Comments on: Auto-start XBMC on Apple TV boot

By: jimmy

jimmy — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:34:12 +0000

hi, Im a absolute ultra newb, my xbmc wasnt working (kept kicking me) so i figured maybe installing the auto loader would help me, now all that happens is xbmc constantly reloads itself and I have no idea what to do , i have no software on my laptop to correct this, and basically … im pissed lol , please help me I bought the box off a friend but I am unable to contact him at the moment I am under the impression i need to update xbmc for it to work but without a front row menu thats looking fairly problematic…pleeeease help !! thank you

By: Guillaume Boudreau

Guillaume Boudreau — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:11:03 +0000

Sorry, but I know nothing about the Apple TV 2.
On my Apple TV (1), choosing exit in XBMC sends me back to the Front Row UI.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:08:48 +0000

Good morning Guillaume. I know this post is a few years old. However i thing you maybe able to help me. I installed the auto start XBMC on my apple TV 2 and now I can’t get back to the front row start on my box. I have netflix and some other apps that I Loved about this box and now all I can get is XBMC Please help if you can or direct me in the right direction.Many thanks in advance

By: Guillaume Boudreau

Guillaume Boudreau — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 10:54:58 +0000

I can’t know for sure (don’t have one), but I’d say no.

By: Raymond

Raymond — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 05:45:15 +0000

Does that method (auto-boot into XBMC) still on Apple TV 2?
Thank you.

By: Defunk

Defunk — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 02:37:06 +0000

I have been looking for this for a while! my friend has an apple tv and we couldn’t figure out how to auto start xbmc!

By: Guillaume Boudreau

Guillaume Boudreau — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:48:23 +0000

Ah, indeed, my bad! launchctl unload is not enough. You’ll need to remove or move the plist files out of /Library/LaunchAgents/:

So to uninstall:
ssh frontrow@your_appletv_ip_address
launchctl unload /Library/LaunchAgents/com.teamxbmc.xbmc.plist
launchctl unload /Library/LaunchAgents/com.teamxbmc.xbmchelper.plist
sudo mv /Library/LaunchAgents/com.teamxbmc.xbmc.plist .
sudo mv /Library/LaunchAgents/com.teamxbmc.xbmchelper.plist .
sudo reboot

By: Cortez

Cortez — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:24:55 +0000

Uninstalled via SFTP. Found the 4 files to remove and deleted them.

By: Guillaume Boudreau

Guillaume Boudreau — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:21:58 +0000

You won’t be able to go back to the Finder using this. If you Quit XBMC, the LaunchAgent will just restart it.
The instructions in my comment above, i.e. typing the same commands you did to install this, but substituting ‘load’ with ‘unload’ will completely remove the auto-load.
If it doesn’t, you typed something wrong.

Update: Seems I was wrong!… See the new instructions I provided here to uninstall:
http://www.pommepause.com/blog/2009/07/auto-start-xbmc-on-apple-tv-boot/#comment-161

By: Cortez

Cortez — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:15:57 +0000

Hi. Followed the steps provided. Worked like a charm to get XBMC to launch on boot. However, I cannot close xbmc and return to the Finder it just freezes XBMC. I cannot uninstall using the info provided. Any help would be useful. Thanks.