Not really. Because he meant that Apple actually wrote the apple TV code, the "guy developing ATV4Mac" is just taking that code and packaging it up to install on your mini. So his post is actually right LoL.
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ATV v. Mac Mini - IF money not issue and Mini used only with TV
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Not really. Because he meant that Apple actually wrote the apple TV code, the "guy developing ATV4Mac" is just taking that code and packaging it up to install on your mini. So his post is actually right LoL.
Yep I did mean the ATV4Mac developer. Not sure how he is going to do it because it may mean he has to recompile the code. I assume he will need the source code in order to do this.
I was just kidding about Apple being the developer. But that's really the point, Apple has the source, and I highly doubt that the ATV4Mac app is a recompile which is why it currently needs to run on Tiger. He has basically pulled the app files from an ATV, modified the config files and maybe hacked a few bits here and there to force the code to execute. This is not to belittle his effort, but w/o the source he is somewhat limited in how far he can go.
I'm fairly sure that QT on a Mac out of the box does not support this. Doesn't pass-through required Perian or some similar codec plug-in? Anybody doing video playback on a Mac should use Perian anyway, so it's an almost moot point.
Yes, Perian and a mod to a Quicktime plist file. That's all it takes. The biggest problem is that Macs cannot autodetect audio hardware (DD receiver vs. non-DD receiver/TV/amp) to select the appropriate audio track, like the ATV can. Thus, you have to manually activate which track (AC3 or AAC) or just encode with AC3 only and use a DD receiver exclusively.
TV. It works flawlessly.