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VLC and Plex Apps Coming to New Apple TV
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I totally agree. I've been using a Mac mini running PLEX with a 4TB external HDD hooked up to my TV as a media server and it does everything I want. As much as I'm intrigued by the new ATV I would lose the ability to directly access and play all my media files so I just don't see the point of getting one even though I'm really tempted.
I am fully aware of what Blu-Ray brings to the table. Have made the shift to 4K across all of my devices. Simply do not have the effort to put my Blu-Ray movies into a player or rip them and simply want the simplicity of the Apple platform for legacy media content.
Its worth it though. I paid for lifetime and I don't regret it one bit. I don't mind paying for it because they keep improving it and supporting it often. As long as they keep developing for it I don't mind that they charge for the pass because the app is fantastic.
Yeah, but you can easily (and legally) remove the copy protection from your iTunes movies and then use them with Plex!
On my dedicated Plex server, I have iTunes 10.7 installed (yes, a super old version). Then, I installed a Java app called Requiem 4.1. Then, just copy all your iTunes movies into your iTunes 10.7 library and authorize your account in iTunes. Then just run Requiem and it analyzes your library and removes the copy protection. Then you can copy the files and put them into your Plex movie directory.
Note: you can't have any other version of iTunes installed. That's why I do this on a dedicated computer.
http://digiex.net/downloads/downloa...ve-itunes-drm-fairplay-music-video-books.html
I'm so glad I went for a lifetime plex pass and am eagerly awaiting the Apple TV app. VLC will be nice too!
$149 for a brand new Apple device with iOS and an App Store. Doesn't matter what it is, this thing is a no brainer. Price of admission is so low, that this will sell like hot cakes. Probably more than even Apple Watch (and I love my Apple Watch) and maybe even iPad.
Okay, first I am super excited about the news. I had ATV2 for 5 years already, and I am using Beamer to stream my movies because of lack of VLC support.
But I still don't get this. Does the hard drive inside the new ATV is solely for Apps? Say, I have movies library in my Mac, and I am using VLC. Do I need to install VLC on both my Mac and my ATV, and just stream the contents from Mac to ATV without copying actual files across? (The same with Flex?)
I use Beamer and really like it. I just found this info that might be of help for you... "Beamer won't play DVDs or ISO files and stream them to your Apple TV, but if you have the Video_TS files for your DVD or package the MPEG2 streams into an MKV container, then yes. It will work with NTSC & PAL files without region hiccups."
VLC is media player.... also a converter, paticually useful with Handbrake to get around ripping.
Awesome.. !! i only think the media player on Apple TV, not the other stuff.
This may be just one reason to get the new APple TV alone..... Its now open to open source and the building of the many apps that already exist under iOS (former Apple TV).
Why the name change to tvOS ?they could have kept the iOS and everything would still be ok, but were there technical reasons that iOS code wise. ?
Awesome.. !! i only think the media player on Apple TV, not the other stuff.
This may be just one reason to get the new APple TV alone..... Its now open to open source and the building of the many apps that already exist under iOS (former Apple TV).
Why the name change to tvOS ?they could have kept the iOS and everything would still be ok, but were there technical reasons that iOS code wise. ?
Indeed. Firecore sent out an email announcing Infuse for AppleTV shortly after the reveal last Wednesday.
Excellent news about Plex. Now Amazon just needs to bring over their video app and I'll have no more use of the Fire Stick. One tv box to rule them all!
What about re-encoding the MKV via Handbrake, shouldn't that bring the blu-ray disk quality largely to iTunes (with maybe less sophisticated sound options)?
No, I don't mean iTunes purchased content.
I buy very little content that's attached to DRM.
I'm talking BluRay rips, DVD rips, etc...
You know, the kind of media that's tangible and also often times much cheaper than iTunes. (real geniuses who price these things. And I know it's the publisher, not Apple.)
See above, DRM isn't the issue.
And I don't want to store my media outside of iTunes. That's my library program of choice, Plex for me would just do the legwork to stream it to devices that don't support iTunes home share or to possibly synchronize across the internet.
Plex then will sync the play count in my iTunes library and that's superb.
It used to work, that was a nice feature.
Now it doesn't anymore, at least on my end.
Also, what Plex never got right was that it lumped together TV shows and movies into one big list that's sorted alphabetically.
Needless to say that's unacceptable and I don't know why this still hasn't been resolved that.
Look at this hot mess (the server media manager sees the files, but look at how it's presented (only my client won't browse through the files, they don't appear!))
Glassed Silver:mac
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How is that the case when Roku or Fire TV has (or can sideload these apps) for years? Including Kodi as well. Until a jailbreak happens, this will still be a walled garden and not ideal over the other offerings.
I find Plex works so much better than anything else in playing back multiple file types. Streaming access to my library, ability to sync on the fly while not attached iTunes, etc. I love it. I can cast to Chromecast while I'm traveling. I love having access to my friends libraries when I'm bored with my own. But everyone handles their media differently so whatever works for you is what you should do.