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Is anyone else seeing this behavior? My new gen4 aTV won't play some movies from my library - it says "this content cannot be played because it's format is not compatible with this device", but it plays fine on my Mac and my gen III aTVs whether I stream it or airplay it. The gen IV won't even let me airplay it which seems really crazy. What's going on? Otherwise I'm loving this box, but this is insane.
Mac OS 9.2.x
ghostgrafik wrote:
We may not be talking about the same function per the TV app in iOS. In the old Video app, it allowed you to connect to your iTunes library on a desktop/laptop and stream both ripped video files and video files purchased through iTunes. In the new TV app, it appears to only support streaming of iTunes purchases. Ripped files don't appear as playable unless you actually copy the file directly onto your iPad.
That's not what I'm finding. Here's a view of the TV app on my iPad. It shows the 2 computers (iTunes Libraries):
If I then select one of the computers shown, I then see the recorded shows in that computer's iTunes Library:
I have not copied these videos onto the iPad; they play (stream) from the computer.
Fair enough, thanks for describing your bug report. It amazes me that with this level of detail, they should give you such a response.
I don't seem to have a problem so far with playing movies from my media server, but I have to say that I'm extremely disappointed with this latest AppleTV.
The GUI for files in a local library is horrible and you can't use Siri to do a search.
Not to mention that it does not support 4K out.
I love Apple products as a rule and have one or two of most, but this one ***** and is a complete waste of money. Not at all an improvement over Gen 3
I loaded Plex and purchased the Amazon Fire TV (This has 4K out) and plan on using Plex so I can have my local movies in an arranged fashion, like gatefold, and be able to do search or see most recent movies.
It took a long time from Gen 3 to this latest release - Bad, Bad, Bad
i installed Plex and it worked great on my phones and tablets. AT4? Plays for 1 or 2 seconds then I get the buffering spinning wheel of doom.
Good to know on Plex - Thanks
I will be converting this weekend by loading the server and then the Apps for iPhone and Ipad
I ordered the Amazon Fire TV because it has 4K and the Plex app - I'm hoping it's a better experience that this latest AT4
hey everyone I have another question but not quite on this topic but seeing how you guys seem very familiar with ripping movies and tv shows I'll give it a go. I have some tv shows that have a lot of seasons such as Girlfriends, Joey, Cosby Show, Designing Women just to name a few that have closed captioning but not subtitles. My partner is from Brazil and so English is not his first language. We like to use subtitles so he doesn't miss anything and I've gotten used to having them now so when we watch something without the subtitles it's pretty weird. Is there a program out there that will give me ripped versions that include the closed captioning? I can't seem to find an answer on my own.
MacX DVD Ripper Pro supports subtitles. Click on the Edit button (with scissors icon) in the main menu when you have a disc loaded, and that should bring up a screen that has Subtitle as one of the editing options. Click on that and you'll be able to enable the subtitle, choose from available languages on the disc, and position the subtitling. Usually takes some experimenting with settings to get what you want, but it works. Keep in mind that you won't see the subtitling appear in the video preview window of the Subtitle section...only in the ripped file.
You misread my post. The dvd does not have subtitles it only has closed captioning. There is a difference. When you play the dvd the DVD doesn't have subtitles as an option to turn on. You hook up the DVD player using the red, yellow, white AV cords to your tv then the closed captioning will come up giving the text at the bottom of the screen much like subtitles. I Want to know if there is a program that will allow me to rip the DVD and have the CC on the copy?
Closed captioning is a form of subtitles, so it's likely to show up within the Subtitles area somewhere if the ripping software supports it and the DVD you're using actually contains CC content. I know for certain that Handbrake supports closed captioning in rips, and it's possible MacX DVD Ripper Pro does as well.
do you see the subtitling options in Handbrake, under the Audio tab?
OK, so getting back to the original topic, it seems that this isn't getting fixed, or at least any time in the near future. For folks struggling (like me) with not being able to watch your large libraries of mp4 files, I'll relate my experience with the Plex app. So far it seems quite good, it's a native aTV4 app running a server on my Mini, and it seems to be playing all of the files the Apple "Computers" app won't, plus it gives me better sorting, rotten tomatoes ratings, search, and some other nice features. I do hope Apple fixes this still, but for now Plex is meeting my needs.
Brett
Annoyed yet not surprised this isn't getting fixed. When they make more from streaming, why would they. A pain for all like us with existing libraries....will check out Plex.
My ATV3 is still used more than my new 4!!!
I'm glad that PLEX is working for you. I did the same thing, hoping it would solve my similar problem. PLEX works perfectly on my iPads and iPhone, but on my ATV4, all I get is the spinning buffer ball of doom when I try to watch a movie. Ugh......
Did you try to Optimize your library? I had to do 2 things, first make sure my server was reachable, which amounted to selecting manual port forwarding (which it shouldn't need) but then it asked if unsecure access on the local network was OK. After that and Optimizing, it has been working great.
I Loaded Plex and it is far superior to the Appletv GUI
i also purchased a FireTV and it is light years ahead.
Are all of these settings that you adjusted n the PLEX website interface or on the Apple TV PLEX app settings?
Thanks in advance for any clues that you can offer.
Apple TV (4th Gen) won't play iTunes content from library
