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chirayu01 Author

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Does Apple TV (AVPlayer) supports HEVC video with Fairplay DRM?

We tried playing the HEVC video stream in the web client via Safari (v16.4), and all we saw was a white screen with no audio but closed captions were visible.

While playing Apple TV (tvOS v16.3), the player (AVPlayer) is being constantly rebuffed.

So does Apple TV supports HEVC video with the Fairplay DRM encyption?

Apple TV 4K (1st generation)

Posted on Sep 28, 2023 12:59 PM

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Johnathan Burger

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Posted on Sep 28, 2023 1:24 PM

Straight from Apple’s tech specs:

Video Formats

SDR video with AVC/HEVC (Main/Main 10 profile) up to 2160p, 60 fps

Dolby Vision (Profile 5) up to 2160p, 60 fps

HDR10+/HDR10/HLG with HEVC (Main 10 Profile) up to 2160p, 60 fps

H.264 Baseline Profile level 3.0 or lower with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 fps, Simple profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

HDMI Quick Media Switching (QMS) for seamless format transitions

That’s all anyone here on this user to user support forum can tell you.

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