ya its called quicktime hehe. You can open and export to mov. Even the new pc version of quicktime does it now.
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Apple TV Take 2 is now LIVE!
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ya its called quicktime hehe. You can open and export to mov. Even the new pc version of quicktime does it now.
If it was *just* your video store in a box it would be successful, but it *also* has all that media streaming crap which no-one on this board will say a word against, but which average folk are put off by.
Why are average folk put off by this? How is more functions in a device like this a bad thing?
Take 2 is pretty good
Had fun with my Take 2 upgrade last night. Rented a movie and within a minute it was ready to play (I have 2Mbs cable service). Being able to get music on the TV is cool, although I like the iPhone music browser better. Renting movies is awesome; I can't wait until they get more movies online (their goal should be to have more movies than Netflix).
The main "easy software upgrade" that they really need to add is Internet Radio! Especially if you like international music (more than just Spanish music), you can't get everything you want off of iTunes.
Had fun with my Take 2 upgrade last night. Rented a movie and within a minute it was ready to play (I have 2Mbs cable service). Being able to get music on the TV is cool, although I like the iPhone music browser better. Renting movies is awesome; I can't wait until they get more movies online (their goal should be to have more movies than Netflix).
The main "easy software upgrade" that they really need to add is Internet Radio! Especially if you like international music (more than just Spanish music), you can't get everything you want off of iTunes.
HD Rental
I rented my first HD movie from the Apple Store. Pirates...At Worlds End. It took all night to download, but that is because my DSL connection at the moment sucks. 10meg connection getting a 2-5meg connection at best. Weather is messing up the phone lines in the middle of no-where Wisconsin.
Tonight I will be watching the movie and see how it is.
My other movies (my own DVD collection) are MP4 and encoded with AAC audio. I bring up in QT the movie properties and it says it is AAC 5.1, but when played on
TV through the optic port my receive plays it as normal (2 channel sound). So I don't know if my encoding is wrong or what, or mp4s are not designed currently to handle 5.1 sound in AAC.
I don't feel like reencoding all my movies, but if I can get the 5.1 sound out of it, it might be worth it.
Any insight on how to encode with 5.1 from DVD would be great. I know this might be the wrong thread to post in. I am in a Windows environment and currently using DVDFab and meGUI w/NeroAAC codecs.
Josh
I rented my first HD movie from the Apple Store. Pirates...At Worlds End. It took all night to download, but that is because my DSL connection at the moment sucks. 10meg connection getting a 2-5meg connection at best. Weather is messing up the phone lines in the middle of no-where Wisconsin.
Tonight I will be watching the movie and see how it is.
My other movies (my own DVD collection) are MP4 and encoded with AAC audio. I bring up in QT the movie properties and it says it is AAC 5.1, but when played on
TV through the optic port my receive plays it as normal (2 channel sound). So I don't know if my encoding is wrong or what, or mp4s are not designed currently to handle 5.1 sound in AAC.I don't feel like reencoding all my movies, but if I can get the 5.1 sound out of it, it might be worth it.
Any insight on how to encode with 5.1 from DVD would be great. I know this might be the wrong thread to post in. I am in a Windows environment and currently using DVDFab and meGUI w/NeroAAC codecs.
Josh
As it stands it's too much like trying to turn the TV in to a computer. People's TV is their relaxation device and they don't want anyone trying to take that away from them by turning it in to a computer.
To be successful, it needs to be unashamedly a blob out device: no hierarchical menus, no thought required. Just flick the on-switch and it goes directly to a list of movies to rent. Click one, click again to pay, and then put the remote down and sit back and watch. Anything more complicated than that and people will see it as nerds trying to complicate their relaxation time.
I rented 300 last night in HD. I have 7 MB Cox Cable, pretty good download speeds even at peak, which it was when I downloaded it. It took 4 minutes for it to buffer enough to watch. Not bad at all! Hell it took me longer to grab snacks and the Wife. It was also quicker then running to Blockbuster and I did not have to change out of my comfy PJs. Oh also I won't have to run back to Blockbuster and pay the darn late fees cause I ALWAYS forget to return the movies.
Side note... is it me or is 300 REALLY boring. About an hour and a half into the 3 hour movie both my wife and I were falling asleep.
here you go. save as application in applescript. This will take any .xxx file and save a .mov version of it in the source folder. just drop a bunch of movies on it.
on open input_movies
with timeout of 360000 seconds
repeat with this_movie in input_movies
set my_file to (this_movie as text)
tell application "QuickTime Player"
close every document
open this_movie
set save_location to text 1 thru -5 of (this_movie as text) & ".mov"
save self contained document 1 in save_location
end tell
end repeat
end timeout
tell application "QuickTime Player"
quit
end tell
end open
You really have oversimplified "the public". If that were the case, nobody would be using a DVR (TIVO or otherwise). Nothing is that simple in any of their menus. Heck, a DVD isn't that simple with all the adds, setup, etc. and people have not stopped buying those.
The HandBrake team is trying to add proper support, using the Apple intro movie as an example of how it should be done (.m4v file with main video, stereo AAC, AC3). It'll take a longer to figure out, but will be worth it in the end.
yes I found that ... and finally understood how it 'syncs' with one machine but has other libraries as shared, I didn't understand how that worked until I connected to one and saw an extra .. shared music .. icon in the list.
This is all fine but is there actually any documentation about this? AppleTV itself came with an original slim manual .. it seems that with the update we're just expected to figure it out. Same with 10.5.2 yesterday, I'm not sure I'm really ever going to figure out what it does.
/agree
Also have you ever tried to do any multimedia stuff with an Xbox360? Many menus. Yes the UI is good but it still take a lot to navigate..... and many people own those.
I don't own apple tv but I do have a question.
Yesterday I rented a movie through my laptop and started watching it. I wasn't able to finish the movie and ended up hitting pause and left everything on.
Will I be able to watch this past the 24 hour block that they allocate?
Yesterday I rented a movie through my laptop and started watching it. I wasn't able to finish the movie and ended up hitting pause and left everything on.
Will I be able to watch this past the 24 hour block that they allocate?
According to Macworld, you will. As long as you paused the movie and left everything untouched.
Love it but... Can't believe they didn't include music video playlists!
Yeah, "Music Videos" needs to be a whole separate category/subcategory in iTunes and AppleTV-- something like:
Music
Music Videos
Movies
TV Shows
Podcasts:
--Music
--Music Videos
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*
I would love to see options for screen savers that can take RSS feeds, CNN headline news, stock quotes, weather, etc. I want to power a TV in my kitchen that could be used to show me useful information when not being used to play videos.
Even cooler if these could kick right in when I'm just playing music.
TV Shows
Does this update screw up the TV Show lists like the last Front Row updated did? In case you don't know what I'm talking about, will it show the same TV series for each season you have?
Example
24
24
24
24
24
South Park
South Park
South Park
South Park
Does this update screw up the TV Show lists like the last Front Row updated did? In case you don't know what I'm talking about, will it show the same TV series for each season you have?
Example
24
24
24
24
24
South Park
South Park
South Park
South Park
I can't tell you about the new Apple TV update... but I HATE how it does that in Front Row. You can't tell what season you're looking at unless you use the Album Art! Not cool.
In my opinion, each season should be a sub-menu inside of the 'show'.
In my opinion, each season should be a sub-menu inside of the 'show'.
No one can educate you on "what's so cool about it" because there really isn't anything "cool" about it, in and of itself. The AppleTV is just an accessory so how you watch video/photos will determine whether or not you purchase an AppleTV.
It did that to me when I first installed the update. If you navigate to the top of the list of shows and click the right button, it should organize by Show instead of Date (once organized by show it will separate the seasons of your shows seasons).