New tvOS 13 Screensavers for 4K Version of Aerial

[josh-the-tech]

Hi All,

This is the only place I can see to put this, but I've just gotten the tvOS13 json file and cleaned it up to work with the @jonathonwpowell version of the screensaver.

I've saved it as Public Gist so all you need to do is copy the link below into your source location and it'll take the screensavers. Please remember these are 4K so yoru PC must have enough power to run 4K video even at a 1080 resolution.

4K: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/josh-the-tech/f729a76b4ce5bb772f8042148c0a5508/raw/f0b0ed14cb73edfe1621f47f144fbc9b019debbf/4kentries_Oct2019.json

Please feel free to share this with others so they can be enjoyed by all!

EDIT:

I've made a 1080/2K version:

https://gist.githubusercontent.com/josh-the-tech/d6d28aa889f394a9eaa0ccb3da13f32a/raw/21e1302154b77a907b50837fb2cb6184ed78e149/2kentries_oct2019.json

[joerchnet]

thanks, will try this.

[crunchy59]

Thanks, but can you explain how to use it?
C.

[FotisSp]

Hello, after hours of search because i didn't know either how to set it up i found the solution.

First you need to download the Aerial.src from this link

after that i saved it on a Folder located on Program Files/Aerial
Then right click on the Aerial.src and click Install

(I would suggest if you had previously installed the Aerial screen saver to go to C:/Windows folder and delete it from there. Also go to registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ and delete Aerial Folder )

After that open the screen saver settings and then choose Aerial as your screen saver. When you press the Settings button you should be welcomed with a new window that has several tabs.
On Video Source Tab just paste the link provided by @josh-the-tech . First Click OK so the changes apply and then re-open the Settings so you can see the new Videos on Preferences Tab.

In case you receive an error message saying something about a certificate :

go to https://www.apple.com/certificateauthority/
and download the Apple Inc. Root Certificate and install it
forcing it to go into the Current User\Trusted Root Certification Authorities.

Hope this helps

[joerchnet]

Yess! thats it, @FotisSp . Never saw these whole options in the schreensaver! Why nobody include me is able to find thios version? cool!

[deckikwok]

thanks for making my day! can someone share the json for the ones with the underwater videos? i have it on aerial mac and am loving it!

[FotisSp]

@josh-the-tech hey was wondering is there a way I could find the videos in other resolutions and make my own json ? I had in mind to make a 2k library for another computer of mine that does not have the power to run 4k. It is laggy

Thanks

[josh-the-tech]

@josh-the-tech hey was wondering is there a way I could find the videos in other resolutions and make my own json ? I had in mind to make a 2k library for another computer of mine that does not have the power to run 4k. It is laggy

Thanks

Hey, just download the resources-13.tar from Apple here https://sylvan.apple.com/Aerials/resources-13.tar

Extract it using 7zip and take the URLs from the JSON file. You'll need to make sure it's in the same format as the Gist I linked to above and you can then make your own Gist to host your custom JSON file.

If you share here, I'll add it to the first post so others can use the HD version

[FotisSp]

@josh-the-tech hey was wondering is there a way I could find the videos in other resolutions and make my own json ? I had in mind to make a 2k library for another computer of mine that does not have the power to run 4k. It is laggy
Thanks

Hey, just download the resources-13.tar from Apple here https://sylvan.apple.com/Aerials/resources-13.tar

Extract it using 7zip and take the URLs from the JSON file. You'll need to make sure it's in the same format as the Gist I linked to above and you can then make your own Gist to host your custom JSON file.

If you share here, I'll add it to the first post so others can use the HD version

Great I will see it and if I manage to do it tomorrow I will post it here ! Thanks for the reply !!

[josh-the-tech]

@josh-the-tech hey was wondering is there a way I could find the videos in other resolutions and make my own json ? I had in mind to make a 2k library for another computer of mine that does not have the power to run 4k. It is laggy
Thanks

Hey, just download the resources-13.tar from Apple here https://sylvan.apple.com/Aerials/resources-13.tar
Extract it using 7zip and take the URLs from the JSON file. You'll need to make sure it's in the same format as the Gist I linked to above and you can then make your own Gist to host your custom JSON file.
If you share here, I'll add it to the first post so others can use the HD version

Great I will see it and if I manage to do it tomorrow I will post it here ! Thanks for the reply !!

I managed to whip one up quickly this morning with a find and replace.

https://gist.githubusercontent.com/josh-the-tech/d6d28aa889f394a9eaa0ccb3da13f32a/raw/21e1302154b77a907b50837fb2cb6184ed78e149/2kentries_oct2019.json

[FotisSp]

Was checking out the json file and comparing the aerials on MacOS. Does anyone know how the naming of the videos occur ? Example on windows for Los Angeles there are 6 videos with ids as names instead on MacOS there are 3 videos by day and 3 by Night with proper names. Can't seem to find the info on the link or something.

[philstopford]

This is awesome. Thank you!

[meldalinn]

im getting a "windows media player cant play this file" error

[joerchnet]

Just install klite codec pack and try, if media player can play the mov files.

[meldalinn]

yeah, i did that, changed nothing

[joerchnet]

Can you play the mov with media player?

[meldalinn]

yep

[glouel]

Was checking out the json file and comparing the aerials on MacOS. Does anyone know how the naming of the videos occur ? Example on windows for Los Angeles there are 6 videos with ids as names instead on MacOS there are 3 videos by day and 3 by Night with proper names. Can't seem to find the info on the link or something.

macOS version author here, FYI, we added those names ourselves so people could distinguish them easily. Day/night was also available on older tvOS.jsons, but they removed that, so when not available I add the info manually too.

Edit : You can find the day/night info in this file at the top, there's also a list of which videos are space, see, etc : https://github.com/JohnCoates/Aerial/blob/master/Aerial/Source/Models/AerialVideo.swift

And you can also find our custom names in this file : https://github.com/JohnCoates/Aerial/blob/master/Resources/Community/en.json

The id is the id of the video, they change from time to time so they relate to the latest version available.

[MBR05E]

Thanks for this @josh-the-tech

I used your Gist to create my own with the updated videos.

It works a treat, to be fair I have no idea what I'm doing and it took 6 revisions to get it working haha

https://gist.githubusercontent.com/MBR05E/6cd443c3d099de042194bfbcb7657ddc/raw/6982f2a5956d331d758c2d49e1038023bdf543d2/4kentries_Feb2020.json

[lo97]

4K:https://gist.githubusercontent.com/MBR05E/6cd443c3d099de042194bfbcb7657ddc/raw/6982f2a5956d331d758c2d49e1038023bdf543d2/4kentries_Feb2020.json

@MBR05E your link is broken

[MBR05E]

https://gist.githubusercontent.com/MBR05E/6cd443c3d099de042194bfbcb7657ddc/raw/6982f2a5956d331d758c2d49e1038023bdf543d2/4kentries_Feb2020.json

@lo97

[tobiwashere]

I just created an updated json file with the latest videos (from Apple's January video update) like @MBR05E, but as a 1080p variant.
Use this URL in the Aerial video settings: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/tobiwashere/5e739cd20128f5dd8e5a63e742c09eb0/raw/54bb7977348d9744d1fbc6a2c902053ab8897a41/1080pFeb2020_entries.json