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Apple TV Photo Browser?
- Thread starter TheSpaz
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you could pause the slideshow on the first picture, then use the forward button to go through them, i dont see that being easier though. you can also turn off ken burns effect.
This is a good question. It would be nice to be able to browse through thumbnails of your photos with AppleTV. I haven't looked at photos in months using it because when I did I realized I had to view all of the photos in a specific album instead of just pulling up randoms ones to show someone.
No, the idea is being able to say "Hey, I have a photo I want to show you" and be able to flip right to that photo in thumbnail view. The current way is like "Hey, I have a photo to show you. Hang on while I skip through this endless slide show to find the photo I'm looking for".
Yeah you can set things up in iPhoto to show an entire slideshow of an event but if I want a specific photo using AppleTV it's a big inconvenience.
Currently the Photo section is useless. Apple really need to do some work here. A proper photo browser is needed...the ability to search you're music library would be nice too!
I agree. I use the photos as a screensaver. Never really go into the program by itself. Frontrows photo section is even worse.
I just want my events to show in a list (instead of albums). Just make it a photo setting. The only problem I see is not everyone has and iphoto version with events. Least common denominator wins. :-(
Apple doesn't get it
THE killer app for ATV is photo archiving and browsing. Period. EVERYONE has digital cameras these days. EVERYONE has larger Hi-Def TVs. Not everyone is that interested in iTunes or renting movies.
Take my 75 year old Father. Just bought himself a killer Canon Digital SLR and has no easy way to display his photos on the largest display in the house.
Look at this Sony device:
http://www.jr.com/sony/pe/SON_HDMSS1D/
Giving the ATV similar functionality would be almost trivial. A $20 Flash card reader hooked up to the USB and some software. Done.
WAKE UP APPLE!!!!! If Apple fixed this one flaw in the ATV and had one commercial showing someone browsing their photos on their big screen TV, they'd sell millions.
THE killer app for ATV is photo archiving and browsing. Period. EVERYONE has digital cameras these days. EVERYONE has larger Hi-Def TVs. Not everyone is that interested in iTunes or renting movies.
Take my 75 year old Father. Just bought himself a killer Canon Digital SLR and has no easy way to display his photos on the largest display in the house.
Look at this Sony device:
http://www.jr.com/sony/pe/SON_HDMSS1D/
Giving the ATV similar functionality would be almost trivial. A $20 Flash card reader hooked up to the USB and some software. Done.
WAKE UP APPLE!!!!! If Apple fixed this one flaw in the ATV and had one commercial showing someone browsing their photos on their big screen TV, they'd sell millions.
duoart, i conpletely agree. I love the way that pics look on my ATV, but it is rubbish at nivigating through them. It is frustrating that you cant preview and then go to which ever pic you want. You can navigate through Songs, if they did the same for pics it would be a huge selling point.
How does the aTV photo feature work for non-Mac users? I thought aTV just synced with the "My Photos" folder. Does it just play all of the photos in a slide show?
Pretty much. You get one directory's worth of indirection. I file my photos by year and then month. So I can basically can get to a year's worth of photos in a slide show. No way to display thumbnails and pick an individual photo.
Annoying, isn't it?