Apple TV?
hodeyp
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Hi, does anybody know if Apple TV can be controlled via IP? If not, anybody got an IR file they can post?
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Ryan
If people are hacking it, the protocol is out there someplace.
http://www.appletvhacks.net/
Ryan
There is no need for any (new) "protocol" to control appleTV. Just enable ssh to the box (search on google or see http://www.appletvhacks.net/), log in via ssh and enable telnet port 23 by executing "/sbin/service telnet start" as root, or via the sudo command "sudo /sbin/service telnet start". Then use the following code on the master to telnet to it. Send osascript (AppleScript) commands to control the box and enjoy.
Being that I'm not at all familiar with AppleScript, what can I do with this? Can I tell the AppleTV to play a specific playlist or a specific song, or go to a specific part of the menu structure?
If BackRow (the UI app on the AppleTV) has an AppleScript dictionary, you should be able to do just about anything you want with it. The problem is as far as I can tell, BackRow has no AppleScript support. For the moment, I think the best you can do is emulate the Apple Remote through the touch panel, which isn't all that useful as it only has 6 buttons.