It took even less time than expected to get XviD playback on an Apple TV: just take its hard drive out, plug it into a Mac, and drag the Perian codec where they’re supposed to go on an OS X machine. Getting Front Row to list the videos is a little more complicated, though, as you’ll have to create QuickTime files referencing each of your XviDs (which someone will probably automate soon enough).
I’m wondering, though: has anyone tried plugging a somehow bootable USB key into it, rather than take the drive out? Since the USB port is reported to be for support only, wouldn’t it make sense that they’d have a simple bootable key that makes it start in server mode or something? (Sure, they could also just have a special program or file that the Apple TV detects on mount. In which case you’d have to wait until it’s leaked out of AppleCare.)
P.S. Bingo [via]. You’ve got to press the remote’s ‘menu’ and ‘minus’ keys to boot on the USB drive. There you go, a $300 Mac nano without even having to get your screwdriver.
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