Apple Not Yet Ready to Show Major Revamp of Apple TV Hardware

[coolspot18]

Where do you get that idea from that 'Apple makes it very difficult'? They don't at all. Rip, drag and play. With music, just put the CD into the drive while iTunes is up, and iTunes WILL ASK YOU if you want to rip those into iTunes. Click a button, and wait a few minutes. How is this exactly 'making it difficult'?

You can sync up your iPad/iPod Touch/iPhone to your computer and all those non-iTunes media are right on your device without any fuss.

Apple TV still can't play my existing media in MKV, AVI, or MTS format. It can't access the media stored on my NAS either... or my digital camera.

The Apple TV is even more closed than iOS.

 

[nia820]

I have an Apple TV 3. Although I do enjoy it. I've always felt like apple was holding back.like why they've never made an app store available for it is beyond me.

 

[elgrecomac]

Well..

Simply drag the ripped DVDs (in mp4 format using Handbrake) into iTunes and use 'Computers' on the Apple TV. It's the main reason I use Apple TV. All my daughter's Disney movies are on Apple TV so she doesn't scratch them. (2 became unusable due to scratches and I had to buy new copies before I went the Apple TV route)

I use a DLNA software rather than ATV and get the same results with my dvd player as the delivery device.

 

[bbeagle]

Apple TV still can't play my existing media in MKV, AVI, or MTS format. It can't access the media stored on my NAS either... or my digital camera.

The Apple TV is even more closed than iOS.

There is not a single device that has EVER been built that can play EVERY format. I don't think you understand what closed is. Tell me a device - even a Windows PC or a Macintosh, and I can find formats that won't play on those devices.

 

[coolspot18]

There is not a single device that has EVER been built that can play EVERY format. I don't think you understand what closed is. Tell me a device - even a Windows PC or a Macintosh, and I can find formats that won't play on those devices.

XBMC, Plex, VLC or any other player that uses FFMPEG as its playback engine. FFMPEG covers most major formats ... and if FFMPEG doesn't play it, then it is very obscure.

http://www.ffmpeg.org/general.html#Video-Codecs

http://www.ffmpeg.org/general.html#Audio-Codecs