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Q: Apple TV 4 photo issues

I am on my second day with the new Apple TV 4.  I am not happy with it.

I use my Apple TV a lot to have music on while displaying my pictures when I have people over.  I was hoping that with this new generation Apple would have fixed the issue where pictures repeat themselves way too often and not all pictures in my library are shown.  Instead, it's worse.  I have home sharing on, and I have about 1100 photos shared. On my ATV I choose the shared images folder to be my screen saver.  However, after about 40 images or so, they start all over again and display in the same order again.  This is very annoying.

So I tried going to the shared folder and pressing "Start Slideshow", instead.  What happens with that is that 7 images are shown and then it goes back to the first image and that image stays on the screen until I press something.  I tried it at least 10 times with the same results each time.  The pictures were different each time, but the behavior was the same: after 7 pictures it shows the first picture and leaves it on the screen.

 

Is anybody else experiencing this?  Is there a way to get the ATV to randomly show ALL my pictures as a screen saver instead of cycling through 40-50 images and then repeating them in the same sequence again?

Apple TV, tvOS, Apple TV 4

Posted on Nov 5, 2015 7:36 AM

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  • by mvamatoac4,

    mvamatoac4 mvamatoac4 Sep 16, 2016 9:30 AM in response to Winston Churchill
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    Sep 16, 2016 9:30 AM in response to Winston Churchill

    I Still have my atv3 on another tv.  I never see duplicates.  iCloud library around 2500 photos.  How do explain that? I see the same 40-100 photos on atv4. 

  • by Winston Churchill,

    Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Sep 16, 2016 9:50 AM in response to mvamatoac4
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    Sep 16, 2016 9:50 AM in response to mvamatoac4

    I have 3 Apple TV's at home and a further 2 in my offices, not only do I see duplicates after about 10 minutes when I use a 20,000 + library, but I've seen this very matter discussed hundreds of times here in these communities over the many years I've been involved here. The Apple TV 2 does exactly the same, I also have two of those and see the very same thing.

     

    How do I explain it, I suspect you haven't tested your answer thoroughly.

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