Black screensaver when using homesharing photos - ATV 4k

Good day,


I would like to use my photos as a screen saver on my Aplle TV 4k. I can see them under homesharing and play them as a slideshow. When I set it as a screensaver, from the homesharing app and the settings I get a black screen when the screensaver starts.


i've done it from my PC and Mac.


It did work before, but I suspect it is after an update that is stoped working.



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Posted on Apr 16, 2020 2:06 AM

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Apr 23, 2020 7:39 AM in response to Merb89

Same around here.

Tried restart, reset, switching on and off the Home Sharing from the PC and deleting the Apple TV Photo Cache on the PC

None worked.


There are other threads around the internet with users complaining.

Like this one.

The home sharing works, I see the music AND photos, can play slideshow from a folder, no issues. Can press the "set as screensaver" button on some album.


But if I set as a screensaver the "Home sharing" photos OR music OR "Music Library" just loads blank black squares. If I set up the transition to "Flip Up" I actually see the black squares. Aerial and Apple Photos work fine

May 3, 2020 8:47 AM in response to enterfornone

Okay, glad I am not the only one who is having this problem. I was wondering if it had something to do with Aerial taking up too much space with new videos being downloaded automatically. Tried to find a way to delete the Aerial screensaver photos but have found no such thing yet. I don't know if this is even the issue, but those high def movies have to be taking up a lot of space, and I don't particularly want them anyway. So maybe we just have to wait until the next update?

May 17, 2020 11:49 AM in response to Richard Salazar

I noticed that on the page at https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-seeds-fourth-beta-of-tvos-13-4-5-update-to-developers-update-public-beta-available.2234508/ it has an update saying "[Public Beta Available]." I am not a developer and am wondering if this means it should be available to the general public, and if so how to download it. I am still on 13.4 (17L256).

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