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OldSenileGuy posted:This has been my basic setup for years, except instead of Plex I just used iTunes & Home Sharing to get the media to ATV. Good god look at all these bad decisions
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get a nvidia shield and use kodi instead. the sheild does all the work so your lovely mac is basically a nas. Does Hulu do 5.1DD audio on ATV4? I can't believe I am stuck with poo poo stereo on ATV3 in 2015 dutchbstrd fucked around with this message at 03:18 on Nov 3, 2015 |
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Did people not use PlexConnect before? Not that this isn't somewhat exciting news, but the amusement over the news seems really outlandish as if there weren't solutions towards using Plex before the 4th gen ATV.
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Nov 3, 2015 03:17
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lookit all the people excited not to have to use a lovely hack anymore
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TheScott2K posted:Good god look at all these bad decisions They seemed like good ideas when I started this whole thing in 2006
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noirstronaut posted:Did people not use PlexConnect before? Not that this isn't somewhat exciting news, but the amusement over the news seems really outlandish as if there weren't solutions towards using Plex before the 4th gen ATV. I used plex connect religiously. It was amazing. It also hosed up, a lot, and required fiddling. This is better.
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Martytoof posted:lookit all the people excited not to have to use a lovely hack anymore I mean, it just turned the unused Trailers app into a Plex app. it wasn't that complicated
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Not sure I like the new plex UI matching the Atv UI. Filter unwatched shows doesn't give the option to then sort. Like sort by last aired. At least not that I can find.
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Nov 3, 2015 04:33
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Plex Connect was super fiddly required another computer to be running the dns server if I recall correctly? I gave up and started using Beamer almost immediately. This is so much better.
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Nov 3, 2015 04:42
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The plex app is great, and I will never use for sharing to stream from pc again.
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Mr. BT posted:Now that Plex is available, I'm interested in hooking up a large drive to a Mac Mini and then plugging it in via Ethernet cable to my network. Get one of the previous generations when they still had user upgradable ram. That's what I have and it churns through 1080p no problem. New ones are just hilariously neutered and useless.
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Nov 3, 2015 06:52
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Well, that was nice of Apple. At least we can see what's on top now: (And for non games, it's Simple X ... at least till more people find Plex is out.) http://9to5mac.com/2015/11/02/apple-tv-top-charts-apps/
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noirstronaut posted:I mean, it just turned the unused Trailers app into a Plex app. it wasn't that complicated It was complicated enough to turn off some people, expecially when you started having to do the Certificate trickery. I used it and loved it, but I found the DNS proxy would stop working right and nothing on the ATV would work anymore because it only has one entry for DNS servers, instead of multiple like any normal device. It happened enough I switched back to AirPlaying from my iPhone and/or iPad.
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Is there a Flickr app available for the new Apple TV? And can you use your Flickr account to create a photo screensaver like always?
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Nov 3, 2015 16:21
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Rick Sanchez posted:Is there a Flickr app available for the new Apple TV? And can you use your Flickr account to create photo screensaver a like always? Yes, there is a Flickr app. No, screensaver options are "Aerial", "Apple Photos", "My Photos", or "Home Sharing."
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Nov 3, 2015 16:26
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If you don't want to run a computer in addition to an external drive or two, there are NAS units that run the Plex server natively.
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mediaphage posted:If you don't want to run a computer in addition to an external drive or two, there are NAS units that run the Plex server natively. You need a powerful one though to transcode.
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I wonder if there will be any discounts on these after thanksgiving. I kind of want one, but with a Roku stick and two Fire sticks already I have enough similar devices even though they're not as polished in the software UX department.
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Craptacular! posted:I wonder if there will be any discounts on these after thanksgiving. I kind of want one, but with a Roku stick and two Fire sticks already I have enough similar devices even though they're not as polished in the software UX department. There will not be discounts on these by thanksgiving, or next thanksgiving. Apple stuff doesn't really go on sale. The 99 dollar ATV3 became 69 dollars years later (recently) when the ATV4 was revealed.
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Nov 3, 2015 16:44
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There may be refurbished units available in a few months. You can usually get 5-10% off with a refurb and the reliability is nearly the same as brand new.
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Craptacular! posted:I wonder if there will be any discounts on these after thanksgiving. I kind of want one, but with a Roku stick and two Fire sticks already I have enough similar devices even though they're not as polished in the software UX department. Go to usps.com. Do a change of address to your existing address from any address you randomly pick. Get the 10% off bestbuy coupon and use it. If you have an amex card you can also get $20 back if you spend $200 or more at bestbuy.
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Don Lapre posted:Go to usps.com. Do a change of address to your existing address from any address you randomly pick. Get the 10% off bestbuy coupon and use it.
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Endless Mike posted:Or just walk into a post office and grab the packet they have sitting out. The ones in the post office are $5 off $50 now and are one use per phone number.
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Don Lapre posted:You need a powerful one though to transcode. For sure.
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Feenix posted:There will not be discounts on these by thanksgiving, or next thanksgiving. Apple stuff doesn't really go on sale. The 99 dollar ATV3 became 69 dollars years later (recently) when the ATV4 was revealed. Apple Stores do incredibly modest Black Friday sales, and Best Buy will go full ridiculous (last year, the iPad Air 2 was dropped $100 after being on the market for, uh, a couple weeks.) I don't expect much from anything brand new, but anything > nothing. If I bought one today, I'd basically pay full price to use it for a week before I leaving for a holiday trip. I'm just going to wait for any possible online deals. If not, I can always get one at MSRP later. Craptacular! fucked around with this message at 18:28 on Nov 3, 2015 |
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Any trip reports on how Plex handles different file types? It works great on my iOS devices (iPhone, iPad), but on my Fire TV stick, it's janky as gently caress. I'll get studdering on random videos, or just no sound at all. I have to constantly switch the experimental player on and off and dick around with the settings to get it to work. Also, is there and HBO Go app?
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You don't need a super powerful NAS to do transcoding. Anything with an i3 should be more than enough for multiple streams. I built one starting from a TS140 plus hard drives for a little more than $500. That's definitely more than the little Synology or WD boxes though.Henrik Zetterberg posted:Any trip reports on how Plex handles different file types? My Fire Stick has similar issues as well. I really have to think it's the low power of the Fire Stick that's the cause. I would switch to Plex on my PS4 and the problems would go away.
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Also, is there and HBO Go app? Yes. Both HBO Go and HBO Now. They're separate apps. I have HBO Go because I use my mom's DirecTV account and she uses my Netflix account.
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canyonero posted:You don't need a super powerful NAS to do transcoding. Anything with an i3 should be more than enough for multiple streams. I built one starting from a TS140 plus hard drives for a little more than $500. That's definitely more than the little Synology or WD boxes though. Compared to most NAS devices an i3 is very powerful. But yea, if you are building your own its not that big of a deal. If you are buying though getting an i3 appliance box is a lot of money.
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I like that the scrub bar on the new ATV is like magnetic in that if you scrub forward or back in a video, it'll snap back to where you were if you get close to that position.
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canyonero posted:My Fire Stick has similar issues as well. I really have to think it's the low power of the Fire Stick that's the cause. I would switch to Plex on my PS4 and the problems would go away. Yeah, I've been hoping for a new Fire Stick, but I may just spring for a new ATV. So sick of jumpy movies. I did not realize there was a PS4 Plex app :O
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Any trip reports on how Plex handles different file types?
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Any trip reports on how Plex handles different file types? I have a Mac Mini server running it - it handles everything I've thrown at it. mov, mkv, mp4, mp2, avi, , .ts and I think FLV. 
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I'm running it on a slightly higher end machine (Dell R620) but it handles literally everything I've thrown at it. I just now installed a plugin channel for my HDHomeRun so I can watch OTA ATSC on my AppleTV via plex. The future (well, 2010) is here
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Martytoof posted:I'm running it on a slightly higher end machine (Dell R620) but it handles literally everything I've thrown at it. Well, poo poo. I didn't know it had a Plex plugin. Time to get me the new ATV.
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I thought there were supposed to be several different "live aerial" screensavers or whatever they're called. I just get London every time 
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It says they're like 600mb each, maybe you don't have any others yet.
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OldSenileGuy posted:I thought there were supposed to be several different "live aerial" screensavers or whatever they're called. I just get London every time I don't think it does a very good job rotating through the different ones. 90% of the time I get Manhattan, but I've also seen the Golden Gate Bridge, and maybe one or two others.
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Martytoof posted:I'm running it on a slightly higher end machine (Dell R620) but it handles literally everything I've thrown at it. Minor derail. If my OTA antenna has some issues picking up channels well, the HDHomeRun wouldn't change that, right? It just allowed we me to see it on computers or DLNA devices. But the weak link would still be the Signal quality to my antenna, right?
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Feenix posted:Minor derail. If my OTA antenna has some issues picking up channels well, the HDHomeRun wouldn't change that, right? It just allowed we me to see it on computers or DLNA devices. But the weak link would still be the Signal quality to my antenna, right? Correct.
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