nPlayer users attention! Important: DTS will be dropped!!!

[Menneisyys2]

This is awesome !!!

Thanks

Problem i see is MKV as you said !!! any other way to overcome this issue , playing MKV seamlessly to Apple TV ?

Nope, it'll never be possible to play back MKV's on Apple TV's flawlessly. The Apple TV can only play back mp4 / mov / m4v files directly. Everything else must use mirroring or direct driving; both of them needs to use AirPlay, which sucks.

The only way of native MKV playback is

- JB'ing the ATV itself and installing e.g. , which isn't possible with the 3rd gen.

- using a "smart" NAS (or a full desktop computer) that reencodes the MKV's to MP4's dynamically.

 

[iThink Apple]

Why in the hell would they remove DTS Support....Just bought the app for nothing I guess....Any solutions? Thanks!

 

[fhall1]

Why in the hell would they remove DTS Support....Just bought the app for nothing I guess....Any solutions? Thanks!

I'm sure you read this thread by now and saw why not....the DTS patent holders want $$$ for the rights to have the decoder. Paying for those rights would most likely make the cost of the player more than people would want to pay for it.

 

[Menneisyys2]

Why in the hell would they remove DTS Support....Just bought the app for nothing I guess....Any solutions? Thanks!

Jailbreak and use XBMC OR get VLC. As of 2.0.2, it still supports DTS. (For not long, I;m afraid.)

VLC isn't a great player but is certainly better than nothing if you don't jailbreak.

 

[rick_w]

I guess this is the same for av player had also?

For the App Store is there a way to stop updates of the various players so the red icon no longer appears in the corner ?

 

[Menneisyys2]

I guess this is the same for av player had also?

For the App Store is there a way to stop updates of the various players so the red icon no longer appears in the corner ?

1, nope, not possible to avoid updating, at least not on non-JB'n devices.

2, if you accidentally update, you can always switch back to an earlier version if you explicitly deploy it from your desktop.