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On Air Now - no longer working on iPhone

I have been a Creative Live member for over 10 years. The past several months the ‘On Air Now’ 24 hour streaming has not worked and I have been waiting and waiting and waiting, hoping for an update of some sort for this issue. I have missed numerous classes that I have RSVP’d for because of this issue. At this point it’s become a joke of an app. Why is there no longer updates and/or support for this app?
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The latest version has broken support for Apple TV 4K

The latest version has broken support for Apple TV 4K

John Greengo Olympus OM M1x

Olympus class seems to freeze and hear the sound but not the corresponding images for the tutorial.

Crashes Constantly

I downloaded this app for my Apple TV. Day one worked fine. Today it crashes within 2 seconds of opening. I’ve restarted my Apple TV maybe 5 time and still can’t get the app to stay open

Fantastic Educational Resource

I have been learning and growing with Creative Live since 2013. It is now 2024, and many of the courses on this platform are still extremely relevant and helpful to me today - all these years later. I hope it continues to be maintained and accessible in the years ahead, as it is packed with many wonderful, high-quality classes and learning paths!!!

I still learn something new, for example, in the posing and lighting classes for photographers. Same for classes pertaining to creative projects, creative inspiration, cultivating creative practices, composition, documentary photography, wedding photography, and family photography. I also still enjoy watching content creation courses, in that they provide inspiration and ideas that are still helpful today despite changes in how SEO works. Classes on craft fairs, communication, vlogging, and other creative topics are are still useful to me.

I am able to play course videos on my iPhone, iPad, and AppleTV app without any issues. I am also able to download the supplemental course materials (ie PDFs) without any problems.

A++++ learning app, in my book.
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Response from developer

Laura Roxane, please try out the latest version. We've made it easier to access your owned classes directly from the Home view. Also the Recently Watched list provides quick access to resume your active classes. Oh, and improved search!

Love it

This app is the best, I love watching creative live. Just wish I could find how to ask questions, and if there was a community I could join somewhere to talk to others and have watch parties, that would be amazing.

Great content - Garbage app

Creative Live’s app does not work on iPad:
- Unable to successfully download content for offline viewing
- Sometimes downloaded content “undownloads” itself.
- Sometimes video does not appear, just audio and a black screen
- sometimes subtitles appear multiple times on the same screen.

Seems that since Creative Live was sold to Fiverr they have abandoned this app which has not been updated in three years.

Come on CL, you can do better…
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Linking doesn’t work with AppleTV.

Linking doesn’t work with AppleTV. It used to, but now I can’t access my contexnt in the appletv app and joining the devices via the QR code doesn’t work.

In love!

Absolutely love this! I have learned so much about audio from some of these courses! My only gripe, for some reason the pause feature only mutes the video and I have to rewind or close to get the sound to come back.

CreativeLiveHistory

I have been a subscriber of CL for more than a decade. Always informative. Always inspirational.

Amazing for photography

I absolutely love all this content. There’s a wide variety to choose from and I find the presenters / experts really conversational and I get very sucked into what they are saying and doing (it’s easy for me to get distracted). The content from CL also has moderators that ask really good questions both from the online crowd and themselves when they sense going deeper or clarifying could be helpful.
The things I’ve learned here probably would cost me thousands of dollars in classes.
For me even if some of these are shot a bit ago - it’s still applicable for photography - so this holds over time.
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What is the point of good classes if they apps you use to watch them doesn’t work

What is the point of an Apple TV app that doesn’t work? I subscribed for a year to this with the intention of watching it on tv. But it is broken and has been for a long time. Years apparently. It used to work because I used it a couple years ago. I want a refund. Then I found out the app on the iMac doesn’t work either. It crashes every time I bring it up. So apparently this company is going under. I would have liked to have known that before I spent so much money. The classes are fine but if I the apps you use to watch them don’t work what’s the point? Save your money. Stay away,
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Superb courses and speakers!

One of the best subscriptions I’ve made.

I wish I found this ( when did devs release app )?

Yeah then!

Needs work

I love CreativeLive. Unfortunately, its lack of a feature on the iPad is making me leave a less than 5-star review. I like taking digital notes as I watch something. But you don’t give the option to use split screen in the app where I can take notes while watching a video simultaneously. Instead, I have to play the video on my phone to take notes on my iPad. It’s ridiculous to not have this feature and keeps me from being more active with the app. PLEASE enable split screen. Thanks.
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I really like CreativeLive but

This is App, I'm trying to open it on my Mac studio Ultra machine. The moment i click on Course i want to see, it simply crashes.
Can't use it. I'd like to but i can't. Sent crash report to the team,
I hope team can fix this.

Desperately Needs an Update

The AppleTV and iPhone apps need an update to watch the programming. You get a notification telling you you can’t watch programming even if you own them. The daily programming isn’t available on the AppleTV.

Awesome information!

Solid, practical, easy to understand content that’s easy to apply in the real world. If you are a visual or auditory learner, this is a great tool. If you are the hands on type, it’s almost like they walk you through applying this content!

Bare-bones app - lacks basic features

Allows access to creativelive videos, but lacks basic functionality you would expect. No search feature forces you to dig through menues and a ton of classes to find something of interest. The 'My Classes' section of the app doesn't seem to sink with web browser or iOS devices. The 'Recently Watched' section seems to be only recently watched on the Apple TV app. No access to saved classes from your browser.
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