Caching issues etc - AppleTV 4th Generation
Hi
Well I have unboxed my Apple TV 4th Generation and so far its a mixed bag. I have replaced a full functional Apple TV 3rd Generation with it. Current annoyances are:
1. It would not device setup from an iPhone6s Plus but would from an iPad Air2.
2. It only variably allowed the iOS device to be used for the keyboard in setup mode.
3. The glass trackpad is quite hard to perfect when playing a film or show as it ends up trying to fast forward or rewind when I am trying to bring up the menu.
4. Where have all the chapters gone?
5. My old Apple TV would cache a movie completely or to 8GB max. Then cache further as the film was watched. Occasionally it would loose the iTunes collection and I would need to reboot the ATV3 to clear the cache and resume the movie (this is HD stuff). I really expected the new ATV to cache all my films easily with 64GB available. HOWEVER, even on 3-4GB files (like Sherlock S01E01) it will only cache up to 5 mins ahead and then pause the playback to cache more. This is on a wired ethernet connection with the setup identical to the prior setup (ethernet to dedicated (single function) mac mini running the iTunes library).
6. It has taken over my Sony 1080p TV! It turns it and the amp off when it sleeps. I can no longer change the scene settings on whatever HDMI port it is connected to. I used to be able to change the scene select to cinema for movies, 24fps as needed and also dynamic for TV, etc. Also the TV seems to dislike whatever the ATV4 is doing sometimes as I can see it flickering to adjust the light output as if its in auto mode or cannot decide (I never allowed that on old ATV3 and always ran it in Cinema mode like my PS3, i.e. not allow any auto adjustment of the picture setting). I can find a few HDMI settings about colour and sound but they don't stop this weird HDMI take over.
7. It makes the TV call the input source Player1 no matter what I do...it was previously manually named as Apple TV. This links to 6.
8. I have not tried many apps yet but some of my iOS+ apps are automatically available (like Alto's Adventure)...nice but stuttery on its home menu screen.
9. What happened to the trailer app? I liked that as did my kids.
10. Siri cannot search my iTunes library, just keeps trying to get me to buy stuff I already own or stream it instead of getting it from home sharing.
Currently rather frustrated.
So...
Any ideas how to get TV control back so I can manually control the scene select function to prevent the flickering (see 6 and 7 above)?
Any ideas on how to make it cache properly? 64GB should be enough...current experience below ATV3 level (see 5 above)
Comments welcomed.
Thanks