Anyone know about Apple TV

[Dolby]

I know

I also think it's a little short on support myself, compared to read media players. But as a basic device at R999.00, I couldn't complain.

 

[vinodh]

Here's the official list of supported codecs:

Video Formats

H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High or Main Profile level 4.0 or lower, Baseline profile level 3.0 or lower with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

Audio Formats

HE-AAC (V1), AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound pass-through

 

[vinodh]

I know

I also think it's a little short on support myself, compared to read media players. But as a basic device at R999.00, I couldn't complain.

It's a pity they didn't open it up to support other lossless codecs and divx etc. Probably a licensing issue and a way to keep things in-house.

 

[vinodh]

I know

I also think it's a little short on support myself, compared to read media players. But as a basic device at R999.00, I couldn't complain.

It's a pity they didn't open it up to support other lossless codecs and divx etc. Probably a licensing issue and a way to keep things in-house.

 

[Dolby]

My issue is not everything is in a format that it understands. My library of movies consists of various containers (mkv, mov, mp4, avi, etc) and each a variety of codecs and sound options. If I click import on the ATV I get 60% imported to the library. Kodi is 100% - to the point where I haven't cared about formats, conversions etc since I've had it as it just works.

Music I use FLAC which ATV doesn't even understand at all. Again, format and converting will solve - but then my other devices won't read it

Compare this to Kodi which is a real media player as far as I'm concerned. The ATV is great at the price and great if you convert and don't have a library of various formats.

 

[krycor]

I see the reports indicate the new ATV won't be ready for WWDC so we might only see the new API for it

 

[Sonic2k]

I bought my Apple TV in Hong Kong.
Pretty awesome little device, use it all the time.