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…

Thanks for the update Craig. Specifically with this…are you saying that we are finally getting away from the awful “Fake DV” with profile 7 and that the files will now fall back to HDR once this issue… [image] Craig_Holliday: For Dolby Vision, the HDR fallback is not occurring correctly. …i…

That is my understanding but my team members may clarify if I’m incorrect. I’m not privy on the historical context of past limitations, so I’m only coming from a place of what I believe it should be.

That’s not very nice, is it? :wink:

Please keep this thread on topic. Not saying that’s not a suggestion worth discussing, but we’re trying to keep focus on the issue at hand here. :slightly_smiling_face:

Hey y’all, I am popping back in to give some type of update. I am still investigating the fixes for this, but I am also working through a backlog of other features. Rest assured, this issue is still a priority for me. It has not been forgotten.

Also noticed another bug with the new build. PiP and rotation seem to be broken on the new build of mpv on iOS. Installing the App Store version fixes this issue.

Literally no issues with this beta for me other than the fact it’s about to expire and send us back to stutter town

Hi everyone! We’re aware of the time left on the TF build, and plan on having an updated one before the expiration date. We understand some folks are frustrated, believe us. We’re users too, and we’re working hard to get this over the finish line as soon as possible. Also, please keep the discussio…

Good stuff. How are you going to manage the TF builds though? There seems to be 2 tracks at the moment, and whilst it’s easy to keep on top of at the moment, because there was only ever one release pertinent to this thread, there is also the main TF builds which will supersede any others unless the …

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dklein April 5, 2024, 7:21pm 124

Thanks for the update Craig!

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