HI Mary, I know some sound systems now have an HDMI input which you can plug in the likes of a blueray or I guess apple tv and then have another HDMI output cable to your tv so that everything goes through the stereo first before the tv,
Whether you can do this with the tv I can't say My apple tv 4 is only connected to my Samsung tv, where as with the apple tv 2 I had an optical connector which allowed me to connect to my Logitech stereo speakers without the tv and I could play videos / tv and music through the sound system with out the tv screan active. -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Thursday, 25 August 2016 12:30 PM To: VIPhone 'RobH. ' via <viph...@googlegroups.com>; macvisionaries@googlegroups.com; mac4thebl...@freelists.org Subject: Using Apple TV the fourth generation without a TV Apple viz. recently published a podcast done by Lisa Sullenger on this topic. She mentions a specific HDMI to audio converter that she used with her stereo. The one thing she did not touch upon in her podcast has to do with an issue that has been raised on these lists before regarding the usability of this system with video content that is protected. I can't remember the name of the specification or coding or whenever it is involved that must be seen in order for the AppleTV to pick up the content. Generally, if the AppleTV is not connected to an actual video output which is actually turned on, you can't get a lot of this protected video content. So I am wondering about this system with this particular converter. Has anyone used it or any other converter connecting AppleTV fourth-generation to a stereo with no TV present and still able to receive the full complement of all the video channels, such as Netflix, HBO etc. Mary Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
