Beta: tvOS & iPad Multiview

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#134

I was trying the “play to” feature this morning. I noticed that i was able to select some local content virtual channel material and “play to” the multiview on my apple tv.

As expected , because local content is not supported in multiview, you just get a the big triangle with exclamation point.

Perhaps there could be some extra logic or error handling in the “replace channel” to check for local content and reject. Or in the “play to “ to avoid sending local content to the multiview at all. Sounds like it could be tricky…

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#135

Good catch.

Yeah, the mobile client has no idea what is happening on the target, so it just passively sends the channel to play.

We'll add some logic on the target to disregard virtual channels.

#136

As of the latest TestFlight beta, virtual channels will not be added to Multiview when sent remotely:

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#137

As of the latest TestFlight beta, you are no longer prompted to replace the active player when a channel is sent remotely:

#138

Is this a Feature ONLY available to Channels DVR subscribers, or is it also available to Channels for HDHR app users?

Not seeing Multiview option on ATV and iPad
#139

Subscribers only.

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Not seeing Multiview option on ATV and iPad
#140

Is it technically feasible , to allow the “play to” feature to initiate a multiview session on another other client without first starting the multiview session on the target device?

Logic like the following:

Play to:

Home theater
Home theater - multiview

i.e. can multiview sessions be “pushed” to a another target

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#141

The crash still occurs, but i did try using the “play to” feature and sending a local pbs hd stream from my “All Channels” on my iphone to the multiview session running on my ATV. That worked fine.

#142

So cool, will be great for watching college football Saturdays!

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#143

I have no new issues to report this morning. I just wanted to say, that I love this new feature, so much.

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#144

Can we get full screen swipe left/right or using keyboard left/right arrow keys for the iPad too?

#145

Can we remove or replace (no prompt) the channel from the mini guide? This is how the ESPN & Apple TV+ MLS Multiview app does it.

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#148

Ok, this should be fixed now on the latest TestFlight beta:

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#149

Still seeing the crash on ipad and TVOS. Sent in another crash log from ipad.

Im still on ipados 18 and tvOS 18. Havent updated to ‘26 yet, in case that helps.

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#150

Please try this build:

#151

i'm literally buying an apple tv right now. lmao. all that work we did on this topic i can finally stop worrying about it.

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#152

Well, the newest model is coming out next month. Going to be a pretty big upgrade.

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#153

I've been testing Multiview heavily in my living room, for many hours a day, without any issues. I haven't had any hiccups and I've tried many channel configurations. That's with a 1st gen AppleTV 4K, connected to a Sonos home theater setup. It runs very smoothly.

On my bedroom TV however I just started testing Muttview, and after about 15 minutes of playback, it starts to stutters, very badly. This happens for a few seconds then resumes normally. But it comes back every couple of minutes. It happens regardless of which channel is focused, it's happened with OTA channels, TVE and custom channels (Fubo-VLC bridge.). These same channels play fine when played as normal live TV, without Multiview. But in Multiview mode, after a few minutes, it starts to stutter repeatedly and it's hard to ignore. I captured video from my phone of what it sounds like:

What's odd is that this model is an AppleTV 4K (2nd gen, 64 GB) which its newer than the one in the living room, that doesn't have this issue. It's on the release of tvOS 26, the latest TestFlight of Channels, and is hard-wired using Ethernet. I've had no other networking or streaming issues. I tried rebooting the AppleTV, didn't help. In Channel's Advanced settings I also tried troubleshooting by toggling off Surround Sound settings, and also Audio Driver back to Legacy. Neither made a difference, I'm not sure what else I can try. I submitted diagnostics from the AppleTV though. Happy to test anything anyone suggests!

#154

DISCLAIMER: I'm not testing this, so don't know if these apply
Is your DVR Server on the latest DVR pre-release version.
Do you have tuner sharing enabled or disabled on your Apple TV's.

#155

Good call. I was one day behind on the DVR server, I updated to today's pre-release update just now and will report back. I also had tuner sharing disabled on the bedroom TV, for some reason I've forgotten, with it enabled in the living room, so I re-enabled it on the bedroom TV just now too and will report back about that after I've let it play for awhile. Thanks!