YouTube app

[DavidQPR]

On the Apple TV Youtube app if I click on a video it starts to play for a half second then the screen goes black and a “Dolby Vision” banner comes up then the video starts. Even happens with the dreaded adverts. Really irritating when the screen goes black every time. Anyone else find this?

 

[-Gonzo-]

Change your video settings to 4KSDR, if you’ve got Match Content enabled then you’ll only see that happen from now on as and when you attempt to play a HDR video.

 

[DavidQPR]

That’s great thanks. I didn’t really understand the various video options and just picked on Dolby as it sounded a good option!

 

[Shamgar]

The other option is to turn off Match Content, or at least Match Dynamic Range. The Youtube app seems to ignore Match Frame Rate.

The black screen is because Match Content causes your Apple TV to switch its output format from the default you have in the "Format" setting to whatever the video content actually is. Most Youtube content is SDR, so it switches the output signal sent to the TV from Dolby Vision to SDR and back to Dolby Vision once you return to the menu. Every time it changes the output format, you get a black screen as the Apple TV reconnects. If you turn off Match Dynamic Range, the Apple TV sends the SDR video as Dolby Vision signal, which could potentially cause some colour/brightness mismatch from the intended image but there is no disruption to the output signal.

I turned off Match Content, personally. I prefer the brighter menus, am content with Apple's SDR to Dolby Vision handling, and without Match Frame Rate, the motion smoothing on 24p movies helps with the OLED stutter. I am not a film purist, and I'm okay with that.

 

[DavidQPR]

Thank you. That’s very helpful.

 

[iwan073]

YouTube app...

It's annoying that when you search for something, you can't edit your search criteria. You have to back out and enter everything again

 

[-Gonzo-]

YouTube app...

It's annoying that when you search for something, you can't edit your search criteria. You have to back out and enter everything again

There’s no need to back out, granted should be simpler but while on the selected search results press the Menu/Back button, then lite touch on the down part of the track pad then you can either manually use the on screen keyboard, press the mic button to dictate your search or use the keyboard on your phone.

 

[iwan073]

There’s no need to back out, granted should be simpler but while on the selected search results press the Menu/Back button, then lite touch on the down part of the track pad then you can either manually use the on screen keyboard, press the mic button to dictate your search or use the keyboard on your phone.

Gonna try that tonight

 

[ascender]

I've also had an issue with the newest ATV where Youtube struggles to actually start to play videos or ads. Instead of loading them and playing automatically, I often have to press play to pause the loading and then play again to make it actually play. Not sure if its an app issue or tvOS issue.