HT1600 Why does it take so long to download movies

Why does it take so long to download movies

Welcome to the Apple Community.
The first thing to check would be your internet download speed, you can do this atwww.speedtest.net.
1080p HD movies require a recommended speed of 8 Mbps, 720p HD movies require a recommended speed of 6 Mbps, while SD movies require a recommended speed of 2.5 Mbps.

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  • Why does it take so long to download movies and tv shows from itunes

    I can download songs pretty quickly from itunes, but movies and tv shows take anywhere from 12-24 hours.  Is there anything I can do to speed this up?

    If you are downloading at work more than likely your bandwith is being throttled by your company.  If your using a Mac, download a little utility called "MenuMeter" It runs in the menu bar and will display your connection speed.If your on a windows machine similar utilities are available as well. Once you find out what your speed is.it'll be much easier to trouble shoot!

  • Why does it take so long to download movies from my apple TV?

    It has been taking 6 hours to download all the movies I have rented since I purchased it in July.  Is this the normal amount of time it takes??  My internet connection is fine and my iTunes is up-to-date. 

    Welcome to the Apple Community.
    The first thing to check would be your internet download speed, you can do this at www.speedtest.net.
    HD movies require a recommended speed of 6 Mbps, while SD movies require a recommended speed of 2.5 Mbps.

  • Why does it take so long to download movies on the new iPad

    I just bought the New iPad and I am connected to Wi-Fi and it is taking at least one full day to download a 4GB movie from the Apple store. Is this normal? How can I make the downloading faster?

    Aha.  If you are at a hotel, you probably have a throttled connection.  They want you to buy their movie, not stream your own.......
    But the app is a great thing to have on board.  You never know when you might want to check a connection.

  • Why does it take so long to download on my iPad 2?

    Why does it take so long to download on my iPad? My wifi is strong and working perfectly with other computers.  Also, it's slow on my original iPad.

    natmac wrote:
    I did what was suggested above (closing all apps and then resetting the iPad). Then I tried to download the movie the Smurfs (for my kid ofcourse!). It's 3.4 GB. In the first hour I have downloaded 1 GB. So it looks like it's going to take at least 3.5 hours to download a movie.  Does this seem correct? My speed is 10 mbps.
    Sems a little high but not unreasonable.  Figure that a true 10Mbps would take almost exactly an hour for 3.4GB.  Your 10Mbps rate is the rate to the ISP, which is the absolute best that you can hope for.  Maneuvering data through the many switches in the Internet probably cuts that in half, which would mean two hours.  However, that means absolutely nothing because the weak link in the chain is the rate that the server can send the data.  Consider that we just had a major holiday with many children expecting many movies.  It wouldn't surprise me if the server can send only 2 or 3Mbps per subscriber.
    By the way, I do not agree that closing apps and resetting the iPad makes the slightest bit of difference.
    My theoretical rate is a tad shy of 5Mbps.  As best I can recall, movies take several hours to download.  My routine is to start the download as I'm going to sleep.  The movie is then available the next day.  No fuss, no bother.

  • Why does it takes so long to download the new version of Itunes?

    why does it takes so long to download the new version of Itunes?

    Since you cannot download iTunes on an iPod touch, this would not seem to be the correct forum for this question. I'd suggest you post full details of your problem in either the iTunes for Mac forum or the iTunes for Windows forum, as applicable to your system.
    Regards.

  • Why does it take so long for a movie to be shared/saved in theatre?

    Why does it take so long for a movie to be shared/saved in theatre?

    Well several different versions at different resolutions are saved to the library so it can be played on different devices.  If you don't need this you can speed things up a bit but disabling save to theatre.
    Geoff.

  • HT1595 Why does it take so long to download a movie?

    Why does it take so long to download a movie on Apple TV

    How long is "too long?"
    What's your actual (measured) Internet data rate?

  • HT1577 why does it take so long to download a film i have been quoted 18hours for that i may as well buy the film on cd

    Why does it take so long to download from itunes I have been quoted 18hours but on the actual device it took 4 hours .When other sites can download films etc at a quater of the time such as amozon takes 30 mins for a HD film to download

    Well, I can't exactly answer why it's taking too long but here's the average time estimate depending on your internet speed:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1577
    I hope this helps.

  • Why does it take so long to download software like Adobe to a Mac laptop

    I just recently bought a MacBook Pro and I am installing Adobe Reader and it is taking sooooo long to install.  I have been installing since 8:30 pm and its now 10:27 and its only up to 42%.  Why does it taking so long?  Also I have downloading other software and it took forever as well.  Why does it take son long to download software to the Mac?

    Something is obviously wrong.
    Stop the download and take the machine back to Apple as you have 90 days free support.
    They will test the machine to see if it's a hardware issue or a problem with the Mac itself.
    If they say it's fine and it surfs/downloads fast on their connections, then it's likely something wrong with your home network or router.
    Did you by any chance change your DNS settings in Network?
    This could be the problem, delete what you entered and reboot the machine, the ISP's default DNS settings will return.
    To OpenDNS? On the router? Are you using your own router of it someone managing it for you?
    Are you over 21 and can you legally surf for adult sites? If some sort of filtering is on, this could be the cause.
    OpenDNS doesn't have servers everywhere, so it causes certain downloads from Akamai servers to come from a lot farther away than your ISP servers.
    Have you run Internet speed tests? Using other machines on your network are they fast?
    Is your router or modem old? Did you power them off, wait 30 seconds and power them back on?
    It's rather a lot to try to figure out network issues, you may have to call in a local professional.

  • Why does it take so long to download a saved movie from the cloud

    Why does it take so long to download a saved movie from the cloud

    Hi first off if your running  fcp 7 with compressor 3.5 and fcp x and compressor 4 on the same drive you may run into problems
    as you now have a mix up between Qmasters  which caused me lots of problems when i did any back ground Rendering via compressor of FCP-X
    i had to completly remove compressor 3.5 and compressor 4 then put compressor 4 back on again  as the shared rendering out of FCP-X seems to loose the plot with both versions on the same on the same drive there is an app
    Here
    http://www.digitalrebellion.com/fcsremover/
    which you can get allows you to get rid of certain bits of FCS and FCP-X correctly as you may know deleting the app is,nt the whole story as you need to remove the pref etc as well
    but its really clearing out every thing to do with qmaster thats is the thing here thats what causes all the issues
    really you should follow apple install instructions for FCP -X install ( and put it on separate volumes ) and i know they say there is a way to get every thing working on the same drive ...but it did,nt work for me like you i had massive render times and that 3x crash error
    any way
    once i had remove done my remove C3.5 ,C4 and reinstall C4 only it worked straight away from FCP-X using all the cores on my machine
    get some thing like istats or run activity monitor to make sure Fcp-x is using all your cores to render and you can actually see if its doing anything at all instead of waiting 5 hours for an error
    if you want to use multi core in compressor 4 you have to go into the new apple qmaster tab  and setup up a quick cluster etc
    On another note i alway use Optimized media when doing the import as while you editing its back ground render every thing into pro res making it a much nice codec to compress down to H264 which you need for the ATV
    i hope that helps a bit ,some else may have a better solution but worked for me
    thanks
    G

  • Why does it take so long to download a movie rental from I tunes. I want to then transfer to my Ipad

    Why does it take so long to download a movie rental from itunes. I am doing this to transfer to ipad.This is a question.

    I have noticed this here on several machines in our office, all running Leopard.
    I just did a test and subscribed to the same 16.8MB podcast on a machine running 10.4.11 and another running 10.5.8.
    The Tiger raced straight through and downloaded at a constant rate, taking about 15 seconds.
    The Leopard raced until 1.2MB downloaded and then slowed to a crawl, going up 0.1MB every 10 or 15 seconds.
    Very strange. I've noticed the Leopards were having similar problems doing downloads through the Software Update utility.
    I compared downloading an update from Support Downloads in Safari and there is no problem.
    So (for me) this issue is applying to Leopard rather than Tiger, and only to downloads via SU and ITunes, not regular http downloads through a browser.

  • Why does it take so long to Download wave file on iPad

    Why does it take so long, or moreover, never seem to download a wave or other video file from email to the iPad?
    It just stays in the downloading state with the small wheel spinning...

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  • Why does it take so long to download a podcast on Mac as opposed to iPhone?

    Performed a speed test of ISP and results were roughly 40/40. Why does it take 3 hours to download a 22MB podcast on iTunes via Mac?

    I have the exact same problem. I purchased apple tv several years ago, and every time I go to rent or buy a movie it takes anywhere from 3 to 7 hours to download the movie. There is no spur of the moment "hey lets rent a movie tonight" because I know it will take overnight to complete the download. I've checked my internet speed and it spot on. I've noticed other threads with people having the same problem but no one seems to have a solution.

  • HT4743 Why does it take so long to download from Apple TV?

    I am just wondering why it takes so long to download a movie from Apple TV? It would only download if I was in Apple TV and it took over 4 hours. Is this normal?

    Speed is only one factor.
    Are you using your ISPs DNS? (go into settings - network - DNS should be set to automatic)
    Interference can also cause issues (and can present itself with no changes made by the user). To verify check istumbler.net or netstumbler
    Sometimes it can be something on your ISPs end

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