Boxee on Apple TV without the Apple bit :)

[rogard]

Hi all,

Ive managed to get an AppleTV box and would like to swap out the hard drive with a 320 2.5" drive and have boxee on that.

Two questions

1) Can I just swap out the hard drive and use the usb thumb drive to install boxee to the new unformatted drive?

2)Can I configure boxee to load at startup and not have a menu where I have to select boxee?

Thanks for your time.

[scott314]

When I got my AppleTV I was pretty sure I wanted to do what you described, or go a step further and eliminate all of the apple code entirely (AppleTV hardware + Ubuntu + Boxee). As it turns out though I have probably only had to reboot the AppleTV 1 time since I have owned it (~2 months) because I had to relocate it to a different bedroom. I have all but forgotten that there exists a software layer between the AppleTV hardware and Boxee because Boxee has been rock solid and not needed a single reboot. You may ask yourself if it is worth the hassle to modify the ATV scripts for something you will do so rarely.

I have all of my content on network storage, so I haven't tried swapping out the drive yet.

My $.02. Enjoy the ATV!

[giyad]

Hi all,

Ive managed to get an AppleTV box and would like to swap out the hard drive with a 320 2.5" drive and have boxee on that.

Two questions

1) Can I just swap out the hard drive and use the usb thumb drive to install boxee to the new unformatted drive?

2)Can I configure boxee to load at startup and not have a menu where I have to select boxee?

Thanks for your time.

I know im not answering your question, but unless your swapping out the drive for a larger one (which i think is unnecessary as well, streaming from your computer would be a better idea) it doesn't make sense to swap it out. Like scott314 said, you never have to exit boxee, and anyway I do use the AppleTV software for music, it works MUCH better than boxee right now

[rogard]

Thanks for the info. I too do have a NAS (Readynas Pro) however sometimes I travel and would like to take some stuff with me on the apple tv.

Anyone else have any input swapping out the hard drive or boot strainght into boxee?

[ShakeBobWillis]

Get an external HDD or network storage and enable the USB port on the ATV. That way, when you eventually update to a better piece of hardware from the ATV you still have all your media stored nicely on a drive you can just move to the next product.