Apple TV digital signage app: images, video and ready-made apps

Yes. The screenRIG Player is a native Apple TV app, so there is no browser to keep open. It plays your content from the Apple TV's own storage, which means video does not buffer and a dropped network does not stop it.

One thing to know first: the Apple TV Player plays images, video, live streams and ready-made apps, and it does not open web pages or your own custom apps. For those, use another Player, such as an Android TV or the Amazon Signage Stick.

1. On the Apple TV, open the App Store, search for screenRIG and install the Player.
2. Open it. It fills the screen with a pairing code.
3. Read the code to your agent, or scan the QR code beside it with a phone that is signed in to the dashboard and confirm Pair screen.

Your agent needs the screenRIG plugin once. Start installs it with one paste.

A playlist that holds a web page or one of your own apps is turned away by the Apple TV, and the screen keeps playing the last playlist it accepted. Your agent knows this before it publishes, so put those pages on a screen with another Player.

• Images and video, downloaded once and replayed from the Apple TV's storage.
• Live streams, as HLS.
• Ready-made apps: menus, offers, weather, queues, schedules and KPIs, with live data. Your agent picks one and fills it in. The apps gallery shows them.
• A soundtrack: background music that keeps playing as pages change.

If a playlist holds a web page or one of your own apps, the Apple TV does not take it and keeps playing the last playlist it accepted. Put those pages on a screen with another Player.

Press Menu on the remote to open the Player's settings, even while it shows the pairing code. The Apple TV reports its uptime, memory, processor load and network type to your agent, which can also black the screen out and clear the Player's cache. It cannot restart the Apple TV, and the App Store updates the Player. Press Play/Pause on the remote to pause the screen, and again to continue where it stopped. The Player guide tabulates what every Player reports and controls.

Apple TVs managed through an MDM can join your project with no code to read out. Put a fleet link in the Player's managed app configuration under the fleet_link key, and each Apple TV joins your project as its own screen. The optional keys asset_id and location name the new screen, and serial lets a reinstalled Apple TV get its screen back. The Player guide covers fleet links.

The screenRIG app for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch shows every screen live, edits playlists and approves your agent's changes.

Can an Apple TV be used as digital signage?

Yes. The screenRIG Player is a native Apple TV app. It plays images, video, live streams and ready-made apps from the Apple TV's own storage.

Does the Apple TV Player show web pages?

No. It plays images, video, HLS streams, ready-made apps and a soundtrack. For a web page or your own app, use another Player, such as an Android TV or the Amazon Signage Stick.

Do I need an MDM to run Apple TVs?

No. Read the pairing code to your agent, or scan the QR code with a signed-in phone. An MDM only adds the option to join Apple TVs to your project with no code, through a fleet link.

Does an Apple TV keep playing with no internet?

Yes. The Player downloads your content once and replays it from the Apple TV's storage, so a dropped network does not stop it.

Can I use an Apple TV on any display?

An Apple TV plugs into an HDMI input, so a display or TV with HDMI takes it. The smart TV guide compares it with the other routes.

What does Apple TV signage cost?

The Apple TV is your cost. screenRIG is free, with unlimited screens. Paid plans add business tools, more people, people to talk to, governance and contract terms. See pricing.

The Downloads page lists the Player for Apple TV beside every other Player, and the Player guide explains pairing.

• screenrig.ai/downloads
• screenrig.ai/docs/players