Hi everyone! We’ve been working hard on improving playback performance in our Apple TV client, namely when streaming high bitrate HDR content and/or using the latest 2022 (fanless) Apple TV. This is something that not only we’ve been investigating for some time, but that has been reported multiple…

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[image] Menel: it’s first of all not going to be what people hope for. Source for this other than “Trust me Bro!” I’m well aware there is nothing definitive yet. But I haven’t seen a single comment anywhere except on this forum suggesting “it’s not what we’re hoping for.” That said, if it D…

Just for the sake of my sanity, just wanted to make sure I’m not missing something obvious about finding what is the current TestFlight for Apple TV Beta and how to install it? [image] Join the Plex: Watch Live TV and Movies beta Available on iOS Is the link…

ATV TestFlight tends to lag a week or more behind.

I think you guys use the ignore feature a lot so you can keep on ignoring the fact the appleTV player after 5 years is still completely broken.

Its quite full and buggy, some formats still dont work like the old app. I dont know if metal is used, but in videos that previously chugged, it does perform better. You may just have other headaches. Im sure itll progress out of beta soon

That sucks. I have heat sinks attached to my Apple TV because otherwise I can’t finish a movie and my guests laugh at it.

we primarily use Infuse and I check in with the testflight app when a new one is pushed :confused: but still pay for infuse.

I agree, infuse works well, but I have a complicated setup with Plex with multiple profiles for family members and Live TV and DVR which is simply not reproducible on Infuse.

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Hello in Sep 2025. I am interested to know if hardware/Metal rendering was ever rolled out to the public build on Apple TV? If not, can someone add me to the TestFlight list? I have resorted to pasting 2 heat sinks on either side of my Apple TV just to get through movies.

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