I took several videos on my iPhone - MOV - when I tried to play on AppleTV it cannot play them - error. Yet I have other movies I did with same phone etc and works well. I changed the ending to MP4 but no good - what do I need to do
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iPhone 12, iOS 18
The MOV video is probably encoded with H.265 (HEVC) codec, which is not supported by your Apple TV. You can play it with Infuse, or convert the video to H.264, HandBrake can do it. You can also use cisdem video converter, it provides Apple TV output profile.
The MOV video is probably encoded with H.265 (HEVC) codec, which is not supported by your Apple TV. You can play it with Infuse, or convert the video to H.264, HandBrake can do it. You can also use cisdem video converter, it provides Apple TV output profile.
mov and the likes are containers if they will play is what codec the media in the container is using
(if you want to know more about the differences What is the difference?: Codecs and containers)
if the codec is not something that the appletv app supports then you can do the following
I actually fixed this by downloading my original iphone videos back to mac and then photos - it all works well now - all plays on Apple TV - must have corrupted when downloading first time.
I downloaded Handbrake - whilst i can play movies on my computer when i put on Apple TV - and play it says " error loading content - try later" - yet other movies I have taken with same iphone play well - any more ideas? Thanks
Some other movies I have taken in the past are playing Ok on Apple TV - both MP$ and MOV - but latest wont play - what can I do?
So I downloaded VLC player - movies play OK on mac but not on Apple TV - how do I convert these to play on Apple TV using VLC?
Unable to play iPhone 12 MOV videos on Apple TV
