I think KODI will be soon in TvOS appstore but you have to wait. As such it has the possibility of totally toasting your pretty silver box. This guide is for a total ATV overhaul - which is to say replacing the OSX-lite ATV OS with Gentoo. These instructions will help you on your way to getting Gentoo installed on your Apple TV. But if y'all had watched the Keynote this year the vice president said they will let other developers work on it and create apps for it. See also: Archive:Install XBMC on Apple TV 1 (Linux) Updated for the stable 10.0 stable build.
Apple tv is really good product but it have bunch of limitations. I rather buy that than buying apple tv 4th get (plus they still need to add some features.
#Xbmc on apple tv 1 install
A PCH user has to search, find and to manually install those unofficial skins.
#Xbmc on apple tv 1 1080p
Do a fresh Install of XBMC on the device. All in all, I’m quite satisfied with the PCH, but the small form factor on the Apple TV and the XBMC support, maybe I will switch if they manage to get 1080p resolution on future hardware.
#Xbmc on apple tv 1 upgrade
Plus the graphics on that are way better than apple. Step 1: Start with a blank canvas: Factory restore your target device (making sure you don’t upgrade to an un-jailbroken firmware) Jailbreak the Apple TV again. In other words i would simply go to best buy and spend my money on Nvidia Shield Tv Which is way better than apple tv but cost a little bit higher but its android base. The open source home theater software XBMC has made the jump from the desktop to both the Apple TV and Apples mobile devices running iOS. Go back into Add-Ons, search for espn, install the add on. Go into Programs from Home screen, run it, find bluecops repo and install. Introducing aTV Flash (xbmc edition) Introducing an all-new platform for running the latest XBMC version 13.2 (Gotham) on the original (silver) Apple TV - including support for the latest video add-ons, 1080p video, and more aTV Flash (xbmc edition) is finely tuned, optimized for speed, and provides a complete replacement for the standard. Well after listening to both of you (ProTodd & RealisticExpectations) I have been using KODI A.K.A for a long time and i think apple might let them use it this time maybe or maybe not. ssh into phone/ipad and upload it to var/mobile (or where ever, just remember it) Go into Settings->Add-Ons, select install from zip, browse and install it.