new version of USB Creator works on Apple TV 2.3

**avneron** · #1 November 23rd, 2008, 09:52 PM

http://blog.boxee.tv/2008/11/23/boxee-on-apple-tv-23/

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we posted instructions on how to get boxee running on Apple TV 2.3 manually, but it was a bit hackish (you had to open a Terminal, ssh into your Apple TV and run a few commands), which means fun for some of us, and a serious no-go for most of us.

so it was great to see Scott Davilla and Stephan Diederich to act quickly and come up with a new version of the USB Creator. now it is as easy as before to get boxee/xbmc on the Apple TV. ~ 35,000 people have already done it! (maybe more). Scott and Stephan deserve all the credit for making it happen. and making it so easy.

a quick reminder, once you download the latest version of the USB Creator follow these steps:

1. insert a bootable USB key (1GB) to one of your USB slots and run the USB Creator (disconnect any external USB drives connected to your laptop to avoid crying once you discovered you just formatted a 1TB drive with all your media..). see a video how-to guide.
2. plug the patchstick into your Apple TV and reboot it (i.e. disconnect and reconnect power cord), you’ll see a penguin. this is good. now wait till it finishes the install.
3. take out the patchstick and reboot
4. you’ll see a new option in the Apple TV menu ‘xbmc/boxee’, go to Update and choose ‘Boxee’. let it do its thing.

that’s it. you’re done. now you can run boxee and start playing MKVs, streaming from last.fm, Hulu, etc.

known bug: sometimes when launching boxee you’ll see a blackscreen (instead of boxee’s login screen). click Menu (back) on your Apple Remote, and try again. Scott & Stephan are working on a new launcher that will eliminate this bug once and for all.

ObeyTheFist · #2 November 24th, 2008, 01:27 AM

Just installed this update using a 2GB Sandisk Cruzer. Flawless and simple and it even found and kept my previous settings.

Thanks for the quick response!

Apek · #3 November 24th, 2008, 05:11 AM

After updating to ATV 2.3 and re-patching with the USB Creator will the XBMC user configuration be wiped? I mean what I have in:

/Users/frontrow/Library/Application Support/XBMC/userdata

**marcel** · #4 November 24th, 2008, 05:23 AM

should still be there..

lickapop · #5 November 24th, 2008, 06:39 AM

Genius much

bhasty · #6 November 24th, 2008, 07:45 AM

Hi all... I'm sure I'm doing something wrong but I'm not sure what.... I have now tried with 3 different jump drives and still can't get it the USB creator to work on my mac. Here is the error message:

Unable to partition device: Started partitioning on disk disk1
Creating partition map

Partitioning encountered error on disk disk1: Could not unmount disk (-10000)
Could not unmount disk for zeroing
partition_disk failed
Failed! (0:00:53)

I have tried version 8, 9, and now 10 for the USB creator. Does anyone have a clue what I'm doing wrong? Thanks a bunch!

**marcel** · #7 November 24th, 2008, 08:09 AM

which version of mac are you using ? is your usb key formatted correctly ?

bhasty · #8 November 24th, 2008, 08:20 AM

Mac is powerbook G4 v.10.5.5, my sandisk cruzer micro 4g worked just fine before.... but not now... the other two I'm flip flopped between my mac and a pc.... guess that might be a problem?

broux2 · #9 November 24th, 2008, 08:41 AM

If updating to ATV 2.3 and using the new bootloader, will this remove all my boxee settings? If so, Is there a certain file that settings are stored that i could back up and restore once i am udated? THX.

bobpenn · #10 November 24th, 2008, 08:47 AM

Patch worked, got to Boxee menu, but the remote stopped working when I tried to select my name to login to boxee.
Update: deleted the User Data and now the remote works fine. But when I select anything from Hulu, nothing plays. Just goes black after telling me that the video is loading.
Also, my Flip HD videos play very slow. I just got the HD Flip, so I have never tried it with Boxee, so this may not be an new issue.