XBMC now available on iOS 6.1 for Apple TV

February 22nd, 2013 natethomas

As many of you likely have been aware, neither XBMC nor any other non-Apple media center has been available for the updated Apple TV 2 Software 5.2 (iOS 6.1).

Now, we are pleased to announce that XBMC finally supports this update, thanks to the incredible work of XBMC dev Memphiz.

To get your updates on, head over to our wiki and follow the instructions for Apple TV version 5.0 and up.

  1. Apostol Apostolov
    February 22nd, 2013 at 11:43 | #1

    How many codecs and up to what quality does aTV support with flawless playback?

  2. Atomsk
    February 22nd, 2013 at 12:17 | #2

    Awesome work as always!

  3. schmoe
    February 22nd, 2013 at 15:40 | #3

    mine is still on iOS 4 w/xbmc, is it worth the trouble to update to 6.1?

  4. February 22nd, 2013 at 16:57 | #4

    Works like a charm. Great Work!!

  5. c3po
    February 22nd, 2013 at 17:25 | #5

    fantastic work thank you!!!

  6. February 22nd, 2013 at 20:21 | #6

    Yay another Apple device made worth something to me finally because of XBMC! Thanks team!

  7. Matt
    February 23rd, 2013 at 10:10 | #7

    Does this mean all IOS devices is supported on 6.1 or just the ATV? Will HW decoding work on an IPad 2 or should I stick with 5.x to be sure XBMC works?

  8. Trickdawg
    February 23rd, 2013 at 16:27 | #8

    Thanks guys….i used the nitro installer….everything is good…!…Thanks

  9. JD
    February 23rd, 2013 at 16:57 | #9

    Will be any support soon for google tv? Cant wait to see that…

  10. Parker
    February 24th, 2013 at 00:18 | #10

    :D Thanks a lot for all the work. Only thing I have seen that doesn’t work is spacebar with a bluetooth keyboard using Apple’s native feature.

  11. Chris
    February 24th, 2013 at 10:48 | #11

    Fast forwarding and rewinding don’t seem to work since I did the upgrade.

  12. Steve
    February 24th, 2013 at 16:48 | #12

    Thanks, but what about airplay? It seems its now working and this was the main reason for me to upgrade.

  13. fudgadeliq
    March 1st, 2013 at 13:14 | #13

    Is it a full installment of XBMC and will it be powerful enough to play mkvs in 720p or 1080p? If so…WOW!

  14. Goodie
    March 2nd, 2013 at 11:31 | #14

    Excellent! XBMC is the only reason why I bought ATV in the first place!

  15. MEGAMANROJO
    March 3rd, 2013 at 18:49 | #15

    aww no, another issue, this time with the audio, i cant listen for movies that are more than 1gb or is HD, however i can listen for 700mbs movies. someone knows why?

  16. Anonymous
    March 5th, 2013 at 05:40 | #16

    I think I’m sticking with my Eden linusyang-build for the time being. Works flawlessly in every respect on the ATV2. How can Frodo be any better? Is it performance? Are menus snappier and lists populate quicker? I honestly want to know…

  17. Dura
    March 5th, 2013 at 17:31 | #17

    i tried ios 6.1 on apple tv 2, xbmc work well. put xbmc aside device loses other feature and gains some. In this ios you can move icons on home screen but i tried turning off apple tv2 with 3rd party remote i.e my tv remote panasonic, apple tv 2 wouldnt turn off i had to use the orignal apple tv remote to turn off. I’m glad ive rolled back all the hassle for nothing.

  18. Anonymous
    March 6th, 2013 at 01:28 | #18

    no audio in xbmc . how to fix it ?

  19. Bao84
    March 6th, 2013 at 07:51 | #19

    MEGAMANROJO :
    aww pas, une autre question, cette fois avec le son, je ne peux pas écouter les films qui sont plus de 1 Go ou HD, mais je peux écouter 700mbs films. quelqu’un sait pourquoi?

    me too

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