Device Profiles

Device Profiles

Template recommendations and known codec constraints per device.

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Samsung TV (Tizen 2018–2022)

Models: RU7100, RU8000, NU8000, Q60 and similar

Use: Template Directory#samsung-tv (1080p) or Template Directory#samsung-tv-4k

Setting	Value
Dolby Vision	❌ No hardware DV decoder — DV-Only streams excluded by default
AV1	❌ No hardware decoder — excluded
VC-1	❌ Not supported — excluded
HEVC (H.265)	✅ Hardware decode
AVC (H.264)	✅ Hardware decode
HDR10+	✅ Supported (preferred)
HDR10	✅ Supported
HLG	✅ Supported
TrueHD / DTS:X / DTS-HD MA / FLAC	❌ Hard-excluded — Samsung Tizen cannot pass these through
DD+ Atmos	✅ Top preferred audio
AAC	✅ Native

Nightly option: Samsung RU7100 4K (Nightly) — APEX IQR PSEs, FLAC/AAC, full ESE stack, tuned specifically for the RU7100 (2019).

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Apple TV 4K (3rd gen, A15/A17)

Use: Apple TV 4K (Nightly) via Infuse

Setting	Value
Dolby Vision	✅ Profile 5 and 8 — prioritised
AV1	❌ No hardware decoder on A15 — hard-excluded
HEVC (H.265)	✅ Hardware decode
AVC (H.264)	✅ Hardware decode
HDR10+	✅ 3rd gen exclusive
HDR10 / HLG	✅ Supported
DD+ Atmos	✅ Native preferred audio
TrueHD	⚠️ Passthrough only (requires AVR)

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Fire Stick (4K / 4K Max)

Use: Stream (Fire Stick) or Stream (Fire Stick) Lite

Setting	Value
4K	✅ Fire Stick 4K/4K Max only
Dolby Vision	✅ Fire Stick 4K Max
HEVC	✅ Supported
AV1	✅ Fire Stick 4K Max only
RAM	Low — Lite variant recommended if buffering

Tips:

• Use SDR or HDR10 priority if buffering is an issue
• Fire Stick 4K Max supports AV1; Fire Stick 4K does not
• Lite variant removes quality gates to maximise result count on lower-RAM devices

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Low-RAM / Budget Devices

Any device with ≤2 GB RAM (older Fire Sticks, budget Android TV boxes):

• Use the Lite variant of any template
• Enable Flash if you only need instant cached results
• Disable HDR to reduce stream sizes
• Set a bitrate cap via AIOStreams settings if buffering

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General Tips

• DV-Only Kill ESE — enabled by default on Samsung templates. Removes streams where Dolby Vision is the only signal layer (no HDR10 fallback). Safe to disable if your device supports DV natively.
• Audio exclusions — Samsung templates hard-exclude TrueHD/DTS:X/DTS-HD MA/FLAC. Remove these exclusions if your device passes audio through to an AVR that supports them.
• AV1 — excluded on Samsung and Apple TV (A15). Keep AV1 in excludedEncodes for these devices; enable it for Fire Stick 4K Max or modern Android TV.