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A second maybe. Very quickly.
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Will AppleTV not let you play movies on your computer (attached or across the network) if they are already
in the proper folder and iTunes will play them? (I'm referring to RIPped movies made into h264s/MP4s)
That "feature" is not mentioned in the data. Streaming photos and music from iTunes is, but not pre-existing
movie content.
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i think you can play anything that is in your computer's iTunes library, but I have only played music.
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Yep, anything that iTunes can see in the library (not apps or books obviously) will stream to the Apple TV. Ready for the crappy part? You need an iTunes account to enable Home Sharing. Pretty odd that you have to register with Apple to share your non Apple purchased media.
You can get around that by using AirPlay to push the content from your Mac or iOS device instead of pulling the content via Home Sharing. Not a perfect solution, but workable depending on the configuration. The old Apple TV can pull content via the normal ITunes shared library feature, not sure why Apple removed this from the new Apple TV.
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can you stream content from an older appleTV
onto the new gen appleTV?
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I don't think so. You would have to use Home Sharing or AirPlay from your Mac (either method) or iOS device (AirPlay). The old Apple TV cannot communicate directly with the new Apple TV.
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Sounds as if sharing via Home Sharing reveal a the content list faster than the old way of "adding a library"---and that may be why they changed to that. On the other hand if I can keep iTunes always running, Apple TV doesn't need to rediscover content. The list is instantly available and updated, always.
FYI, AppleTV won't play just anything within iTunes. The reason is because iTunes can store and play anything QuickTime can play, whereas AppleTV has stricter requirements. Depending on the file, AppleTV either won't list it at all or will but won't play it.
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pardon me for steal this threading ........
With the 1st Gen ATV........
Is it more or less the same as the current version in abilities, except it has a drive?
I was thinking about one to service our SD TV.
Basically, could I stream from iTunes whatever and perhaps Pandora with RogueAmoeba AirFoil?
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The old Apple TV only has component and HDMI ports. Does your SDTV have either?
