Anime4K for tvOS

DEPRECATED: Use Anime4KMetal for iOS, tvOS, macOS and the latest shaders.

Introduction

This is a port of GLSL Anime4K to tvOS (Metal).

Requirements

• Apple TV 4K
• Xcode 11.0+
• tvOS 13.0+

Performance

On Apple TV 4K (A10X), each frame takes about 30ms to render when scaling 1080p to 4K. (Using Anime4K_Adaptive_v1.0RC2 shader) Most animes are 24 fps, which can be rendered in real time.

Screenshot

*Note: The above footage is only for demo purpose.

How to use

Option 1: Play from URL

Click the cell under Input URL. Input URL (http://xxx). Then click done. The video should be played automatically.

Option 2: Play from local file

Currently it can only play mp4 files in Caches directory.

To transfer video files for playing, you should follow the following steps:

1. Connect your Apple TV 4K to Xcode via network.
2. Compile and run this project.
3. Download container from Devices and Simulators.
4. Open the .xcappdata package exported.
5. Put video files into AppData/Library/Caches. Don't put under Documents. Even if you can do this, this directory is not accessible on tvOS.
6. Replace container using the last option in the screenshot above.
7. Launch app and select the video you want to play using remote.