Apple Joining the Atmos streaming game!

[J. PUPSTER]

Logitech is still doing the Harmony Hubs yes? I find myself using the physical remote less and less. I use the Harmony app on my phone and the Yamaha app for my receiver. And when I am using the Apple TV I mostly use the Apple TV remote, especially now that it can control receiver volume.

always liked the Logitech mice, especially since they went wireless and with a power off button to save battery life.

speaking of wireless; anyone using a wireless keyboard for their Apple TV 4K box via Bluetooth; I might actually consider it?

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205302

 

[J. PUPSTER]

hmmm...

 

[J. PUPSTER]

hmmm...

I'm just thinking it might come in real handy for search and inputting codes etc.

 

[Tornado Red]

I'm just thinking it might come in real handy for search and inputting codes etc.

I was thinking of one as well, but I’ve been using my iPad as an ATV keyboard lately and think I’ll stick with that. Mostly because I already had it.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

I was thinking of one as well, but I’ve been using my iPad as an ATV keyboard lately and think I’ll stick with that. Mostly because I already had it.

I don't have an iPad, so ATV, is that sorta like All Terrain Vehicle ?

 

[Tornado Red]

I don't have an iPad, so ATV, is that sorta like All Terrain Vehicle ?

Apple Terribly Vulnerable

 

[atlantasteve]

I don't own any Harmony remotes and always heard how great they are; but I believe I saw where Logitech has dropped that remote (they're good at dropping stuff .)

I bought a Harmony hub remote off fleabay that I use to control all my equipment. No longer need 4 remotes by the sofa. Best $55 I spent in a long time.

 

[Cheezmo]

You Harmony folks are really missing out.

The best (and even more old school) is the Universal Remote Control MX-850 IR/RF Aeros Remote Control with the IR/RF relay.

Don't know what I'll do when the last one fails or my VM can't program it any more.

https://smile.amazon.com/Universal-Remote-Control-MX-850-Aeros/dp/B0007N5XPW

 

[salsdali]

So I'm listening to "Jeremy" off of Pearl Jam's Ten in atmos and it's showing the lyrics on screen.

The very end of "Release" sounds like a mix of Herbie Hancock surround, with a Jane's Addiction Beginning and a Talking Heads/Brian Eno Public Image Ltd Masterpiece ending.

It just dawned on me, why doesn't apple offer the video also with the atmos sync'ed to it when the album had a video of that song back in the day?

I'm old enough to remember that Jeremy had a very powerful video and coupled with the atmos version of the song would be uber powerful.

Many of you young kids wouldn't realize that this song was essentially the first song about school shootings, which were basically non-existent 30 years ago when this song was made.

I mean if a mixer goes to the trouble of mixing a song in atmos how much harder would it be to simply sync that with the already made video?

This, IMO would be a game changer of apple being able to pull customers away from tidal, for example and would essentially bring back the MTV days but with atmos this time?

 

[salsdali]

Angel Dream has a fantastic Dolby Atmos treatment.

Really would like to know who is using their mixing skills to get these gems out there.

yeah, listening to it now in atmos and it's very good. Makes me really miss Tom because he still feels like he's alive here.

 

[salsdali]

Wildflowers isn't too bad either

https://music.apple.com/us/album/dont-fade-on-me/892018539?i=892018554

 

[J. PUPSTER]

So I see that the Apple TV 4K has Bluetooth and so does my Microsoft Surface Pro; so is there a way to control the ATV4K, with it Bluetooth connected to some app on my Surface Pro. I figure you can do a Screencast or whatever but the keyboard control would be great.

 

[fredblue]

So I see that the Apple TV 4K has Bluetooth and so does my Microsoft Surface Pro; so is there a way to control the ATV4K, with it Bluetooth connected to some app on my Surface Pro. I figure you can do a Screencast or whatever but the keyboard control would be great.

is this barking up the right tree Mister Pupster?

 

[humprof]

So I see that the Apple TV 4K has Bluetooth and so does my Microsoft Surface Pro; so is there a way to control the ATV4K, with it Bluetooth connected to some app on my Surface Pro. I figure you can do a Screencast or whatever but the keyboard control would be great.

Don't think so. You can currently get iTunes for Windows or the Apple Music web app for Windows, but I'm not seeing any way to control an ATV4K box (or Apple Music on an ATV4K) via Bluetooth with a Windows laptop.

Unless pairing with your Surface would simply allow you to talk directly with the Apple box via the tablet's keyboard...? Probably better off just to buy a separate Bluetooth keyboard.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205302
[Edit: just backed up and looked at the YT vid that Adam posted. That was from Dec. 2013, and the adapter he uses was discontinued in 2014...]

 

[marcb]

You Harmony folks are really missing out.

The best (and even more old school) is the Universal Remote Control MX-850 IR/RF Aeros Remote Control with the IR/RF relay.

Don't know what I'll do when the last one fails or my VM can't program it any more.

https://smile.amazon.com/Universal-Remote-Control-MX-850-Aeros/dp/B0007N5XPW

No we’re not. That thing looks like a dinosaur - ergonomically and functionally - compared to the Harmony One.

 

[Strilo]

I'm old enough to remember that Jeremy had a very powerful video and coupled with the atmos version of the song would be uber powerful.

Many of you young kids wouldn't realize that this song was essentially the first song about school shootings, which were basically non-existent 30 years ago when this song was made.

Sort of. I mean the song and video are about a kid named Jeremy Wade Delle, who committed suicide with a gun in front of his class. It wasn't like a mass shooting.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

is this barking up the right tree Mister Pupster?

That might have done it; however I just tried pairing my ATV4K with my Surface Pro and they just don't find each other.

As a matter of fact, the Bluetooth on the ATV4K can't seem to find any Bluetooth devices; and my wife has an iPad with Bluetooth turned on 10 feet from the ATV4K! So is there something I don't have turned on in the ATV4K settings?

 

[Cheezmo]

No we’re not. That thing looks like a dinosaur - ergonomically and functionally - compared to the Harmony One.

Well, kind of tongue in cheek, but if I can keep that dinosaur going this long, y'all should be OK with your discontinued product.

 

[marcb]

Well, kind of tongue in cheek, but if I can keep that dinosaur going this long, y'all should be OK with your discontinued product.

My discontinued product still works just fine - as an Apple TV remote among other things - and is still better than anything out there for replicating multiple remotes within a single activity.

 

[JediJoker]

As a matter of fact, the Bluetooth on the ATV4K can't seem to find any Bluetooth devices; and my wife has an iPad with Bluetooth turned on 10 feet from the ATV4K! So is there something I don't have turned on in the ATV4K settings?

Not all Bluetooth devices can pair with all other Bluetooth devices. Bluetooth is a unidirectional connection standard, for the most part: one device is the transmitter, and the other the receiver. Some devices can act as either, while others can act as only a transmitter or only a receiver.