Semthex:

Do you think running Backrow/Apple TV will ever be possible on a ppc g4?
..Is there any universality to the binaries/dependencies?

Going one step further- would a retargetable decompiler for Mach-O permit proper re-deployment, on ppc?

It'S a INTeL binary only, no chance for PPC.

I did manage to get it to work, it displays the apple-tv intro video but then it bails with this console message:

Could not locate media location! Using /dev/disk0s4
/SourceCache/Riptide/Riptide-175/BackRow/Utilities/BRXHardwareUtility.m:145: failed assertion `NO'

Do I need to have a partition as disk0s4 for media or is there a way around this?

Yep!
Same problem for me...

Any advice?

cYa ~Neo

Please give me some details on your systems.

Currently I am aware of following possibel problems:

- permissions and ownerships broken on files cause of wrong copy way
- soem hackint0sh loop the video continously

I've installed the 2 frameworks, then I run Finder.app. The intro video starts play and when it finishes, it just quits. Here is my entire console message:

Mar 27 13:03:24 b-box-d FrontRow[8899]: Message Handler Installation Failed: bootstrap_check_in(): 0x44c: Bootstrap not privileged\n
Mar 27 13:03:24 b-box-d FrontRow[8899]: No matching IR micro server found.
Mar 27 13:03:24 b-box-d FrontRow[8899]: VERS: failed to get ImageVersion for display
Mar 27 13:03:24 b-box-d FrontRow[8899]: VERS: failed to get BootImageVersion for display
libosp.c:547:OSPGetState: kOSPBootCount: kRTCMethodReadBytes failed: 0xe00002c2
Mar 27 13:03:24 b-box-d /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/BackRow.framework/Resources/SettingsHelper: Failed to setuid
Mar 27 13:03:24 b-box-d FrontRow[8899]: Settings helper failed: status 100
Mar 27 13:03:24 b-box-d /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/BackRow.framework/Resources/SettingsHelper: Failed to setuid
Mar 27 13:03:24 b-box-d FrontRow[8899]: Settings helper failed: status 100
Mar 27 13:03:25 b-box-d FrontRow[8899]: VERS: failed to get ImageValid for display
libosp.c:547:OSPGetState: kOSPBootCount: kRTCMethodReadBytes failed: 0xe00002c2
Mar 27 13:03:25 b-box-d FrontRow[8899]: AP: failed to find any interfaces (null): -4
Mar 27 13:03:25 b-box-d FrontRow[8899]: AP: failed to open connection to check for power: -4
Mar 27 13:03:25 b-box-d FrontRow[8899]: Message Handler Installation Failed: service port is NULL\n
Mar 27 13:03:46 b-box-d FrontRow[8899]: Could not locate media location! Using /dev/disk0s4
/SourceCache/Riptide/Riptide-175/BackRow/Utilities/BRXHardwareUtility.m:145: failed assertion `NO'

I am running the osx finder as well. Is that a problem? Should I set it up to only use the apple tv one?

Thanks,

bholland

Mar 27 13:03:24 b-box-d /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/BackRow.framework/Resources/SettingsHelper: Failed to setuid

sure you have permissions set correctly?

Here's what I did:

cp -pr ./BackRow.framework /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/
cp -pr ./iPhotoAccess.framework /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/

I copied the original Finder.app with the same way to my Desktop.
Overwrote the Finder bin file with the new one. Then set permissions:

sudo chown root:wheel Finder
sudo chmod 755 Finder

Then double clicked Finder.app. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks,

bholland

I believe you are going to need to create an extra partition that is mounted to /Media which the BackRow app is looking for to find your media files.

hi hackint0sh.org !
I've a got french stupid accented question for you Semthex, as you said, the kernel as nothing to do with SSE2/3, ok, but i didn't understand why the Apple TV is (i hope for apple) a very stable computer whereas it's heart is a SSE2 processor ? I mean, why do we need to patch our SSE2 hackintosh if it's working ? isn't there anything that we may import from the mini OS X into the hacked Tiger to make it totally stable ?
sorry for my french accent.. and maybe for the stupid question i ask, but.. i'm so happy with my hackintosh.. i'd love to make it work normally (i mean, i can't make divx from dvd, i can't use dnetc without a kernel panic..)..

many thanks for the job you all makes !
(sorry for apple, but maybe they just abuse too much the mac community..)