07-12-2010, 10:07 AM
Zoidberg wrote:
Is there a good Q&A online for the AppleTV? For instance, can it stream from a shared folder (on my iMac) of ripped DVDs? (Thinking of getting an AppleTV for the family TV and one for an upstairs TV).
Yes. I plan on having NitoTV available to the ATV for occasions that I want to do this. Most of my content will be ripped and iTunes sortable, however I still need (or, could use) this functionality.
For example, with a kids' DVD that has nine 20 minute episodes on it, that they'll watch for two weeks and then forget about. I figure it's probably easier to just rip the entire dvd and have it available that way, rather than ripping the DVD and then encoding each individual episode, and then adding to itunes. Then they can look at the goofy extra features and stuff they inevitably put on kids' DVDs also. After a week or two, I can just trash the (ripped) DVD files.