Comments on: USB Bounty: still open for entries https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/02/usb-bounty-still-open-for-entries/ Get more from your shiny box of joy: Taking Apple TVs to the next level Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:26:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dunk https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/02/usb-bounty-still-open-for-entries/#comment-3435 Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:26:37 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/02/usb-bounty-still-open-for-entries/#comment-3435 OK appletvhacks – you’ve heard the community – now it’s your move.

Please release details on how to connect a usb HDD to the atv.

The community eagerly awaits your response….

]]> By: Chris https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/02/usb-bounty-still-open-for-entries/#comment-3406 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:55:37 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/02/usb-bounty-still-open-for-entries/#comment-3406 I’ve been itching to plug in a USB hard drive since April – the bounty may be a nice idea to reward enterprising hackers, but its been almost a month now since the entry was submitted – leaving readers increasingly frustrated at the apparent non-progress and lack of transparency.

I agree that it is time to release this hack, and like the suggestions above of splitting the bounty. That way the coder gets their reward, and it gets a community of coders looking at resolving the syncing issue, which should speed things up.

The other option of course would be for the coder to just ask for PayPal donations, releasing the hack once the $1000 mark has been reached! You could probably make more money that way… I’d personally pledge $100 in that case! 10% there!

]]> By: LapinouUK https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/02/usb-bounty-still-open-for-entries/#comment-3392 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:52:58 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/02/usb-bounty-still-open-for-entries/#comment-3392 I’ve got to agree, it has been stated that there is now a known method to mounting external USB drives onto the AppleTV. Because of the bounty this information has not been released into the wider community, just those ‘testers’.
It all seems very counterproductive, a reward supposed to encourage community development of the AppleTV is actually having having the opposite effect.
Why not get this sorted out, or if not, get out of the way Appletvhacks.net.

]]> By: Moduz https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/02/usb-bounty-still-open-for-entries/#comment-3389 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:27:57 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/02/usb-bounty-still-open-for-entries/#comment-3389 Which is why I think that we should all agree to divide up the bounty. I mean it is really simple there are 8 requirements of the bounty, so for each requirement that is met the hack submitter should receive 1/8th of the $1000 or $125. If you only meet a portion of one of the requirements then the powers that be would decide how much of the $125 you should get for your contribution, and it would be non-negotiable. That way progress, and more importantly users, wouldn’t be hindered by the development process.

And appletvhacks users wouldn’t be stuck using 40 gig drives or paying out the wazoo for 125gig internal drives, while the testers are taking their time testing tb drives… I don’t mean to be a ‘flamer’ or whatever, but if someone else releases enough of the hack to do what I want it to do before you guys do, then appletvhacks.net ceases to be useful.

]]> By: undue https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/02/usb-bounty-still-open-for-entries/#comment-3346 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:49:04 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/02/usb-bounty-still-open-for-entries/#comment-3346 It seems like these bounties hinder development.. I mean everyone is afraid to share information. Kinda sux

]]> By: Moduz https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/02/usb-bounty-still-open-for-entries/#comment-3136 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 13:39:05 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/02/usb-bounty-still-open-for-entries/#comment-3136 Question… Can you move content to the drive via your computer’s usb port and then plug it back into the appletv and play it?

]]> By: Dunk https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/02/usb-bounty-still-open-for-entries/#comment-3125 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:53:27 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/02/usb-bounty-still-open-for-entries/#comment-3125 To the patch developer: would you please release the part of the code that enables a usb hdd – as noted in the comments above, this opens up several options for playing external media etc…

]]> By: Fredrik https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/02/usb-bounty-still-open-for-entries/#comment-3115 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:08:30 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/02/usb-bounty-still-open-for-entries/#comment-3115 Wouldn’t it be possible to modify this patch so it goes the other way around, to copy stuff from an external drive to the internal. i.e Quicktime plug-ins, perl scripts to start sshd etc.

For me that would be the perfect solution to add the stuff Apple hasn’t.

Then you don’t need anything else, you get your xvid movies downloaded via iTunes(I just fake the file type to get iTunes to accept it and sync it) and with the patch the enable the Apple TV to play them.

]]> By: Jonathan https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/02/usb-bounty-still-open-for-entries/#comment-3110 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:42:08 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/02/usb-bounty-still-open-for-entries/#comment-3110 Presumably this also means that with the current state of this hack it wouldn’t be out of the question to plug in my external USB DVD drive and play DVDs via VLC plugin… That’d be quite nice too.

]]> By: dunk https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/02/usb-bounty-still-open-for-entries/#comment-3104 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:31:42 +0000 https://www.appletvhacks.net/2007/07/02/usb-bounty-still-open-for-entries/#comment-3104 Ok, well that sounds like one important part has been accomplished: the ability to connect an external hdd to the usb port.

If this is in fact true, then solutions like ATVFiles would now be able to browse this drive and play the media.

I feel you should split the bounty into two parts – the first being just reading/writing to an ext hdd via usb, and the second being more of the seamless solution you are looking for.

Enabling usb hdd means that right now, today, I could plug in my media drive and (via ATVFiles) view movies etc.

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