Server Version#: 1.32.1.6999 Player Version#: 8.18.1 (5813) This has been happening for a LONG time. Perhaps a year. I have a gen2 but my mother doesn’t have the problem with x265 files, and she has a gen3. So, yesterday I finally got sick of this situation and forked over the cash for a gen3. …

Apple TV 4K gen2 CANNOT play HEVC/x265 videos, but gen3 can

e40 June 13, 2023, 4:59am 6

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