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A list of the feeds Apple uses for its video screensavers
tvOS 10: 1080p + H.264
http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/entries.json
tvOS 11: 1080p/4K + SDR/HDR + HEVC
https://sylvan.apple.com/Aerials/2x/entries.json
https://t27q97zg19.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod/aerialAltJSON/4kEntites.json
tvOS 12: 4K + SDR/HDR + HEVC, 1080p + H.264, localised descriptions
https://sylvan.apple.com/Aerials/resources.tar
tvOS 13: 4K + SDR/HDR + HEVC, 1080p + H.264, localised descriptions
https://sylvan.apple.com/Aerials/resources-13.tar
tvOS 15: 4K + SDR/HDR + HEVC, 1080p + H.264, localised descriptions
https://sylvan.apple.com/Aerials/resources-15.tar
tvOS 16: 4K + SDR/HDR + HEVC, 1080p + H.264, localised descriptions
https://sylvan.apple.com/Aerials/resources-16.tar
macOS 14: 4K 120FPS + 240FPS, localised descriptions
https://sylvan.apple.com/itunes-assets/Aerials126/v4/82/2e/34/822e344c-f5d2-878c-3d56-508d5b09ed61/resources-14-0.tar
macOS 15: 4K 240FPS, localised descriptions
https://sylvan.apple.com/itunes-assets/Aerials126/v4/82/2e/34/822e344c-f5d2-878c-3d56-508d5b09ed61/resources-15-0-2.tar
macOS 26: 4K 240FPS, localised descriptions
https://configuration.apple.com/configurations/internetservices/aerials/resources-config-26-0.plist
tvOS 26: 4K + SDR/HDR + HEVC, 1080p + H.264, localised descriptions
https://sylvan.apple.com/itunes-assets/Aerials126/v4/c0/45/d9/c045d9d0-9606-1535-62fe-189edb4f79eb/resources-atv-23J-2.tar
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gazeum commented Apr 21, 2026

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Also, did you mean tvOS 26 and not 16?

Yes, this was a typo. I've edited my post to correct this and to clarify where the URLs were obtained.

@glouel

glouel commented Apr 21, 2026

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At first glance there are 127 videos vs 136 in the macOS one

The 4 tahoe "videos" are not in the feed, and I guess 5 whatever are missing too ? Not a huge deal but worth noting if you are merging the sources.

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gazeum commented Apr 21, 2026

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That seems to be the case. I've checked what's available in the tvOS simulator and it doesn't include any of the macOS tahoe, sequoia, sonoma videos. I imagine this is the same for actual hardware but I can't confirm this.
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glouel commented Apr 21, 2026

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Yep can confirm, it's 4 tahoe, 3 sequoia (one has a HDR/Dolby Vision version out of the four, somehow, not sure why) and likely some sonoma shots.

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It's (mostly) the fixed shots that are missing, really not a big deal.

@aabytt

aabytt commented Apr 22, 2026

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Previous tvOS link pattern with the new file name also exists
https://sylvan.apple.com/Aerials/resources-atv-23J-2.tar

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