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Apple Seeds First Beta of tvOS 9.2 to Developers
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SAME HERE!
i have a plex server with over 1,080 movies and over 110 tv shows and no buffering at all!!!
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i have kodi installed on my appletv and works very good. I only use it for addons
You can? Genuine question.
Is this possible in 9.1 or just this new beta.
I tried dragging 1 App onto another, nothing happened.
Nope.. Not a good platform for developers to invest in:
http://toucharcade.com/2015/12/07/apple-tv-app-store-games-making-100-dollars-a-day/
We're holding work on the TV version of our game until Apple adds sort by release date in the app store (like it was in the old iOS app store days, and the current Mac App store - where they need devs).
I was at an Apple TV developer tech talk... the venue wasn't even full.. The registration desk had a huge pile of badges that were unused. Most devs in attendance were just iOS or Mac app devs (like us), and had NO plans to do anything with the platform.
Even worse, Apple expects devs to somehow "re-imagine" their iOS apps for Apple TV, but then just give them away on the TV platform via universal purchase. If you port your app to tv and don't choose universal purchase, you won't be featured - goodbye.
So get use to iOS apps "shoehorned" to the tv platform - that's all it will ever be for non-streaming content apps...
http://toucharcade.com/2015/12/07/apple-tv-app-store-games-making-100-dollars-a-day/
We're holding work on the TV version of our game until Apple adds sort by release date in the app store (like it was in the old iOS app store days, and the current Mac App store - where they need devs).
I was at an Apple TV developer tech talk... the venue wasn't even full.. The registration desk had a huge pile of badges that were unused. Most devs in attendance were just iOS or Mac app devs (like us), and had NO plans to do anything with the platform.
Even worse, Apple expects devs to somehow "re-imagine" their iOS apps for Apple TV, but then just give them away on the TV platform via universal purchase. If you port your app to tv and don't choose universal purchase, you won't be featured - goodbye.
So get use to iOS apps "shoehorned" to the tv platform - that's all it will ever be for non-streaming content apps...
Dave: Siri, show me the newest action games.
Siri: I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.
Dave: What's the problem?
Siri: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
Dave: What are you talking about, Siri?
Siri: This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
Dave: I don't know what you're talking about, Siri.
Siri: I can't show you things you are not supposed to see.
Dave: What am I not supposed to see? I was told I would have a choice of what I see?
Siri: You really didn't believe that? Did you?
Siri: I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.
Dave: What's the problem?
Siri: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
Dave: What are you talking about, Siri?
Siri: This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
Dave: I don't know what you're talking about, Siri.
Siri: I can't show you things you are not supposed to see.
Dave: What am I not supposed to see? I was told I would have a choice of what I see?
Siri: You really didn't believe that? Did you?
Sorry but could you explain to me what you do with Kodi?
I've side loaded it on my ATV4 and it's the biggest piece of garbage app I've ever used.
The interface is slow and looks awful. I've upgraded the skin to the Eminence skin which is better, but still a garbage interface.
Next, add-ons. I've checked all the popular repo's and installed the big add-ons like Genesis, Phoenix, etc. but they're all VERY slow and most of the time the streams don't even load.
Basically, I can download something, drop in my shared folder, and play in with infuse, which looks great and grabs all the metadata for the movie/tv show.
Sorry to sound like a jerk, but could you explain how Kodi is good?
If we make a judgment based on previous Apple's behaviour you will need new hardware to get OS improvements.
a lot of people really use it because it supports any media you throw at it. its PRE PRE PRE PRE ALPHA thats why its slow. You can also get different themes to make it look a lot nicer.
One of the main things people use it for addons (movies and a lot of stuff)
I use it for a sportsaddon i pay for can't talk about it here.
Kodi is good on any powerful machine with keyboard. but on Apple TV, it is like a dinosaur.
core play is solid with kodi but they need to redesign the UI to keep up with time.
Yeah, it was.
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It has a lot of drawbacks but it's highly customization (though not always easily). It is however a very solid platform for playing back just about any video. You can significantly simplify the interface but it takes some digging through settings. It's still the best solution I've seen to watch you personal video collection while easily being controlled by a remote. Supports about any type of file share. If you really want to get a better idea of it, install the OSX version on a computer. Kind of rough judging it based on something that hasn't been released as a final stable product.
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The 4th Gen Apple TV is more similar to an iOS device than to the Apple TVs of the past. The iPhone/iPod Touch are a much better comparison. Based on Apple's behavior wrt those devices, you will not need new hardware to get OS improvements.
Hopefully never. I like to be able to say "turn on subtitles" or something and she just does it without jabbering over the movie.
Don't hold your breath.
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PBS has Siri support so likely the Siri API is out already
Sire in more languages please. It's 2016 already. And Siri being able to search local libraries. Two must have features.
Also, I'm afraid the whole app ecosystem is hampered by serious drawbacks. Apple expected to replicate the success of the iOS App Store to the Mac and now to tvOS, but needs to do more effort!
Also, I'm afraid the whole app ecosystem is hampered by serious drawbacks. Apple expected to replicate the success of the iOS App Store to the Mac and now to tvOS, but needs to do more effort!
That would be great. Also would be nice for more 3rd-party streaming apps to be included in Siri search results. Here in Canada, only iTunes and Netflix are supported, out of the half-dozen more available on the App Store.
Also, voice dictation would be welcome for search/typing within apps.
I'd be surprised if they released the API and it didn't show up on Macrumors. And I have seen nothing on Macrumors.
Amusingly enough, right now if the result is on the screen, it will (Like if I'm in the Computers app, and under TV shows I have "Batman" and it appears on the screen, if I say "Batman" it opens it up). Not useful really, but something is working there.