Apple TV XBMC blank screen

[ng7apoc]

Hi,

I received today the Apple TV 2 I bought on Bay. It arrived already jailbroken and with several apps already installed - XBMC being one of many 🙂

After testing it all out making sure it all worked I tried XBMC, Plex, Nito TV and some add-ons including BBC iPlayer etc. after verifying it all worked fine I went to upgrade XBMC from version 11 to 12 it all seemed to be going ok downloaded and installed but upon reboot I got the Apple logo then just a blank screen 🙁

Decided to just restore it (5.0.2) through iTunes then jailbreak it again - took me ages to realise I had to downgrade to iTunes 10.7 here lol

After verifying jailbreak was successful I installed NitoTV via the Nito installer all went well so next for XBMC but then same issue XBMC installs reboots to Apple logo then blank screen 🙁

So I'm now restored again and done the jailbreak once more and have installed NitoTV but nothing else.

How can I fix the problem with XBMC?

Thanks for any input 🙂

 

[ericrwalker]

There was an update to XBMC yesterday. The final release of XBMC Frodo (v12.0).

I had 12beta and RC1, RC2, and RC3 and none of them worked on my ATV2. Yesterday the update fixed it.

 

[ng7apoc]

Thank you! Just tried installing from command line via ssh from the official repository and it works great now 😀

Guess the nitoTV installer and on-screen updater have not yet filtered through the very newest version

 

[ericrwalker]

Thank you! Just tried installing from command line via ssh from the official repository and it works great now 😀

Guess the nitoTV installer and on-screen updater have not yet filtered through the very newest version

Glad it worked, I only got to use version 12 a little bit last night, but I am like it over v10 and v11 a lot.

There are so many awesome apps for XBMC.

 

[ng7apoc]

You can say that again I am still looking through a huge list of add-ons to see what to install - Its going to take me all night I think lol 😀

This is the first time I've ever used an Apple TV and I have to say I'm pretty impressed with it, sure its a little sluggish in places but then it is the older model.

Pity that all the good features require a jailbroken unit though but can't have everything i suppose lol

 

[ericrwalker]

Agreed, I think if you're a netflix user, it is hand down the best UI there for netflix....So I'd still own one even if it wasn't jailbroken, but it's 10 times better after the jailbreak.

 

[ng7apoc]

Indeed there is no doubt its a fantastic device but without jailbreaking I don't think I would get a lot of use from it. The main reason for me buying this was to have BBC iPlayer, ITV/STV player, 4oD and demand 5 - which as I see you are not in the UK are some of the more popular TV catchup services for the most popular UK TV channels 🙂

Netflix is something I've not tried yet unfortunately in the UK is selection is rather limited in comparison with what you get in the US

 

[rman726]

There was an update to XBMC yesterday. The final release of XBMC Frodo (v12.0).

I had 12beta and RC1, RC2, and RC3 and none of them worked on my ATV2. Yesterday the update fixed it.

Is XBMC 12 worth upgrading from 11? It took me a while to get XBMC on... i had some issues that I can't remember. And it also took a while to get all my sharing with Windows 8 and my network working. I am hesitant to upgrade when my current setup works good to stream video from my PC.

 

[ericrwalker]

I only used it a little bit so far. Maybe an hour. It seems really smooth and very responsive.

I am not sure about new features, but navigation has gotten much better, and I didn't lose any settings or add-ons during the upgrade.

Is XBMC 12 worth upgrading from 11? It took me a while to get XBMC on... i had some issues that I can't remember. And it also took a while to get all my sharing with Windows 8 and my network working. I am hesitant to upgrade when my current setup works good to stream video from my PC.