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Netflix, Disney +, and Hulu work directly on my Macbook, but when I connect my device over AirPlay to my Apple TV, the screen is black, but I can hear audio. This happens both on the Google Chrome browser and Safari.
I experience the same black screen issue when streaming Apple TV+ from my MBA to Apple TV (3rd Gen). My Desktop and Apple TV+ window shows up on my tv screen but when I play an show or film, the pop up window opens up with only audio (black window) . When I turn off AirPlay, the same pop up window come to life and I have audio and visual images.
Anyway, on my macbook air, I just tried to "AirPlay" the Disney+ web site to my AirPlay 2-enabled LG TV. It wouldn't work (the LG was greyed out and labled as "available for some video sites"). I gather Disney is worried about copy protection.
Yes. I set the LG TV up as an extended display to my macOS desktop. System Preferences... > Displays > Add Display... and setup your AirPlay 2 TV as an extended display rather than mirrored at the TV's native resolution. Then drag the Disney+ tab from Chrome off the right side of your macbook display onto the TV, hit play and go full-screen. I've got something playing now as I type this on my Macbook display in another Chrome Window. The TV's audio is working well too.
Note that the resolution and playback performance on the "wireless display" is not nearly as good as that of the Apple TV 4K plugged directly into the LG TV via HDMI (or the LG's native Disney+ app either :-).
Hey folks,
like many others I also experienced the issue of broken video streams and black screen phenomena when trying to cast (especially Chromecast) Amazon Prime, Netflix etc. on all the different Edge branches.
Well, after a lot of experimenting with different Edge flags, graphic driver setups, installing video codecs and so on, I finally found the solution. Researching how these streaming vendors manage DRM did the trick and the fix is so simple that I almost couldn't believe, lol
Background: The big streaming vendors all use DRM (Digital Rights Management) to control how their content is shown, especially in context with user rights (e.g. the limitation to only watch the same video on Amazon Prime simultaneously on not more than 2 different devices).
Now most of the streaming platforms are optimized to use Google's Widevine DRM technology, whereas Edge also supports Microsoft's PlayReady DRM by default (on Windows 10/11). But since it's not well implemented on many streaming platforms they struggle and give you all the above issues.
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Oculus launched the official Netflix app for Gear VR today, and it's prominently featured on the virtual app store. I grabbed my Gear VR and spent around 15 minutes exploring the application, curious about what it's like to stream video from within virtual reality.
What's fascinating about the experience is that Netflix could have put you anywhere, but strangely decided to create a sort of rustic cabin look for your environment. There is a coffee cup on the table in front of you, and a Bojack Horseman poster is hung above the virtual television. The application uses the standard Netflix UI on the screen; you simply look to move the cursor and tap the touchpad on the side of the Gear VR to make your selections.
The cabin environment was a bit frustrating, I didn't find it comfortable and the TV wasn't quite large enough to be impressive nor far enough away to be comfortable. If you look straight up you can enter the "Void Theater," which basically puts a floating image in front of your eyes, outside any environment except for a dull gray color.
You can adjust the size of the screen to make it larger or smaller, and even turn on a "travel" mode that maps the middle of the screen with your gaze so the image doesn't stray if you're on a plane or car that's turning.
The best thing about watching video in virtual reality is the isolation factor. I was able to blot out the entirety of the press room and get lost inside a film, and that's a neat trick when you're traveling or want to focus exclusively on video content. What I wanted was a movie theater environment, but we're stuck with either an empty gray void or a strange house in the mountains.
This is interesting for a first step for Netflix, but it's missing basic features. I'd love more environments, or the ability to change the color in the void theater. I'd also like to be able to adjust not just the size of the screen but how far it is from you; there just isn't enough control over the virtual screen to find the sweet spot for most viewers.
It's neat that this exists, and with the retail version of the hardware launching at $99 we're close to the Gear VR becoming a mainstream product, but there simply needs to be more options for this app to be as good as it needs to be for people to watch video in virtual reality for long periods of time.
Allowing Netflix streaming inside the existing Oculus Cinema app, which offers many more environments and options, would actually solve many of these issues, but it's unlikely Netflix will allow its content to leave its own app. It's also likely we'll see updates to the app as the retail hardware gets closer to launch.
The most important difference to note is that overwhelmingly, screenplay deals with Netflix and Amazon include multiple guaranteed steps. Ninety percent of deals were multi-step; on average, deals included 2 guaranteed steps with some up to 5 guaranteed steps. Keep this in mind when you are making a deal with a streamer.
When working for a streaming service, negotiating a higher upfront fee is important because the streamers may not distribute the movie across all the traditional reuse markets like home video and pay TV, basic cable and free television, which means writers of these films are likely to see less in residuals than a traditional studio film.
When comparing the two streamers, Netflix generally pays notably more than Amazon for these screenplay deals, with median total guaranteed compensation of $375,000 versus $300,000 at Amazon. Almost a quarter of these deals begin with a treatment, more commonly at Netflix.
As at traditional studios, rewrites are the second-most common type of screen deal, and are most frequently contracted as one-step deals. The median across both services for a one-step rewrite at the streamers is slightly lower than the studio median of $150,000, and the maximum streamer rewrite was $1.6 million.
The majority of these rewrite deals were at Netflix, where median compensation is the same as at traditional studios. Amazon, which has thus far been somewhat less active in the theatrical space compared to Netflix, is more focused on contracting first drafts. The median for a one-step rewrite at Amazon, which is based on a limited number of contracts, is $105,000.
I'm not entirely sure if Stack Overflow is the correct website to ask this question, but I have been thinking about it ever since a friend mentioned it to me a week ago. I know on a baseline level what hardware acceleration does: offloads certain workloads to other components in your computer (i.e. your GPU or sound card) to improve performance in various applications. I just would like to know what exactly is happening when hardware acceleration is on v/s off when streaming a Google Chrome window and why it makes a difference in a completely different application.
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