Apple TV hacked to play XviD format videos

Just one question : Nobody here bought an Eyehome from Elgato when it came out ?
Plays just about anything I want...

I just don't understand the commotion.



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Add me to the list of others who will only buy one once it can play Divx/Xvid (QPEL & GMC included) and x264. I can understand why Apple would not include support for those (although most DVD players do now so I don't think there's legality issues) but I still think it's a big oversight on their part to at least not address the lack of support for those formats.

Are you reading this Apple? You'll get my $ when you actually deliver what consumers really want. Yes I know you make your money from forcing your iTunes content on us but come on, native xvid/divx/etc support will make this uber and everyone will want one.

I have to say this is great news, the reason I won't be getting a apple tv is because it can only play certain formats, and from iTunes.

Once there is a way to play xvid, x264 in matroska container etc.. and maybe import it into iTunes without converting it (converting terabytes of stuff is not an option :P) then I will certainly be getting a Apple TV! :D

Yeah Dan, and do you realize it can take several hours to transcode a SINGLE movie or TV show, and you losing video quality? (And good luck if you are trying to transcode HD content). I love it when people who criticize ideas don't even understand the issue.

Calling XviD a deprecated format is just silly. Pretty much all TV content that is shared online is in XviD and most HD TV content is in x264 (MKV containers).

Does everyone complaining about lack of XviD support realise that there is a huge variety of software products available for converting XviD AVI to standard compliant MPEG4.

MP4 and MOV files also have the added advantage of Metadata and chapters.

The only reason to keep XviD AVI's around is if you have a Network Media Player that can't play MP4 or MOV or like the nostalgia of Depreciated file formats.

I, like everyone else, was waiting for this. This item just jumped up my wishlist quite a bit.

Hrm. HFS volumes can be access by more than just OSX, so i don't see how using that filesystem necessarily means that the appletv is running an OSX variant. I think it probably is running some sort of OSX (or at least darwin), but the mere fact the the HD is formatted for HFS doesn't prove that.

Perfect. Like Mat, this was a deal breaker for me as well. Once an easy way of playing Xvid comes I'll have to start saving my money :)

So it shouldn´t be any problem to add the MPEG-2 Quicktime component...

even if its a bit of an ugly hack, you have to admire the tenacity of hackers. this is something that happened within 24 hours of its launch... just think of the hacks that will come in the next few months ;D