Itunes and Apple TV

[Blu Jedi Master]

Will I be able to stream all movies that I have downloaded to my itunes account. ie disney and others.

[Eve76]

Where you're from? Normally you do not need to downlad the film. In the cloud is enough to watch it on your apple tv to stream it.

Originally Posted by Blu Jedi Master

Will I be able to stream all movies that I have downloaded to my itunes account. ie disney and others.

[Blu Jedi Master]

U.S

Well when I loaded some of my codes via my computer it prompted me to download them. ie Jurrasic Park Trilogy and LOTR trilogy. So I downloaded them to my computer. Does that mean they are in my cloud now and can be viewed with an appletv.
Others like disney transferred files from the digital copy dvd to my computer. Does that mean they are in my cloud now and can be viewed by an appletv.

[Shinsaku]

I just bought my Apple TV last week. If you delete your movie from your PC, it will ask you if you want to keep your movie in the Cloud. Click yes and you can watch them all on your Apple TV without them taking up all the space on your PC.

[Eve76]

Shinsaku is right, I never downlad my films on my US account to my pc. It's all in the cloud. Just stream your films, all very easy.
That's a problem with a german account, no cloud, so I don't buy films here

[unsung122212]

I download all my movies, because you never know when a movie will be incompatible with the cloud. Also, when you go to your Apple TV and look under your purchases, you should see those films in there to stream to the device. If a movie that you purchased isn't there, and you have downloaded the movie file to your PC, then you can turn on home sharing that will use your network to stream that file to your Apple TV from your PC. Home Sharing is also a good option if there are extras that you want to watch on your TV like the commentary of Star Trek into Darkness feature with the IMAX scenes.

[TheDean]

Originally Posted by Blu Jedi Master

Will I be able to stream all movies that I have downloaded to my itunes account. ie disney and others.

I download all of my movies, put them on an external hard drive, keep them in iTunes in the movies playlist. Then on Apple TV i got to the computers and it loads my library, then there is a list of music, movies, TV shows, and podcasts. Your movies should all in that list and play fine. If they downloaded in HD they will look great, and if they are SD they should look alright. I got an Apple TV in late 2012 and love it. if ever download any music videos from iTunes they work too.

Originally Posted by unsung122212

I download all my movies, because you never know when a movie will be incompatible with the cloud. Also, when you go to your Apple TV and look under your purchases, you should see those films in there to stream to the device. If a movie that you purchased isn't there, and you have downloaded the movie file to your PC, then you can turn on home sharing that will use your network to stream that file to your Apple TV from your PC. Home Sharing is also a good option if there are extras that you want to watch on your TV like the commentary of Star Trek into Darkness feature with the IMAX scenes.

How did you get Star Trek into Darkness extras to play on Apple TV? My Home Sharing is on and extras don't show up.

[unsung122212]

Originally Posted by TheDean

I download all of my movies, put them on an external hard drive, keep them in iTunes in the movies playlist. Then on Apple TV i got to the computers and it loads my library, then there is a list of music, movies, TV shows, and podcasts. Your movies should all in that list and play fine. If they downloaded in HD they will look great, and if they are SD they should look alright. I got an Apple TV in late 2012 and love it. if ever download any music videos from iTunes they work too.



How did you get Star Trek into Darkness extras to play on Apple TV? My Home Sharing is on and extras don't show up.

What you will have to do is add the specific file from the extras, like the commentary file for STID, to your library. ITunes will see this as a home video file, not as a purchase from the store. You may to change the file name to differentiate from the other files from the Extras. Also, this will also allow you to transfer the file to your iPad, iTouch or iPhone. This will be time consuming to add each specific file to iTunes and give them appropriate names. For me, the only file that I would want to want on my TV is the commentary for STID. The only issue I have is that the Apple TV, which is my brothers that he doesn't really use, doesn't stay connected or can't connect to the Home Sharing network at times.

This work around, while can be a little tedious, I hope will be temporary and they allow the extras to be streamed to Apple TV.

[TheDean]

Originally Posted by unsung122212

What you will have to do is add the specific file from the extras, like the commentary file for STID, to your library. ITunes will see this as a home video file, not as a purchase from the store. You may to change the file name to differentiate from the other files from the Extras. Also, this will also allow you to transfer the file to your iPad, iTouch or iPhone. This will be time consuming to add each specific file to iTunes and give them appropriate names. For me, the only file that I would want to want on my TV is the commentary for STID. The only issue I have is that the Apple TV, which is my brothers that he doesn't really use, doesn't stay connected or can't connect to the Home Sharing network at times.

This work around, while can be a little tedious, I hope will be temporary and they allow the extras to be streamed to Apple TV.

Thanks, I can't believe i didn't think to do that before. Works great! Yeah took a little time, but not to bad. Now that i can to that with iTunes extras, its not to much of a problem anymore, but it would be better if they were playable upon download. I sometime have trouble connecting with home sharing, but that's my internets problem. Other that that i have no problems with Apple TV, a great product.

[Blu Jedi Master]

Picked up my Apple TV today. It came with a $25 iTunes gift card.

[Andysol]

Originally Posted by Blu Jedi Master

Picked up my Apple TV today. It came with a $25 iTunes gift card.

How have you liked it? I love ours