If it’s the first time you’re considering a jailbreak for your Apple TV and are researching the benefits and available apps and add-ons you could invest a few bucks and purchase aTV Flash, an “user-friendly software packages that supercharges your Apple TV”. According to MacWorld it is the definitive touch that “turns the Apple TV into a powerful, streaming multimedia center for your living room”.
Basically, aTV Flash installs the standard add-ons, widgets, video codecs and accessibility features without all that much hassle from your part. It is a purchase that has a lot of ATV users pondering all the pros and cons, so we decided it would be worthwhile for you to have a list of the main aTV Flash features. By the way, this post will be followed by a tutorial on how to install the software.
First of all it is important to know that the aTV Flash is compatible with the 1st and 2nd generation of Apple TVs. If you don’t know what generation of Apple TV you own you can identify it either by color (silver for generation 1, black for generation 2 and 3) or by model number (A1378 for 2nd generation, A1427 or A1469 for 3rd generation).
Remember that for the moment, aTV Flash isn’t compatible with 3rd generation Apple TV seeing as the jailbreak required for this software to work is still in the works.
Remember that for the moment, aTV Flash isn’t compatible with 3rd generation Apple TV seeing as the jailbreak required for this software to work is still in the works.
For aTV Flash to run you need a jailbroken 2nd or 1st generation Apple TV, Windows XP or later if you are using a PC or OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or later if you are using a Mac. You will also need an USB Flash Drive (256MB or larger) and an Internet Connection.
aTV Flash installs for you a variety of audio and video codecs, by enabling your Apple TV to run other content aside from the iTunes files, extending your content to files such as AVI, MP4, WMV and many more. It also allows you to transfer and stream content from your PC or Mac and even NAS device, providing support for FTP, SMB and NFS protocols. The software also installs for you the NitoTV and XBMC platforms that give access to content that expands day by day.
It commonly sets you back $29.95, but you can get it from time to time for a discounted price.