Verify support with Apple TV 4

[postlund]

As I only have a gen 3 device, I have not yet verified pyatv with a gen 4 device. If you have one, please try the library out and report any issues. The atvremote is probably easiest to use, look under docs/ for some help.

[arsaboo]

I have a ATV4 and when I run the command atvremote, I get an error:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ atvremote
usage: atvremote [-h] [-v] [--developer] [--debug] [--name NAME]
                 [--address ADDRESS] [-t TIMEOUT] [-a | --hsgid HSGID]
                 command
atvremote: error: the following arguments are required: command

Running atvremote -a next does not do anything, but does not give error.

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ atvremote -a next

[robbiet480]

It's working perfectly for me on two Apple TV 4th generation devices!

[arsaboo]

@robbiet480 I ran the atvremote command directly after the sudo pip install. I am running it on a Pi on the same network as the ATV.

[robbiet480]

@arsaboo Don't know what to tell you, I installed it (via the repo) and it just worked the first time I tried it. Discovered devices and allowed me to see their states and everything

[robbiet480]

Issues i've discovered thus far with my aTV 4:

• Sending the pause command pauses playback for a split second then resumes it. I even manually hit the URL (http://192.168.1.214:3689/ctrl-int/1/pause?session-id=22&hsgid=00000000-0ba7-9abb-857f-3f12f3b94448&prompt-id=0) and had the same issue, so it's not a pyATV specific problem...

[postlund]

@arsaboo, if you run atvremote scan, does your device show up? Just running with -a does not work as it requires a command as well (like play, next or playing). It should give an error if no device is found, so I would believe that it works. Try starting a movie or some music and enter atvremote -a playing and you should hopefully see something. Using play, pause, next, etc. should also work.

@robbiet480, great that it seems to work :) The pause issue is not something that I have seen on my device. Maybe @arsaboo can try this is well? Play something and use the pause command?

[robbiet480]

@postlund I'm trying everything I can to figure out the pause issue. The official remote app works, nothing else does. It seems most if not all other commands are working properly.

[robbiet480]

Gonna open a new issue for pause

[postlund]

I believe we have managed to sort this out in #7, so I'm gonna close it :(

[postlund]

I mean :)

[dale3h]

atvremote scan failed for me also.

However, after many hours of researching, I was able to find the hG for my Apple TV devices by running this in my Mac's terminal:

dns-sd -Z _appletv-v2._tcp.

Devices: 2x Apple TV (4th Gen)

[arsaboo]

atvremote scan worked for me 👍

[themanieldaniel]

atvremote scan returns
Found Apple TVs:
but it doesn't list any Apple TVs or info about them. No error, no list. frustrating. Not sure what to do now.
btw I have one Apple TV 4th Gen