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VLC for Apple TV Now Available on tvOS App Store
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I would point out the Apple TV streaming isn't laggy for many, myself included, the weakest link is your own end, the internet connection and / or your internal WiFi set up. I used to have some issues despite having 75 Mb/s FiOS but the addition of a second Apple Airport Extreme acting as a slave to the first one cured everything. It seems the WiFi signal from the far end of the house was getting messed up until I added the booster station. I have had zero issues since adding it.
You could read the article you are commenting on. That would be one way to find out.
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No. Many more formats and options for locations of files besides cloud. It's in the article of course...
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Or they will make comments or have questions that are found in the article they are commenting on but obviously haven't read...
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I have Plex and Air Video HD. I use Air Video more because it is simpler and I don't like the Plex interface very much. VLC will play more formats than either though.
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iTunes/Home sharing plays a minimal number of formats.
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Correcta nd it has been because Apple has improved their SMB sharing. NFS has always been a slow protocol including on servers.
[doublepost=1452728224][/doublepost]Nice, but does it convert your library in to another format on the fly? I'm getting picture and video just past the credits, and then it skips to another video, and repeats on some videos. Other videos play fine as far as I can tell.
Following a lengthy beta testing period, VideoLAN has announced that its VLC app is now available for the fourth-generation Apple TV on the tvOS App Store.
The app is a full port of the VLC media player and supports virtually all video formats in line with the VLC for iOS app. There are also many tvOS-specific features.
- Content Discovery: The app automatically discovers video files stored on your local network, using the SMB, UPnP media server, FTP and PLEX protocols. You can browse through videos with the Siri Remote and select content for playback. During playback, subtitles can be added from OpenSubtitles.org.
- Saved Logins: Login credentials can be securely stored on the Apple TV and will be synchronized to and from your iPhone and iPad.
- Remote Playback: VLC displays an IP address under the Remote Playback menu on Apple TV. This address can be typed into your computer's web browser, and an interface will pop up allowing you to drag and drop a file to play it on your TV remotely.
You can drag and drop multiple files to queue them. The files will remain available locally on the Apple TV until its internal storage is maxed out. The web interface can be used for remote play, pause and seeking.
- Playback: VLC for the Apple TV supports basic play, pause and seek controls. You can navigate the app by chapter and titles or select from multiple audio and subtitles tracks. Other features include custom playback speed and hatchet.is integration for artist imagery and biographies.
VLC is currently beta testing Apple TV support for cloud services Dropbox, OneDrive and Box. The feature will be available in the near future.
Article Link: VLC for Apple TV Now Available on tvOS App Store
Really? I was going to try this but if it has stupid issues like this I'm going to stick with Plex.
It seems Plex is the only app that's gotten "playing arbritrary stuff from your server on the Apple TV" right so far.
I keep getting an empty folder. I have SMB and file sharing turned on with files in my shared folder. Anyone know how to get it to find files in the Local Network?
Well, it started to work for some reason, maybe just needed to reset. Not a great UI, doesn't even seem to be alphabetizing the titles, won't open folders, definitely not playing audio on MKV, needs some work
Well, it started to work for some reason, maybe just needed to reset. Not a great UI, doesn't even seem to be alphabetizing the titles, won't open folders, definitely not playing audio on MKV, needs some work
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Not necessarily torrented videos. A lot of us have “digitized” our DVD collections, which is perfectly legal as long as we don’t distribute it.
No answered my questions!
If i have clips on the VLC app on my iPhone, what's the easiest way to play them on VLC app on Apple TV?
If i have clips on the VLC app on my iPhone, what's the easiest way to play them on VLC app on Apple TV?
VLC is been my favorite media player till date but I haven't used it in my Apple TV yet. Let me give a try!