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And now it is the only version of AppleTV that will feed DTS Surround Sound audio to my home entertainment system (I compress it with Apple Lossless in iTunes and feed it to my AppleTV). Apparently the reason why the AppleTVs 2 & 3 no longer support DTS Surround Sound audio is that they output 48KHz and not 41.1KHz as is needed.

Yes, it definitely sucks that newer Apple TV units won't pass a DTS CD signal. This is pure laziness on the part of Apple. All formats should always be output in their native form when possible, not upsampled.

I think it may be possible to convert such files, though by decoding to individual wav tracks, resampling the individual wav files to 48kHz and then repacking to DTS. This would at least allow them to play using XBMC, if not the Apple TV software in general (although I have no tried it yet to find out). At least there is only a limited amount of titles to deal with (I think I have around a dozen DTS Audio CDs).

Apple did not dump Rosetta. Their license to use the underlying software expired with new OS' commencing with Lion and IBM, the company that now owns the underlying software would not be inclined to relicense it, even if Apple wanted to...

While IBM did buy QuickTransit, all indications are that they support existing customers of the product and that it was Apple that decided to discontinue licensing the product (which was done on a per Mac basis; it does not "expire" or it would stop working on said Macs running Leopard or Snow Leopard). Clearly, this was costing Apple money per machine and that is most likely why they switched to "on demand" with Snow Leopard. I have found no evidence what-so-ever that IBM refused to continue licensing the product to Apple. If you have such proof, please show us. If not, I don't think it's a valid argument.
 
DTS CD: There is a wonderful collection of "amateur" sound engineers who take quality source material and convert it to 5.1 surround sound using really amazing software tools. Check out this website:

Surround by Us Website

Being a fan of Classic Rock, I really enjoy many of these classics reworked into surround sound (played through my AppleTV Classic into my Home Entertainment system).

I would like to avoid conversation of my Audio DTS CD library, and I continue to avoid this by using my AppleTV Classic for this purpose.

I have no evidence to support this supposition, but I would find it difficult to believe that Apple paid a "per machine" license for the technology underlying Rosetta. The accounting would just not be worth the time, and nobody wants to give a competitor, such as IBM, the ability to sue and obtain discovery on the number of units of Macs that Apple sold -- they paid a per OS X version license fee. Common sense is the only valid evidence I can proffer for you at this time...

The reason Snow Leopard made it optional, was a trigger device to make their users aware that the end of the line for Rosetta was coming with the next OS X version (Lion).

I have no doubt that some third party, such as the Rosetta Project, will ultimately create an emulation layer (for which you will have to install Rosetta from Tiger, Leopard or Snow Leopard) that will work in future versions of OS X, such as how the SheepShaver Classic Mac OS (versions 7, 8 and 9) emulator works now.
 
When you write your next missive about copyright issues that bother you (such as unauthorized internet distribution of copyrighted music), please do NOT attribute them to me.

If you reread my post I responding to your statement:
OTOH, it's usually not the artist that does the mastering and final mixes anyway, but I think they should still have a say in their own music. I just finished up my own album (to be released soon) and I know I wouldn't appreciate someone else playing with the mix without permission and releasing it publicly. In fact, I think it would likely be illegal. It's what copyrights are for ...

The main thrust of your comment was that the artist should have a say in their own music and that YOU would not appreciate someone else playing with the mix without permission... and you conclude "It's what copyrights are for...

You have one throwaway clause about "releasing it publicly."

I responded that control over the mix is NOT what copyright is all about and my statement remains correct.

You switch the conversation to public distribution on the internet, which is not what I was commenting about at all...

And, yes, I personally have the right to do whatever the heck I want to with someone else's music and I pointed you to a website that discusses the software tools that allow you to create MULTI-TRACK surround sound versions without the need to access MASTER TAPES. If you do not want to believe it is possible and are unwilling to research it further, you are entitled to your remain ignorant of the technology.

There are many public domain selections of the end result of this technology available for download on the internet... linked on the website I cited.

I was considering doing the very research you asked about the elimination of Rosetta, however when faced with these comments by you, I saw no point in attempting to change your mind about this minor issue, when you have clearly "made up your mind" about Apple and its management in general:

Given Apple's predilection for dropping support for older hardware products, it is already consistent for them to drop it just because they want to move on/clean up the platform. They don't really care what their users want anyway and Steve Jobs made this abundantly clear in past interviews. Whether Apple will continue down that road without him isn't entirely clear, but they seem to be still walking in that direction thus far.
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They have so much cash that one would think they would not be penny-pinchers, but yet they have delayed OS updates in the past to get the iPhone out and never seem to want to hire enough developers despite an obvious need/use for them.
and doubled-down by your most recent comment:

Say what you will about Microsoft, but I have to at least give them props when it comes to at least trying to maintain backwards compatibility as much as possible with older software. That benefits everyone, not just themselves and a happy customer is a repeat customer. I really prefer OSX in a number of ways to Windows, but wiping out thousands of dollars in software is not a good way to get a repeat customer (and no Apple is not going to pay to upgrade my copy of Photoshop to one that works under Mountain Lion).

These are just reckless statements that are emotionally based. No point in attempting to convince you about the elimination of Rosetta...
 
Can we please get HBOgo, Watch ESPN! make me sign in with my cable subscription like on XBox

Having these two would single handedly make me use my Apple TV more often. Right now it's used sparingly since I cancelled my Netflix streaming plan.
 
Does anyone else have buffering issue with Hulu Plus. It usually will buffer at least once every TV show we watch.

I have a 10MB Down 1MB Up connection.

Netflix, Apple etc working fine.
 
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Stop the bickering and arguing. I cleaned up a number of posts that was off topic and was not helpful
 
Ok have tried the service, but now that is an apple paid through ITunes how will it work. I tunes in apple tv has the setting which specifies what country you are in

Sorry for the late reply.

Basically you can sign up for netflix at netflix.com by setting the service up on your mac.

Then you change your country setting to the US apple store on the apple tv. Now netflix will be there.
After you have followed the instructions of unblock-us, you should be able to access the netflix part of the apple tv without it saying wrong country.

Now you sign in with your account and password you used on the computer to sign up. You don't need to worry about buying it through apple, as that was just an option given. You can still go through the website to sign-up with a credit card from any country.
 
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