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Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 05:30 pm
Apple TV 4.2.2 update brings minor fixes to black boxes
A new software update addresses a variety of minor issues for users of the second generation "black box" A4-powered Apple TV.The update, which is the second minor update to version 4.2, is named 4.2.2, but internally is described as iOS 4.3 build 8F305. The current build of iOS used by iPhone and iPads is 8J3.
Apple reports that new update addresses a half dozen minor issues:
- Audio: Addresses an issue in which audio is not output when playing some video content.
- Video playback: Addresses an issue in which video is not displayed when playing some content.
- Audio output setting: Adds an audio output setting for switching to 16-bit audio for compatibility with some TVs and AV receivers.
- Live FF/RW improvements: Improves the performance of fast-forwarding and rewinding live events.
- Movie description: Addresses an issue in which the description information is not displayed for some movies.
- YouTube video order: Addresses an issue in which YouTube subscription videos were not ordered by date.
Users of the original, Intel-based Apple TV are still stuck with software update 3.0.1, as that model is now discontinued.
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it fixed my movie descriptions!
now they show up like they should.
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Originally Posted by RobertE 
Let's hope they fix the home sharing issue as it's been around for a while now!
Let's hope they fix the home sharing issue as it's been around for a while now!
What home sharing issue? I haven't has any issues as far as I know.
Can anyone tell me if the new audio settings allow you to change from 48 kHz to 44.1 kHz?
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Originally Posted by RobertE
Let's hope they fix the home sharing issue as it's been around for a while now!
Let's hope they fix the home sharing issue as it's been around for a while now!
I wish people would be more specific when they posted comments like this. Exactly what issue are you seeing?
when are they putting in the A5, come september with the ipods?
That's the only thing that's keeping me from buying the current iteration. The a5 and new graphics will take this little system to the next level.
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Originally Posted by Mr. H
I wish people would be more specific when they posted comments like this. Exactly what issue are you seeing?
I wish people would be more specific when they posted comments like this. Exactly what issue are you seeing?
I thought it was a common problem. At macrumors.com they all where chiming in about it.
My appleTV routinely looses information about my Home Sharing machine and claims there are '0' content on it. The way to solve it is to log out/in from home sharing on the appleTV. It happens every few times the appleTV comes up and have been doing this consistently from when I got it
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Originally Posted by Mr. H
I wish people would be more specific when they posted comments like this. Exactly what issue are you seeing?
I wish people would be more specific when they posted comments like this. Exactly what issue are you seeing?
Not sure it's the same problem but my first gen apple tv crashes about once or twice a day since I've been using home sharing and the remote app on my iPhone and iPad. Just got a new atv 2 but haven't hooked it up yet (looking for a cheap hdmi cord on Maui, not easy). All in all I loved the first one. Never saw the need for the built in HD always streamed everything anyway
The 2 issues that I would like to see addressed are:
- my screensaver settings seem to drop out intermittently, I feel like I have to set this every few days
- the ATV doesn't seem to store my wifi password, meaning that from time to time when i need to reselect my wifi network, i have to (time-consumingly) manually re-enter the wifi password, something that is obviously never required on a Mac, iPhone etc...
oh, and obviously it would be useful if Apple allowed me to play the most widely used video formats in the universe.
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Originally Posted by RobertE
I thought it was a common problem. At macrumors.com they all where chiming in about it.
My appleTV routinely looses information about my Home Sharing machine and claims there are '0' content on it. The way to solve it is to log out/in from home sharing on the appleTV. It happens every few times the appleTV comes up and have been doing this consistently from when I got it
I thought it was a common problem. At macrumors.com they all where chiming in about it.
My appleTV routinely looses information about my Home Sharing machine and claims there are '0' content on it. The way to solve it is to log out/in from home sharing on the appleTV. It happens every few times the appleTV comes up and have been doing this consistently from when I got it
I've not seen that from several Macs and two iPhones. I wonder what the issue is? Maybe a factory reset is in order and a firm tap on the side?
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Let's hope they fix the home sharing issue as it's been around for a while now!