iTunes Extras on iPad, iPhone, Apple TV

[Photogenic]

I've given up discs for iTunes digital copies and have amassed a collection of over 300 movies. All of these movies can be played on my mobile devices and TVs, but for some reason, the iTunes extras included with almost every major title can not. To watch these special features, you need a Mac or PC.

Does this strike anyone else as being unusual? Apple's biggest products are by far the iPhone and iPad and customers are probably still more likely to watch iTunes videos on their Apple TV over their Macs or PCs. Heck, I don't even own a Mac or PC. It seems natural for the extras to be accessible right along the feature on the devices most customers are using.

In fact, I even emailed Tim Cook about this to ask that this be implemented. I find it sort of baffling.

Is there any explanation for this?

[Wasgo]

Originally Posted by Photogenic

I've given up discs for iTunes digital copies and have amassed a collection of over 300 movies. All of these movies can be played on my mobile devices and TVs, but for some reason, the iTunes extras included with almost every major title can not. To watch these special features, you need a Mac or PC.

Does this strike anyone else as being unusual? Apple's biggest products are by far the iPhone and iPad and customers are probably still more likely to watch iTunes videos on their Apple TV over their Macs or PCs. Heck, I don't even own a Mac or PC. It seems natural for the extras to be accessible right along the feature on the devices most customers are using.

In fact, I even emailed Tim Cook about this to ask that this be implemented. I find it sort of baffling.

Is there any explanation for this?

It worked on the original Apple TV, but since then it hasn't. There hasn't been any explanation.

[Jumpman]

Originally Posted by Photogenic

I've given up discs for iTunes digital copies and have amassed a collection of over 300 movies. All of these movies can be played on my mobile devices and TVs, but for some reason, the iTunes extras included with almost every major title can not. To watch these special features, you need a Mac or PC.

Does this strike anyone else as being unusual? Apple's biggest products are by far the iPhone and iPad and customers are probably still more likely to watch iTunes videos on their Apple TV over their Macs or PCs. Heck, I don't even own a Mac or PC. It seems natural for the extras to be accessible right along the feature on the devices most customers are using.

In fact, I even emailed Tim Cook about this to ask that this be implemented. I find it sort of baffling.

Is there any explanation for this?

I remember reading a story about a year and a half ago about how Apple was working on getting iTunes Extras to work on the mobile devices and the Apple TV in the future.

I think they'll get this done and when they do, I'm definitely done with discs.

[djluis2k6]

Originally Posted by Photogenic

I've given up discs for iTunes digital copies and have amassed a collection of over 300 movies. All of these movies can be played on my mobile devices and TVs, but for some reason, the iTunes extras included with almost every major title can not. To watch these special features, you need a Mac or PC.

Does this strike anyone else as being unusual? Apple's biggest products are by far the iPhone and iPad and customers are probably still more likely to watch iTunes videos on their Apple TV over their Macs or PCs. Heck, I don't even own a Mac or PC. It seems natural for the extras to be accessible right along the feature on the devices most customers are using.

In fact, I even emailed Tim Cook about this to ask that this be implemented. I find it sort of baffling.

Is there any explanation for this?

The original Apple TV required you to sync movies onto it to view them, same for music, which is when iTunes LP was created to include extras. But since you no longer sync, iTunes LP for the Apple TV has gone away, and the same for movies, but they still exist for a PC and Mac. Right now, you use the Videos app to view iTunes purchased videos on an iOS Device, so while it lives in the Videos app, this feature will not happen. Apple will have to create a separate app just for iTunes movies, specifically iTunes in the Cloud. Starting with iOS 7, you are now able to view iTunes in the Cloud videos within the Videos app on the iPhone now as well. If you look at the Disney app that plays Disney iTunes movies, THAT is how it should be. But as I mentioned, Apple will have to create a specific app just for their video purchases.

[Photogenic]

Originally Posted by djluis2k6

The original Apple TV required you to sync movies onto it to view them, same for music, which is when iTunes LP was created to include extras. But since you no longer sync, iTunes LP for the Apple TV has gone away, and the same for movies, but they still exist for a PC and Mac. Right now, you use the Videos app to view iTunes purchased videos on an iOS Device, so while it lives in the Videos app, this feature will not happen. Apple will have to create a separate app just for iTunes movies, specifically iTunes in the Cloud. Starting with iOS 7, you are now able to view iTunes in the Cloud videos within the Videos app on the iPhone now as well. If you look at the Disney app that plays Disney iTunes movies, THAT is how it should be. But as I mentioned, Apple will have to create a specific app just for their video purchases.

I have been using DMA, and I agree, it's a great job. It's great finally having access to iTunes Extras for some of my favorite titles.

[srinivas1015]

Right-click on the Extras file (the .ite file), and select 'Show Package Contents'. Copy-Paste the .m4v vids you want in the 'videos' folder' and sync them to your iPad.
A bit of a hassle and you don't get the menu and everything but it's better than nothing I guess.

[djluis2k6]

Originally Posted by Photogenic

I have been using DMA, and I agree, it's a great job. It's great finally having access to iTunes Extras for some of my favorite titles.

Yeah it is. Did you see any Disney SD purchases convert to HD within iTunes? I noticed after connecting the Disney app with iTunes, some SD purchases or digital copies were converted to HD.

[Photogenic]

Originally Posted by djluis2k6

Yeah it is. Did you see any Disney SD purchases convert to HD within iTunes? I noticed after connecting the Disney app with iTunes, some SD purchases or digital copies were converted to HD.

I've never purchased any SD movies, but what you say doesn't surprise me. I've had HD movies replaced with remastered HD movies in iCloud before.

[disneywildcat]

Originally Posted by djluis2k6

Yeah it is. Did you see any Disney SD purchases convert to HD within iTunes? I noticed after connecting the Disney app with iTunes, some SD purchases or digital copies were converted to HD.

Only Disney movies with digital copies that had their magic/action codes redeemed in Disney Movie Rewards or were redeemed in iTunes either thru DigitalCopy+ or the DC disc (for older Disney movies) were upgraded to HD.

Disney movies purchased directly thru iTunes in SD were not and will not be upgraded by Disney Movies Anywhere.

[djluis2k6]

Originally Posted by disneywildcat

Only Disney movies with digital copies that had their magic/action codes redeemed in Disney Movie Rewards or were redeemed in iTunes either thru DigitalCopy+ or the DC disc (for older Disney movies) were upgraded to HD.

Disney movies purchased directly thru iTunes in SD were not and will not be upgraded by Disney Movies Anywhere.

That makes sense because the SD movies I still have in DMA were purchases, not digital copies. So only digital copies were updated to HD?

[disneywildcat]

Screenshots of iTunes Extras on iPhone with iOS 8. Doesn't work exactly like the DMA app and the menu is accessible when you play the film.

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[Jumpman]

I couldn't get the Extras to work on my iPhone but it works perfectly on my iPad.

[disneywildcat]

Originally Posted by Jumpman

I couldn't get the Extras to work on my iPhone but it works perfectly on my iPad.

I don't have access to Extras on my iPad Mini (1st gen). I took the screenshots of iTunes extras on my iPhone 5c. I wonder if only certain iOS devices have access to iTunes Extras.

[Benh911f]

Usually I load a movie onto my iPad so I don't have to be online to watch it, so I am a little bummed you can't load the extras onto the device, but it's better than nothing.

[Jumpman]

Originally Posted by disneywildcat

I don't have access to Extras on my iPad Mini (1st gen). I took the screenshots of iTunes extras on my iPhone 5c. I wonder if only certain iOS devices have access to iTunes Extras.

That's really funny because the Extras work fine on my mini but not on my 5c.

[mjg87]

iTunes extras not showing/working on ipad 3 👎

[disneywildcat]

I had iOS 8 on both device since Wednesday. Up until this morning, movies with extras on my iPhone 5c had iTunes Extras while my iPad mini 1st Gen didn't. But now the iTunes Extras icon appears on the movies on my iPad mini. Wonder if it was a server problem on Apple's end.

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