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.
Apple TV 4K
This is a new bug that started yesterday for me. On two different ATVs. Tried restarting modem. Nothing I did worked. Did not have the ATV on automatic updates so nothing should have changed. Very frustrating as we use this feature daily and highly enjoy it
Just updated to 13.4.5 beta and screensaver from large photo library works! Started with small subset of photos shared.
Any help on how to download the beta publicly?
Went from Photos People set of 861 to larger 9, 641 and it still works.
Settings/System/Software Updates/Get Beta Updates switch from off to on. Takes a few minutes.
go to beta.apple.com and sign up for beta program, then restart your Apple TV and go to updates screen
Wow! Finally! Thank you so much. I wasn't aware of the beta program. Cheers!
I am not a developer (that I know of) but the selection to "Get Beta Updates" was there this morning, Sun. May 17.
Under Software Updates, the only two options I see are “Update software and Automatically Update”. I don’t see “Get Beta Updates”.
Thanks Wade. I'll give that a try!
Thanks again Wade. With the Beta download, photo screensaver is back to normal.
Black screensaver when using homesharing photos - ATV 4k
