The Apple TV may continue to be a hobby for Apple, but it’s serious business for the folks at FireCore, LLC who offer the Seas0nPass and aTV Flash tools, which make it possible to make the little media player boxes learn some new tricks. The company has just pushed out aTV Flash (black) version 1.3, adding automated firmware backups and a host of new features.
FireCore, LLC has just released aTV Flash (black) 1.3, the latest update to its slick collection of hacks for jailbroken second-generation Apple TVs -- those being the small black boxes that Apple now sells for $99, although the company also offers a version for the original white ATV box as well.
“It's not quite Valentine's Day, but we couldn't wait to show how much we love you all -- so today we have a fresh new version just for you,” the company announced on its blog Wednesday. “Version 1.3 includes an all-new firmware backup option, new translations, playback enhancements and a whole slew of other improvements and fixes.”
The headliner for aTV Flash (black) 1.3 is a new feature for automatically backing up firmware signatures. Coupled with a forthcoming version of Seas0nPass -- the tool that jailbreaks an Apple TV to make installation of these extra features possible in the first place -- users will soon have the ability to do “one-click restores to the firmware of your choosing.”
Of course, the new version brings a laundry list of other improvements, including new language translations (adding Danish, Dutch, French, Greek, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish), advanced remote commands, multiple external subtitles, folder-based organization and playback, support for embedded DVD chapters, a global zoom setting and little tweaks and enhancements across the board.
If you’re an existing user of aTV Flash (black), the new version can be installed as usual through the Maintenance menu from your second-generation Apple TV; for everyone else, it’s a $29.95 purchase from the FireCore website.
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