Apple Releases tvOS 15.3 for Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K

[Missionsparta]

Dang, I thought this was an issue with my sound bar, not the Apple TV.

Nope. It's the POS ATV. Try getting Apple to admit to it thought.

 

[String]

I think they have fixed it that when you played a video using homesharing the app shows the video as watched, previously it didn’t do this immediately.

 

[amnesia0287]

Nope. It's the POS ATV. Try getting Apple to admit to it thought.

It’s actually more that earc is kinda like hdmi-cec, everyone has their own slightly different flavor and as soon as you let ‘em talk it explodes.

 

[Missionsparta]

It’s actually more that earc is kinda like hdmi-cec, everyone has their own slightly different flavor and as soon as you let ‘em talk it explodes.

Well, it had worked fine for everyone until 15.2. That update comes out and so many people ended up with the same problem.

 

[amnesia0287]

Well, it had worked fine for everyone until 15.2. That update comes out and so many people ended up with the same problem.

Not doubting that, I just mean, the change could be to correctly implement eARC, and the actual is that it only worked with it “out of spec”. There’s lots of ways to break things.

Most of the issues related to eARC are caused by one of the devices not correctly reporting capabilities (sometimes of itself, others where it’s forwarding the device up/downstream).

For example if IMAX Enhanced was an audio flag (not sure if it is or not) and they added support for it and the player saw the flag from the receiver incorrectly so it sent “IMAX Enhanced” audio (I know it’s not a real thing, but imax enhanced itself isn’t really a thing, it’s more like a certification) but the receiver couldn’t play it or the tv can’t pass it correctly for whatever reason, then you could get issues.

Its totally possible they just broke arc, but it seems way more likely they did it by trying to add a new feature that is incorrectly implemented elsewhere and causing a break because the other devices don’t actually support the new feature. For example they could of enabled QMS, but if QMS isn’t implemented correctly everywhere, it would advertise the wrong supported formats upon switching inputs (since QMS is like a cached profile/session sort of thing so it should just reopen and have all the same settings).

I don’t doubt apple changed something, and it likely is “the cause” of the issue, but that doesn’t mean their change was wrong or they made a mistake.

Sadly in software and electrical engineering, there really are situations where two wrongs make a right, and it’s by fixing one of the two that you ultimately break it.

 

[Missionsparta]

Doesn't explain why issues such as the audio clicks not working on the home screen no longer can be heard even when not hooked up to e-arc.

 

[Missionsparta]

Not doubting that, I just mean, the change could be to correctly implement eARC, and the actual is that it only worked with it “out of spec”. There’s lots of ways to break things.

Most of the issues related to eARC are caused by one of the devices not correctly reporting capabilities (sometimes of itself, others where it’s forwarding the device up/downstream).

For example if IMAX Enhanced was an audio flag (not sure if it is or not) and they added support for it and the player saw the flag from the receiver incorrectly so it sent “IMAX Enhanced” audio (I know it’s not a real thing, but imax enhanced itself isn’t really a thing, it’s more like a certification) but the receiver couldn’t play it or the tv can’t pass it correctly for whatever reason, then you could get issues.

Its totally possible they just broke arc, but it seems way more likely they did it by trying to add a new feature that is incorrectly implemented elsewhere and causing a break because the other devices don’t actually support the new feature. For example they could of enabled QMS, but if QMS isn’t implemented correctly everywhere, it would advertise the wrong supported formats upon switching inputs (since QMS is like a cached profile/session sort of thing so it should just reopen and have all the same settings).

I don’t doubt apple changed something, and it likely is “the cause” of the issue, but that doesn’t mean their change was wrong or they made a mistake.

Sadly in software and electrical engineering, there really are situations where two wrongs make a right, and it’s by fixing one of the two that you ultimately break it.

Not doubting that, I just mean, the change could be to correctly implement eARC, and the actual is that it only worked with it “out of spec”. There’s lots of ways to break things.

Most of the issues related to eARC are caused by one of the devices not correctly reporting capabilities (sometimes of itself, others where it’s forwarding the device up/downstream).

For example if IMAX Enhanced was an audio flag (not sure if it is or not) and they added support for it and the player saw the flag from the receiver incorrectly so it sent “IMAX Enhanced” audio (I know it’s not a real thing, but imax enhanced itself isn’t really a thing, it’s more like a certification) but the receiver couldn’t play it or the tv can’t pass it correctly for whatever reason, then you could get issues.

Its totally possible they just broke arc, but it seems way more likely they did it by trying to add a new feature that is incorrectly implemented elsewhere and causing a break because the other devices don’t actually support the new feature. For example they could of enabled QMS, but if QMS isn’t implemented correctly everywhere, it would advertise the wrong supported formats upon switching inputs (since QMS is like a cached profile/session sort of thing so it should just reopen and have all the same settings).

I don’t doubt apple changed something, and it likely is “the cause” of the issue, but that doesn’t mean their change was wrong or they made a mistake.

Sadly in software and electrical engineering, there really are situations where two wrongs make a right, and it’s by fixing one of the two that you ultimately break it.

 

[OverTheHill]

So maybe DTS will see the light…Disney may be the trigger launching IMAX Enhanced….Maybe Apple will follow suit….

IMAX Enhanced to Launch on Disney+ with Titles from the Marvel Cinematic Universe in IMAX’s Expanded Aspect Ratio

For the first time ever, fans will be able to stream some of their favorite Marvel titles in IMAX’s Expanded Aspect Ratio at home with IMAX Enhanced on Disney+, launching on November 12th as part of Disney’s company-wide Disney+ Day global celebration.

dmedmedia.disney.com

Disney Plus to add IMAX Enhanced aspect ratio to 13 Marvel movies

Make the most of your TV with 26% more picture

www.whathifi.com

Marvel movies on Disney+ to get the IMAX Enhanced treatment

"Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings" is just one of the Marvel epics that will be available in the IMAX Enhanced format.

www.techhive.com