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Apple Invites Developers to Begin Submitting tvOS Apps for Review
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They're working on one called "Air Video TV". It's probably going to have to be a separate purchase.
Sound so great! 
its nice to se how AppleTV can replace small media centers and Nintendo's consol in graphic!
The first app's i hope there will be there is PLEX or Synology NAS's application like DS Video and more... hope all orther NAS manufacture coming fast up to AppleTV for media content streaming!
its nice to se how AppleTV can replace small media centers and Nintendo's consol in graphic!The first app's i hope there will be there is PLEX or Synology NAS's application like DS Video and more... hope all orther NAS manufacture coming fast up to AppleTV for media content streaming!
I still don't get what Plex exactly is. All I want to do is streaming my .mkv / .iso files from my NAS to the AppleTV (like I do it right now with a cheap WD TV Media Player.
I understand that it is not possible with Apple TV (without an App). So is this what Plex is all about?
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Oh wow, I never would have thought they'd be good to go from the start. That's amazing news.
I am so curious to see with what ideas developers will come up. Will buy the new Apple TV probably anyway, don't have 4K TV and don't plant on buying one in the next 10 or 12 years. Just bought a 1080p HD TV two years ago.
I have just submitted my own Plex player for AppleTV, supporting SMB and PLEX servers, so...
http://video-explorer.com
I highly doubt it, the recent move is territorial and I would not expect a change in position until it's clear that the fire tv is dying. They understand that a percentage of users are picking ios devices because they are invested in the ecosystem so they need to stop supporting it in any ways if they want their fire devices to have a chance against the apathetic masses.
that makes sense, as an explanation, but it seems to go against what I've always considered to be Amazon's core strategy of getting their content (and storefront) to as many customers as possible, no matter what the platform. What's changed?
Plex will replace the WD. Interface is much better, everything happens much quicker. The down side is Plex has been eternally buggy no matter what platform you use. For a techie, it's not big deal. Releasing Plex to the family can mean walks to the TV room (or pulling up Screen Sharing) and getting it working again. Plus there's a never ending flow of dot updates. In my experience these are a total waste of my time as they tend to work fine in some systems and not work in others. Once I got Plex running well, I stopped updating. My server and player side is so old it required a manual, file by file install, on Yosemite. But it works flawlessly and I spend no time on updates and no time searching for fixes at Plex forums.
I don't know Apple's review process. But Plex has had so many bugs over the years on the OSX and Win side I could see Apple taking a close look at their product. And perhaps no approval until they get it working seamlessly. In the meantime, there could be some alternatives: https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/1...arty-plex-client-for-the-new-apple-tv-4th-gen
http://video-explorer.com/
I'm more inclined to try a third party player rather than whatever Plex initially releases.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but don't you have to put in the password for your Apple ID, or at least put in your finger print to authorise in-app purchases? If so how can you kids buy stuff?
It's not a change in strategy to me, more like doubling down on the fire platform. It is unfortunate but I believe Amazon and its prime strategy are really reshaping the site. Over the past 5 ( or more ) years as they have branched out into more and more areas they have seriously lost their way and are becoming a victim of their own success.
Their books and other physical items are rarely the cheapest, small items are the worst since they now include the prime tax. Their storefront is rife with garbage listings and bad sellers. Their video service is mediocre at best and their App Store is, let's face it, a hopeless attempt to uproot google play as the standard for android app stores. Don't worry, if someone gets in their way they will ban them or get the US government to sue them.
Especially when I was a developer who didn't get the offer for the test apple TV... have to wait it out...
All I really want is an official Plex.app!
I haven't used Plex in years, but does Plex still require a computer to be running with the Plex server? I have a hard drive attached to my Airport Extreme. Can I use Plex from that? I have been using Infuse to AirPlay to my current TV.
That's going to be fun with a long and complex password... Not.
Yeah, wait to debut your app in the new "retina" ( aka 4k ) model next year
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Exactly. If they had announced this at WWDC (and made dev units available to more developers), there would probably be a lot more apps ready by now.
Didn't the ATV 3 already get the iOS 7 treatment? I have an ATV 2, which still has the original design.
Now that the ATV will have an app store, I'm hoping that we'll be able to "opt in" to apps/channels rather than "opting out". But we'll see...
Plex still requires the service to be running on a computer; in some cases, particularly on a device like the Apple TV that doesn't support some formats natively, it's necessary in order to transcode the file to something that the Apple TV can play.