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Mac Mini to OLED 4K TV

So no Torrent on Apple TV, you use a Mac mini as a server.

Regarding Airplay, it is limited. I have a few DSD files and I believe a decent hifi setup. I believe the Mac mini will be a nice companion:

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gigatoaster said:
So no Torrent on Apple TV, you use a Mac mini as a server.

Regarding Airplay, it is limited. I have a few DSD files and I believe a decent hifi setup. I believe the Mac mini will be a nice companion:

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Well my PC currently until the mini arrives and I move everything over. But yes, PC does auto torrenting(sonarr, transmission). Also plex server and shares all around the house and outside to friends and family. But we also use the PC for gaming, lightroom and other tasks so it's not just a server. Main tv is the LG OLED but I also have a projector there and a 5.1.2 atmos setup. But there are other tv's in the house too that it streams to. And laptops and computers and phones, etc.
I should add that roon supports airplay 2 if that makes a difference? I just have a apple music and sometimes spotify sub.
 
I understand your point of view. But I’m not a fan of streaming. I prefer using local Roon & local Torrent.

At the moment, I use Plex but for instance I have lags when I play Jurassic Park 1993 from UHD 4K.

I don’t know why because Netflix I can do 100 Mbps.
 
gigatoaster said:
I understand your point of view. But I’m not a fan of streaming. I prefer using local Roon & local Torrent.

At the moment, I use Plex but for instance I have lags when I play Jurassic Park 1993 from UHD 4K.

I don’t know why because Netflix I can do 100 Mbps.
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I am using local. It's not streaming from online. Plex has to transcode your 4k UHD which is why it lags. Use infuse and the lag will vanish. Infuse connects to plex server btw. Aside from netflix and amazon everything I do is all stored locally. It's streamed over my network on ethernet but it's stored in my home. I can also play full size 4k UHD rips at 100gb and stream those over my local network to my oppo no problem.
ATV4k is also going to have better image quality.
 
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ueda.keisuke said:
Mac mini seems to be incompatible with the TV.
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That’s not possible. HDMI is a well defined standard. The most most likely problem is your HDMI cable. Try a different cable or a different port on the TV. With my Sony OLED TV, not all of the HDMI ports support the same HDMI features. You might also need to go into the TV settings and make some changes.
 
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I plugged in my new Mac mini to a 65OLEDC6P out of the box to set it up and it worked fine using HDMI

I use Infuse on an appletv4k that is connected to my Synology DS918+ for watching locally hosted content. I highly recommend Infuse Pro over Plex anything if you have the atv4k
 
My new Mac Mini working fin with my 65” Sony KD-65XD8599. No issues at all.

Running at 60Hz rather than 30, picture does look a bit better than before. Less stuttering I think too.
 
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archer75 said:
My setup has automatic torrenting/newsgroups, puts it in folders, shows up nice a pretty in Plex and Infuse and is viewable on anything. 4k too.

I also have a Tablo (4 tuner OTA) and a program that rips the shows from that and also drops it in folders automatically which shows up in Plex/Infuse.

Works very much like a DVR. 1000+ BD movies, hundreds of 4k, tons of tv. All with a ATV4k and a PC/Mini (moving it all to the new Mini).
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Sounds good. I do something similar. Plex running on the Mac Mini. Satellite recoding with EyeTV, with 2 or 4 Satelite Feeds. All with some manual intervention, especially removing adverts from commercial TV broadcasts. Main issue is collecting so much stuff and not really having time to watch it. All a bit pointless, almost :)

Would love to have some detail on the automatic bit. Never heard of Infuse, will have to investigate!
 
archer75 said:
hundreds of 4k,
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Where did you get the 4K content? Sources are rather limited so I'd be eager to hear ...

gigatoaster said:
At the moment, I use Plex but for instance I have lags when I play Jurassic Park 1993 from UHD 4K.
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What are your web client Quality/Video Quality settings - Maximum?

archer75 said:
Plex has to transcode your 4k UHD which is why it lags
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archer75 said:
stream those over my local network to my oppo no problem.
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These two statements are a puzzle. Streaming a UHD rip from Plex to my Oppo 205 connected to a 1080p TV not only do I not see any pauses, I don't see any transcoding. Nothing shows in the Plex activity window, and Plex server cpu usage is only ~100%. [Actually I have seen some < 1 second pauses going to the Oppo. Think it may be due to incorrect Plex server settings ....]

LostAggie said:
OLED is not a great technology and will go the way of plasma.
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I'm not sure I understand what you are saying. Plasma was great, the best display technology for almost a decade. Nothing could compare with its black levels, angled viewing, and color accuracy. [Disclaimer: I own the last, greatest Panasonic Plasma]. They were done in by the rise of LCD commodity pricing and technological issues related to the rise of 4K. Nothing came close to it until OLED appeared, although some LCD's are getting close. Why do you say that OLED will go the way of the plasma?

Relentless Power said:
OLED for the iPad is _not_ the future, Micro- LED is.
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It certainly is an intriguing possibility.

tromboneaholic said:
So you want the iPad Pros to cost more?
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People are complaining about the cost of the new iPads. Would you want to pay $100 (?) more to get an OLED display?

And in the Plex vs Infused debate, my vote goes for Plex. Much more complex, but with playlists, sorting options, ratings, better graphics, etc.
 
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HDFan said:
Where did you get the 4K content? Sources are rather limited so I'd be eager to hear ...
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rarbg, Self rips, newsgroups.

HDFan said:
These two statements are a puzzle. Streaming a UHD rip from Plex to my Oppo 205 connected to a 1080p TV not only do I not see any pauses, I don't see any transcoding. Nothing shows in the Plex activity window, and Plex server cpu usage is only ~100%. [Actually I have seen some < 1 second pauses going to the Oppo. Think it may be due to incorrect Plex server settings ....]
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Plex transcoding depends entirely on what the client supports. Streaming to an oppo it supports the formats you are playing so no transcoding. If your computer running Plex server isn't powerful enough and the client doesn't support the format you are playing it will transcode and stutter. I play on my ATV4k and my Plex machines are plenty powerful enough so no issues. My 4k rips will direct play the video as that's supported but transcode the audio as I use the HD audio tracks.

However switching over to infuse which has it's own built in codecs there is no transcoding ever and it supports HD audio which Plex does not.
Infuse connects to Plex server and has sorting options. And graphically it is very similar to Plex as it gives you cover art and all the metadata.

You could have the same issue with using wifi rather than ethernet.

I do use my oppo for full disc backups as not much else supports those. All other movies go with the ATV4k and infuse unless I want atmos, then I have to switch over to my shield or oppo.
 
infuse pro is only for ATV, iphone, ipad right? Not a video player for mac mini or desktop?
 
dyzfnctional said:
infuse pro is only for ATV, iphone, ipad right? Not a video player for mac mini or desktop?
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FYI
"Which Mac do you have? Anything that's not a 2016 model or newer will have issues with HEVC 8 bit video, and anything that's not a 2017 model or newer will have issues with HEVC 10 bit video, on macOS (I'm not sure if iPhones shoot at 8 or 10 bits). Sadly Apple's hardware accelerated HEVC decoding (used by ffmpeg, and in turn by IINA) does not support decoding on the GPU but only on the CPU (and only the latest Intel CPUs decode HEVC)."

https://github.com/lhc70000/iina/issues/1980

https://lhc70000.github.io/iina/
 
ueda.keisuke said:
Hi there,

Unfortunately, I have a trouble with connecting my Mac mini 2018 with an LG 4K TV. "No signal" was showed up.

Environment
  • Mac mini 2018. Detailed specs are below.
  • LG Electronics OLED65C8PUA 65-Inch 4K
  • HDMI 2.0(4K@60Hz) cable
  • MacBook Pro 2014
  • LG 27UK850-W
Summary of compatibilities.
  • Mac mini was compatible with LG 27UK850-W with both HDMI and USB3.
  • LG Electronics OLED65C8PUA was compatible with MacBook Pro 2014 with the HDMI cable.
  • Screen Sharing from my laptop to Mac mini. Mac mini recognized the TV as "LG TV".
Summary of incompatibility
  • Mac mini seems to be incompatible with the TV.
Since MacBook Pro 2014 is compatible with the TV, Mac mini should be compatible with the TV.

Any feedback is appreciated
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Smeaton1724 said:
I get this on a Mac Mini 2014 on both of my LG TV's (4K OLED and 4K LCD), I have to go to inputs/sources on the remote and click HDMI 1 (or whatever port it is connected - even if the connection source is greyed out I click OK / the centre nub on the remote). It seems the LG needs to wake up to the signal. Also I tap a few keys on my wireless keyboard, then turn on the TV.

I use a HDMI - HDMI connection cable that works fine at passing 4K content from a PS4 Pro.
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I am having the same issue with new mac mini 2018 and new LG OLED 65C8PUA through HDMI. TV screen as a mac monitor was quite normal from boot till I put password. Once RETURN Key was pushed after entering password the tv screen turned blank briefly and "No Signal" shows up. I disconnected all the cables, including TV Power Code. No luck. Connected to other HDMI ports but no luck. Cable box and OPPO blue ray are working fine with all the HDMI ports. Only Mac Mini is not working. Connecting Mini to my Samsung 4K was no problem. I called Apple Tech. She said Mini is ok but LG TV is the cause. I'll contact LG.
 
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fathergll said:
Lucky. Panasonic OLED is ranked the best under most categories during the TV shootouts they had in the UK. I've read Panasonic picked up the engineers who worked on the Kuro's back in the day when Panasonic bought the patents from Pioneer.

Problem is they don't sell Panasonic OLED in the U.S. for some reason.
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Panasonic doesn’t sell in the U.S. because they were getting killed by LG, Sony and Samsung (the latter has no OLED offerings). So Panasonic could no longer financially support the U.S. operation.

With that said, keep in mind Panasonic, Sony etc. all buy the OLED panels from LG. So although there may be some performance differences in the end product, they’re all pretty minor. I’ve attended almost all shootouts hosted by Value Electronics over the years in NY, so I’ve seen this for myself. Most of the performance comes from the panel itself, and in any given model year they’re all the same. Differences between these products is splitting hairs.
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I am having the same issue with new mac mini 2018 and new LG OLED 65C8PUA through HDMI. TV screen as a mac monitor was quite normal from boot till I put password. Once RETURN Key was pushed after entering password the tv screen turned blank briefly and "No Signal" shows up. I disconnected all the cables, including TV Power Code. No luck. Connected to other HDMI ports but no luck. Cable box and OPPO blue ray are working fine with all the HDMI ports. Only Mac Mini is not working. Connecting Mini to my Samsung 4K was no problem. I called Apple Tech. She said Mini is ok but LG TV is the cause. I'll contact LG.
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What does the mini output via HDMI, is it 4K60p or something else? Have you tried changing the input on the LG to ‘wide color’ (I can’t recall the exact name LG uses). It could be a color space mismatch that’s causing it. My MM is coming tomorrow and I have 2 LG OLEDs. So I’m curious too even though I don’t envision leaving the MM hooked up to it.
 
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