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tvOS 14 Not Supporting 4K YouTube Videos Yet
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Why should Google pay h.265 license for free YouTube content? That makes zero business sense and the reason why royalty free codecs like VP9 exist. Another case of Apple abusing their customers as pawns. Smart consumers buy the Fire TV Stick 4K when on sale for $30 that has all the codecs including VP9, has internet browser, can run Retroarch, etc. that are all lacking on the more expensive Apple TV.
I guess the option is there to buy zero Apple products and do all your web browsing with a fire stick on your TV.
I could never get a fire stick to play my 1200+ iTunes movies though. So I’ll stay a pawn with my expensive Apple TV.
It is a big deal to me. You’re essentially telling me to throw out 1200 movies because you say so. Why would I do that?
If Apple TV is available on Fire OS than it means you can view your (formerly iTunes) library on there directly.
I still prefer the Apple TV hardware for the playback capabilities. Dynamic range and frame rate matching, Dolby Vision, and support for almost any legitimate service. It also won’t overheat while playing back content like some of the cheapest devices do.
Everything you just said is why I’m perfectly happy with my Apple TV. I doubt my 500+ 4K iTunes movies would play on a fire stick in 4K with Dolby vision/ atmos and frame matching. And even if they did I like the ATV interface. When my Sony TV is updated later this year to have the ATV+ app I will still use my Apple TV.
Agree, I have Fire Tv Cube, Xiaomi Box (Android TV), ATV4K, and the native webOS on my TV all hooked up to my LG OLED and the ATV4K blows them all out of the water for video processing, user interface, and getting channels/apps day 1 (peacock and HBO Max not on fire tv for instance though you can side load)
It works on iPadOS 14 for me
So it should work on tvOS
So it should work on tvOS
You clearly missed this entire forum discussion.
Ok this might be good news or not, but in tvOS 4.2 public beta (18K5036d) Youtube app version 2.05.01 4k videos automatically play at 4k (at least as long as they are vp9) sorry no screen caps,Ii have not got a capture card sorry. We will have to wait and see if this remains when 14.2 hits full public release, but stil no bt.2020 or hdr, well I did not search wery long so maybe there arre videos out there
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that’s pretty cool. Thanks for the update. 14.2 might be a few weeks away assuming the next phone will ship with 14.1 but good to know it’s working.
I’m still 1080p max here with tvOS 14.2.
Perhaps it’s a staggered release or a premium only feature.
I’m seeing more people report it’s working on Twitter and Reddit.
Perhaps it’s a staggered release or a premium only feature.
I’m seeing more people report it’s working on Twitter and Reddit.
Roku is “neutral”? Can you explain the Peacock and HBO Max debacles? Roku finally caved when NBC threatened to pull all of their apps from the platform...
Update: tested with a guest account (ie nopremium) and 4K vp9 is still there so just a staggered roll out, btw do you have the latest tvos beta
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not on my end, so staged rollout lightly, btw did you test with the video I posted a link to, so we can be shre we have a similar starting point?
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That I wasn't aware of, mainly because I don't use those services. What I was going by was information I had several years ago when looking at streaming provider / hardware comparisons. One of the points made at THAT particular time was Roku being a more neutral platform, and providing the hardware and environment for different vendors to bring their content to.
I'll admit I haven't kept up with company practices in a while. So it's possible the information I had at one point is now out of date. I do follow Cord Cutters News: mainly on YouTube, I probably need to go back and look at some more recent episodes. Typically with me, I'll get the info I need, then stop following what's going on, until I need some more info. This can sometimes be years between so again, I'm probably out of date here.
Odd have you checked if you have tvos 14.2 build 18K5036d (setings/system/software update). That is the only version i can say anything about as it is the only version I’ve got working 4k youtube on. Other than a build miss match or a staggered 4k rollout I’m out of ideas
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