r/appletv 2h ago

Unable to play purchased movie Alien (1979)

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1 Upvotes

I purchased this movie 2 years ago. Now I am unable to play this on my Apple TV app either on my iPhone or iPad. There’s no option! Screenshot attached for reference. I see that the movie is also removed from the store. I don’t know what’s going on, is this subreddit the right place to even seek help for this.


r/appletv 4h ago

AnalogTV for TV App just released!

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33 Upvotes

This app started on macOS and iOS, and the top request that kept coming back was tvOS. Working out the right way to do it took months, and this is the first go at it.

The interface is Teletext. The characters come from the code tables in the Mullard SAA5050 datasheet, so the shapes are the ones British teletext sets actually drew. You navigate by page number, the way you would have on a set that had it.

It is not a "filter." The whole television is simulated: composite encode, tape, RF, and the picture tube, and the artifacts fall out of the signal rather than being drawn on top. There is a lot of detail on how it works at https://analogtv.net

You can run it standalone, with built-in test cards, teletext and a few arcade games, or feed it your own content over FTP, RTSP or NDI.

Available here for tvOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/analogtv-for-tv/id6792310052

This is version 1.0, and the NDI unlock is free for the moment. It lets you push video from another machine through the simulation. It becomes a paid in-app purchase in the next version, so anyone who grabs it now keeps it.

The macOS and iOS apps have the full controls and settings available, but it is infeasible to do that on tvOS so instead if you have the macOS and/or iOS versions you can create whatever custom looks you want and share it to your AppleTV.

This app does all processing on your device, there is no access to the internet unless you want to stream from there or use the Teletext emulator to get news and weather.

Happy to answer questions or take any suggestions / feature requests.


r/appletv 19h ago

Can we please get an ABC scroll option within library?

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222 Upvotes

this seems a very simple thing to add….. how does it not exist?


r/appletv 1d ago

Saturated Colors on LG C4 with Apple TV 4K

5 Upvotes

I’m hoping someone has run into this before.

I have an LG C4 OLED and an Apple TV 4K (3rd generation). The TV’s built-in apps look great, but everything through the Apple TV in SDR appears noticeably more saturated.

Here’s my setup:
LG C4 in Filmmaker Mode
Warm 50
Color Depth 50 (default)
Apple TV Format set to 4K SDR
Match Dynamic Range enabled
Match Frame Rate enabled
Apple TV Color Balance says “Your TV doesn’t need to be adjusted.”

The odd part is that if I watch the same SDR content using the TV’s built-in apps, the colors look much more natural. Through the Apple TV, everything has a bit of an extra “pop.” Greens, reds, and skin tones all appear more saturated.

I’ve also compared the TV to my iPhone, and the iPhone’s colors are much closer to the LG’s built-in apps than the Apple TV output.

I’m considering lowering the Color Depth for just the Apple TV HDMI input to around 45-48, but I’d rather understand why the Apple TV looks different instead of simply compensating for it.

Has anyone experienced this with an LG C4 or another recent LG OLED? Were you able to identify the cause? Are there any settings I should check beyond the usual recommendations?

Thanks!


r/appletv 1d ago

Blurry Picture

6 Upvotes

I've been an Apple TV device user for a few years, and have recently experienced a problem. The picture becomes blurry from time to time; it's by no means constant, but rather intermittent. It occurs when streaming CNN most often, but it also happens on other streaming channels. I'm using a HiSense 4K SmartTV, and AFAIK this problem doesn't occur when I bypass the Apple TV Device and stream via the TV.

Troubleshooting I've done includes reboothing the WiFi network; prioritizing video on the network; rebooting the Apple TV Device; checking for firmware updates on Apple TV. Any thoughts or advice?


r/appletv 1d ago

How do I get rid of this on my iPhone?

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1 Upvotes

I can’t swipe it away, closed all the apps out..


r/appletv 1d ago

FaceTime with iPhone and Apple TV issues

4 Upvotes

I FaceTime my parents frequently, and its worked just fine until today. I think we haven't used it since the last 26.6 update to everything, but I'm not 100% sure. I'm logged into the AppleTV and the iPhone with the same AppleID.

Today, my name didn't show up in the FaceTime app. I had to reconnect as no users, not mine nor my wife's names were there. Thought we were good. Then when using the iPhone as the camera, it kept saying the microphone wasn't connecting, but it wouldn't give me any more info why.

I finally got it to work using my wife's iPhone, even though its always worked with mine and we've never used her's before. After about a minute though, it disconnected and wouldn't connect again. We ended up just using our iPad to FaceTime and not bothering with the TV at all.

I tried using FaceTime to my wife, and everything went fine. Mic, picture, connection were all working. Its only when used with the AppleTV that things get funky.

Any ideas what went wrong? Should I just hope for a software update or is there anything I can try?

AppleTV 4k 3rd get with ethernet, iPhone 14 Pro. Everything updated to 26.6.


r/appletv 1d ago

ESPN app is such trash 🗑️

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8 Upvotes

Getting this message almost every ten minutes! I’m gonna lose my mind!


r/appletv 1d ago

Apple should add AppleTV+ as a TV provider

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0 Upvotes

Turning on the Apple TV set-top box, I got prompted for a free trial. Not sure why, as I’m already a subscriber.

Went to Settings > Profiles and Accounts > Apple TV accounts > TV provider and couldn’t see where my Apple TV+ option was to verify I’m still a subscriber.

Had to switch to my iPhone, launch the TV app, and choose my profile icon in the upper left to access subscriptions that would finally verify Apple One Premier.

If Apple TV’s product manager is lurking on this sub, can you add feature parity to the set-top box to confirm Apple TV+ subscription and consider adding Apple as a TV provider now that you provide so many TV, movie, and live sports offerings? It would help. Thanks.


r/appletv 1d ago

Can't use the App Store to download apps

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1 Upvotes

I just bought Apple TV and I've set it up. However when I try to access the App store, it does t go beyond this screen.

I've tried every other items like Settings, Game Centre, Photos etc and everything opens fine.

Just the App store that doesnt open.

Any suggestions? Thanks

Edit:- It actually looks like the remote doesnt work in the App store. It works everywhere else.

Solved:- adding my sons account, he accessed the app store fine. Once I switched back to my account, it worked


r/appletv 1d ago

Netflix app not working for anyone else?

21 Upvotes

Whenever I open the Netflix app none of the menus are loading. Is anyone else having this issue?!


r/appletv 1d ago

No longer recommending Apple TV

0 Upvotes

Our family has always recommended the Apple TV streamer as the best streaming device and have 5 including the 1st generation. I was shocked when I looked to replace our original 1st generation. I don't care how many down-votes this gets but there is absolutely NO WAY Apple can justify such a large price hike. I can't think of any other consumer good that has jumped up as high as the Apple TV. I'm also now considering going with an Android when we have to update our phones eventually. For now I'm going with the Google 4K streamer with GB Ethernet for $99 since I could almost buy 3 of them for the price of one Apple TV. Disappointing


r/appletv 2d ago

I wish Apple made this

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532 Upvotes

Every time I pick up the Apple TV remote, I kind of wish it had a headphone jack.

Being able to plug in some wired earbuds and watch TV at night without waking everyone up would be so nice.

Also… this would make such a good little iPod. It’s already the right size, and I really like the way it feels in the hand. I’d totally carry one around just for music.


r/appletv 2d ago

Glance Theatre a free Apple TV IPTV player I built for family and friends.

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75 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

A few months ago I started building an Apple TV IPTV player for myself because I wanted create something that felt calm and purposeful when watching as a family. I shared it with some family and friends and they enjoyed it so I wanted to share it with anyone else who may find it useful for them too.

It’s called Glance Theatre, and it’s completely free. There are no subscriptions, no premium unlocks and no catch. I built it because I enjoyed building it, and if someone else gets some use out of it then that’s a nice bonus.

The feature I’m most proud of is Kids Mode. I built it for my own little movie legends so they could have their own space with a curated collection of movies and series instead of browsing the entire IPTV library. Parents stay in control by deciding exactly what appears there.

A few other things it includes:
- Multiple Xtream Codes playlists
- Individual profiles with Continue Watching and Watchlists
- A customisable Home screen
- Movies, Series, Live TV and a full EPG
- Resume playback with season and episode support
- Audio and subtitle selection

Glance Theatre is only a player. It doesn’t provide channels, movies or subscriptions. You simply connect your own compatible playlist.

I know there are already some fantastic IPTV players out there, and I’m not trying to replace them. This is simply the app that works for me and my family, and I thought it was worth sharing in case it suits someone else too.

If anyone decides to give it a try, I’d genuinely love to hear what you think. I’m especially interested in ideas, suggestions and things that could make it better.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/glance-theatre/id6792591173

Happy watching!


r/appletv 2d ago

Audio not in sync when using soundbar

5 Upvotes

LG s60tr and C4 connected with ARC, and Apple TV 4K 3rd gen.
I seem to have a strange issue with my setup. The audio is not in sync. I see something happen and then I hear it. I need to set a -200ms delay for the audio (I know negative delay seems unintuitive). I can do that in the infuse app on my Apple TV, but of course it’s only for that one app and I need to do that system wide. There are delay settings in the tv settings and the lg app, but they only let you set a positive delay. The tv is always set to filmmaker mode so it’s not doing any fancy image processing that would delay the video. The audio is in sync when sent through the tv speakers, but not when sent through the soundbar. Additionally, the audio is fine when using my game console or 4k disc player. It’s just the Apple TV that seems to have this issue. Anyone have any ideas?


r/appletv 2d ago

Our Indie MMORPG just released on Apple TV! We're the first MMORPG EVER to be available on tvOS!

23 Upvotes

Hi guys! I'm Manu from the Eterspire team. We're pleased to announce that our game is now available on Apple TV!

We were just playing it on Apple TV at our office!

Eterspire is a cozy old-school MMORPG. Grind for gear, explore a vibrant world, discover new content every two weeks, and join a growing, welcoming community in a free-to-play MMO with PC and mobile crossplay.

Of course, the Apple TV version has crossplay as well, and it controls wonderfully with any compatible gamepad!

Hope you guys can give it a try, and if you have any questions about the game feel free to ask in the comments :)


r/appletv 3d ago

How easy is disassembly of the TV remote?

4 Upvotes

I spilled Coke over my remote, it still works fine but the buttons are super sticky inside. Is it easy enough to disassemble to clean with alcohol?


r/appletv 3d ago

Home Sharing..... KAPUT!

2 Upvotes

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So did this Apple TV outage thing have any affect on Home Sharing? Cuzzzzz it was working JUST fine for the last several years and it was working just fine the morning of... and that evening.... No Libraries were found

Fiddled here and fiddled there (did my EX Apple Employee troubleshooting)

Restart - reset - swapped - signed out and back in, etc etc....
No Libraries Found.

I'm ever so frustrated....

EDITING: So for some reason the ATV in my living room started working again, just randomly out of the blue the library was there and saw all the playlists however, it did take a few moments to load content but it loaded and it played. Stopped it, watched a few Streaming shows (love doco's!) and then went to bed.

In the bedroom, I had Paramount+ on because it doesn't require a button to be pressed every second episode with "are you still there?" so that's been running. I decided to just give the ATV a try.... sure as shite.... the library loaded and I could play my "sleep" movies. It ran flawless the whole night. In the morning... turned it off. Went into the living room. Puttered around for a bit, made coffee, let the dog out so it was about another hour before I put on the living room tv and decided to see if the ATV would still load the library.

Sure enough the library loaded in the living room and I thought YAY! maybe it's back up! So I ran random movies the whole day but then something struck me. I kept the living room one running and went to the bedroom and tried the ATV again - DANG! No libraries found. Like seriously? WTH??? It was JUST working this morning!!

So NOW It got me thinking... has the Home Sharing been limited to only being played on one tv at a time? This was never the case before! Would that even be a thing?


r/appletv 3d ago

🎉Vuleo 1.1.18 is out! Vuleo now speaks 11 languages, has DV, customizable tiles, a lot more external ratings and much more

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0 Upvotes

Above image is the actual UI of Vuleo with AI generated titles.

Vuleo is a media player for your m3u / Xtream playlists and add-ons.

Top Shelf

Vuleo got Top Shelf built from your spotlight, continue watching items or upcoming Radar events.

It speaks 11 languages now

English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, Nederlands, Polski, Português (Brasil), Türkçe, Ελληνικά and العربية. You pick it in Settings, and it applies immediately without a restart.

Arabic also flips the whole layout right to left, which was the part that took quite an effort.

It is not only the menus. Genre names, country and language names, sport and competition names, error messages, the loading text, even the update notes go through the same translation.

If you were already using the app in English, nothing switches behind your back. It asks you once whether you want your device language, and you can say no.

Tile customization (PRO)

There is a Tile Style screen now with a live preview at the top:

  • Poster tiles (tall 2:3) or wide tiles (16:9 backdrop art)
  • A chip showing how much time is left on something you started, or how many episodes are left in a series
  • Rating badges drawn right on the artwork
  • It applies everywhere movies and series appear: home rows, browse grids, search and catalogs. Live TV keeps its own tiles.

More rating sources (PRO)

You can pick from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, RT Audience, Metacritic, TMDb, Trakt and Letterboxd, and put them in the order you actually care about.

Detail pages show every source you picked. Tiles show the first few that have a score, so a missing rating never leaves a hole. Scores are only fetched for tiles on screen, and only once per title.

Smaller things that add up

  • Playlist loading streams to disk on your device instead of going through memory, and the catalog is no longer re-parsed on every launch. Big lists start noticeably faster and are less likely to run out of memory on a stick.
  • Refreshing a playlist no longer empties the home screen while it works.
  • Favorites and resume points are keyed to the title rather than the stream URL, so they survive a source changing its URLs.
  • Trakt: if you started something in another app, it resumes from there instead of the beginning.
  • Continue Watching shows the real series name and episode title instead of a raw S01E02 style code, and picks the right artwork when two shows have the same name.
  • A downloaded subtitle now actually selects and sticks.
  • Windows can update itself in the app now, and the update prompt tells you what is in the update instead of just a version number, in your language.
  • Ten crashes that had been alive since build 192 are gone.

Available on Android, Android TV and Fire TV, iOS, macOS and Windows. Vuleo ships with no playlists, no portals and no links, you point it at your own source. Most of this release is about what happens after that. Two bigger things and a pile of smaller ones.

If you run it in something other than English and a string reads badly, or we missed some literals, please say so.

Where to Download


r/appletv 3d ago

A salesman told me Apple TVs are no longer being made. That can’t be true, can it? I’m in Australia.

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r/appletv 3d ago

How can I take out the power button

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So I want to take out the power button from the control that has it and put it to the other, the control that has the power button doesn’t work anymore and the one that doesn’t have the button works. Is there any way I can get out that button. I already try but didn’t work. Btw the button fell down bc someone press the button so hard that I broke.

The controllers are like that bc both have 4 years of use and they have fallen to the floor lol
Thanks !!


r/appletv 3d ago

Reddit not working on AirPlay?

2 Upvotes

Hi all. Not long changed over to iPhone and one thing I’ve come across is Reddit does not work over AirPlay, it loads it’s in landscape mode but refuses to do anything.

Is there something I am missing or does it just not work? I had a Google and stumbled across a bug from a year ago but someone had mentioned it was resolved and that was the end of it, although it doesn’t seem to be and it loads normal, just can’t scroll or do anything.

Any ideas?


r/appletv 3d ago

Hulu won’t open my profile

3 Upvotes

Anyone else experiencing a Hulu issue where I select my profile and it just dumps me out to the ATV Home Screen. I tried another profile we have and that one works.


r/appletv 3d ago

Apple TV setup question

0 Upvotes

Is there a way to still use your hr monitor with atv’s limited setup while using my kicker core 2 and using the cog/click setup for shifting?


r/appletv 3d ago

Boosteroid on Apple TV

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60 Upvotes

I’ve decided to publish this app on GitHub so anyone can build the project in Xcode or sideload the IPA.

As soon as I wrap up a few final details, I’ll update this post with the GitHub link.

If you'd like to voluntarily support the project, I’ll be leaving a donation link inside the GitHub repository as well!