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by jonpurdy1 days ago |
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upvoteby Jeremy10261 days ago|
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I'm still using the Dev Kit version that was shipped out before the 3rd Gen launched. tvOS26 was the last version supported so I'll be updating finally. I'd consider 14 years a pretty decent run.
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upvoteby interpol_p13 hours ago|
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Me too! Best $1 I've ever spent
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upvoteby Jeremy102613 hours ago|
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I made a few bucks back off of a game I built for it. So best negative ~$250 I've spent in my case.
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upvoteby 404mm1 days ago|
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I think we’re wanting the same thing/ use here. I agree the price is outrageous but I ended up preordering anyway because at the end it’s still a good deal if you do the math. I’m excited for the AV1 (hardware now) and more horsepower for VP9 (software).
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upvoteby mdasen1 days ago|
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The new CPU (A19) should have hardware decoding for both AV1 and VP9. Apple doesn't advertise the latter, but Safari supports VP9 on the A17 Pro and newer. You shouldn't have to rely on software decoding with the new Apple TV, though it might depend on your apps supporting it.
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upvoteby CharlesW1 days ago|
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> The new CPU (A19) should have hardware decoding for both AV1 and VP9. Apple doesn't advertise the latter…

VP9 support is just as promiment as AV1 support in the specs. https://www.apple.com/apple-tv-4k/specs/

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upvoteby joshstewart1 days ago|
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I'm in the same boat. I guess I'll buy the older one -- can't justify the $300.
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upvoteby 13171 days ago|
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you're downloading youtube videos to watch in vlc?
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upvoteby jonpurdy1 days ago|
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Yes. YouTube still thinks my partner and my accounts are in different countries so we couldn’t get Premium Family (for the past 4 years) and I’m not about to purchase separate subscriptions. So I have a backend that I can send YouTube URLs to running on my Mac Mini that gets the videos with yt-dlp.
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upvoteby dd8601fn1 days ago|
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> So I have a backend that I can send YouTube URLs to running on my Mac Mini that gets the videos with yt-dlp.

I do this too with a mac mini app that does it on schedules across all the channels I like, dumps them in JellyFin with channel art, culls old videos, and uses the Jellyfin api to reindex that category when done.

I just like the lack of ads and no separate YouTube interface… YouTube is just a category in JellyFin.

yt-dlp has gotten spotty about YouTube blocking it, from time to time, though.

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upvoteby frantathefranta1 days ago|
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If you don't mind me asking, how does your YouTube video discovery looks like?
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upvoteby prmoustache16 hours ago|
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AFAI youtube hasn't yet desactivated rss feeds of youtube channels (for how long?) so once you follow channels new videos discovery is easy to do using third party tools. There is no API to query.
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upvoteby jonpurdy1 days ago|
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I don't mind at all. So I had ~100 subscriptions as of a few years ago and I tend to just look at the Subscriptions page, view what's been released since the last time I checked, and download those.

I sometimes see the homepage, or see thumbnails when I click to download individual videos. I've previously found interesting channels that way, or recommended by creators in videos I watch, or even on HN.

(I've found their algorithm has gotten worse over time, and nosedived recently with AI slop propagating like crazy in 2026. Even for niche topics it'll recommend channels that are a month old, already have 60 videos (mostly with low views but one video with 100K+ views), and obviously AI generated when closely inspected. It's worse now because half the channels use AI thumbnails for non-AI content.)

So after that long answer, I don't have a great recommendation for discovery if you don't already have an existing list of channels you like and trust.

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upvoteby chocochunks1 days ago|
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There's a tool built on top of yt-dlp, ytdl-sub that can automate it for you. It will check if there's new vids in the channels you're interested in and download them and can make metadata for Kodi, Plex, etc. for them too. It can also delete old ones if you want.
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