They make no mention of the platform those features will be available on. Furthermore they are so vague you have no idea if they will support direct mode only or library only etc
Can we have better announcements than these in the future?
Are you looking for Infuse Release Notes | Firecore?
The release notes clearly describe what changed for each platform.
I mean the thread in the Suggestions forum. Itâs written in a way to give you the impression that every next release will be packed with features. However it is often edited and itâs worded vaguely so that when that next release comes it completely featureless.
Take for example sorting options. I think there are now months since they announced it yet it barely made it -and I think itâs only for Plex -and I think only in direct mode. Honestly itâs becoming quite tedious to follow this.
The first post about sorting options actively being worked on was April 9th this year. So hardly months.
No it really isnât. Everyone else seems to understand it and appreciates knowing whatâs currently being worked on.
You really would be better sticking with Emby where you get to hear about absolutely nothing in advance that is planned for the future. Apart from of course when you are told over on their forums (as you were already) that Emby have zero intention of adding any Profile 8 Dolby Vision support. But at least the sorting options are robust.
This seems to be a bit rude of an answer.
First, stating that I like something and agree with it. Unless Iâm not part of everyone.
Second, that is no way to answer a customer with and issue.
This forum is user supported. The only âemployeeâ of Firecore responding to posts is @james, any other reply you get is from another user like yourself not a representative of Firecore.
Itâs difficult at best to respond to a post without possibly being misinterpreted since you donât have the luxury of voice inflections but users can still voice their opinions.
Sorry Infuse, my misunderstanding in second point. First point was correct.
I appreciate your advice, and trust me: if emby or plex or whoever brings decoding of DV to the ATV and by then Firecore has not fixed its game I will âstick to Embyâ as you say. I believe that the amount of time Iâve wasted trying to make sense of their latest updates on the ATV as a paying customer is -and should be to anyone- alarming.
Please go back to the suggestions post and check the history of that post and note how many times it has been edited in order to get a better sense of what I mean.
You can also check yourself when direct mode was launched (not to mention announced), and discover how many users were caught off guard by missing sorting options (among many other issues). Then have a look at how long those took to implement and how theyâre still not ready⌠and this is the pattern with every feature they add, like the downmixing or the DV support to mention just a few.
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Itâs a rolling post. As something on that list gets added to Infuse it gets dropped off the list. As something is scheduled to be added to Infuse it gets added to the list. Hence over the years hundreds of edits.
As a lifetime pass owner of both Plex and Emby the lack of updates of anything Apple client related is far more alarming.
Spatial Audio? AirPlay that actually works? And as you mentioned yourself Dolby Vision?
Infuse isnât perfect and Direct mode is relatively new. Iâm obviously missing something because youâre annoyed at a thread that actually tells us whatâs being worked on?
Apples native profile 8 Dolby Vision implemented within weeks.
Meanwhile Emby can barely do HDR. And Plex treat everyone like morons with their fake Dolby Vision garbage.
Be it Plex, Emby, Jellyfin or Infuse there are always compromises. They all have their strengths and weaknesses.
Profile 8 is not happening this year in Emby (if ever)
Plex possibly may bring it once theyâve fixed the stutter, overheating and various other playback issues. Those being the issues that have been reported for around 4 years.
I meant no disrespect in my other post or this one. But youâre gonna have to decide whatâs more important to you.
If by rolling post you mean announce a feature for a specific version and then on the release date move that feature up to the next pending release, then yes, that is indeed a rolling post.
Maybe Iâm wrong but expanded support for Dolby Vision Profile 8 for TVOS was included in the Sep '23 release of TVOS 17, while expanded support for Dolby Vision Profile 8 was added in the 7.7.2 release of Infuse from Mar '24. I wouldnât call 6 to 7 months âweeksâ.
Direct Mode is now months old, while it was touted months in advance also as a response to a large number of users who had problems with the Infuse library system. It is still not complete to this dateâŚ
I understand that by comparison Infuse may seem as a blessing to you, but that is not the subject of this thread. This thread is an accusation of the announcements made, and subsequently not honored by the Infuse team, specifically but not limited to the Upcoming Features thread in the Suggestions forum.
PS: have they got rid of the Infuse logo and colored background in Direct Mode yet or is that still a feature?
Yep I tend to forget that not everyone uses the beta and waits for stable releases, nor that Infuse offered on the fly conversion for Profile 8 before Apple even hinted at native support.
Good luck in your endeavours.