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Apple TV 2.02 Just Released

I wish that they'd have an option to control Apple TV volume via the remote. I know that it's designed to be plugged into an amp with a separate volume control, but that means 2 remotes BY DESIGN, and not all of us have our Apple TV's connected to theatre systems! Please please please, can it be an *option* at least?
 
rdas7 said:
I wish that they'd have an option to control Apple TV volume via the remote. I know that it's designed to be plugged into an amp with a separate volume control, but that means 2 remotes BY DESIGN, and not all of us have our Apple TV's connected to theatre systems! Please please please, can it be an *option* at least?
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I just programmed my universal and cable remotes to "learn" the Apple Remotes codes...back to one master remote.
 
roland.g said:
I personally like the 1.x interface with rotating icons and a list of menus better. I'm not a big fan of the left right double pane with the whatever you saw last background fade. The icons were much better. But we're just talking gui here not functionality. 2.x rocks otherwise.
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QFT :)
 
rdas7 said:
I wish that they'd have an option to control Apple TV volume via the remote. I know that it's designed to be plugged into an amp with a separate volume control, but that means 2 remotes BY DESIGN, and not all of us have our Apple TV's connected to theatre systems! Please please please, can it be an *option* at least?
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It would have to be a pretty smart functionality. I can tell you this, having the :apple:TV software installed on a mac mini where the remote does just what you're asking...it's annoying because the volume changes whenever you navigate through the menus up & down.

However it could obviously be programmed to navigate when in a menu, and control volume once you're listening or watching. Agreed it is an odd thing for Apple to have left out.
 
kellyrev said:
Apple really needs to separate Music Videos from general Music.

I've got 70 music videos and over 13,000 songs. Every time the menu scrolls and lands on a band that contains a music video it takes any where up to 5-10 seconds to load. Very annoying.
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This is the WORST problem in relation to lagging in the menus. It's really terrible.

EDIT: Not fixed, just finished downloading. The Genre is better, but by no means quick enough. Doesn't Apple test these things before releasing them? The speed of some of the menus are just awful.
 
statler said:
It does not fix the problem where Apple TV won't show up in iTunes devices. At least not on my mac. :mad:
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Make sure you don't have a computer setup to use the AppleTV with Airtunes as an external speaker. Mine was not showing up in iTunes either, but that was because my wife's iTunes had the AppleTV setup to stream audio through iTunes.




kellyrev said:
Apple really needs to separate Music Videos from general Music.

I've got 70 music videos and over 13,000 songs. Every time the menu scrolls and lands on a band that contains a music video it takes any where up to 5-10 seconds to load. Very annoying.
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AGREED! And how about the ability to sync with iMovie! I have tons of movies in iMovie that I would like to share with guests through the AppleTV. Why in the world would you not be able to access that stuff through the AppleTV? CRAZY!



rdas7 said:
I wish that they'd have an option to control Apple TV volume via the remote. I know that it's designed to be plugged into an amp with a separate volume control, but that means 2 remotes BY DESIGN, and not all of us have our Apple TV's connected to theatre systems! Please please please, can it be an *option* at least?
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I've got my AppleTV hooked up to a theatre system, and I can't use the volume buttons on the apple remote either. Can anyone use the volume buttons on the apple remote?
 
Youtube Fixed!

I was having a problem with youtube not loading the whole video, only loading half, etc, now it all seems to be fixed! Youtube is much snappier!

Edit: I've been looking through my Youtube history, and videos that didn't used to load do now!
 
ddk121 said:
I was having a problem with youtube not loading the whole video, only loading half, etc, now it all seems to be fixed! Youtube is much snappier!
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If true, this will make a LOT of people happy. This problem has been pretty widespread, although... inconsistent.
 
fivepoint said:
AGREED! And how about the ability to sync with iMovie! I have tons of movies in iMovie that I would like to share with guests through the AppleTV. Why in the world would you not be able to access that stuff through the AppleTV? CRAZY!

I've got my AppleTV hooked up to a theatre system, and I can't use the volume buttons on the apple remote either. Can anyone use the volume buttons on the apple remote?
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Once you finish your iMovie project, which by nature is a rather large DV file still (that you can burn to DVD from that quality) simply use the export function and choose the Quicktime to Apple TV setting or create your own if you are familiar with advanced settings and add it to iTunes.

Those aren't volume buttons on the Apple remote. Common misconception, but b/c it is very unclear.
 
This better fix the airport issues because I LITERALLY have to reconnect to my network EVERY #$&#*# TIME I use it and it is beyond pissing me off :mad:
 
roland.g said:
Once you finish your iMovie project, which by nature is a rather large DV file still (that you can burn to DVD from that quality) simply use the export function and choose the Quicktime to Apple TV setting or create your own if you are familiar with advanced settings and add it to iTunes.

Those aren't volume buttons on the Apple remote. Common misconception, but b/c it is very unclear.
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Yes, I know I can do that... but I think there is an opportunity for a far superior interaction here.
A) I don't want my home videos to be mixed with my hollywood movies. They shouldn't be in the same category.
B) Why can't iMovie sync/stream with AppleTV just like iPhoto? iPhoto implements this perfectly, and to port this over to the iMovie side of the equation seems like an obvious choice.
C) Same situation with music videos... these should be categorized in AppleTV just like any other movie.

Also... on the volume thing... it was the same way on the iPod shuffle and on my mac's remote. There are '+' and '-' buttons... if that is not their function, they should have been labeled as such. I would have recommended this: "^" and "v".
 
blybug said:
It would have to be a pretty smart functionality. I can tell you this, having the :apple:TV software installed on a mac mini where the remote does just what you're asking...it's annoying because the volume changes whenever you navigate through the menus up & down.

However it could obviously be programmed to navigate when in a menu, and control volume once you're listening or watching. Agreed it is an odd thing for Apple to have left out.
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Actually, it is not at all an odd thing to leave out. Next time you play something using a DVD player, see if you can control your volume using your DVD player!! You have to use either the TV volume or a stereo/surround receiver volume. Now, AppleTV is nothing but a DVD player of the 21st century. So, why should it act any other way. Also, there is a simple reason for not allowing volume changes in AppleTV. The sound output in AppleTV is line level (pre-amp level), not speaker level. Sound levels should never be messed with before amplification since you will affect the dynamic range and signal to noise ratio.

Use either your TV or your amp or receivers volume control. Get a universal remote!
 
nado said:
Doesn't your Mac have spellchecking all over the OS?!
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"Spellchecking" is not a word.
No sentence deserves a double closing punctuation mark.

Only trolls criticize people misspelling a single word by accident.
 
fivepoint said:
"Spellchecking" is not a word.
No sentence deserves a double closing punctuation mark.

Only trolls criticize people misspelling a single word by accident.
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What about a quotation...:)

"No sentence deserves a double closing punctuation mark."
 
rdas7 said:
I wish that they'd have an option to control Apple TV volume via the remote. I know that it's designed to be plugged into an amp with a separate volume control, but that means 2 remotes BY DESIGN, and not all of us have our Apple TV's connected to theatre systems! Please please please, can it be an *option* at least?
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blybug said:
It would have to be a pretty smart functionality. I can tell you this, having the :apple:TV software installed on a mac mini where the remote does just what you're asking...it's annoying because the volume changes whenever you navigate through the menus up & down.

However it could obviously be programmed to navigate when in a menu, and control volume once you're listening or watching. Agreed it is an odd thing for Apple to have left out.
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bommai said:
Actually, it is not at all an odd thing to leave out. Next time you play something using a DVD player, see if you can control your volume using your DVD player!! You have to use either the TV volume or a stereo/surround receiver volume. Now, AppleTV is nothing but a DVD player of the 21st century. So, why should it act any other way. Also, there is a simple reason for not allowing volume changes in AppleTV. The sound output in AppleTV is line level (pre-amp level), not speaker level. Sound levels should never be messed with before amplification since you will affect the dynamic range and signal to noise ratio.

Use either your TV or your amp or receivers volume control. Get a universal remote!
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Actually I can adjust volume on all 3 of my DVD player remotes and I think that is something Apple REALLY needs to add. The ENTIRE POINT of the Apple remote was how simple it is, and you are saying to just use a universal remote AKA a remote just like the Microsoft one that Steve Jobs compared the Apple remote to when it was introduced and showed how much of a pathetically cluttered mess it was. Well so much for Steve's theory then if you just have to use both anyway. :rolleyes:

Not to mention Apple doesn't even include it with any of their computers anymore :rolleyes:
 

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For the ones who drop the signal and AppleTV doesn't show up in iTunes, what do you do to get it back. It happens to me once in a while, and I just unplug the AppleTV then plug it back in. I find it annoying as well. How do the rest of you get back up and running? Thanks.

I use an AirPort Extreme also so figured they would work more semelessly.
 
Well I will have to wait and see if the drop outs are fixed but my Apple TV restarted 10 times while installing the update. Yes I counted because I have noticed that it restarts a ridiculous amount of times every time it installs an update. What is up with this Apple?
 
rfrankl said:
For the ones who drop the signal and AppleTV doesn't show up in iTunes, what do you do to get it back. It happens to me once in a while, and I just unplug the AppleTV then plug it back in. I find it annoying as well. How do the rest of you get back up and running? Thanks.

I use an AirPort Extreme also so figured they would work more semelessly.
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You can simply press the 'Menu' and '-' buttons simultaneously for several seconds to reboot the AppleTV. No need to yank the power cord.
 
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