Samsung UK admits you can’t disable ads on Samsung smart TV

Re:Samsung UK admits you can’t disable ads on Samsung smart TV by varenc on Thursday October 28, 2021 @01:56PM (#29028992)

I stream 4K MKVs from my phone (an iPhone) to my Apple TV 4K using AirPlay all the time. It used to be a challenge getting the codecs right, but there's broader support now. It took awhile to find a good iOS app that supports this, but once I found nPlayer[0] I've never gone back. It's faarrr better than the VLC iOS app.

It works quite well even when my phone is streaming media that's on cloud storage somewhere (nPlayer supports many). But for optimal playback I download the file to my device first.

Of course if you want Dolby Atmos sound, I think you're out of luck. I think HDR should work but not sure.

[0] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nplayer-plus/id539397400#?plat...

edit: You can also install app on the ATV that accesses files stored over the network/internet as well, like VLC for ATV. Though I've never found a great one.

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Re:Samsung UK admits you can’t disable ads on Samsung smart TV by jjp on Thursday October 28, 2021 @02:37PM (#29029684)

App to access files over the network. I think Infuse is pretty good. It supports NAS and if your files are well named then pulls in meta/artwork. Can also be a front-end for Ember/Jellyfin/Plex, but for my LAN media I’m currently going with DLNA.

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Re:Samsung UK admits you can’t disable ads on Samsung smart TV by msh on Friday October 29, 2021 @12:46PM (#29040691)

Infuse is fantastic!

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Re:Samsung UK admits you can’t disable ads on Samsung smart TV by antihero on Saturday October 30, 2021 @07:07PM (#29052992)

Fun fact, Dolby Atmos support is very much pushed now, not sure how long it has been like this but it says it on the box so perhaps a software update?

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Re:Samsung UK admits you can’t disable ads on Samsung smart TV by jazzyjackson on Thursday October 28, 2021 @04:48PM (#29031753)

I did not realize this was an option, thank you for your comment

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Re:Samsung UK admits you can’t disable ads on Samsung smart TV by antihero on Saturday October 30, 2021 @09:42AM (#29048684)

So what exactly is the system? You transfer the MKVs to your phone via a cable somehow? Is there any quality hit?

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Re:Samsung UK admits you can’t disable ads on Samsung smart TV by varenc on Sunday October 31, 2021 @02:30AM (#29054911)

I use nPlayer to access my files over the network/sftp/Dropbox/WebDAV/put.io/HTTP and download to my local device. But like I said, streaming directly from the network works too. But for a high bitrate 4k file downloading first is better since the server=>phone=>ATV transfer can be too slow. (Resolution doesn’t matter, it’s all about bitrate. Some 4k HEVCs are lower bitrate/smaller files than 1080p h264s)

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Re:Samsung UK admits you can’t disable ads on Samsung smart TV by antihero on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @10:10AM (#29094796)

Having an excellent with Infuse and macOS inbuilt SMB!

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