Firefly compatibility with Apple TV

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  • 25/03/2008 at 3:23 PM #2329
    maccamb
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    Hello,

    I am interested in understanding whether Firefly will work with the latest Apple TV release. I have a Dlink DNS-323 NAS that I wish to convert into a media server by installing Firefly. I would like to be able to view home movies stored on the NAS via Apple TV on my TV. The questions are:

    1. does the current stable (or even a nightly) build support streaming content from Firefly to the Apple TV?

    2. if so, what content is supported – audio, video, photos?

    3. I am not looking for the synchronization capability that allows content purchased via AppleTV to be synched to Firefly – its really only one way streaming from Firefly-on-NAS -> Apple TV -> TV

    Thanks very much!

    29/03/2008 at 11:50 AM #16660
    gdaymate
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    I’d also like to know if firefly works on the new Apple TVs, especially for video. I’m trying to find a NAS that supports iTunes, and whilst many do, they only support music, not video.

    29/03/2008 at 8:23 PM #16661
    Anonymous
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    It does work – at least for audio…

    Checkout the wiki at http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Main_Page – search the wiki for ‘firefly’.

    29/05/2008 at 6:04 PM #16662
    Anonymous
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    @PatentBoy wrote:

    It does work – at least for audio…

    I think the question refers to streaming to the Apple TV from a Firefly server.

    The problem with Apple TV is that when you want to access a shared iTunes library (like a Linux server running Firefly) it gives you a 5-digit code, which you then have to type in to the iTunes server before you can access its library.

    As far as I can see Firefly doesn’t implement this new protocol, so Apple TV will not see such a server.

    17/08/2009 at 9:54 PM #16665
    Anonymous
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    any updates on this matter? very interested!

    07/12/2009 at 11:14 PM #16663
    Anonymous
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    Hi. After making some modifications, I was able to stream MP4 video to Front Row using Julien’s forked-daapd. I sent in those changes, so possibly in a future SVN version of that it should work, or get the latest SVN and I can send you my changes.

    Front Row streamed my MP3’s no problem without any modification.

    Apple TV uses Front Row, so I would expect it to work.

    17/02/2010 at 11:05 AM #16664
    Anonymous
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    @Ace

    Any chance of getting the info on how you enabled Apple TV Video sharing please?

    Many thanks,

    Chris

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