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Choadmaster posted:Don't forget you can also connect just about ANY remote to the Apple TV by having the Apple TV learn the buttons I did not know this. How?
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101 posted:I did not know this. How? Seconding the hell out of this. Very curious.
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Mar 12, 2014 21:00
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https://support.apple.com/kb/ht3296 Been there for ages.
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Mar 12, 2014 21:03
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Yeah that feature is awesome. Have my TV remote working for it since my lovely Apple remote is garbage or that it's jailbroken and hosed up some voodoo poo poo on it. Whatever!
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Mar 12, 2014 21:13
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Huh, that's pretty neat. So I could use the TV or Cable remote to control Apple TV stuff. But I guess the arrow buttons would be active for both devices at once? I'm worried that I might be like browsing the cable guide, and accidentally buying stuff or changing settings on the Apple TV. Hmm.
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Mar 12, 2014 21:17
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Minidust posted:Huh, that's pretty neat. So I could use the TV or Cable remote to control Apple TV stuff. But I guess the arrow buttons would be active for both devices at once? I'm worried that I might be like browsing the cable guide, and accidentally buying stuff or changing settings on the Apple TV. Hmm. Don't all your remotes have buttons for VCR, DVD, etc? Switch it to one of those modes.
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Mar 12, 2014 21:18
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Minidust posted:Huh, that's pretty neat. So I could use the TV or Cable remote to control Apple TV stuff. But I guess the arrow buttons would be active for both devices at once? I'm worried that I might be like browsing the cable guide, and accidentally buying stuff or changing settings on the Apple TV. Hmm.
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Mar 12, 2014 21:27
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Or use buttons in one of your more commonly-used modes that don't otherwise do anything (there's so damned many buttons on a remote these days). For example, the mode I use on the universal remote for the audio receiver doesn't use the remote's menu buttons or the FF/RW/Pause buttons (all it needs are power and volume) so I could use those buttons and avoid having to switch modes on the remote at all.
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Mar 13, 2014 01:53
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:https://support.apple.com/kb/ht3296 holy poo poo 
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Mar 13, 2014 02:58
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I know the original post was about atv learning any remote but it inspired me to get out my old, unused Logitech Harmony 650 and add/activity up everything. My poo poo is slick now.
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Mar 13, 2014 03:28
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Feenix posted:I know the original post was about atv learning any remote but it inspired me to get out my old, unused Logitech Harmony 650 and add/activity up everything. If you want slick you should try the Logitech harmony smart remote. It has a base station that stays in place and then a rf remote. So I press an activity button and I don't have to sit there pointing the remote the entire time the activity is playing. It's great.
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Mar 13, 2014 14:06
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echobucket posted:If you want slick you should try the Logitech harmony smart remote. It has a base station that stays in place and then a rf remote. So I press an activity button and I don't have to sit there pointing the remote the entire time the activity is playing. It's great. I think I'm going to sound like an idiot for asking this, but what is an 'activity?' Also, has anyone's airplay had a lag between audio and video since the aTV updated?
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Mar 14, 2014 08:28
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The only app I've seen issues with is the NHL app. However I am not sure if it's just a coincidence, since that app is notoriously lovely on every platform.
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Mar 14, 2014 12:14
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An activity is like "watch Apple TV." It might involve a bunch of steps, like turning on the TV, turning on the receiver, switching the input, turning on the Apple TV, etc. The usual problem with Harmony remotes is that might take 20-30 seconds, and you have to point the remote at the equipment the whole time. If you don't, it ends up in a half switched state. And people who the remote would be best for are pretty bad at pointing it for the full time.
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Mar 14, 2014 13:05
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Most of the Harmony remotes have a help button that will walk you through and ask what isn't working and attempt to correct it The smart hub is incredible since it can sit near your devices and you don't have to worry about line of sight problems
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Mar 14, 2014 16:32
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smackfu posted:An activity is like "watch Apple TV." It might involve a bunch of steps, like turning on the TV, turning on the receiver, switching the input, turning on the Apple TV, etc. It's true that some guests have difficulty with my remote. But I typically buy stuff for my convenience in regards to my living room so it's okay. In terms of the activities missing I just make a set of custom buttons to trigger anything the activity missed to switch/turn on.
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Mar 14, 2014 16:37
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What is this "smart hub" and does it work with the Harmony One?
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Mar 14, 2014 16:40
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Just noticed that the new update fixed the iCloud photos as screen saver feature. Think I only ever saw it work twice, most of the time it just threw up pictures of animals even though it was supposed to be pictures of my family vacation. Now it's working every time.
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Mar 14, 2014 18:09
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haveblue posted:What is this "smart hub" and does it work with the Harmony One? Best I can tell it's a re-blaster that you place in your Entertainment center. It gets a quick line of sight message from the remote, and rather than having to keep the remote pointed at your devices, the smart hub re-broadcasts the command for you?
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Mar 14, 2014 18:18
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Feenix posted:Best I can tell it's a re-blaster that you place in your Entertainment center. It gets a quick line of sight message from the remote, and rather than having to keep the remote pointed at your devices, the smart hub re-broadcasts the command for you? It's an RF remote to the hub which sends out signals from there. No line of sight needed for the remote to communicate with it. It doesn't work with the One, but it has a few different price points. The most expensive has a remote that is pretty similar to the One and the cheaper has a simple remote with no touch screen You can also use the app for iOS and Android to control everything
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Mar 14, 2014 19:02
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Mahoning posted:Just noticed that the new update fixed the iCloud photos as screen saver feature. Think I only ever saw it work twice, most of the time it just threw up pictures of animals even though it was supposed to be pictures of my family vacation. Now it's working every time. Cool, we had the same problem. When it worked it was great but sometimes it would just forget and show animal photos. Even though it was set for iCloud in the settings.
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:Don't all your remotes have buttons for VCR, DVD, etc? Switch it to one of those modes.  For my own current setup, I just use a Harmony.smackfu posted:Cool, we had the same problem. When it worked it was great but sometimes it would just forget and show animal photos. Even though it was set for iCloud in the settings. On to something completely different -- I've considered re-ripping my CD library into a lossles format, but my current laptop doesn't have the HDD capacity for it. I thought about some different approaches and then I came across some info about NAS devices. Would the following setup work with an Apple TV right out of the box?
Would that work and basically give me the same usability I have now (iTunes on the laptop, sharing local files to the ATV)? P.S. I wasn't really looking into Plex workarounds or things like that, but if I did, would it interfere in my use of subscription services like Netflix and WWE? Or is it the kind of thing that could be broken with a firmware update? Minidust fucked around with this message at 21:05 on Mar 14, 2014 |
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Mar 14, 2014 21:02
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That setup would work, yes. If the disk can be mounted in the Finder then its contents can go into iTunes, and if it's in iTunes it can go to the ATV (if it's in a supported format).
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Mar 14, 2014 21:04
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haveblue posted:That setup would work, yes. If the disk can be mounted in the Finder then its contents can go into iTunes, and if it's in iTunes it can go to the ATV (if it's in a supported format). I'm fine without the direct streaming... just want to use a NAS as a gigantic library folder, with the laptop running the show like it always has. This could be good because I probably shouldn't be treating my laptop like a media server anyway.
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Mar 14, 2014 21:08
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Minidust, just to answer your question, using Plex won't break any of your subscription stuff. It's basically just using a signed developer certificate on the device and pointing it to a local DNS server that intercepts the Trailers app calls and redirects them to Plex - everything else routes the same. If you ever do run into anything odd that might block (like I've seen that Apple Software updates sometimes won't call home) just revert your DNS back to normal - do what you need to do - then swap it back. Takes 30 seconds.
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I think I'm about to join the club and sell my ATV2 for 3x what I bought it for and get an ATV3 and whatever small form factor XBMC happy box I can get with the money. I've just given up on all hope that a jailbreak is coming and some of the channels you can get on iOS 7 are really useful. If an NFL GamePass ever rears it's head, that'll be the final nail in the coffin as it uses geolocation on the iPhone to blackout games I can see otherwise. Nothing worse than iOS apps that kill the AirPlay stream when you hit Home, too. Doesn't happen in chrome, but does in NFL, WWE etc. Incredibly annoying!
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Mar 17, 2014 16:42
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I just sold my 3 ATV2s. Put them up on eBay at a $275 BIN and they were gone in a couple hours. There's a couple power seller on there selling them for $380 and they've sold over 600 so far.
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Mar 17, 2014 16:46
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I mean I love my ATV2, but is it really 3x as good as a Roku or ATV3?
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Mar 17, 2014 19:42
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MickRaider posted:I mean I love my ATV2, but is it really 3x as good as a Roku or ATV3? You can build a new NUC for less than that.
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FCKGW posted:I just sold my 3 ATV2s. Put them up on eBay at a $275 BIN and they were gone in a couple hours. Holy poo poo. Were yours still jailbroken / on older firmware? Mine is updated to 5.2 or something and would need to be reverted to be jailbroken... but since I've replaced it with a Chromecast, if I can get what it cost to buy (or more!) out if it now I'd love to do so.
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They were on 5.2 but I updated to 5.3 with Seas0nPass and installed NitoTV and XBMC on them. They're more valuable if you install XBMC Hub Wizard which give you access to  streams but I didn't want to deal with having to field questions about why the UFC PPV wasn't working or whatever.I ended up moving to a Roku3 w/ Plex instead. If the next ATV supports app installs (like Plex) I might go back
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IOwnCalculus posted:but since I've replaced it with a Chromecast, if I can get what it cost to buy (or more!) out if it now I'd love to do so.
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Yeah, I have two Chromecasts now. The Plex app for Android / iOS supports Chromecast (it was Plexpass only previously, now it's free for everyone) but unlike airplay, you're not actually bouncing the video from Plex Server -> handheld -> Chromecast. When you use Chromecast, the Plex app tells the Chromecast how to connect directly to your Plex server to play whatever you're telling it to play. You continue to use your phone / whatever as a remote, though.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Yeah, I have two Chromecasts now. The Plex app for Android / iOS supports Chromecast (it was Plexpass only previously, now it's free for everyone) but unlike airplay, you're not actually bouncing the video from Plex Server -> handheld -> Chromecast. When you use Chromecast, the Plex app tells the Chromecast how to connect directly to your Plex server to play whatever you're telling it to play. You continue to use your phone / whatever as a remote, though. That sounds perfect. I'm going to start this as soon as I get home and retire one of the ATV's to a happy ebay home. Thanks.
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I'm confused why my receiver isn't doing surround sound when I try to watch content that has 5.1 audio on my Apple TV. I mainly have this problem with Netflix, and I know my receiver can do dolby digital plus just fine because it works when I use Netflix on the PS3. I've been on Google trying all sorts of things but haven't been able to solve this issue. Any ideas? Receiver is Denon, all my devices use the same type of HDMI cable, no optical audio being used.
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Mar 23, 2014 03:54
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Which version of ATV? Jailbroken or stock? Where is the media streaming from? What path is the media taking through the ATV/Receiver/TV?
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Mar 23, 2014 22:37
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ATV 3, stock running the latest software, streaming media off Netflix, goes from Apple TV via HDMI to AV receiver then to the TV via HDMI again.
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I know Denon put out an update recenently (end of Feb. IIRC) to correct some issue with DD+ and Netflix streaming. I have the AVR-E300 and it had the firmware fix. Try connecting your receiver to a network and checking for a firmware update in the menu. It took me about 20 minutes for the download and install.
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0zxy posted:I know Denon put out an update recenently (end of Feb. IIRC) to correct some issue with DD+ and Netflix streaming. I have the AVR-E300 and it had the firmware fix. Try connecting your receiver to a network and checking for a firmware update in the menu. It took me about 20 minutes for the download and install. I have that same receiver and downloaded that firmware update a week or two ago but it didn't help. It seems like my Apple TV refuses to do Dolby Digital. Like I said, DD+ works just fine in Netflix on my PS3. I even tried reseting my Apple TV to factory defaults and it didn't help.
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ZeeBoi posted:I'm confused why my receiver isn't doing surround sound when I try to watch content that has 5.1 audio on my Apple TV. I mainly have this problem with Netflix, and I know my receiver can do dolby digital plus just fine because it works when I use Netflix on the PS3. Funny I've had very similar issues. Try this out Rent an iTunes movie, don't do a preview, they don't do DD I then had DD. Netflix just doesn't give DD even though it should. Two customer calls later confirmed it's a bug on their end. I have some video files that are DD on my computer. Both Plex and Air Video Hd will do DD. This is Apple TV 3 using optical audio cable into my receiver. I was testing with Netflix and was pulling my hair out until trying an iTunes rental then realizing it's Netflix.
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