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Plex has thoroughly owned for me, and it's almost all I use my ATV for, other than live sports streaming in random other TV apps. Never had an issue with it. Remote server connections are most likely an upload rate issue with the server's internet connection, like if you're trying to watch your buddy's movies or whatever.
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Plex has thoroughly owned for me, and it's almost all I use my ATV for, other than live sports streaming in random other TV apps. Never had an issue with it. Remote server connections are most likely an upload rate issue with the server's internet connection, like if you're trying to watch your buddy's movies or whatever. Naw he's got a fiber connection and I'm the only one with issues. Are there some wonky settings I might have hosed up somewhere on my end?
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Cobalt Viper posted:So if I've got a 2016 LG OLED do I manually set this to DolbyVision30Hz or do I just leave it on the default because only super spergs care about the difference between HDR10 and DV? Set it to DV 30 or better yet, DV 24 when watching movies with DV.
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OGB posted:This is a pretty good repository of resellers. This is from the last page but how legit is this service? I'd like to think it's cool but the weird hacks to get around having an actual disc in are throwing up a flag in my head (and does that even apply if you're streaming to an AppleTV? Can you even redeem a code via the AppleTV and avoid the disc thing all together?) Edit: MacRumors points to some anonymous Reddit user as saying 10/26 is the launch date for the Amazon Prime Video app so take that with a huge grain of salt. Thwomp fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Oct 11, 2017 |
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Thwomp posted:This is from the last page but how legit is this service? I'd like to think it's cool but the weird hacks to get around having an actual disc in are throwing up a flag in my head (and does that even apply if you're streaming to an AppleTV? Can you even redeem a code via the AppleTV and avoid the disc thing all together?) They're just selling you redemption codes for the movies, not sure what you mean by "weird hacks?" Edit: I've bought like ten movies so far from different services and paid with PayPal. Everything has been fine.
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It's pretty reliable. iTunes can be finicky. Like it's given me permission playback errors halfway through movies, making me restart. Also it wouldn't let me redeem one movie with 3 different codes. But the reseller gave me 3 different codes and finally credited me back the price. I usually hate Vudu, but the Apple TV app works pretty well and has been far more consistent than Apple's own movie player.
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Oct 12, 2017 03:30
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The PBS app has been completely redesigned and is a bit easier to use now.
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Just wanted to drop by and say thanks again for answering my questions! I love our new Apple TV, the interface is so much better and it has an app for Shudder, a streaming service we use a lot. My dad wound up getting one, too.  Cheers y'all.
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Oct 26, 2017 17:32
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Does anyone know if Hulu, Netflix or YouTube are 4K yet?
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A Spider Covets posted:Just wanted to drop by and say thanks again for answering my questions! I love our new Apple TV, the interface is so much better and it has an app for Shudder, a streaming service we use a lot. My dad wound up getting one, too. How is Shudder? The gf and I are getting to the point where we’ve watched nearly every Netflix horror and need to branch out.
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dexter6 posted:Does anyone know if Hulu, Netflix or YouTube are 4K yet? “So far, the only third-party app that supports 4K is Netflix, but Apple says Amazon's upcoming Prime Video app will offer it as well. 4K is also coming to the YouTube app soon, and Apple is negotiating with Hulu to enable it eventually. (So far, Hulu only supports 4K on game consoles.)” https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/21/apple-tv-4k-hands-on/ Netflix is also HDR on most of their originals.
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Does anyone know whether there's a way to input japanese text into youtube search? I presume if you set your language or region to Japan you could but I'm just interested in the keyboard.
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Oct 30, 2017 14:17
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I thought the codec YouTube was using prevented Apple hardware from getting 4K from it?
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EL BROMANCE posted:I thought the codec YouTube was using prevented Apple hardware from getting 4K from it? Correct. YouTube (and Google) push VP9 for 4K content. Apple doesn't support VP9. So don't expect to see 4K content available via YouTube anytime soon.
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They could probably do 4K VP9 in software on the newest device.
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Martytoof posted:Does anyone know whether there's a way to input japanese text into youtube search? I presume if you set your language or region to Japan you could but I'm just interested in the keyboard. If you have an iOS device, add Japanese keyboards on it and then use the iOS Remote app/functionality, and I bet it would work.
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Listen, I didn't face ten long tours against the goddamn 'bots to come back home and lift baby weights.
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Subjunctive posted:They could probably do 4K VP9 in software on the newest device. yeah the cpu could probably handle it but it would virtually monopolise the available resources. i see them just serving the 1440p h.264 stream and leaving it at that
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Oct 30, 2017 17:06
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Where is this sports app they talked about
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Oct 30, 2017 19:33
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Probably about three steps behind the Amazon Video app.
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This variable framerate on Apple TV sure sounds a lot like variable refresh rate/Adaptive Sync. I don’t recall this getting a mention in the initial presentation, but it seems to be what’s included in the new developer build, no? That’s a pretty big deal if true; basically running your movies and TV shows in 24/25 Hz and saving a bunch of power doing so. But this would only work on G-Sync/FreeSync monitors rather than TVs for the time being, right?
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ufarn posted:This variable framerate on Apple TV sure sounds a lot like variable refresh rate/Adaptive Sync. I don’t recall this getting a mention in the initial presentation, but it seems to be what’s included in the new developer build, no?
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Dem Bones posted:If you have an iOS device, add Japanese keyboards on it and then use the iOS Remote app/functionality, and I bet it would work. Oh this is probably the best idea, thanks!
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ufarn posted:This variable framerate on Apple TV sure sounds a lot like variable refresh rate/Adaptive Sync. I don’t recall this getting a mention in the initial presentation, but it seems to be what’s included in the new developer build, no? Good catch. Glad to see Apple following up on this.
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:Probably about three steps behind the Amazon Video app. I thought the Amazon app was supposed to drop any day now. The Movies Anywhere app makes Amazon Video kind of redundant though. Finally, I can watch all my Amazon movies on my Apple TV.
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Krispy Wafer posted:I thought the Amazon app was supposed to drop any day now. Movies Anywhere doesn't work for free for Prime and TV stuff, only for MOVIES you've purchased (and even then not all studios are participants) And as far as the app dropping any day now (I think the "prediction" was Oct 26). That was a single guy on Reddit who said "I'm an insider at Amazon. Trust me" and all the tech sites ran with it. It was never substantiated.
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BTW: tvOS 11.1 is available in Software Update.. fixes include a KRACK/WPA patch, patches for internal WebKit browser, no new features.
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Zero One posted:Anyone try the 11.2 beta yet? I'm on it I think. Seems fine.
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Yeah I went ahead and downloaded it. The option is there to allow apps to switch (you can pick rate, HDR, or both) but the apps themselves need to be updated to use it. Nothing else new I have seen.
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Zero One posted:Yeah I went ahead and downloaded it. The option is there to allow apps to switch (you can pick rate, HDR, or both) but the apps themselves need to be updated to use it. Does this apply to the old v4 Apple TV as well, or the 4K one only?
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Thwomp posted:Correct. YouTube (and Google) push VP9 for 4K content. Apple doesn't support VP9. So don't expect to see 4K content available via YouTube anytime soon. Actually youtube does provide 4k30fp SDR in apple compatible h264 through its api's but not through the browser. You can download 4k from youtube using youtube-dl, open it in quicktime and airplay it to the appletv4k . However 4k60fps and HDR are only available in vp9 and apple only supports hevc for 4k60fps. code:
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It's fun that format wars somehow managed to transcend physical media.
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qirex posted:It's fun that format wars somehow managed to transcend physical media. It's been this way since the fight over the <video> tag. Apple consistently takes the position of standards consortiums and their patent licensing scheme, and Google (and the small numbers of people who use free Linux distros and want to see them legally do the things they want to do) making a free-to-license alternative. There's usually rational arguments for why Apple takes the tack they do, which comes down to "standards should be adhered to" and whether Google's solutions really are free of patent issues, but as someone who thinks computers should have the option of doing things people want to do whether or not someone pays for a software license I can understand where they're coming from. Craptacular! fucked around with this message at 10:43 on Nov 10, 2017 |
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The VP* patent bullshit has been around and never credible since it launched. H.264 itself had patent infringement issues that were only resolved because the court ruled that the owner as a member of the consortium had to include it in the license pool.
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On ATP, Siracusa said he's on the 11.2 beta and the framerate switching works as expected in the Apple Movies app, but he hasn't tried anything else since he doesn't expect anything to be updated to use it yet.
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Endless Mike posted:On ATP, Siracusa said he's on the 11.2 beta and the framerate switching works as expected in the Apple Movies app, but he hasn't tried anything else since he doesn't expect anything to be updated to use it yet. afaik anything that uses the native video player should just werk, though there are likely to be outliers yeah
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I'm about to upgrade my internet and cut some cords, so I may finally replace my 3rd gen Apple TV. Does the 4K offer improved app performance over 4th gen? Don't care much if UHD is the only draw, though future-proofing it wouldn't be too bad I guess. VVVVV e: sweet, thanks! Minidust fucked around with this message at 16:53 on Nov 21, 2017 |
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Minidust posted:I'm about to upgrade my internet and cut some cords, so I may finally replace my 3rd gen Apple TV. Does the 4K offer improved app performance over 4th gen? Don't care much if UHD is the only draw, though future-proofing it wouldn't be too bad I guess. I mean, it's a two-generation newer processor, and the enhanced version of it at that, and actively cooled. It drat well better in theory. Though in practice, nothing I use is anything that really messes with the old one, and using both regularly, I don't really notice any difference. It'll be supported longer, though, which is probably important, since I'm not really sure what they can add in the future to make an upgrade worth it.
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