Comments on: Apple TV hacked to support XVID

By: emory

emory — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:59:06 +0000

interesting, I’m still not gunna get it though… I’m planning on building my own dvr.
In other news, it’s posts like those of DRWHO that make me wish there was some form of sign up required to comment >.

By: Olivier

Olivier — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 09:45:20 +0000

Some of you keep claiming that XViD is for illegal downlaods but I would disagree.
I have loads of DVDs converted to XViD for it to be more convenient for me to take on my laptop while travelling. It is also much more convenient to have everything on the HD, so I don’t need to go digging for the DVD.

If Apple allowed to Stream DVDs from my computer to the Apple TV, this wouldn’t be so necessary.

By: Mac vs PC

Mac vs PC — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:50:17 +0000

Was hoping someone would be able to make a hack for DivX on the APple TV! Makes the Apple TV actually quit useful now! How smooth are HQ DivX files?

http://www.switchingtomac.com/

By: drwho

drwho — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:33:47 +0000

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By: websnap

websnap — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:48:03 +0000

Chase, what do you mean “can’t do what it should “? Xvid was an unsupported file format, and they never claimed it could. I don’t know of any widely used “legal” download services that used the format, so why should Apple support it? It’s not like Quick time support it out of the box. I’m quite sure it’s strategic as to not appear to support piracy, thus pissing off studios and alienating content providers. My biggest grip about this product (and really, now that I know it CAN work on SD TVs with component, my only grip) is the Hard drive situation. It’s too small, not only for my current combination of vids and music, but for anyone’s expanding library. Will 40 gigs be enough for the common user 3 years down the road? But even that’s not a big deal if only it was easily replaced or upgraded. But it’s not and that’s a problem. I’d rather see a hack to utilize the USB port for an external drive than Xvid support.

By: Derek

Derek — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:02:38 +0000

Chase, agreed. I’m going to hold off until someone creates a software fix that will allow for additional functionality. Even more likely than picking up an Apple TV is going with a competing product.

By: Chase

Chase — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:56:15 +0000

Spend all that money on a device that can’t do what it should unless you void it’s warranty and perform home surgery?

Nah, not for me.