Aug 23, 2012 Major aTV Flash (black) 2.0 Update In The Works For Apple TV Jailbreakers, Beta Slots Now Available Jailbreak By Alex Heath. 12:54 pm, August 23, 2012. News; Version 2.0 is on the way.
FireCore has released aTV Flash (black) Beta 7 for jailbroken Apple TV 2G.
aTV Flash (black) Beta 7 brings a number of new features such music playback, Last.fm powered artist slideshows and cloud backups. The latest version of aTV Flash (black) also includes a number of improvements and bug fixes.
FireCore has provided the following information about the major new features introduced in aTV Flash (black) Beta 7:
Music Playback
A new music player has been built into Media Player, which allows you to stream most music file types from a Mac, PC or NAS drive without using iTunes. During playback, album art, track info, and artist images will automatically be downloaded from Last.fm.
Cloud Backups
We’ve added a new cloud backup feature that provides a way to easily backup all your 3rd party (FireCore, XBMC, Plex, etc…) settings and data to the cloud. Once backed up, a list of your previously saved backups will be available allowing you to to easily restore one of them if needed.
Metadata Views
- General (default) view – This is the first view and contains a portion of the synopsis, and other info like who’s in the movie and when it was released.
- Synopsis view – This is the second view and shows the full movie synopsis.
- Technical view – This is the third view and shows technical information about the video file.
You can checkout the complete change log at FireCore’s blog.
Couple of week, FireCore had released an updated version of their jailbreaking tool – Seas0nPass to support untethered jailbreak for Apple TV 4.3 software update for second generation Apple TV, which enables users to install aTV Flash (black).
aTV Flash (black) is currently available for pre-order for a discounted price of $19.99, which will also give you access to the beta version.
As always, please let us know what you think about the new version in the comments below.
FireCore has released an update to its aTV Flash (black) software that runs on jailbroken second generation Apple TV’s. The update includes a host of additional features including a brand new lightweight media player that has been specifically written for iOS devices.
The new media player will enable your second generation Apple TV to play a much wider array of media types without losing the simple Apple TV interface. Performance of HD content has also been greatly improved.
If you're already running a version of aTV Flash (black) the new Beta6 version can be installed through the Maintenance --> Manage Extras menu on your Apple TV.
The full list of fixes and new features are detailed after the break. Do you jailbreak your Apple TV and use aTV Flash? Let us know if you update and how it works for you!
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What's new in Beta6?
General
- Added show/hide options for standard AppleTV menus
- Added option to manually install if no AppleTVs are detected
- Improved auto-update disabling
- Improved installation error handling
- Minor UI adjustments
Media Player
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- Added new lightweight player
- Added recently played items to 'Top Shelf' in main menu
- Added Favorites to main menu
- Added option to manually mark files as watched/unwatched
- Added 'Test Connection' option for AFP/SMB shares
- Added support for DVD subtitles
- Added support for multiple DVD audio tracks
- Added basic support for M2TS files
- Improved overall video playback (especially HD video files)
- Improved thumbnail generation when cover art is not available
- Improved FF/RW controls
- Improved DVD menu and video playback
- Improved DVD playback progress reporting
- Improved memory management
- Improved AFP/SMB streaming
- Improved error handling for invalid files
- Resolved most video stuttering issues
- Resolved energy saver mode issue
- Resolved issue that resulted in some DVDs being displayed in (squished) 4x3 mode
- Resolved numerous DVD playback issues
- Resolved flickering when navigating through certain menus
- Resolved additional conflicts with XBMC
- Reduced number of network connections used
- Minor UI and other miscellaneous fixes
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