![]() ![]() The bottom line is I need a replacement for the Gen 1 unit very soon and it needs XBMC and having Netflix on the same device would be great as well so the ATV Gen2 unit seems ideal in that room, especially since I already have it. The HDMI output is fine, so I suppose I could get one of those HDMI boxes that adds switching plus optical and RCA output itself to solve that issue and I’d probably need one anyway for the new Gen4 unit as it no longer has optical output anymore. My optical output port also shuts down about once a week (I assume from the Gen1 massive relative heat) requiring a power down and reboot of the Gen1 unit (oddly my other Gen1 has never done that despite also getting very hot). I had feedback hum when using RCA outputs + HDMI for TV so I bought an optical DAC converter to isolate it and that worked great until now for isolating the ground loop hum from the HDMI + RCA connection, but now instead of hum I get those weird hard drive like sounds through the speakers when changing directories, etc. I don’t know if it’s some kind of ground loop or what (i.e. To make matters worse, my old Gen1 ATV with XBMC Eden just blew its WiFi card somehow after all these years and I connected one of those AC outlet Ethernet devices and that got it working, but for some odd reason now I get “hard drive-like sounds” through my speakers when loading files in XBMC (in Apple mode also but quieter). And frankly, I wouldn’t NEED it if I can get this ATV Gen2 to run XBMC (my plasma in the room is only 720p anyway as it sits too far away to see better than 720p at that distance above my piano anyway and plasma was better quality for motion at the time). I’ve thought about the new AppleTV Gen4 coming out, but who knows if/when it will have Kodi support or VLC or whatever to make my non-Apple file stuff work. ![]() My upstairs system is high-end 2-channel only so surround stuff doesn’t matter. I was basically hoping to replace my Gen1 ATV I have upstairs with a 2nd Gen ATV unit, but I need XBMC (or Kodi) to run non-Apple files and what not and I’ve had this Gen2 unit originally in an exercise room but later in the downstairs home theater room after getting Netflix (still prefer Gen1 units due to DTS CD compatible output working on them). ![]() If that is the kind of crap I’d have to put up with every time the power went out or I needed to reboot for some reason… It just goes into a fast blink when I connect the USB cable and does literally nothing when I hold Menu and Play. I just tried the tethered 6.2.1 instead of 5.3 and that got past the system patches error (I’d much rather have untethered, but seeing as I do have my Macbook Pro in the living/music room for music recording (Logic Pro music writing and also for converting my LPs to digital), I suppose I could go the tethered route for now), but now I can’t seem to get the AppleTV into DFU mode (this is becoming mind numbingly frustrating). I’m running El Capitan 10.11.1 and tried the latest Beta today (Oct 24th, 2015) and I’m also getting the File System Patches failed error. ![]()
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