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Could someone tell me why crackle does not work on Apple TV?

Crackle doesn't work on Apple TV. Is there a fix for this bug in the pipeline?

Posted on Dec 18, 2013 8:48 AM

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Posted on Dec 18, 2013 9:45 AM

It does work.

If help is desired, start by providing details of the issue that is occurring. "doesn't work" is essentially a useless statement.

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Dec 18, 2013 9:49 AM in response to diesel vdub

I'm logged into crackle. Attempts to launch any content within crackle yields the following error message:


"There was an error playing the content. Try again later. ".


I've tried this everyday since the addition of crackle to Apple TV, rest the unit twice, and have tried to separate crackle account logins. Same result every time. Thus, there is a bug.

Dec 26, 2013 6:54 AM in response to drwv

drwv, can you please confirm if you 1st reset your apple tv, then proceeded to power cycle your router?


I've also noticed the same low quality image on the PBS app as well. My guess is they coded it to favor less buffer stalls, which is unfortunate when you're on a Gigabit fiber connection such as myself. I used to notice Netflix occasionally stalling during prime viewing hours, however I've never had a single stall now that I'm upgraded to fiber optic. It would be nice if they could have the Apple TV settings unique to each app, that way the developers could include the menu option of user adjusted buffer caching, thus eliminated their need to overly compress the video.


Thank you

Dec 26, 2013 1:29 PM in response to drwv

OK, no problem. Yes I had tried doing the factory reset. Upon rebooting, it ran through all of the updates and set everything to a clear state in every app. After re-entering my Crackle account and successully logging in, it continues to do the exact same error. Doesn't matter what video I click in Crackle. Nothing will stream.


Thank you for the follow-up. I'll continue to wait for a patch to be issued by Apple.

Dec 30, 2013 12:55 PM in response to stintshot

If you have changed your dns to access out of region content (ie. American netflix while living in Canada) you have to change it back to automatic to access Crackle. It'd be nice to have both, but I'm not sure if you can. Go to general>network>Wi-fi and click on your network and change configure DNS to automatic if it isn't. If this isn't your issue then good luck finding the answer. This is what it was for me.

Jan 21, 2014 7:21 PM in response to stintshot

I think the problem is with crackle... I tried to reset Apple TV and it worked! I also think I played around with the setting and put sydney as timezone... And noticed the problems then. I reset it and now it's Cupertino which is in us so I think this me be solution so try looking at your timezone settings but of course I'm not 100% sure

Could someone tell me why crackle does not work on Apple TV?

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