How to Update Flash Player on Apple TV
The folks at Boxee recently updated their player. The new interface is pretty slick and installers are now available for Ubuntu, Apple TV, OS X and Windows.
Unfortunately, after having installed it on Apple TV v3.0.2, it is not possible to play any TV Show due to an outdated Flash Player. Follow the instructions below to unlock the Flash magic:
- SSH into your Apple TV (password is always “frontrow“)
ssh frontrow@<ip_address> - Download the latest version of Flash Player for OS X
wget -O /tmp/flash_player_osx.dmg 'http://bit.ly/s4Iqf' - Mount the DMG file
sudo hdiutil attach /tmp/flash_player_osx.dmg - Go into the Internet Plugin Directory
cd "`find /Library -name 'flashplayer.xpt' | sed 's/flashplayer.xpt//'`" - Install the new Flash Player
sudo pax -r -z -f "`find /Volumes/* -name 'Archive.pax.gz' | grep Flash`"
Now restart your Apple TV and enjoy watching movies on Boxee (if the CPU is powerful enough).
In this guide I assumed you already unlocked your AppleTV using a Patchstick, which will allow you to install Boxee and other programs as well as loading an SSH server to allow remote connection. You can easily create a Patchstick using atvusb-creator.
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Alessio Signorini, I just want to thank you for your post … I did exactly what you suggest and works perfectly … Gracias desde Mexico … Regards …
Guys, I just updated this post with more easy-to-follow instructions. Take a look and let me know if it solves your issues. Ciao!
Hi i tried the install and it went as follows
login as: frontrow
frontrow@192.168.1.27‘s password:
Last login: Sun Oct 24 21:26:46 2010
-bash-2.05b$ wget -O /tmp/flash_player_osx.dmg ‘http://bit.ly/s4Iqf‘
–21:33:27– http://bit.ly/s4Iqf
=> `/tmp/flash_player_osx.dmg’
Resolving bit.ly… 128.121.254.205
Connecting to bit.ly|128.121.254.205|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 301 Moved
Location: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_osx_ub.dmg [following]
–21:33:27– http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_osx_ub.dmg
=> `/tmp/flash_player_osx.dmg’
Resolving fpdownload.macromedia.com… 88.221.178.70
Connecting to fpdownload.macromedia.com|88.221.178.70|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 7,959,489 (7.6M) [application/x-apple-diskimage]
100%[====================================>] 7,959,489 837.11K/s ETA 00:00
21:33:36 (831.39 KB/s) – `/tmp/flash_player_osx.dmg’ saved [7959489/7959489]
-bash-2.05b$ sudo hdiutil attach /tmp/flash_player_osx.dmg
Password:
Checksumming Driver Descriptor Map (DDM : 0)…
Driver Descriptor Map (DDM : 0): verified CRC32 $FD746711
Checksumming Apple (Apple_partition_map : 1)…
Apple (Apple_partition_map : 1): verified CRC32 $26AD4085
Checksumming DiscRecording 4.0.7d1 (Apple_HFS : 2)…
…………………………………………………………………….
DiscRecording 4.0.7d1 (Apple_HFS : 2: verified CRC32 $5214E56A
verified CRC32 $FCF2EE44
/dev/disk1 Apple_partition_scheme
/dev/disk1s1 Apple_partition_map
/dev/disk1s2 Apple_HFS /Volumes/Flash Player
-bash-2.05b$ d “`find /Library -name ‘flashplayer.xpt’ | sed ‘s/flashplayer.xpt//’`”
-bash: d: command not found
-bash-2.05b$ d “`find /Library -name ‘flashplayer.xpt’ | sed ‘s/flashplayer.xpt//’`”
-bash: d: command not found
-bash-2.05b$ cd “`find /Library -name ‘flashplayer.xpt’ | sed ‘s/flashplayer.xpt//’`”
-bash-2.05b$ sudo pax -r -z -f “`find /Volumes/* -name ‘Archive.pax.gz’ | grep Flash`”
-bash-2.05b$
but when i tried youtube still no joy!! any ideas??
Rebooted also but i still can’t play youtube??
hi man can u help me wit this?i tried to install the flash but its not workin,ssh into the apple tv but still cant find internet pluging directory
Your directions seem to work fine, but i want to know how to get the 10.1 or 10.2 beta installed on my ATV? I tried to manually upload the image and extract it… this was the output:
pax: Could not set permissions on .
pax: Access/modification time set failed on: .
pax: Could not create: ./Internet Plug-Ins
pax: Unable to create ./Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin.lzma
pax: Unable to create ./Internet Plug-Ins/flashplayer.xpt
pax: Could not set permissions on .
pax: Access/modification time set failed on: .
suggestions? i did make the .dmg rw for all users
the download URL in the article doesn’t seem to be responding. So if you have any trouble try this
http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_osx_intel.dmg
so the .lzma archive stays uncompressed, and the .xpt is only read by firefox, how do we can decompress the .lzma archive?
boxee isn’t playing any flash video
Hmm.. download link doesn’t work. Nor does DW’s. Having said that, I checked the Adobe site and the 1st gen Apple TV doesn’t meet the requirements for the most recent version of Flash anyway.
I’m wondering what the highest version I can use on a 1st gen Apple TV is and where can I find it?