AppleTV Archives - Garbage In Garbage Out https://gigoblog.com/tag/appletv/ Tech tips & other words Mon, 01 Jul 2013 01:17:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Adding AC3 Dolby Digital 5.1 multichannel audio to an MP4 without re-encoding https://gigoblog.com/2013/06/30/adding-ac3-dolby-digital-multichannel-audio-to-an-mp4/ https://gigoblog.com/2013/06/30/adding-ac3-dolby-digital-multichannel-audio-to-an-mp4/#respond Sun, 30 Jun 2013 15:22:39 +0000 http://www.gigoblog.com/?p=401 I recently “obtained” some video files which had 5.1 surround sound encoded as AAC, but AppleTV does not play multichannel audio in AAC format. While AppleTV can play back stereo or Dolby Pro Logic II in AAC format, it requires multichannel audio be encoded as AC3. None of these “acquired” MP4s have AC3 5.1 6-channel […]

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]]> https://gigoblog.com/2013/06/30/adding-ac3-dolby-digital-multichannel-audio-to-an-mp4/feed/ 0 Improving AppleTV 3 https://gigoblog.com/2012/07/27/improving-appletv-3/ https://gigoblog.com/2012/07/27/improving-appletv-3/#respond Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:45:01 +0000 http://www.gigoblog.com/?p=324 Apple should build a wifi router into AppleTV, so that I can take this immensely portable device with me to meetings, presentations, and lectures. There, I could plug in and directly connect with my iPad or iPhone and use AirPlay.

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]]> https://gigoblog.com/2012/07/27/improving-appletv-3/feed/ 0 AppleTV modded; Now plays what you want; killer media front-end potential! https://gigoblog.com/2007/03/23/appletv_modded/ https://gigoblog.com/2007/03/23/appletv_modded/#respond Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:08:27 +0000 http://www.gigoblog.com/2007/03/23/appletv_modded/ Apple’s new AppleTV appears to have been modded by several early adopters, who have gotten file-system access to the device (surprisingly easily), and enabled it to play XviD, AVI, FLV, DivX, 3ivX, and every other media type supported by Perian. AppleTV is now useful for a ton of purposes: Watching downloaded TV without transcoding first […]

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