Apple TV (2nd gen) fetches complete movie before allowing to play it.

I thought that I could stream right after renting the movie, but in some case the Apple TV will just insist on fetching the WHOLE movie before to start playing it, it can last hours. I haven't find any configuration to force streaming.
Does anyone know a work around?

HD files are 3-4GB and tehrefore quite large.
Quality is fixed so a slow connection will require enough time to buffer an amount which allows complete playback without rebuffering at the prevailing internet speed.
Once enough has buffered the rest will download in the background if you start to play.
The annoyance with a slow connection is that if you do other things while the buffer is filling, the other activities can flush the buffer forcing the download to start from scratch.

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I have this problem. The Apple TV (2nd gen) does not show up in iTunes under devices, and I really don't know why.
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iMat77 wrote:
I seem to recall though that I have seen a screenshot somewhere on the web where iTunes showed the ATV 2nd gen as a device.
Not seen that, but the old ones have a logo that look (to me) like the new one, or at least a small darker grey than they are - they show up nicely in the iPad/iPhone Remote app though
If you are right it would be huge disappointment!
I believe I am correct as I've got new/old AppleTVs connected to 3 Macs and a dual boot Mac Pro currently, and the new unit has never appearede under devices.
.... I really HATE the interface organization right now. Why on planet earth do I have to go under "devices" -> "computer" -> "music" just to play some music?
You, me and many other AppleTV 1 users. I think they'd finally got it right in 3.02 for AppleTV 1 which is a much nicer user interface. Basically now the majority of the top level columns are unused by many people who don't rent but want to playback theit iTunes media.
I firmly believe Apple see this new AppleTV as a relatively cheap accessory for iPads/iPhones/iPods to show video/photos via Airplay on your TV without using a computer.
Secondly it's a vehicle for pushing itunes Store rentals, but for the majority of worldwide users they can only get Movie rentals, and Netflix is of no use bar in a few countries (US/Canada).
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Yes that would make absolute sense - a dynamic list of available content based on connected libraries that changes as new libraries appeared on/left the local network.
The new menu organisation is quite shoddy to me, ut many users new to AppleTV like it and rave about the devices not knowing what the old one could do - it's a good device don't get me wrong, but I still prefer the older units except for their power consumption and the fact I feel they are more likely to fail due to their high temps and mechanical hard drives.
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Don't think so, it's a valid comment.
Use this:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/appletv.html
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