co.uk

Yea I got the Buffalo Linkstation Pro 2. 2TB from dabs.ie

part number;LS-V2.0TL-EU

soundsham

updated to 4.4.4 and jb this morning
netflix available
cant use putty for ssh as i keep getting "connection error timed out"
settings are same as before when it did work any ideas ??

have a buffalo linkstation 2tb too myself bought yonks ago when it was reduced to approx €125ish if i remember
but only set it up over xmas
seems to work fine streaming to computer but lot of buffering/crashing to apple tv


Sorted

Cyrus

soundsham wrote: »

updated to 4.4.4 and jb this morning
netflix available
cant use putty for ssh as i keep getting "connection error timed out"
settings are same as before when it did work any ideas ??

have a buffalo linkstation 2tb too myself bought yonks ago when it was reduced to approx €125ish if i remember
but only set it up over xmas
seems to work fine streaming to computer but lot of buffering/crashing to apple tv

i dont get any buffering, i have everything wired mind

Im_No_Superman

Cheers lads, I'll check the Buffalo Linkstation out.

Jax Teller

You can't talk about that particular addon here James . A mod will just delete it .

I wouldn't be relying on it if that's the only way of watching movies and tv shows you have .

Lockster

I've had Apple TV for over a year and all was working fine until recently. Now I'm having trouble with home sharing and it finding my iTunes library. Most of the time it can't find the library even thought everything is turned on and when it does find the library it only plays for a while before disconecting again. Is anyone else having the same problem or have any ideas?

Thanks

Lockster

OK I think I have found what the problem has been. I'm with Vodafone for home broadband and was using my old BT Voyager 2110 router/modem. But they sent me a new modem the Huawei HG556a and seeing as this is a N rated wifi router I swapped over to this and this is when the problems started. I've looked in the router settings but don't know what to change to get the home sharing to work. I've swapped back to the old BT Voyager 2110 and all is working again. Does anyone know what to change in the Huawei HG556a settings to get home sharing to work? It connected to the internet fine and I could stream directly from itunes just not from my home pc.

Thanks you.

clintondaly

There is another forum dedicated to this router as it tends to have issues.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055731097

carrotcake

Just got an AppleTV yesterday, and put XBMC on it. Very impressed so far! Loving AirPlay.

I've seen a bit of debate about whether to plug in the power while jailbreaking, and I had the same problem as others; with not being about to put the AppleTV into DFU mode while not plugged in.

In my case, I discovered that I was able to do it after I unplugged all other USB devices from my laptop. The only other thing that I had plugged in was the wireless receiver for my mouse.

My guess is that the AppleTV can't get enough power from the laptop alone when the USB power supply is being shared with other USB devices.

fox007

Is there a web browser for atv2? can someone give a link for it cheers

clintondaly

fox007 wrote: »

Is there a web browser for atv2? can someone give a link for it cheers

Hi

for ATV 2 whcih has not been jailbroken there is only the inbuilt internet feature which is restricted to the sites listed.

For the Jailbroken ATV2 there is a web surfer called "Couch Surfer Pro" which is part of the software package from ATV(Flash)Black,as this is the one i use i am unsure if there is an add on for XBMC.

Is your ATV Jailbroken?

Rgds

fox007

clintondaly wrote: »

fox007 wrote: »

Is there a web browser for atv2? can someone give a link for it cheers

Hi

for ATV 2 whcih has not been jailbroken there is only the inbuilt internet feature which is restricted to the sites listed.

For the Jailbroken ATV2 there is a web surfer called "Couch Surfer Pro" which is part of the software package from ATV(Flash)Black,as this is the one i use i am unsure if there is an add on for XBMC.

Is your ATV Jailbroken?

Rgds

Yes it's jail broken 4.4.4 have you a link to couch surfer? Is it a payed service?

clintondaly

Couch Surfer Pro is part of the ATV(Flash) Black.which is paid for, approx 30 USD.
How ever there are always other ways,(hot topic at the moment)

Try the XBMC specialist websites and forums there is plent of help there.

Or just google it with specific buzz words(if you know what i mean)

Nemanja91

If I update my apple tv to allow for mirroring with my MacBook will I lose xbmc and any other add ons?

adox

Nemanja91 wrote: »

If I update my apple tv to allow for mirroring with my MacBook will I lose xbmc and any other add ons?

Yes you will lose your jailbreak.

Nemanja91

Thanks, saved me a lot of hassle.

kjl

Nemanja91 wrote: »

Thanks, saved me a lot of hassle.

You can use ifaith to save you shsh blobs from the current firmware, upgrade and test to see what it's like and then downgrade back again to the current firmware.

peterjmaxwell

Just wondering about prices for Atv2's. I notice they're selling for 200 quid and upwards. Weren't they 100 quid brand new?