You can send multiple URLs in a row and they will be attached to the playback queue and use the web interface for play/pause and seeking. Unlike Infuse, however, Plex also supports so-called Remote Playback which lets you instantly stream files stored on a Mac or Windows PC to your Apple TV by visiting a special webpage on desktop whose URL is displayed within VLC. In addition, streaming from Plex servers and any DLNA/UPnP-complaint media device for that matter works, too.

Like Infuse and Plex, VLC permits you to stream audio and video item stored on network-attached drives to your Apple TV, without having to manually convert DIVX, AVI and other “foreign” files into iOS-friendly formats.Īs mentioned, you can stream media stored on your local network with full support for Windows Share (SMB) servers.

As of Tuesday, the application is now available free in the App Store on the fourth-generation Apple TV.Īccording to Felix Kühne, lead iOS developer for VLC, the app is “a full port of VLC media player combined with platform-specific features” and it supports virtually all formats under the sun, just like its iOS counterpart. VLC for Apple TV was supposed to be released back in December, but it took longer than anticipated.

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