Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Apps Infuse for Apple TV Released
- Thread starter hardon
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
firecore
macrumors 68000
Infuse supports most of the common naming formats, though there is one that is becoming more popular that we'll be adding support for soon (EG Burn.Notice.101.mkv)
Right - you'd need to select the standard version of T2 - though once selected, Infuse should display the title from your NFO file in the menus. You can set special artwork too if you like.
A few features rely on having an accurate IMDb ID - most notable would be Library organization and trakt scrobbling/progress sync.
Do you have 'Embedded Metadata' enabled by chance? If so, disabling it and using the 'Edit' option to reload metadata for the affected file should clear things up.
marka351
macrumors member
Just updated the app and I am loving the library view. One question, is it possible to remove videos from the library view? I have a bunch of downloaded you tube videos on my hard drive that are appearing (usually as weird movies) that I would rather not see when looking at the library view.
That-Guy
macrumors 6502a
Is there a way to force a refresh while in library view? The only way I have found to get watched indicators or shows to appear is:
1) Sit and wait for minutes every time.
2) Go into a show and exit back out.
3) Close infuse using the App Switcher and loading again.
A refresh button or command from the remote would be amazing.
1) Sit and wait for minutes every time.
2) Go into a show and exit back out.
3) Close infuse using the App Switcher and loading again.
A refresh button or command from the remote would be amazing.
firecore
macrumors 68000
This can be done by following these steps.
1. Add Favorite(s) from the shares that you want indexed.
2. If there are subfolders under these favorites that contain non-conforming videos, add these folders as Favorites as well.
3. From the home screen, long-press on the Favorite that contains the non-conforming videos and select the 'Use Local Metadata' option.
4 (optional). Navigate to the Settings > Library menu and uncheck the items you don't want Infuse to index.
5 (optional). Hide any unwanted Favorites from the home screen (long press + Hide Favorite).
A refresh can be triggered by tapping the 'Last Update' text from the Library item on the home screen, or by using the option found in the Infuse > Settings > Library menu.
That-Guy
macrumors 6502a
The problem I have is I don't see any of that, the way I have my favourites setup is I go straight to the "All TV Shows" and "All Movies" screens, but without an option to refresh having the ability to make them favourites in the first place is a little flawed.
I am trying to go for the streamlined approach so I load Infuse, choose whether I want a Movie or TV Show then choose item to play. Quick easy and no fuss, less time faffing in menus.
firecore
macrumors 68000
Gotcha.
Infuse will also auto-refresh when opening, though it has a soft limit of 5 min (backing out and immediately re-entering won't trigger a refresh). The option available through Settings > Library may be your best bet if you want the content added ASAP.
Quick question:
Is there a way to search for a specific movie/TV show, either in folder-based created Favorites or in Library view categories? I can't find anything.... I think this is an important missing part of the App, since most of the time, we know what we want to watch and we don't need to go through any fuss finding it manually.... (it is quite cumbersome to go through more than 1000 movies and hundreds of different TV shows....)
Is there a way to search for a specific movie/TV show, either in folder-based created Favorites or in Library view categories? I can't find anything.... I think this is an important missing part of the App, since most of the time, we know what we want to watch and we don't need to go through any fuss finding it manually.... (it is quite cumbersome to go through more than 1000 movies and hundreds of different TV shows....)
Does this App support playing of IPTV Channels? I have my own m3u8 list which I would like to import.
If not which App would you recommend?
Thanks
If not which App would you recommend?
Thanks
firecore
macrumors 68000
4.2 includes a number of Smart Filters that will help whittle down the available options by category.
Aside from that, we've integrated Spotlight search into the 4.2 version for iOS, and are planning to do the same for Apple TV as soon as Apple opens up the tvOS search API, which could very well be announced at WWDC. Stay tuned! 😉
m3u8 playlists are not yet supported, but will hopefully be available in a future update. 🙂
Hermes Monster
macrumors 65816
Any idea why one of my TV shows refuses to go into a folder on the app, even though it is on my HDD? I've got it set up the same as all my others i.e. The Catch > The Catch S01E01.ext .. (even with a folder.jpg file) - but for some reason the app shows all of the individual episodes in the main folder and isn't picking up the meta data, even though I've physically edited and chosen the correct data.
By the way, I don't have this issue on iOS, there it's in the folder
By the way, I don't have this issue on iOS, there it's in the folder
Last edited:
firecore
macrumors 68000
Hmm, do you have Metadata Fetching enabled on the Apple TV? What about Embedded Metadata?
I've just tested those names here, and Infuses seems to group them together with the correct info/artwork just fine.
HEVC has a super-high CPU requirement due to its high compression. We're hopeful Apple will soon add HW decoding, which will make this format more usable on both iOS and tvOS.
Hermes Monster
macrumors 65816
Yeah I have all that enabled, and it works fine for everything else. I don't think there's any embedded metadata, but not to worry, I've finished watching it now and deleted it 😉
firecore
macrumors 68000
Ok - if it happens again, try disabling Embedded Metadata and reloading metadata for the affected files to see if that helps. 🙂
tgwaste
macrumors 68000
How can i force to use embedded meta data?
I don't want to turn fetching off. But everytime I select use embedded meta data ( which is only available AFTER a search ). It shows embedded for a second and then switches back.
I just want a dang option to clear the data and not show anything.
I don't want to turn fetching off. But everytime I select use embedded meta data ( which is only available AFTER a search ). It shows embedded for a second and then switches back.
I just want a dang option to clear the data and not show anything.
I'm loving the direction Infuse Pro on Apple TV is heading down (I like the developers hard work and community engagement so much I paid for the Pro version) but I would like to make some suggestions that need to be implemented before I will use it instead of Plex. These are essential if the App is ever going to be anything more than a simple video player.
- Filters need significant improvement. When you select "Unwatched" in e.g. TV shows it lists EVERY season of a TV show separately...WHY? This creates huge clutter when you have many shows each with multiple seasons...It should only show the Show once then you can drill down into the seasons.
-"Recently Added" doesn't seem to work well. It shows some new titles but a lot of old ones too yet it misses most of the truly newly added titles. I would have thought it would be looking at the time stamps of the most recently added items.
-Marking "Watched" needs more global settings!! Having to go through EACH season of a show to mark as watch is extremely tedious. If you click on the parent folder of a show it doesn't let you change it to 'Watched'! You have to go to each season...crazy when some shows have 11+ seasons!!! This puts off anyone who's moving to Infuse as they have to spend hours marking their library.
-Number of Unwatched episodes for TV shows. Instead of just a yellow triangle to signify 'unwatched', you should show a number to identify the number of unwatched episodes. Plex does this and it works great as from the home screen you can at a glance see how many episodes of each you have to watch and makes for great planning (e.g. binge watching)
-Need more "On deck" like features ala Plex. When you go into the App you should be able to see: Item you were last watching and may want to continue, new episodes added etc etc...that should all be available from a home screen not having to jump through twenty clicks to get to it.
-No search function. I recall the developer mentioning this was a limitation of tvOS but what about even a simple text based search?
-Improve Metadata matching. This has greatly improved in recent versions but there are still issues (e.g. names of episodes still fail to be download for some shows despite correct naming and Plex working fine with them. It just shows e.g. NAME OF SHOW - S03E04 - NAME OF SHOW instead of the name of the episode after the S03E04
-Sloooowwwnessss! Compared to the Plex library which FLIES, Infuse feels VERY sluggish on my Synology 1512+ when browsing. I know Plex caches the metadata on it's server BUT perhaps Infuse should also cache the metadata. Why do you need to freshly update them every time you are browsing through the app? Just look for changes only. I'm sick of looking at the spinning grey wheel overtime and switch to Plex instead.
These are just some of my pet hates and I suspect a lot of others will at least share some of these frustrations. I LOVE the DTS playback and powerful video player BUT unless the library features improve then the overall experience is still much much better with Plex and so many people (myself included) would stick with Plex for now.
Anyway keep up the good work! I am confident you will continue to work hard on these suggestions as in the last few months there has been a lot of good work done!
- Filters need significant improvement. When you select "Unwatched" in e.g. TV shows it lists EVERY season of a TV show separately...WHY? This creates huge clutter when you have many shows each with multiple seasons...It should only show the Show once then you can drill down into the seasons.
-"Recently Added" doesn't seem to work well. It shows some new titles but a lot of old ones too yet it misses most of the truly newly added titles. I would have thought it would be looking at the time stamps of the most recently added items.
-Marking "Watched" needs more global settings!! Having to go through EACH season of a show to mark as watch is extremely tedious. If you click on the parent folder of a show it doesn't let you change it to 'Watched'! You have to go to each season...crazy when some shows have 11+ seasons!!! This puts off anyone who's moving to Infuse as they have to spend hours marking their library.
-Number of Unwatched episodes for TV shows. Instead of just a yellow triangle to signify 'unwatched', you should show a number to identify the number of unwatched episodes. Plex does this and it works great as from the home screen you can at a glance see how many episodes of each you have to watch and makes for great planning (e.g. binge watching)
-Need more "On deck" like features ala Plex. When you go into the App you should be able to see: Item you were last watching and may want to continue, new episodes added etc etc...that should all be available from a home screen not having to jump through twenty clicks to get to it.
-No search function. I recall the developer mentioning this was a limitation of tvOS but what about even a simple text based search?
-Improve Metadata matching. This has greatly improved in recent versions but there are still issues (e.g. names of episodes still fail to be download for some shows despite correct naming and Plex working fine with them. It just shows e.g. NAME OF SHOW - S03E04 - NAME OF SHOW instead of the name of the episode after the S03E04
-Sloooowwwnessss! Compared to the Plex library which FLIES, Infuse feels VERY sluggish on my Synology 1512+ when browsing. I know Plex caches the metadata on it's server BUT perhaps Infuse should also cache the metadata. Why do you need to freshly update them every time you are browsing through the app? Just look for changes only. I'm sick of looking at the spinning grey wheel overtime and switch to Plex instead.
These are just some of my pet hates and I suspect a lot of others will at least share some of these frustrations. I LOVE the DTS playback and powerful video player BUT unless the library features improve then the overall experience is still much much better with Plex and so many people (myself included) would stick with Plex for now.
Anyway keep up the good work! I am confident you will continue to work hard on these suggestions as in the last few months there has been a lot of good work done!
Last edited:
Are you planning on putting in a "audio delay" feature? Sometimes the sound is out of sync for a half second and I can't do anything about it...
And for the rest, keep up the good work FireCore team!
And for the rest, keep up the good work FireCore team!
firecore
macrumors 68000
There are a few options for this which can be adjusted through the Settings menu.
Metadata Fetching - Having this enabled will allow Infuse to query TMDb and TheTVDb for info and artwork for your files. If disabled, Infuse will generate artwork from the video file itself.
Embedded Metadata - This will FIRST use the info contained inside the video file. If Metadata Fetching is also enabled, Infuse will use fetched info to fill in any missing gaps.
Thanks for the suggestions. I'll pass along the feedback and see what we can do.
A few responses to your concerns are included below.
1. Recently Added will reflect when the content was first indexed by Infuse. When setting it up for the first time this can result in some older content being marked as recent, but will start to normalize as new content is added to Infuse in the future.
2. Spotlight Search is something we'll be adding as soon as Apple opens up the Siri API - we hope this happens at WWDC this year.
3. Do you have a few example TV Show filenames you are having trouble with? There is one known issue we're working to resolve affecting titles that contain dashes or periods (X-Files, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Hawaii Five-0, etc...)
4. Are you using the Library View, or the regular folder view? Library View will cache everything on the device for quick loading, and will be noticeably faster than browsing by folder.
Thanks! 😉
Yes, we've gotten a few requests for this and it's something we hope to have available in a future update. 🙂
firecore
macrumors 68000
firecore
macrumors 68000
Infuse will skip 10s forward/back when tapping the edges of the Siri remote. You can change this to jump between chapters by enabling the 'Chapter Controls' option in Settings.