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I'm downloading an Apple TV update
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tv was going to be left out of the software flurry.The Remote App is going to be awesome now that we know it works with the Apple TV; however, it needs to be updated for Videos and everything else. In due time I guess.
EDIT: The remote section states video can be controlled from the Remote App!
MobileMe Galleries are added as expected (mine is also now working!).
Remote Section now shows an iPhone with the Apple TV remote.
Music Videos section is still pathetically sluggish.
EDIT: The remote section states video can be controlled from the Remote App!
MobileMe Galleries are added as expected (mine is also now working!).
Remote Section now shows an iPhone with the Apple TV remote.
Music Videos section is still pathetically sluggish.
How about Music Videos? As I stated, that section is so poor, and I have MANY music DVD's.
There's a section for music videos that takes you to videos categorized by artist. There's also a free text search facility but that doesn't let you search only music videos (or any other media type) - it searches the entire library
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Good sub-point update. Photos are now well managed. Good use of thumbs.
Looking forward to the remote software.
Hopefully apple can show us some great solution.
Good sub-point update. Photos are now well managed. Good use of thumbs.
Looking forward to the remote software.
Hopefully apple can show us some great solution.
Did they bring back the ability to stream photos? They eliminated this feature in 2.0.
Sorry, I can't tell. But they have updated the 'Trailers' section so it looks much like the very first 'Front Row' interface when looking at trailers. It's just thumbnails of movie posters. One step closer to getting our content in a more visual way.
OMG!!! ANOTHER AWESOME FEATURE ADDED......when you search there is another button called 'Clear'. So now we don't have to keep clicking 'Delete' heaps of times to have nothing searched. This will save about 5 seconds of my life.
EDIT: you can stream photos.
What I've found...
-Photo thumbnails (scroll through them. click to view it big, and click play to start a slideshow from that photo)
-Streaming of photos from mobileme (obviously) and from iPhoto on your mac.
-Trailers view has changed to big thumbnails of movie posters, when clicked on one it shows the movie's info. very similar to the rent/purchase screen on the appletv store
-The 'Clear' button has been added to the onscreen keyboard. Accompanies 'Delete' and 'Space'
-When streaming videos (I've only tested streaming from my iMac), you no longer see the buffering/loading bar thingy on the screen. It just starts playing.
-iPhones and iPod touch's can now act as remotes (obviously). In Settings>General>Remotes it has an option 'Add Remote' (currently dimmed out for me). When you hover over that option the 'Remote' App appears on the left of the screen with this description....
"Control music and video on Apple TV from anywhere in the house with an iPhone or iPod touch. Start by downloading the free Remote application from the App Store."
-Photo thumbnails (scroll through them. click to view it big, and click play to start a slideshow from that photo)
-Streaming of photos from mobileme (obviously) and from iPhoto on your mac.
-Trailers view has changed to big thumbnails of movie posters, when clicked on one it shows the movie's info. very similar to the rent/purchase screen on the appletv store
-The 'Clear' button has been added to the onscreen keyboard. Accompanies 'Delete' and 'Space'
-When streaming videos (I've only tested streaming from my iMac), you no longer see the buffering/loading bar thingy on the screen. It just starts playing.
-iPhones and iPod touch's can now act as remotes (obviously). In Settings>General>Remotes it has an option 'Add Remote' (currently dimmed out for me). When you hover over that option the 'Remote' App appears on the left of the screen with this description....
"Control music and video on Apple TV from anywhere in the house with an iPhone or iPod touch. Start by downloading the free Remote application from the App Store."
also for movies that arent yet available for rent (but are purchasable) they say when they'll be available for rent.