Christian SeligRandom, but the YouTube app on my Apple TV started dropping down to 480p if you try to change the playback speed on any 60 fps video. Anyone else seeing this? Do I need a newer Apple TV?
Peter F@christianselig I haven’t tried 60 fps, but I experienced this happening when I increased the playback speed.
Miicat_47That happened a while back on my PS5, but at least today it stayed in the resolution I had set
Timo Hetzel@christianselig yeah same. Hate it.
fluffel@christianselig nope doesn’t help, I tried a few weeks ago
ManMachine@christianselig Older 4k appleTV, seems fine at 1080p 60.
Nit@christianselig this annoys me more than it should. I’d rather the video pause and buffer whilst maintaining the res instead of dropping down to a fuzzy mess.
I’m on a 2021 4K model. Hardwired.
iboalali@christianselig it happens on GoogleTV too. I used to watch 4K60 on 1.5x but 6 months ago it stopped, and switched to 480. But I still can do 720p at 1.5x.
I think it is a strategy from Google to save bandwidth
Studio Cohort@christianselig I’ve had a similar issue when changing the playback speed of a video on my Xbox. The resolution just tanks
Radu Piroșca@christianselig Did you touch the Apple TV when it happened? Maybe it’s getting overheated. In that case, you could try a different placement.
@radupirosca Nah it's every time/instant
Jon Haile@christianselig I’ve had the problem for months, and it’s reciprocally frustrating since that covers, like, 90% of what I watch.
Unfortunately it’s been confirmed as a “feature” from the YouTube team: https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/272808718?hl=en&msgid=317443178
@mrheist What on earth, as if the app couldn’t get worse
David Cohen@mrheist @christianselig Local downloading and playback solves most of YouTube’s problems.
Craig Morgan@mrheist @christianselig might be worth investigating whether @unwatched works around these issues, ie. is it a strictly YT app/client issue only.
Unwatched@craigmorgan the Apple TV app only opens the YouTube app, casting from Unwatched should be no different than playing on your phone and using airplay. Not sure if that issue is happening in this case.
@craigmorgan @mrheist @unwatched Not an Apple TV app unfortunately (tvOS bizarrely still lacks WebKit support)
@mrheist @christianselig wow. Might be time I lean into yt-dlp more heavily and playback the videos locally at any speed I want without downgrading res.
Peter van Broekhoven@mrheist @christianselig It’s a weird restriction to place on playback, but it’s doubly weird to me that so many people insist on watching and listening to content at double speed.
@christianselig I guess it depends what you want to get out of it. I’m not looking to consume a firehouse of content as fast as possible. I watch videos and listen to podcasts to relax in my downtime and the super fast speeds stress me out.
Every so often I hold my phone wrong and YouTube goes into sped up mode and I’m like, “whoa slow down!”
@pvanb Depends on what you’re watching. If it’s more of an artistic video, sure. If it’s a tutorial where the person talks slowly and is long winded, not sure why you’d want that to take longer than it needs. If you’re not used to it though it can definitely be jarring
geomaster337@christianselig at least you’re getting 60FPS, the official app on Android TV won’t do that for me 🤷♂️
Hopefully GrayJay gets a TV port one day.
Hopefully GrayJay gets a TV port one day.
Alessandro@christianselig so uh, what about an alternative app? It currently isn’t available for Apple TV, but maybe the developer can be persuaded to consider it… https://omega.gg/tevolution it’s basically a “receiver” to cast videos from any supported OS by the companion Motion Monkey app. Torrents aside as they’re not available in the AppStore versions, it supports all sorts of things!
Shawn Platkus@christianselig Irrespective of your issue, if you do not have the latest Apple TV, then the answer is yes, you need a newer Apple TV! 😂
@platkus What does the newer one do differently?
@christianselig Well, I was making a joke, but since you responded with a fair question, here’s my experience.
I always buy the latest Apple TV and then cycle the ones I have down to the lesser TVs in the house. So I always have a variety of models in use.
The reason I always buy the newest one is for one simple reason. Speed. Navigating the UI and opening apps is much faster on the latest model.
Also, there are features that the older ones don’t get such as FaceTime support and karaoke mode etc
I always buy the latest Apple TV and then cycle the ones I have down to the lesser TVs in the house. So I always have a variety of models in use.
The reason I always buy the newest one is for one simple reason. Speed. Navigating the UI and opening apps is much faster on the latest model.
Also, there are features that the older ones don’t get such as FaceTime support and karaoke mode etc
@platkus Huh, are you sure? I’ve FaceTimed on mine and it’s not the newest
@christianselig At one time, yours was the newest and the 4K Apple TV prior to it cannot FaceTime.
I was just giving an example of features that newer Apple TVs get that older ones sometimes do not. I believe the latest two versions of Apple TVs can do FaceTime.
@christianselig But I wouldn't buy an Apple TV right now. I'm expecting a new model this year.