Apple TV 1st Gen & Network hard drive

Hi,
I'm looking at getting a network hard drive to store all of my iTunes content on, rather than having all of it on my laptop. Will Apple TV be able to stream from this as it will be turned on all of the time? If it can then I'd consider getting the 2nd gen Apple TV as well. I'm not keen on having my laptop on to watch my content through Apple TV as a VGA cable from the laptop does exactly the same!
Thanks,
Tom

tom1502 wrote:
I'm looking at getting a network hard drive to store all of my iTunes content on, rather than having all of it on my laptop. Will Apple TV be able to stream from this as it will be turned on all of the time?
not directly no. you will still need itunes running if you want to stream content to the appletv. the appletv cannot connect direct to any network storage device.
If it can then I'd consider getting the 2nd gen Apple TV as well. I'm not keen on having my laptop on to watch my content through Apple TV as a VGA cable from the laptop does exactly the same!
you would need itunes open and running.

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