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Minidust posted:Is there precedent for any app working that way yet? Plex doesn't really count since it uses its own software on the media server. Since the iTunes Home Sharing infrastructure is already built into the ATV, I'm wondering if 3rd party players can piggyback off that. I'm confused a bit by what you're asking. I don't think Home Sharing is going to be opened up at all, especially since you need your Apple credentials to make it work. But if you've already got iTunes managing your content, I would presume you've got either iTunes managing the library of files or the files already organized manually. Either way, the files are already organized for easy indexing by a 3rd party server software. So wouldn't pointing Plex or Air Video to look for files in your iTunes Media directory already accomplish what you're attempting to do?
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Cornjob posted:Goons, which model ATV4 are you getting? I doubt ill be doing anything more than plex, netflix, hbogo and a few other streaming apps. I only plan on using it for HBO Go and Plex, so will probably get the smaller storage.
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Thwomp posted:I'm confused a bit by what you're asking.
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Cornjob posted:Goons, which model ATV4 are you getting? I doubt ill be doing anything more than plex, netflix, hbogo and a few other streaming apps. Does anyone know if AirPlay creates an ad hoc network between the AppleTV and an iPhone/iPad? If so, you could sync to your phone, and AirPlay to your AppleTV without worrying about internet conditions. I don't think you can sync to the AppleTV, but maybe I missed that setting somewhere.
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Apparently I can't use the Plex app without a Plex account. Not disappointed I paid for SimpleX now. Is anyone else unable to wake their ATV from screensaver mode by pressing the play/pause button? WTF. Also, if anyone else has set up a third-party IR remote, do the play/pause/fw/rw buttons actually do anything for you? Mine don't, which makes me wonder why the hell the ATV4 offers to set them up at all (they worked fine with the 3rd gen). Cornjob posted:Goons, which model ATV4 are you getting? I doubt ill be doing anything more than plex, netflix, hbogo and a few other streaming apps. I got the 64, since you can't change your mind later... But that said, I can't even imagine using up 32 at this point, so if you don't want to spend the extra money, don't. And for the person who asked like a week ago whether the ATV4 syncs more than a hundred pics or so for the screensaver: no, it's just as bad as the previous model. 
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I'm getting a fair bit of buffering/loading using Simplex and Plex. It had me at 1080p / 20mbps. Is that like, too high or something? I set it to 1080p / 12 just now which *seems* fine so far... (Not sure if it's my mind but the sound feels a little flatter...?) Anyone else experiencing this or have insight on settings? My network is ample, etc... [Ed] even at /12 it's buffering. Didn't have issues with plexconnect. Feenix fucked around with this message at 00:24 on Nov 6, 2015 |
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The Gillman posted:There is a free TWIT app you can watch live streams and recent episodes in I was more interested in the specific capability than in any particular podcast.
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Feenix posted:Anyone else experiencing this or have insight on settings? My network is ample, etc... Do you have any issues with Netflix or Hulu or HBO or the like? I have gotten random errors and buffering in just about every app so far despite my good connection; maybe once or twice a day on average. Could be a lower-level problem. OTOH it hasn't happened to me in SimpleX yet.
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Choadmaster posted:Do you have any issues with Netflix or Hulu or HBO or the like? I have gotten random errors and buffering in just about every app so far despite my good connection; maybe once or twice a day on average. Could be a lower-level problem. OTOH it hasn't happened to me in SimpleX yet. I will test that.
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I still don't understand the sizes of apps. Some people are saying the biggest app they've gotten in 200MB. At that rate, I'd need 320 apps to fill up 64 GB of space. It seems plausible on a phone, but I can't even begin to imagine what the hell is being done on an ATV to fill that space.
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noirstronaut posted:I still don't understand the sizes of apps. Some people are saying the biggest app they've gotten in 200MB. At that rate, I'd need 320 apps to fill up 64 GB of space. It seems plausible on a phone, but I can't even begin to imagine what the hell is being done on an ATV to fill that space.
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Choadmaster posted:Apparently I can't use the Plex app without a Plex account. Not disappointed I paid for SimpleX now. My Harmony's pause, FF, and RW buttons didn't work at first and then mysteriously started working and I have no explanation for why it works now.
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Have had some major remote problems today. Twice today, like 8 hours apart, the remote has basically frozen. While its frozen the white light on the actual AppleTV is off, and my home theater volume randomly goes up and down, often all the way down to zero. During this time the video keeps playing on the screen and I can't do anything at all until the remote reconnects.
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Out of nowhere, my ATV4 won't play video from any streaming service. It will go through all the menus and splash screens fine, but once I start to play, all I get is audio. Showtime gave me an HDMI error, but not sure where all this is coming from. I've tried restarting the TV and ATV, and unplugging and replugging and trying different HDMI ports. Anything else to check?
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Lets say I own a movie on iTunes. With the new gen and the hard drive, can I download that movie, extras and all, and watch it somewhere with no internet?
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gypsyshred posted:Lets say I own a movie on iTunes. With the new gen and the hard drive, can I download that movie, extras and all, and watch it somewhere with no internet? You can't download a movie to the AppleTV. You could take your laptop, download the video to iTunes (or Plex media server) and then use an ad-hoc network between ATV and server to play it. Has anyone had issues with playback 'freezing' but audio keeps going? Last night I was trying to watch Casino Royale from the iTunes store and 5 times the video would freeze, and audio would continue. Eventually we'd get "An error has occurred loading this content"... and I'm wondering if it is ATV or the stream, or cable. I've not seen that behavior before.
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Kenderama posted:You can't download a movie to the AppleTV. Unless that was you above, someone else I think mentioned that as well in the last day... That I have not noticed yet. [Ed] oh it was like 2 posts up. Yeah, weird.
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Rick Sanchez posted:E: Awful app Pokeyman, make this happen.
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TinTower posted:Pokeyman, make this happen. No web views. 
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Subjunctive posted:No web views. This is what we get for not converting to actual table views ages ago...
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Is there any reason to pay double for the new ATV if I'm only going to be using it for AirPlay, YouTube, and Netflix?
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IuniusBrutus posted:Is there any reason to pay double for the new ATV if I'm only going to be using it for AirPlay, YouTube, and Netflix? If that's all you'll use it for? No.
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IuniusBrutus posted:Is there any reason to pay double for the new ATV if I'm only going to be using it for AirPlay, YouTube, and Netflix?
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Yes because it's 10x faster in every way than the old ATV and scrubbing through video is so much easier it's insane. Plus the tech in the old ATV is almost 5 years old at this point.
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Rick Sanchez posted:Yes because it's 10x faster in every way than the old ATV and scrubbing through video is so much easier it's insane. Exactly what I was going to say. As buggy and flaky as this thing is, no way would I want to go back to my ATV3.
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I'm probably only using mine for AirPlay, Netflix, HBO, FXNow and a few other apps and there's no way I would go back to my 3. The 4 is so much more sleek and smooth in the interface and switching and opening apps is lightning fast.
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God Hulu is pissing me off. It seems like anything I want to do is several clicks and swipes away. I hope they have an update coming.
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dexter6 posted:God Hulu is pissing me off. You've been able to login to Hulu? Every time I say I'm a registered user it just sits there
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Choadmaster posted:Exactly what I was going to say. Counterpoint: I really haven't noticed any huge speed gains over my ATV3 as far as Netflix and Youtube go. I mean maybe they're there, but the UI seems just as usable to me. In fact, the Youtube experience was still better for me on my ATV3 since there's some weird bug where I can't log into the new YouTube app on ATV4. It's really nice being able to task-switch between things. Like if I'm watching NHL and I want to go youtube something I'll just click the TV icon twice and switch to that. I wouldn't be surprised if they incorporated some kind of PinP technology into tvOS at some point too. But for base functionality I probably wouldn't pay a $200 premium upgrade from tech I already owned. edit: $200 in Canada, $150 or whatever in real people money.
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I think IuniusBrutus is choosing between buying v3 or v4 right now, so it's an $80 premium. And yes, I'd pay $80 just for better back/forward scrubbing. It was so goddamn painful on previous ATVs. Want to get to a scene late in a movie? *click click click* *wait 70 seconds* dexter6 posted:God Hulu is pissing me off. Agreed.
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Also, searching via Siri is really a lot nicer. Plus it has dynamic range compression, which I don't recall the ATV3 sporting.
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sellouts posted:So does Siri searching work within Plex? Not until a future software update at minimum.
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Man I need to put a sticker on this remote. Half the time in a dim room I have it upside down. The other 25% of the time I graze the scrubber trying to pause/play/resume. The last 25% of the time I long press the home button to sleep it and when clicking on sleep it cycles down to cancel. What I'm saying is it's loving sensitive for a remote that looks the same no matter how you grab it...
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Ah, as expected then. Unless you must have airplay and you don't have an old mac mini I don't know why anyone would purchase this for Plex.
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sellouts posted:Ah, as expected then. What? I bought it and essentially only use it for Plex.
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When a Netflix show finishes, is there any way to actually watch the credits in full as opposed to waiting for the "Next episode" countdown? I know there's a Netflix setting to disable the "next episode" thing, but on ATV 3 it did the countdown but gave you the option to go back to the episode. If not, I hope that's something they fix in the future, along with restoring the "Similar shows" listing and letting me browse my queue with the full screen rather than just one row. EDIT: Also, is there no longer any "next chapter" button on the remote? Clicking the right side of the pad just jumps forward 10 seconds, and holding it just fast forwards. OldSenileGuy fucked around with this message at 08:33 on Nov 8, 2015 |
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