as previously discussed, it is able to be installed on any M1/M2 ("Apple Silicon") macs as well. I use it on my Macbook and it's great.
It is NOT installable on any Mac with Intel processors.
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Request from Kaleidescape: Mobile Apps feedback
- Thread starter MikeKobb
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It is NOT installable on any Mac with Intel processors.
SimonSays
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I pretty much only use Second Screen, and it's a pretty poor app.
In the "movies" tab, the menu at the bottom keeps going away after a few seconds, so if I need to pause a movie (intermission), I have to tap the button to have it slide out again, and then tap intermission.
Or on the "remote" tab, the intermission button is there, but it uses all the screen real estate with no nice function. Why isn't the movie poster there? Why isn't the time elapsed / time remaining displayed there? You need to revamp that tab!
And why can't I search on duration in that app? Yes, I can sort by time on the system itself, but the whole point of Second Screen is to be able to find the movie to watch on the app. I'd love to have a criteria builder like:
Here's what that looks like in ROON with 3 criteria:
In the "movies" tab, the menu at the bottom keeps going away after a few seconds, so if I need to pause a movie (intermission), I have to tap the button to have it slide out again, and then tap intermission.
Or on the "remote" tab, the intermission button is there, but it uses all the screen real estate with no nice function. Why isn't the movie poster there? Why isn't the time elapsed / time remaining displayed there? You need to revamp that tab!
And why can't I search on duration in that app? Yes, I can sort by time on the system itself, but the whole point of Second Screen is to be able to find the movie to watch on the app. I'd love to have a criteria builder like:
- Genre
- Duration (probably with a slider that can reduce from either side)
- Era (perhaps per decade), able to select more than 1 era
- Actor
- Director
- Watched
- Last Watched
- Sound Format
- Resolution
Here's what that looks like in ROON with 3 criteria:
- 1960's
- Blues
- Live
I’m curious what the experts do for this? I’m used to Trinnov -100 to 0 as the scale. Think there is no way to change this that I’m aware of. Assume there are other audio processors which have the same scale. For the app it is 0-100%. Makes it a bit confusing. For the interim, I’m just taking the Trinnov volume and multiplying by -1 to get a positive number and displaying that on the app. The app rejects negative numbers. I could convert to 0-100 I guess, but too much work and would be different than the normal scale on various remotes. First world issues….
SimonSays
Well-known member
No, everything is downloaded (Terra 40TB)
SimonSays
Well-known member
OK the plot thickens... I was just about to watch a movie, turned everything on, and grabbed my iPad... That shows 600 movies.
So I took my MacBook, relaunched Second Screen, and now that shows 600 movies too...
It seems if the Strato C is powered off, or if it doesn't see an HDR capable device, that it'll NOT show the HDR movies. That seems silly. @MikeKobb is that expected behavior?
tov5005
Well-known member
I’ve noticed this every so often as well.. you just need to occasionally take the Strato C off standby and it will show all movies. Appears to only effect HDR titles
Transepoch
Well-known member
Yes, it will only ever show content it thinks can be played, so if it thinks there aren't any HDR-capable displays they won't appear outside the web interface.
The Second Screen app is designed to follow the movie presentation of the zone that it is controlling. Imagine, for example, that you have an iPad in the kids' playroom. That iPad would show the movies for that zone, respecting both the playback capabilities of the zone and also the current parental control level.
So, be sure you select the correct player zone when you're using the app. Also, as noted, our players will not show you HDR-only movies in the library if the connected display says that it can't play them. The UI is designed to show you what you can play. Unfortunately, some TVs will report different EDID information (display capabilities) when they're turned off, and that affects what the player shows in the UI, and therefore what Second Screen shows. It might be that it will work okay so long as your player is actually turned on, though, so it could be worth experimenting there.
So, be sure you select the correct player zone when you're using the app. Also, as noted, our players will not show you HDR-only movies in the library if the connected display says that it can't play them. The UI is designed to show you what you can play. Unfortunately, some TVs will report different EDID information (display capabilities) when they're turned off, and that affects what the player shows in the UI, and therefore what Second Screen shows. It might be that it will work okay so long as your player is actually turned on, though, so it could be worth experimenting there.