FireCore has recently updated its Apple TV jailbreak software, aTV Flash (black), to version 1.5. Now, users of the software can enjoy a number of new features, including NFS streaming and a much-improved media player.
Furthermore, a series of other changes and improvements have been made to the software. Here’s a list of everything that’s new in the latest version of aTV Flash (black), provided by FireCore:
- Revamped player with improved performance (AppleTV 4.4 and later)
- Added NFS streaming
- Added Catalan, Czech, Korean and Traditional Chinese translations
- Added support for localized TV show pattern: TV Show/Season #/S##E##.extension
- Added manual subtitle time correction (-10.0s to +10.0s)
- Added support for embedded .FLAC cover art
- Added support for .AC3, .DTS and .MOD files
- Improved .EYETV file handling
- Improved audio synchronization in slow and unstable networks
- Improved slideshow operation with small images
- Improved movie folders detection logic to ignore hidden files
- Improved metadata fetching to support movies split into multiple files (dvd#, cd#, disk#)
- Improved zoom mode operation for non-square pixels
- Improved DVD menu handling
- Improved .OGG file handling (now correctly treated as audio)
- Improved error handling for connection issues
- Improved buffering logic
- Improved installation routine
- Other minor UI improvements
- Resolved format detection that was causing rare playback issues
- Resolved issue with volume level resetting during rw/fw
- Resolved floating crashes usually observed when using SMB with Windows 7 shares
- Resolved conflicts with XBMC related to SMB
- Resolved issues with metadata fetching for ‘Show.Name.###.extension’ pattern
- Resolved crashes observed in folders with signifcant number of files
- Resolved playback error on DVD and ISO files observed when file path contains ‘?’ character
- Resolved crashes when working with long file paths
- Resolved rare issue with incorrect pre-playback screen layout
- Other miscellaneous bug fixes
In order to update aTV Flash (black) on your Apple TV, head over to the application on your set-top box and navigate to Maintenance, and then Manage Extras. If you don’t already own aTV Flash (black), you can purchase the software – which promises to “supercharge” an Apple TV through improving numerous aspects of the product – for just $29.95.
For more information on all of the above, head over to FireCore’s website.
