I imagine what you were suggesting would work. But I don't know of any way to get that app onto the AppleTV. Nor do I know a way of having the volume for such an app set very low well other volume is set to a higher level.
Mary Sent from my iPad > On May 7, 2016, at 9:28 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > I suspect you have this right. I have a Mac Mini hooked to a surround sound > receiver via the digital optical out and it always takes a moment for the > receiver to figure out what kind of signal is being sent before it wakes up > and starts putting sound out the speakers. Maybe newer decoders are faster at > this. What happens if you have some app running making noise all the time. > You could try something like > > http://github.com/downloads/jonshea/Noisy/Noisy.zip > > which makes white/pink/brown noise, and turn the volume way down. > > CB > >> On 5/7/16 5:24 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> I have a new Apple TV four. When Apple TV is connected via HDMI to our TV >> set and the audio goes to the TV speakers, which are awful, there is no >> problem with voiceover. When the sound bar that we have is connected to the >> TV via digital optical cable, and there is audio coming through it on a more >> or less steady basis, such as when playing the TV show or something from >> Apple Music, and you Errol around or use the remote and here voiceover, >> there is also no problem. It does not cut out. When, however, there is no >> audio except for voiceover, there is a cut out problem. You can use the >> remote or arrow around with a Bluetooth keyboard, and the first several >> syllables or words are missed. So there is some kind of delay happening >> somewhere apparently within the sound bar, which causes the first few >> syllables of voiceover to be missed when audio isn't already being played. I >> hope that made sense. I had this problem before with a second generation TV >> and surround sound system, where things were going through an AV receiver >> and the same problem happened. What is it with this audio cut out thing? How >> are people getting around this? My sound bar is klipsch, supposed to be a >> good one. We try this on a different older TV, and the same thing happen. So >> it's not something with our TV outputs. I would say it is the sound bar, >> except I had the same problem before I'll be at with an older AppleTV. >> Mary >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > -- > 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.
