TVOS "Play from Beginning" and accessing TV Guide in live view

[chzx 1]

Good morning.  I'm new to posting in the forums and have searched for this topic but was unable to find it.  if it exists, would you please reference any information and provide a link to the discussion?

What I would like to inquire about is if the current features in the MacOS version 2.2.33 (Beta) will be coming to TVOS anytime in the near future.  I have attached screenshots of the features in MacOS version 2.2.33 that I would love to see in Apple TV OS (Currently on v18.3).  I'm also beta testing TVOS in Test Flight.

I've been a long time user of the android and android TV applications so I am missing those features that we used often.

Thanks in advance.

Chzx

[Luke 42077]

Hi, yes we need to get this added to Emby for Apple TV. Thanks for the feedback.

[chzx 1]

Greatly appreciate the reply!

May I ask for a ballpark timeline to implement these features in Emby for Apple TV?  It seems the framework is already there in the MacOS app, but not sure if that translates to Apple TV.

Thanks again.

Edited January 8, 2025 by chzx

[Luke 42077]

On 1/8/2025 at 5:21 PM, chzx said:

Greatly appreciate the reply!

May I ask for a ballpark timeline to implement these features in Emby for Apple TV?  It seems the framework is already there in the MacOS app, but not sure if that translates to Apple TV.

Thanks again.

Hi, I don't have an ETA, but these are planned for future updates to the Emby Apple TV app. Thanks.

[chzx 1]

@LukeWanted to say thank you for the recent flurry of updates to the Apple TV client app.  I noticed the Play from the Live Position and Play from Beginning options are now available in TVOS.  I also noticed the live guide is available which is also great.

Question on the live guide (image above in post)... it currently takes many 'actions' or 'clicks' to get the the live TV guide (press down, down, down, right, right, right) while in the Android TV app, you simply press down and the guide pops up.  Any plans to simplify this for TVOS to match Android?

Again, thank you for the updates.  This is making the Apple TV app usable  

[Luke 42077]

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while in the Android TV app, you simply press down and the guide pops up

That's not exactly true. You have to go down to the guide icon and click it., right?

[chzx 1]

While watching live TV...

in the Apple TV app, to reach the live guide... On the directional pad - Down, Down, Down, Right, Right

In the Android TV app, to reach the live guide (I had the direction incorrect)... On the directional pad - press UP once

Edited April 24, 2025 by chzx

[Luke 42077]

Our other apps have added an option to control the up press behavior, so we can always do that here.

[chzx 1]

Excellent! Appreciate the quick replies and looking forward to the next update.  thank you