Boxee & XBMC on Jailbroken ATV 2.1

WARNING- READ THIS TUTORAIL FIRST. If you are not confident in what you are going to be doing PLEASE DON’T PREFORM THIS TYPE OF INSTALLATION.

***UPDATE ** atv-bootloader creator Scott Davilla ( See href: http://code.google.com/p/atvusb-creator/) was gracious enough to support my tutorial Posted on Awkward TV by posting direct links to his source code:

XBMCLauncher.frappliance.tar.gz BoxeeLauncher.frappliance.tar.gz

If you get'em from links above, You can skip the create patchstick steps 1-3. Nice timesaver. Thanks Scott! ***


1.) Create Patchstick. download here: atvusb creator

2.) open Patchstick via Finder

3.) Navigate to payload/patchstick/plugins (You should see 2 folders "BoxeeLauncher" & "XBMCLauncher" )


4.Copy Both " BoxeeLauncher.frappliance.tar.gz" & "XBMCLauncher.frappliance.tar.gz" from there respective folders onto your Desktop.

5.) Open a terminal window:

type: scp -1 -r ~/Desktop/XBMCLauncher.frappliance.tar.gz frontrow@AppleTV.local:~
type: scp -1 -r ~/Desktop/BoxeeLauncher.frappliance.tar.gz frontrow@AppleTV.local:~

** password: frontrow

6.) Now we need to SSH into the AppleTV. Using the terminal* type: “ssh -1 frontrow@192.168.100.100″. Remember to use your AppleTV’s IP Address.
** password: frontrow

7.) next type: tar -xzf XBMCLauncher.frappliance.tar.gz
8.) then type: tar -xzf BoxeeLauncher.frappliance.tar.gz

8.) We need to make sure we can write to the OSBoot volume. Using the terminal* type: “sudo mount -uw /”. Again, the password is “frontrow”.

9.) Now we need to move the "BoxeeLauncher.frappliance" folder from the frontrow partition to the OSBoot partition.
Using the termianl* type: “sudo mv ~/BoxeeLauncher.frappliance /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/PlugIns/”

10.) Now we need to move the "XBMCLauncher.frappliance" folder from the frontrow partition to the OSBoot partition.
Using the termianl* type: “sudo mv ~/XBMCLauncher.frappliance /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/PlugIns/”

11.) Now you can type: "rm -fr XBMCLauncher.frappliance.tar.gz" & the type: "rm -fr BoxeeLauncher.frappliance.tar.gz" (removes both tar.gz files from your home directory.)

12.) Lastly, Using the terminal* type: “sudo reboot”.

Wait for the AppleTV to reboot. ****Select Update option on Both Boxee and XMBC upon first run.

Enjoy : )

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