NitoTV Install Tutorial for OSX - Step by Step

[igirl]

Installing NitoTV Take Three on a "Patched" Apple TV (After a successful patchstick Boxee and XBMC are already running on your Apple TV...)

Main objective - Enabling USB (drives, keyboard, mouse) and AFP for mounting your Apple TV direct on the Mac desktop

Tools - Cyberduck - CDK ---- Apple TV - ATV ---- Terminal - TRM ---- Computer - MAC

Materials - Keep copies of these files so you have them if needed in the future!

Mac OSX 10.4.9 Combo Updater (Intel)
http://support.apple.com/downloads/M...Update__Intel_ - 308.2 MB

0.8.4 AppleTV Download NitoTV installer zip file - "nitoTVInstaller_tt.zip”
http://nitosoft.com/nitoTVInstaller_tt.zip - 19.6 MB
(other versions here - http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/NitoT..._Compatibility)

A .dmg file of the Apple TV 1.0 OS - 197.97 MB - can be found searching online if one looks hard enough. (No concern - This procedure will not downgrade an ATV 3.xx - it only uses bits out of the 1.0 OS.dmg)
The common name for this file appears to be OS-dot-DMG 1.0.dmg

Procedure -

MAC - Download the three above files

CDK - Connect to ATV using SFTP - sftp://frontrow@appletv.local - You can log into your ATV by making a new connection to server: appletv.local - user: frontrow - password: frontrow

CDK - Create a Documents folder on your ATV

MAC - Drag copy the Combo Update file into the CDK/ATV/Documents folder

MAC - Drag copy the NitoTV file into the CDK/ATV/ root directory

TRM - enter: md5
Make sure the single space after md5 is included

MAC - Drag the downloaded Apple TV 1.0 OS.dmg file from your Mac into the terminal window and hit Enter/Return

TRM - A number should appear after the terminal finishes checking the file - it should be 55b909196952ff72c93aaf3553cf661e - if it is not, your Apple TV 1.0 OS (OS-dot-DMG 1.0.dmg) file is not the right one. Search again and repeat until this is verified.

TRM - enter: sudo dd if=/dev/disk0s2 of=recovery.dmg bs=1m
This will generate a file called recovery.dmg on your ATV

CDK - Drag copy the recovery.dmg file to your MAC

CDK - Delete the recovery.dmg file from your ATV

MAC - Open/Mount the recovery.dmg file

MAC - From inside the mounted "Recovery" drag the file OS.dmg into the trash and then empty the trash.

MAC - Copy the OS-dot-DMG 1.0.dmg (Apple TV 1.0 disk image) and paste it into the mounted Recovery

MAC - Change the name of the pasted file OS-dot-DMG 1.0.dmg to simply - OS.dmg

MAC - Unmount/Close the Recovery on your desktop by dragging it into the trash - careful - do not trash the recovery.dmg file - just the one called Recovery thats mounted on the desktop.

MAC - Optional - you can then Open/Mount the altered recovery.dmg and do the MD5 step again to completely verify the correct OS is present (55b909196952ff72c93aaf3553cf661e)

CDK - Drag the altered recovery.dmg file from the MAC to the ATV Documents folder

TRM - enter: ssh frontrow@appletv.local - hit return/enter
It should respond - Welcome to the AppleTV (via atv-usbcreator)
frontrow@appletv.local's password:

TRM - enter: frontrow (do not worry if you do not see type when entering a password here - it is invisible)
It should respond with this prompt: -bash-2.05b$

TRM - enter: unzip nitoTVInstaller_tt.zip
It should respond - inflating: nitoTV Take Three/.DS_Store
inflating: nitoTV Take Three/About.txt
inflating: nitoTV Take Three/Install Instructions.rtf
inflating: nitoTV Take Three/installme
inflating: nitoTV Take Three/nitoTV.tar.gz
inflating: nitoTV Take Three/resources/gunzip
inflating: nitoTV Take Three/resources/gzip
-bash-2.05b$

CDK - press Refresh and you should now see a nitoTV Take Three folder in the directory

TRM - enter: cd "nitoTV Take Three"/
Terminal response should be: -bash-2.05b$

TRM - enter: sudo ./installme
Terminal response should be: Password:

TRM - enter: frontrow
Terminal response should be: Restarting Finder...
-bash-2.05b$

ATV - Go to NitoTV/Settings/Install Software - run Turbo's Kext Installer and then the Smart Installer (in that order)

Exit and reboot the Apple TV (either by unplugging - or as I do, Launcher/XBMC run it and exit/quit immediately - a reboot option is available there).

You are DONE!

MAC - to mount the ATV and attached USB Volumes - Finder/Preferences/Sidebar/check Connected Servers
When opening the ATV (Finder/Shared) you will need to Connect As/Registered User which requires a name and password -
Name: frontrow
Password: frontrow


Disclaimers -
This worked for me on a brand new Apple TV 3.0.1 - I have no idea if it's the same on all models.

The purpose of this tutorial was to give precise and simple instructions on the steps involved in accomplishing this. There are other tutorials out there that mostly confused me by leaving out tiny bits, being overly descriptive/chatty/rambling, or speaking rocket scientist lingo. In this case, all one has to do is follow the directions exactly... full stop.

I've tried to document all of these steps as I did my working install, but if an expert sees something missing, please comment. Commenting on "alternate" ways to do some of the steps (I'm aware of several) only confuses the process - I've picked an easy path - the intent here is simplicity and hopefully slightly educational.

If something doesn't work right, I take no responsibility and have no ability or knowledge to help anyone so do not ask me questions. LOL Do this at your own risk - although worst case scenario one can Factory Restore an Apple TV and start over... been there, done that. Cyberduck/AFP gives you the ability to backup your Apple TV. I recommend it.

Special thanks to JimWiley who gave me very good assistance and guidance through the learning process - thus enabling this tutorial for dummies! :-)

[Happy Man]

I dont know why nobody replied to this yet...

This is BY FAR the best tutorial I could find! It worked PERFECTLY for me on an 3.0.2 appletv!
I now stream video with firefox and put all my downloaded movies and series on my time capsule!! I love IT !!

Thanks a lot!
Respect!

Here are some small changes I would recommend:

TRM - enter: sudo dd if=/dev/disk0s2 of=recovery.dmg bs=1m
This will generate a file called recovery.dmg on your ATV
---> Enter this first: ssh frontrow@appletv.local
---> Enter password (frontrow)

ATV - Go to NitoTV/Settings/Install Software - run Turbo's Kext Installer and then the Smart Installer (in that order)
---> No need to run Turbo's Installer in the latest version of NitoTv... Its already in there

[marcel]

very nice tutorial

[p17blo]

I have successfully run this through today and it works fine on my Apple TV (3.x)

I would also like to suggest a small change, in the interests of making things easier to understand.

As it stands the entries listed above:
CDK - Create a Documents folder on your ATV

MAC - Drag copy the Combo Update file into the CDK/ATV/Documents folder

MAC - Drag copy the NitoTV file into the CDK/ATV/ root directory

I would change to:

CDK - Create a Documents folder on your ATV. The location of this directory should be within the Frontrow user directory. The full path of this directory is /mnt/Scratch/Users/frontrow/

MAC - Drag copy the Combo Update file into the /mnt/Scratch/Users/frontrow/Documents/

MAC - Drag copy the NitoTV file into the /mnt/Scratch/Users/frontrow/

I was also recommend that a tool is suggested for the 'dragging' of files - I have found FileZilla very easy to use, but remember when you connect you must either select SFTP or add port 22 into the quick connect boxes.

I would also report that the installed Boxee that comes with Nito crashes out for me, but as I already have Boxee installed from my patchstick this wasn't an issue.

The big advantage though is that I can now watch BBC iplayer again thanks to flash installer that comes with nitoTV (although for the life of me I don't comprehend why we still have to rely on FLASH for iplayer considering the advances made for iPad and iPhone iplayer compatability and I guess the availability of H264 source.

Anyway, great instructions and great add on

Paul

[Zaddiel]

somebody can help me i need that but i have windows i got putty but anybody have the tutorial for windows i lost sound in my apple tv (((((

[xtremetoonz]

I believe I did everything correct by getting the correct 1.0 os.dmg file, pulling over the newly created recovery.dmg file from the ATV, deleting the OS.dmg file, moving the 1.0 file into the recovery.dmg file, renaming the 1.0 file to OS.dmg, then putting the recovery.dmg file into the ~frontrow/Documents/ folder.

I rebooted my ATV, went into NitoTV > Network and when I try to access a AFP share I get the message suggesting Nito is missing some components, Smart Installer and a 1.0 dmg in ~/Documents should resolve this issue.

Does the recovery.dmg file on the ATV need a particular chmod?


-bash-2.05b$ ls -la
-rw-r--r-- 1 frontrow frontrow 419405824 Aug 17 15:45 recovery.dmg

Dylan

[xtremetoonz]

I believe I did everything correct by getting the correct 1.0 os.dmg file, pulling over the newly created recovery.dmg file from the ATV, deleting the OS.dmg file, moving the 1.0 file into the recovery.dmg file, renaming the 1.0 file to OS.dmg, then putting the recovery.dmg file into the ~frontrow/Documents/ folder.

I rebooted my ATV, went into NitoTV > Network and when I try to access a AFP share I get the message suggesting Nito is missing some components, Smart Installer and a 1.0 dmg in ~/Documents should resolve this issue.

Does the recovery.dmg file on the ATV need a particular chmod?


-bash-2.05b$ ls -la
-rw-r--r-- 1 frontrow frontrow 419405824 Aug 17 15:45 recovery.dmg

Dylan

Ok, my issue is resolved. I had NitoTV/Smart Installer installed from before so I just did the recovery.dmg part and didn't reinstall the Smart Installer afterwards. I did that and I am now able to activate AFP shares. Now, to move the Drobo to the ATV! Any quick tips for how to share the external drive once it's connected?

[Happy Man]

What you mean share ?? Like share with other computer?

I got all my files on my time capsule and make appletv connect to that... It's great!!

Dunno if you can share hard drives with other computers, without ssh that is..

[Happy Man]

somebody can help me i need that but i have windows i got putty but anybody have the tutorial for windows i lost sound in my apple tv (((((

You can download tools to open .dmg files with windows...
Just restore your AppleTv to Factory Settings and run this tutorial...

You will need some extra programs though.

[xtremetoonz]

What you mean share ?? Like share with other computer?

I got all my files on my time capsule and make appletv connect to that... It's great!!

Dunno if you can share hard drives with other computers, without ssh that is..

Yes, since AFP is on the AppleTV, I'm hoping I can mount a share point using an attached USB drive so I can get to it from my Mac or a WDLive, etc.