#dolbyvideo — Public Fediverse posts

Took out the #AppleTV for one last ditch effort to try and force myself to like it. #Netflix app played a 4K movie but then stepped down in quality - like I had lower bandwidth or something. Endtasked it, started again, same deal. Endtasked and this time it played in proper quality. For at least 30 min. Googled the issue and apparently it’s a known and longstanding problem, NF and Apple have some sort of feud going on and NF doesn’t play nicely with Apple’s ATV app. Knew that already.

Next, installed #Emby on my Pc and tried the Emby app. Sort of worked but did not display Dolby Video file. The usual green/purple tint. Ditto #Jellyfin (aka “#SwiftFin” on ATV). #Plex works. Cannot try #Kodi because unavailable on ATV.

I cannot like this thing. Went to #GoogleTV built into my TV. Interface is just as fast. JF plays #DolbyVideo. Weirdly Emby goes into trial mode, it’s supposed to be free but I don’t care because it is not better than JF.

Will sell the ATV. Sad, but it is what it is.