MERRY CHRISTMAS

I DON'T WANT TO DO SUPPORT FOR THIS BUILD - ITS JUST A SNEAK PREVIEW IF EVEN! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REFRAIN FROM ASKING ANY SUPPORT RELATED QUESTIONS



I will remove all questions about Genesis, 1Channel and how all those illegal bastard addons are called. If you feel you need to post about this here - please go away instead...



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In the hopes that anybody who has questions about the newly announced AppleTV will read this instead of posting a new thread i try to do some FAQ here.



1. Will Kodi run on the AppleTV?

- not until it is ported. The normal iOS version of Kodi will not run on it.



2. Will It need to be jailbroken?

- For "easy" deployment there will be the need for a jailbreak again.



3. will the porting work be considered worth?

- Looks like someone is willing to do that work.



4. Will Kodi be in the AppStore for the new AppleTV

- No it won't for the same reasons that the normal iOS version is not in the AppStore



5. Is there any timeline or can you maybe do it faster and also please deliver a jailbreak the second this device can be bought.

- No no no no no no - now shut up and do something else for a couple of months.

Update from 2015-12-22Well thx to the great work of MrMC in porting the stripped down Kodi fork to TVOS and because it is christmas (and i took some days off from work) here is the first inofficial pre-pre-pre-alpha release of Kodi for TVOS (AppleTV4). There is still a lot of work to be done and a lot of stuff to discuss before this can hit mainline and we can call it a new supported platform (please keep this in mind - no ETA):Sourcecode: https://github.com/Memphiz/xbmc/commits/yab Deployment:1. Since there is no jailbreak for the AppleTV4 yet there is only one way to deploy/install Kodi to the device.2. Fortunately DanTheMan already crafted a handy tool for resigning the deb file. Find the tool and install instructions here: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=245978 3. If the AppleTV4 runs TVOS 9.0 - you can install via XCode 7.1 and newer4. If the AppleTV4 runs TVOS 9.1 - you need XCode 7.2 for being able to installKnown issues:1. No way to add or change any xml files (like adding addon zips or advancedsettings.xml files)2. NFS Support is not working atm3. A dozens more i can't remember right now.Now enjoy the free time with your family and not with Kodi only if possible