With Beamer you can download and test the app before deciding to make the purchase.Īdditionally, Beamer now supports subtitles, both embedded and external (subtitle files). Supported formats are: SSA/ASS, SubRip, SubViewer and MicroDVD.I did have a somewhat poor experience with the app in two situations. While the app handled all of the video formats I sent to it, I found that if I used larger. Mkv files I wound up with very slow navigation. As an example, when I played the 1080p release of BRAVE, by Pixar, I found that as I attempted to skip forward in the movie, my Apple TV would hang for a good 5 minutes or more while the App and the TV communicated.In one instance (and only one) I found an. MP4 formatted video that would only play in intervals of 10 seconds, or so, at a time. Now, the app handled 3 other movies formatted in the exact same way so we can be sure it is not entirely and issue with its ability to read codecs. That said, the video does play via my Mac and AirPlay using Mountain Lion. While I did have these two problems it is important to note that I did all of my testing while working on a 3MB connection speed, over a DSL line. This is not very good. So the fact is, this issue was likely caused by my internet connect more than the Beamer app itself. I would go as far as saying if you have at least a 6MB connection, this app will be smooth as butter… spread over your Apple TV. In the end this app did exactly what it said it would do. To quote their reasoning for not being available in the App Store: Though the team behind the Beamer app is not trying to reinvent the wheel, they did find a way to do AirPlay without Apple’s supported method. “It was turned down for using undocumented Apple technology. While this is unsupported by Apple, it works well in practice.” We use an undocumented way to talk to the Apple TV with AirPlay.
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