If you had the old Apple TV, you probably might have heard about aTV Flash, a software package that adds support for a browser, Boxee, USB hard drives, many file formats, EyeTV content, RSS feeds, FTP/SSH access, and additional plug-ins and apps.
Fire Core, developers of aTV have just released the first beta version of aTV Flash (black) for the new Apple TV.
aTV Flash brings the following features to Apple TV 2G:
- Surf the Web - Experience the web in all its glory and stream HTML5 video from many popular sites (note: not all HTML5 sites supported yet).
- Discover New Music - Find new artists you'll love by accessing Last.fm radio stations, artist bios and slideshows.
- Plex Client - Stream media from Plex Server running on your Mac. (big thanks to quiqueck for putting this together)
- Info on Demand - Keep track of current weather and news feeds on your AppleTV.
- One-click Updates - Install, remove or update plugins in a snap through the native AppleTV interface.
Fire Core plans to add the following features in the future:
- Go Beyond iTunes - Enable playback of additional media formats.
- Access Media Anywhere - Stream media from most NAS devices.
You can checkout some of the demo videos of aTV Flash running on Apple TV 2G(it was initially supposed to be called Couch Surfer):
Unfortunately, the first beta version is compatible only with iOS 4. Fire Core plans to release the iOS 4.1 compatible version very soon.
aTV Flash (black) is currently available for pre-order for a discounted price of $19.99, which will also give you access to the beta version.
If you had bought aTV Flash for the old Apple TV then aTV Flash (black) is available as a free upgrade.
As always, please let us know if you check it out.
Its come down to watching TV on our phones, making calls on on computers, and surfing the Internet on our TVs. Awesome.
HA- good one!
really good one……..
and its true.
Nice one…..so true
If they can make it play all types of movie formats from my apple time capsule with needed my laptop running itunes or plex to be turned on I will by it.
Needs to play ISO, MKV and the others
Ive got 2TB in ripped Blue ray movies and at the moment i use WD TV to play but its not very reliable so this could be a great solution once they get it working.
how the hell do you rip a bluray? or maybe…where have i been?
well just googled it. that’s pretty awesome. thanks
ISO is not a movie format… It’s like calling rar or zip movie formats.
Good luck with mkv. Most devices wont support it do to the extra horse power required for decompressing mkv. Good quality at small file size, but it’s highly compressed.
Heck I’d be happy with a vlc app for it that plays avi files with most if not all codecs.
true, (ISO) its like a zip file but my WD TV plays all my iso’s, so I was in the line of thinking thats its just another media format.
I have ripped my whole DVD collection into ISO’s and I play them on my WD TV so no need to get up and change dvd’s all the time.
This hack for Apple TV is right up my alley but Ill wait for the release of a compatabile version with TIme capsule and the other file formats. Hopely ISO is included too
Has anyone managed to get the sky sports app working with airplay?
How can one try it if you don’t link to it? It’s the internets, you know?
AWesome stuff, this will make Apple TV popular.