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Apple TV |OT|
- Thread starter wachie
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Not at all.
It looks pretty similar to airvideo or vlc. A simple app to stream media from a network device rather than a full media centre front end like plex or kodi.
That's too bad, I wonder how developers are supposed to record videos for their apps.
infiniteloop
Member
yes, Through USB-C + Quicktime, the same as iOS.
SmackCrackleNPop
Member
It's very similar to AirVideo except I think it pulls information from the internet for your TV episodes and movies. AirVideo/VLC are just playing files, does not go too far with presentation.
FlyStarJay
Member
Thank you. I like to plex for the information it pulls and the presentation. I guess I will stick with it then
You can turn it off under settings I think.
Edit: settings -> remotes and devices -> control TVs and Receivers on/off
I'd like a way to play audio while using another app. Eg the earthcam app is very relaxing but it'd be good to play web radio while it is on
sonycowboy
Member
I have my Apple TV audio running through my TV (which has an Optical Out port) into a Sound Bar. Whenever I pause a video too long, it turns off my Sound Bar, but playing again doesn't turn it back on...
Really annoying.. Anybody have a solution?
Really annoying.. Anybody have a solution?
Same. App Store has barely changed in a couple of weeks. Add in that you can't browse on the web so discovery isn't good anyway, you have to keep popping in to the app on the ATV
I have found that this site lists Apple TV apps--does anyone know of any other?
http://appsliced.co/apps/newest/tv?l=nav
http://appsliced.co/apps/newest/tv?l=nav
gingerbeardman
Member
http://www.slidetoplay.com/apple-tv-apps-top-list/
http://tvos.emil.click
They're probably all using the same feeds/data?
gingerbeardman
Member
You can if the developer adds that feature.
everthustodeadbeats
Member
I played around with this a little, but I wish I could export to excel or something to do some proper sorting. I can't get to anything with these lists that interest me. Even knowing how many pages of stuff there is would be a help. Of course, I know you didn't design it.
No, but I mean by default. Make it like the Wii U, so it's mirrored on the TV but controls are overlaid on the phone.
MrMephistoX
Gold Member
No kidding! I don't know how they'd pull it off without it having location services: maybe apple will think of something.
People are creating and publishing iOS apps specifically as gamepads for games. This is a horrible hacky implementation. The Apple TV really ought to be able to broadcast to iOS devices.
It's pretty ridiculous that iOS devices aren't an option as a controller for the Apple TV in general.
I don't know if there's anything they could do with the current hardware. In the next iteration, the easiest solution might be to put a little speaker in the remote, so it could make a sound to help you track it down.
FlyStarJay
Member
i got amazon prime video this morning, cause of the deal they doing, saving £20. Shame amazon video is not on Prime, as i will use that lot. I hardly use my pc for media now.
Browsing the apple app store and i can they have an app for remote. What is taking apple so long to make a remote? for the new tv
Browsing the apple app store and i can they have an app for remote. What is taking apple so long to make a remote? for the new tv
MrMephistoX
Gold Member
I'd suspect it's Amazon; Apple let's Amazon onto iPhone and iPad just with restrictions on in app purchases. Xbox is the same way you can watch content you've bought but you just can't buy it on the Xbox.
Yes. Amazon made it clear they are doing it to hobble Apple/Google. Hence not even selling the hardware. They'd much rather people buy fire devices.
Dr. Feel Good
Banned
Anyone have app recommendations?
Can't you AirPlay from the Amazon prime video app to Apple TV?
FlyStarJay
Member
i tried it twice, 1st time, sound, no video. Then video, no sound.
tried tablet and phone
edit: tried 3rd time and i got both audio and sound.
TBH i would prefer the app on the tv, no reason really
EDIT 2: Is anyone having issues with the play/pause? I can pause with it but cannot play with it. Happens on apps like plex and with Airplay
holygeesus
Banned
First time using Plex for a few weeks now, and I'm very impressed. I have an old Windows 7 laptop acting as the server, with my networked WD MyBook 3TB holding the videos, and it hasn't skipped a beat yet. Really cleverly done. Is there any way to tell when it is transcoding files though? I presume with .mkv it just demux and remuxes the files rather than transcoding, hence not that demanding on the host hardware?
infiniteloop
Member
Got a test flight invite for "VLC for iOS for tvOS."
Thats still there at least. Given Amazons attitude I half expect them to remove it.
FlyStarJay
Member
lol the probably forgot about it
Their attitude to AndroidTV is especially amusing.
They banned googles nexus player, but left all the other androidtv devices in the store. More amusing is the fact amazon made a amazon video app for AndroidTV, they just have it exclusively on Sony AndroidTV devices. And when people were taking that app and putting it on other AndroidTV devices Amazon locked it so it would not work like that.
infiniteloop
Member
No.
- Local storage
- cloud: dropbox/Box/Onedrive
- URL stream (synced from iOS VLC)
edit:
actually you can. you can open a web server from your computer browser and copy stuff over. I tried with an episode of Peep Show (~500MB) and it worked fine. Not sure how long it keeps it cached. I restarted the Apple TV and it was still there.
No word on Retroarch, but Provenance can emulate quite a few Nintendo and Sega systems.
https://github.com/jasarien/Provenance
holygeesus
Banned
It wasn't network support that was supposed to be missing, it was playback from a NAS. If it has that it's a game changer for me.
My Airport Extreme drive shows up at least!
I wonder whether anything great will come out on Apple TV before the end of the year. It's a pretty sad state, with even Apple Music being feature limited (no videos?!).
I hope the Spotify app appear on here. I'd like to switch to Spotify soon.
Glad to hear VLC has network play. I'm only here for vlc and infuse, tbh.
I hope the Spotify app appear on here. I'd like to switch to Spotify soon.
That's a stupendous name. I love it.
Glad to hear VLC has network play. I'm only here for vlc and infuse, tbh.
Man. I don't even have categories yet. I don't have the new layout for bought tv shows either.
MrMephistoX
Gold Member
Don't know why this excites me (well actually work related) but ABC Family is finally on Apple TV as of Friday.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Still waiting for Starz Play or a Time Warner app.
infiniteloop
Member
Nice, my wife wanted one for the old apple tv.
FlyStarJay
Member
I've noticed a new issue on Hulu... frustrating as hell actually.
So I tell Siri "show me the newest episode of Agents of SHIELD" and she does. Awesome. Then I hit "Play in Hulu" and it goes to the Hulu loading screen "Loading up your newest seasons and TV shows" and then dumps me into the main menu.
THEN, if I back out, and do the same thing again (with Hulu now background loaded), it works.
So I tested this, and same thing every time. Go to app switcher, kill Hulu, and it does it every time.
On the other hand, Netflix is fine. Same thing. Kill Netflix. "Show me XFiles Season 5 episode 1". "Play in Netflix", plays.
So I tell Siri "show me the newest episode of Agents of SHIELD" and she does. Awesome. Then I hit "Play in Hulu" and it goes to the Hulu loading screen "Loading up your newest seasons and TV shows" and then dumps me into the main menu.
THEN, if I back out, and do the same thing again (with Hulu now background loaded), it works.
So I tested this, and same thing every time. Go to app switcher, kill Hulu, and it does it every time.
On the other hand, Netflix is fine. Same thing. Kill Netflix. "Show me XFiles Season 5 episode 1". "Play in Netflix", plays.