phor2zero Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 From the apple tv spec sheet on apples website: Video formats supported: H.264 and protected H.264 (from iTunes Store): 640 by 480, 30 fps, LC version of Baseline Profile; 320 by 240, 30 fps, Baseline profile up to Level 1.3; 1280 by 720, 24 fps, Progressive Main Profile. MPEG-4: 640 by 480, 30 fps, Simple Profile Does the above mention of MPEG-4 mean that the Apple TV device will play my Xvid video library? (I've learned how to get my xvid files included in iTunes library and playable in iTunes, so I'm hoping they can be synced or preferably streamed to the Apple TV) Does anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 apple is only saying "whatever the ipod will play, the appletv will play". No it will not play xvid without some "tinkering" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phor2zero Posted January 12, 2007 Author Share Posted January 12, 2007 hmmm... getting quicktime to play xvid was as simple as dumping the codec(s) into a folder. If the Apple TV turns out to be as easy to use as that, than it's super neat.... otherwise, if it only plays stuff purchased from iTunes store, it's kinda way too expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeSuKuN Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 If I understood well, the AppleTV plays what is streamed wirelessly from a iTunes running on a mac/pc, so all what iTunes can play, Appletv should play too. Also, I think that support for free players(VLC, MPlayer, ...) to stream to AppleTV will come, If this occurs, you will be able to play almos everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Call me pessimist but I think that it wont work. Apple want more market for their movies. But you can always do a re-code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSkywalker Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Come on, the mac community is smart enough to do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Are you sure? I've seen something else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TribesMan Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 I had an idea the moment Steve said it has Intel CPU and hard drive... will it be possible to install OS X on the apple TV? It would be ideal little office/internet box... no noise, no power brick... just perfect. Those are the specs... I found those on macrumors.com forum The processor appears to be a 1.0 GHz Dothan with 2 MB L2 cache <- enough for officeMain Memory 256 MB 400 MHz DDR2 <- i'd like 512MB Fixed to the logic board <- sux Graphics nVidia G72M, 64 MB DDR2 <- GF7300 Bus speed 350 MHz Hard Drive 40 GB, PATA, 2.5-inch <- enough for office Ethernet 10/100 Wireless M35B mini PCIe 802.11n (no Bluetooth) Antennas 2 x 3 (2 Transmit/3 Receive) USB One USB 2.0 host port (for use when servicing unit) <- you would need an USB hub Firewire None Video Out HDMI, Component RCA <- HDMI - DVI adapter would solve that Audio I/O HDMI, digital optical, Analog R/L RCA, no microphone, no speaker, Dolby Digital ready (5.1) with HDMI or digital optical A bit short on the RAM tho... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSkywalker Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Are you sure? I've seen something else... Actually i'm pretty sure It'll be only a matter of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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