Unfortunately, Plex transcodes lossless FLAC files to 256 kbps AAC files when sending them to the Apple TV.

It transcodes files from formats that can’t play natively on the Apple TV and plays the others directly. Plex, as expected, lets you play FLAC files, but also Ogg Vorbis and others (but it can’t play protected AAC files from the iTunes Store). You can convert these to Apple Lossless format to add to your iTunes library, you cannot play them natively. However, this solution only lets you play files in AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV formats. You can also access Apple Music, if you’re a subscriber, and your iCloud Music Library, if you use this with Apple Music and/or iTunes Match. Hopefully this happens more frequently on the Apple TV App Store, at least until they introduce categories or some other ways to discover apps that aren’t featured or trending.As expected, iTunes Home Sharing lets the Apple TV access your iTunes library. Typically on the iOS App Store they only refresh the App Store Featured page once a week on Thursdays. Perhaps in another effort to increase the discoverability of Apple TV apps, Apple has refreshed the App Store Featured page and is now highlighting some new apps. If you don’t have access to an Apple TV or live outside the US, you can see the top 10 apps in each list on MacRumors. Unsurprisingly, the lists for the Top Paid and Top Grossing apps are dominated by games, whilst the Top Free list is mostly occupied by media and entertainment apps.

Top Charts is currently limited to the US App Store, but it seems likely that the feature will roll out to international stores over the coming days. Just as it does on iOS, the Top Charts section is broken down into Top Free, Top Paid and Top Grossing lists.

Meanwhile, Apple appears to have listened to some of the complaints about the lack of discoverability in the Apple TV App Store and added a Top Charts section. The app is free in the app store for everyone, and requires the latest media server. There truly isn’t any other platform we’ve wanted to be on for as long as we have the Apple TV. You can view more screenshots of the Plex Apple TV app on the Plex Blog. The Plex Apple TV app can play all of your video, music, TV and photo collections from any computer or NAS device that you install the Plex Media Server on. The highly anticipated official Plex app for the new Apple TV is now available on the App Store as a free download.

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