getting boxee on AppleTV 2.3

[tsella]

as sdavilla works his magic, getting us all a 2.3 compliant atvusb-creator and launcher/updater, you can try the following to manually install boxee.

first, get latest and greatest atvusb-creator from http://code.google.com/p/atvusb-creator/downloads/list

after making a usb stick, and booting the ATV with it, you should be able to ssh into the ATV:

1. figure out the IP address of the ATV via Settings > General > Network, for this example, i will use 10.0.0.8.
2. ssh to ATV
   

   - mac/linux: use terminal and type
   

   ssh frontrow@10.0.0.8

   the password is frontrow
   

   - windows: get putty, and connect to 10.0.0.8

3. at the prompt, run the following commands, when asked for password, its frontrow:
   

   wget http://atv-xbmc-launcher.googlecode.com/files/XBMCLauncher-0.6-debug.run
   
   wget http://atv-xbmc-launcher.googlecode.com/svn/tags/xbmc-info/scripts/launcher-update-0.6.sh
   
   sh launcher-update-0.6.sh XBMCLauncher-0.6-debug.run
   
   wget http://dl.boxee.tv/boxee-0.9.4277.dmg
   
   wget http://atv-xbmc-launcher.googlecode.com/svn/tags/boxee-info/scripts/alpha-0.9.4277_update.sh
   
   sh alpha-0.9.4277_update.sh boxee-0.9.4277.dmg
   
   sudo reboot

and presto, boxee is up and running.

new remote behavior:

1. long "select" switches between now playing and ui
2. long "menu" takes you home
3. back on login screen takes you out

known caveats:

1. with the update to 2.3, Apple broke a few things, one being the ability of the app to consistently appear in foreground. till this is figured out, if you run boxee, and get a black screen, you need to back out of boxee by clicking menu on the remote, and try launching boxee again.
2. under some circumstances, if upgrading an older boxee install, the remote may not work under boxee. please reboot, ssh into the ATV, and do:
   

   rm -rf /Users/frontrow/Library/Application\ Support/BOXEE/UserData

[mindplunge]

Pretty fast respond on the ATV upgrade. Nice job!

[zerock]

will updating to 2.3 and then installing boxee this way, will leave my local music on the appletv intact?

[tsella]

Originally Posted by zerock

will updating to 2.3 and then installing boxee this way, will leave my local music on the appletv intact?

yes. boxee does not touch your atv existing resources.

[sterno3]

Hi,

I have boxee installed already, but haven't gotten the apple 2.3 upgrade yet.

Can I just ssh & following the instructions, wget the new version? Or must I use a new patchstick to upgrade?

[jfew]

Originally Posted by sterno3

Hi,

I have boxee installed already, but haven't gotten the apple 2.3 upgrade yet.

Can I just ssh & following the instructions, wget the new version? Or must I use a new patchstick to upgrade?

Can anyone who has tried to do what sterno describes let us know if this works?

[jfew]

Originally Posted by jfew

Can anyone who has tried to do what sterno describes let us know if this works?

For the record, updating to 2.3 after following these instructions seems to remove the XBMC/Boxee launcher. Makes sense in retrospect.

[Tom Dibble]

"wget http://dl.boxee.tv/boxee-0.9.4277.dmg"

Wait! Is that a new version for AppleTV (from 4166)???

Any notable bug fixes there?

Also ... is 'wget' on AppleTV Take 2 without copying it over? Do we need to download the wget binary somewhere (http://www.finkconsulting.com/opensource/wget-1.9.1.dmg for instance)?

Looking forward to upgrading ...

[Mastermaj]

I'm very new to ATV and my OS is Xp Proffesional. So far I have done ATV USB Creator with upgrade. Could you tell me how I ssh to ATV or what is my next step? Thanks!

[nace33]

Make sure that when you create the bootstick that you include both ssh and the bin tools. I don't know if I am technically correct, but the "wget" command wasn't recognized unless bin tools was included on the patchstick.

Upon loading boxee I have gotten a black screen that won't go away. This forces me to reboot through ssh. I have gotten Boxee to load, however, the remote doesn't work, so I can't navigate.

Anyone have any suggestions on the remote?