Other new features from the Apple TV software update

#8: Nope, sorry. Still one big fat list. I agree, this is a dumb idea.

When will Apple make it so you can watch HD trailers on the Apple TV (or at least have the choice of what resolution the trailers are shown in)?

@ mungler : It's still one big list, but if the meta data is right, then it should be in the correct order (reverse chronological order, newest at top). This is handled by season and episode number in the iTunes get info. But you probably know that.

It would be nice to have sub directories with seasons. I've done that with front row set ups before in the Movies folder, but the ATV doesn't play anything out of iTunes structure.

Could someone who's using the AppleTV update please check on something for me...

When you go into the "Pictures" section from the main menu does it still just display the Photo Albums you've synced with AppleTV or can you view the folder structure you've created in iPhoto? I have tons of images (12,000+) and I'm waiting for AppleTV to sync folders and sub-folders so that I don't have to scroll through hundreds of albums.

I know it's unlikely that they updated this but I figured it'd be worth checking on. Thanks!

-Michael

Well,l just installed the update. What I didn't know is that it would reset my resolution preferences. Now I'm staring at a blue screen. I can reconnect my component cables to a lower resolution input on my TV and eventually see the display, but I can't seem to change it to the highest resolution any more. Did anyone else have trouble with this?

Now, if only we could browse/search the podcast directories in this way...

Touche` Matt...lol. I wouldn't call the whole visualizer thing an obsession, but you got to admit it would be really cool...especially for parties. It would be much better than staring at the menu, or even album art for hours. The only reason i could see not to do this would be if there wasn't enough computing power to handle it.

@Matt: HA!

@Dalton: It did that before. It is a little difficult to notice, personally I think it could be a little bigger, or even customizable with a small, medium or large option. With the current way it is being small.

do tv shows get divided up by season or is it still one big fat stupid list?

my Simpsons collection (seasons 1-17 complete) is a total PITA to navigate....

Just so anyone with a hacked AppleTV is aware... this does wipe out all mods and hacks (ssh, ATVFiles, etc.). It is possible to get SSH working again, but most of the frappliances don't work at this point. The author of ATVFiles is aiming to update his hack tonight to work with the update. Unfortunately all network mountable filesystems have been removed as of today's update... so I'm unsure how that will be enabled again in the future.