It’s for sure an iOS app on Mac issue, since I don’t experience this with any other (native) video player app.
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I’ve no idea but does this change in macOS 12.4 have anything to do with it?
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This issue still occurs with macOS 12.6 and Channels 5.5.5
The moment you drag the app to a secondary monitor (even when all monitors are "retina" and using the same scaling amounts) the video zooms in and is unwatchable.
I had this same issue with my Mac Studio running MacOS Monterey. The only workaround I have found is to set the display you want to watch on as the “Main Display” in System Preferences > Displays > Display Settings. Once set Channels looks as expected on that display.
Is this issue still happening with latest macOS?
The issues with video scaling on secondary display have been fixed. You can install the beta app from TestFlight on your Apple Silicon Mac to try it out.
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First off thanks SO much to the team for opening up M1 support in TestFlight and looking at issues! I have a few to add (both of which happen in the latest beta as well as current production release):
1 - Is it possible to keep video playing when switching to another desktop via Spaces? I'm not sure if that's a bug or a framework limitation.
2 - Is it possible to change the number of On Now grid columns based on windows size? Currently it stays locked at 3 columns regardless of width.
Great feedback thanks. Both should be better in the next TestFlight build.
Just got the update and it works great! Thanks!
I have a suggestion about the recent change to the Play To menu: Since I have multiples of the same device type, I find myself doing mental gymnastics for a split second each time I open that menu and just want to play on the device I'm using. I think that would be alleviated by changing the first device string to "This Device" or "This Screen" instead of the type of device I'm holding. Thoughts?
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You can turn it off and use right click when you want to Play To
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I'm not seeing that option (tested with the Play To switch on and off). Clicking Watch starts playback without a prompt:
Are you using latest TestFlight build?
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Yes sir:
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Working now in 10.25.2139, thanks!
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Hey all. I haven't been here in a bit, but saw an update to the Channels app specifically identifying improvements mentioned above in TestFlight. I've been on a trip, but I just remoted into my home M1 and verified that the resize bug is fixed on my machine too, so it's been released. Great work!
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Any chance of making a Catalyst version of the iPad app for Intel based Macs? I'm assuming what's working on M1 and M2 Macs is basically the iPad version of the app, and as other's have experienced, it works surprisingly well! I'd love to have a similar experience on my 27" Intel iMac.
Delivering a Catalyst version vs just making the iPad version available are two completely different things. There's no plans to deliver and maintain a Catalyst version at the moment as we've not been particularly impressed with Catalyst and how apps based on the technology fare between macOS releases.
Maybe one day when it gets stable, we'll take a look at it. But this falls in the same category of our answer on new clients. There's no plans to launch and maintain new clients for new platforms right now.
Hey, just discovered this free tweak. With one checkbox, it adds big improvement to the text display in iPhone/iPad apps, like Channels DVR, on M1 Macs. Very cool!
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There's a new PIP in town, works great on my iPad:
However it's worth noting that this update seems to have broken PIP when using the same iPad app on my M1 Mac. I know this isn't supported so fixes aren't expected but I just wanted to share. I am able to get the PIP button back in the M1 app when running it on my Mac, but only by first re-enabling the "Old PIP" inside the Debug menu.
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Thanks for letting us know. I’ll see if we can make it work but if not, see if we can detect it’s on a Mac and use the old way.