AppleTV update out!

[jlasoon]

Can someone let me know how long the ATV2 software update takes? I't been going for about 15 minutes now. Just wanted to make sure it's not stuck in a loop.

Thanks....

Mine only took 5 mins to download update.

 

[pasipple]

I'm jailbroken also. I wasn't necessarily going to update but my ATV2 updated automatically when I started using it.

 

[pasipple]

Mine only took 5 mins to download update.

Thanks...

 

[fpnc]

Didn't Steve jobs himself tell us that we would be able to play any video content from our iPad on our atv?

He may have said things from which one could imply that most anything would work but that's not the same as saying it plainly and clearly. Thus, you'd have to show me where he said that "any video content" would work. In any case, software updates may come which will make whatever he said come closer to reality.

 

[zed]

Can anyone test an iTunes LP to see if that functionality has been added? I do not currently own any to test.

 

[fpnc]

Can anyone test an iTunes LP to see if that functionality has been added? I do not currently own any to test.

Someone reported that it does not work, also that same user said that iTunes Extras are still missing. Of course, it would be nice to have a second confirmation on that and I'm just re-reporting what someone else said.

 

[zedsdead]

This is one pathetic update. The Apple TV has been out for 2 months and has some major glitches and issues, and they did nothing (not to mention Airplay is shotty at best...it works, but has some problems).

- TV Shows Folders
- Movie Folders
- Pictures on Screen Saver are still not Random
- iTunes LP/Extras

to name a few.

 

[itsmemuffins]

Really disappointed that you can't stream videos taken with the iPhone 4 to ATV.

Really strange omission.

 

[newagemac]

This is one pathetic update. The Apple TV has been out for 2 months and has some major glitches and issues, and they did nothing (not to mention Airplay is shotty at best...it works, but has some problems).

- TV Shows Folders
- Movie Folders
- Pictures on Screen Saver are still not Random
- iTunes LP/Extras

to name a few.

I disagree. I just compiled a list of things I found that they fixed so far:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1052995/

1. Netflix now shows whether a movie is available in HD with an HD icon. (update: this feature was apparently added a day before the update)

2. Watched/Unwatched now works correctly automatically.

3. Manually marking a video as watched from the "Unwatched" category is no longer buggy.

4. Playcounts are now updated correctly.

5. 720p subtitles now work correctly.

6. Videos in iPhoto now show up on the Apple TV.

7. Items in Playlists now show up in the correct order you put them in instead of alphabetical order.

8. People who had certain TVs that required them to use an HDMI to DVI converter or older HDTVs that don't support 720p were having problems with the picture being wavy or wobbly. That has now apparently been fixed according to a thread on Apple's forum.

 

[chriso89]

they didnt fix the problem with the picture. many has the problem that the screen is green! i did not have this problem before the update but got it after the update. stupid apple

 

[svNautilus301]

TV seasons being sorted out of order has been fixed.

Quite the opposite for me. My seasons were in order before the update, now my TV shows list is a splatter of everything all completely out of any sort of order.

Not sure what the old out of order problem was as I didn't have it, but in this case, by "out of order" I don't just mean it has the seasons grouped together in a random order. For example, the first few shows in my list show like this:

• Futurama, season 7
• The Venture Bros, season 4
• Community, season 2
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, season 6
• The Office, season 7

And so on. The rest of the seasons for those shows are sprinkled in throughout the list.

 

[cipo]

Quite the opposite for me. My seasons were in order before the update, now my TV shows list is a splatter of everything all completely out of any sort of order.

For me it's a combination of both: seasons within one show were out of order before the update, but at least shows were ordered correctly. Now I have the same mess you are describing.

There's one workaround though: apparently ATV uses the "album" tag to sort entries, if present. So if you assign album names in iTunes that ascend alphabetically, it sorts correctly. Well, at least for me it does.

e.g.

Futurama-01
Futurama-02
...
Simpsons-09
Simpsons-10

and so on.

 

[BlackMangoTree]

Where is iTunes LP and Movie Extras ?

 

[svNautilus301]

There's one workaround though: apparently ATV uses the "album" tag to sort entries, if present. So if you assign album names in iTunes that ascend alphabetically, it sorts correctly. Well, at least for me it does.

Doesn't seem to be helping me. All my shows have ascending album titles (both under the info tab & the sorting tab), yet I still have the splatter effect.

(Thank god I'd already filled in the album titles as I imported my shows, I wasn't looking forward to filling all that in for 3500+ shows, one season at a time).

Edit: Now things are starting to make more sense...it's set on the AppleTV to sort by show, yet the shows are still being sorted by date. Can't figure out why that is, but it makes a bit more sense than a random assortment of shows.

Edit 2: well, the first 7 shows are by date...beyond that, it's random as far as I can tell.

 

[MacsRgr8]

Doesn't seem to be helping me. All my shows have ascending album titles (both under the info tab & the sorting tab), yet I still have the splatter effect.

(Thank god I'd already filled in the album titles as I imported my shows, I wasn't looking forward to filling all that in for 3500+ shows, one season at a time).

Edit: Now things are starting to make more sense...it's set on the AppleTV to sort by show, yet the shows are still being sorted by date. Can't figure out why that is, but it makes a bit more sense than a random assortment of shows.

Edit 2: well, the first 7 shows are by date...beyond that, it's random as far as I can tell.

Cr@p.
That is the reason I still use the old TV.... sorting on the old one is perfect: Date, (un)wachted, OR by show (meaning nicely sorted by episode).
I have leant my new TV to friends to check it out, but now iOS 4.2 is there I was anxiously hoping be get it back this weekend.
Airplay is nice, but I won't use it that often. All my media is already stored on my Mac mini iTunes-server.