German DVB-T2 (H.265 HEVC)

Hi,

just a short note for anyone who might be interested using Channels for watching TV Streams via HDHomerun (HDHR4) in Germany:

A couple of days ago most regions switched to DVB-T2. While providing HD Video this new standard uses H.265 HEVC.

It seams that there is no support for hardware decoding H.265 on AppleTV 4, yet. Right now (2. April) it is possible to use Channels on AppleTV to watch some DVB-T2 channels. Unfortunately frame-rate seams to be at 15 to 20 frames per second (I’ve not done exact measurements - but video is choppy)

The latest beta of Channels now supports HEVC decoding in hardware and can playback german DVB-T2 channels.