Adventures in Airplay
Aug. 17th, 2013 02:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
branchandrootApple TV continues to be an unsupported piece of shit hardware, and I have my eye on the rplay app coming out for Raspberry Pi, and another eye on developments in the digital receivers. Because it might be better to get a good /receiver/ from someone who knows how the fuck to do A/V electronics. Not that the old Technics isn't still going strong, but that kind of makes the point; a good receiver is way better than a piece of hardware the company calls a "hobby" and yet releases and charges a hundred bucks for anyway.
Fuck you, Apple, you have so lost my respect as a company, lately.
This post brought to you by the developing buzz and popping in my precious Bose speakers and the two hours of carting different bits of speakers and cable around the house in an effort to find some configuration that would test where the problem was. !Surprise, it was the Apple TV.
Notes so far, for fellow sufferers:
The wi-fi signal dropping problem can be mostly fixed by re-ordering your network in Settings > Network > little gear button. Put wi-fi on top, save, and restart. Note that iTunes itself is partially at fault, and will still drop the TV sometimes if you're changing settings.
Changing the Dolby setting on the Apple TV under General > Audio and Video does a soft re-set that helps with the static/popping/clipping. This does not fix the actual problem, which is that Apple TV is a piece of shit that can't send a clean signal, but it may alleviate the symptoms without having to do a full re-set.
Fuck you, Apple, you have so lost my respect as a company, lately.
This post brought to you by the developing buzz and popping in my precious Bose speakers and the two hours of carting different bits of speakers and cable around the house in an effort to find some configuration that would test where the problem was. !Surprise, it was the Apple TV.
Notes so far, for fellow sufferers:
The wi-fi signal dropping problem can be mostly fixed by re-ordering your network in Settings > Network > little gear button. Put wi-fi on top, save, and restart. Note that iTunes itself is partially at fault, and will still drop the TV sometimes if you're changing settings.
Changing the Dolby setting on the Apple TV under General > Audio and Video does a soft re-set that helps with the static/popping/clipping. This does not fix the actual problem, which is that Apple TV is a piece of shit that can't send a clean signal, but it may alleviate the symptoms without having to do a full re-set.
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Date: 2013-08-21 03:03 am (UTC)For $35, I kind of bought first to figure out what I'd do with it later. It can stream from chrome tabs, which is neat!