How to play xvid?

[California King]

So after I SSH'd into my ATV and install the Perian plugins to play xvid files, how exactly would I get the video files onto my ATV? It won't go through iTunes, so does that mean I need an external HD? I tried a USB stick, but nothing pops up when I put it in. Please help

[jessica.]

Funny, I was looking at xserve earlier and xvid somehow came up. Then this article (http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/how-to-play-divx-and-xvid-on-your-apple-tv) and it actually pertains to your question.

[California King]

Thanks, but do you or anyone else have an updated tutorial? That one's from 2007 and doesn't explain how to do it on the newer ATVs.

[OldMike]

I have been running XBMC and Boxee on my Apple TV, and love it.

I use the Apple TV interface for music, pictures and youtube. I use the XBMC interface for watching all of my movies. It is the best of both worlds since I had converted a lot of my movies to XVID when I was on Windows. I stream from my iMac to the Apple TV via wireless. The only files I actually store on my Apple TV are pictures.

XBMC allows you to watch pretty much any format, even DVD iso. I was pretty impressed by the fact that I can stream an uncompressed DVD iso via wireless without a hiccup.

So far, the only thing I use Boxee for, really, is to use ShoutCast to listen to some stations...

For info on how to install XBMC and Boxee, follow the instructions at this link:
http://www.xbmc.org/wiki/?title=XBMC_for_Mac_on_Apple_TV#HOW-TO_install_XBMC_on_your_Apple_TV

For me, the Apple TV + XBMC is excellent. The only functionality that it does not provide is NetFlix, but that has to do with the issue of Silver Light running on the Apple TV...