VLC released for the new Apple TV: It supports almost all video formats
With the arrival of VLC to Apple TV, it becomes much more versatile. There were already other media players, particularly complete on the store, but not famous as the solution of the VideoLAN.
Apple offers a fantastic ecosystem in their products, at least until it comes out of his sown. Its structure traditionally closed require consumers to use the Company’s technology in almost every field and on the new Apple TV specifically, the audio-video her welcome. That’s why the arrival of a full media player VLC make you smile as many of the most demanding users.
VLC is a very famous, especially on the desktop, which uses a series of codec selected to perform virtually any movie or media content. With regard to the newly available version of Apple TV, the app enables the set-top-box of Cupertino to play formats not natively supported, with which you can select the chapters or choose multiple audio and subtitles.
The latter can be rendered either as text or as image, or even downloaded on the fly if there are no locally within the file. VLC also enables playback of content from outside sources, such as other devices (NAS, computer) via DLNA / UPnP, SMB, FTP server and also Plex. Access credentials can also be synchronized with VLC for iOS and vice versa.
The peculiar feature of the application is Remote Playback, which lets you use another application, such as a web browser, for streaming video. The web interface allows you to drag and drop files or to stream through a URL on a special page in which users can perform the basic playback controls. VLC supports variable-speed playback, a feature absent on another app for Apple TV.
VLC is extremely versatile Apple TV. Just like on your desktop, you can also play music and radio online, with information on artists and tracks that are collected by the service Hatchet. There are still some shortcomings (some venial): for example, you cannot play video from services in the cloud, like Dropbox or OneDrive, although the company (VideoLAN) is already working on technologies to support the app on the cloud.
As on all other platforms VLC is available free in the App Store for the Apple TV.
