Anyone having trouble playing slow-motion video via AirPlay on an Apple TV? I've got the iPhone and Apple TV updated to the newest iOS versions, other videos play fine through AirPlay, but any shot with the new Slow-motion feature only have their sound come through, no picture.
I have the exact same issue.
Same for me. I guess Apple TV latest OS doesn't support playback of these video yet...
Same with me also
Same here. I haven't updated my Apple TV in a while and was hoping that wasn't the issue.
Same here, I get audio but no video... Hopefully it's a bug and not a bandwidth issue.
I'm not really sure about this, but suspect you will need to live with it. Slo-mo works at 120 fps, it's probably far to much for AirPlay to cope with. Try finalising your movies with iMovie and try them then.
That doesn't work because when you import it into iMovie, the slo-motion part of the video is no longer there and the whole thing plays at normal speed
OK, it was just a thought, I don't have a 5S to try things on.
Here's what I've learned so far, but I'm still not able to get ATV to playback a slo-mo clip directly from the 5s. I did get it to work via iMovie - but what a pain! Instructions below - it shouldn't have to be this complicated of a work flow.
It appears that legacy devices may not be able to play slo-mo. Why is not clear but my guess is 120fps is not supported. We saw this in older generation ATV's when itunes could play a 1080p movie, but the ATV could not 'see' that movie until new ATV hardware was released with faster processors and iTunes was updated.
A key discovery for me was that Photostream supports a shared slo-mo clip (at least when played back from a 5, 5s or latest iPad, all with iOS7). Others subscribed to my Photostream could see the slo-mo effect.
My devices are:
A slo-mo clip recorded on the 5s plays back as expected, but only through the camera/photos app. iPhoto and iMovie do not retain the slo-mo effect on the 5s.
If I Airdrop the clip to another 5s, 5, or iPad, slo-mo is retained. And iMovie on iPad will recognize the slo-mo.
If I Airplay to ATV, it is a black screen. Audio is present. No video, but the progress bar suggests it is streaming video.
I can share the clip to Photostream, and slo-mo is retained if played back on 5, 5s or iPad. It does not appear on ATV photostream.
Aperture does not see the clip in Photostream.
FCP X can import the movie from the 5s. It does not retain slo-mo. It chokes in playback and needs optimization to playback without dropped frames (also a function of my older CPU performance).
If I use the Image Capture OSX app to copy the clip to my Mac Pro, it does not retain slo-mo (quicktime/itunes)
The only way I can view slo-mo in ATV is by using iMovie as follows:
1) Airdrop the clip to iPad
2) Import to iMovie on Ipad and confirm slo-mo is working.
3) Goto iMovie project screen and Share the project to iTunes
4) Connect the iPad to your desktop/laptop
5) Select your iPad from the Sidebar in iTunes
6) Choose "Apps"
7) On the App screen, scroll down to "File Sharing" in the main body of the Apps window
8) Choose iMovie. You should see the iPad imovie clip in the right pane under iMovie Documents.
9) Click "Save to..." at the bottom and save to a folder you'll remember.
10) Go to that folder and open the iMovie mobile project. It should launch iMovie (OS X) and import it.
11) Play the clip in iMovie on your desktop/laptop to confirm slo-mo is retained.
12) You should be able to Share from iMovie (on OS X) to your favorite destination, including iTunes. That will allow you to view on ATV.
Be aware that the shared clip is 29.97 fps with the slo-mo effect preserved.
Again, I can't get the above to work if I go directly from the 5s to OS X iMovie. I could only make it work via my iPad.
This convoluted work flow is clearly not how it should be, but if you want a work around, this should help you until a fix is released.
I'm having the same problem, however sometimes, yes sometimes (I think perhaps turning it off and back on again sometimes fixes the issue, I still need more time to investigate however) I can get it to play just fine if I use AirPlay mirroring instead of just plain old AirPlay. In Mark Gurman's 9to5Mac review of the 5s he makes mention that his seems to work fine but that some people have had trouble AirPlaying slow motion video to the AppleTV. I'm guessing it's some kind of bug that will need to be patched on either the AppleTV or the iPhone so hang in there and for now try the mirroring "trick".
The easy solution is using iCloud photo streams. Just share it to an iCloud photo stream and then go to Apple TV and play from there. Played my video and it played in slo mo. Thanks.
Same problem here. Iphone 5s 7.0.1, Apple TV 3rd gen with the most recent update, 6.0 11A502. It will play pre 5s videos no problem. Wouldn't play slo-mo, played a few earlier videos. Then tried one slo-mo and it played fine. Tried the next one, shorter video, no luck. Wouldn't repeat the 1st s-m video again, either. When it did play it played as slo-mo.
Can anyone else confirm this working? I won't be able to test until later. And ehphone, did it appear to play it in 120fps, or less? This isn't ideal, but it sure beats the workaround above!
Yes. Played at 120fps. Worked great.
Cool, thanks. That's encouraging because it would seem to point more towards a software bug than a hardware limitation.
Playing iPhone 5s slow-motion video via AirPlay on an Apple TV
