Apple TV and HD contents
I don't understand what the point of ATV supporting 1080i HD is. iTunes does not sell HD video's and now I found out if I create a 1080i movie in iMovie, I can not watch it via ATV since 1080i HD video will be downconverted to 960x540 by default. Does anybody know if Apple is planning to release a new software that will allow ATV to play 1080i contents in the future?
the first version of ATV only supports up to 720p. it is my guess that the hardware could support 1080i... but until Apple supports 720p in the ITMS, it is sort of useless conjecture to discuss 1080i. because of its online delivery paradigm, Apple will likely wait until the majority of its clients have 1080i or 1080p displays and broadbands speeds are high enough to deliver such "fat" content. i can't imagine that 720p or 1080 material will become available without changing the architecture of the store to add format preferences... that is, to allow people to choose whether they want to download the 1GB 480 version of the file, or 8GB 720p version of the same file... or whatever the file sizes end up being.
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Well yes, but if you want to update those apps, you'd need to sign in under your old Apple ID to update them. It's really best to just stick to one Apple ID, or you'll run into association complications down the road.
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If "yes" is the answer to either of those questions, I'd like to know how to make it happen. Everything else seems to work fine, including home sharing.
Thanks in advance!AppleTV1?
This issue affects AppleTV1 users since end of October.
Please send feedback.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/appletv.html
Simplest soution seems to be to buy a free TV episode on AppleTV itself which somehow updates authorisation.
If it's a streaming only (My Shared library content on AppleTV) library simply go to AppleTV Computers, highlight the library and select and remove it. Next add it back to itunes as a share/stream library (or top sync library if you don't have one) and again this should sort it out (did on mine). If it's an existing sync library then removing/readding will work but will erase AppleTV content and require a complete resync. Transfer AppleTV purchases first (right click on device in iTunes) just in case.
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HDMI 1.4 is a specification that allows the transmission of Image data that exceeds 1920x1080 (HDMI 1.3) and some other things..
3d content is actually just two images that are side by side so a normal 1080 movie would be 3840x1080 (two 1920x1080 images) and the TV takes that stream and flickers alternating side on the screen, syncing up with the glasses that you are wearing, giving you the 3d effect.
The Apple TV resolution is far smaller than this. (1280x720) - so in order to get a 3d image streamed to it.. you would effectively have 1280 pixels wide to work with, so 1280/2 or a side by side set of images would be a video resolution of (640x360) for a down-sampled HD movie. So it is possible, but would probably not look great.
Interestingly I wonder if itunes home sharing would automatically down-sample and stream the proper resolution for us? This is worth giving a try.
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I brought the Apple TV recently and I think it is a fantastic product, works well..but the only disappointment is I can not purchase movies in HD, you can only rent in HD. The Australian Apple site is misleading and suggest selected movies will be in HD for download, did not distinguish between buy and rent. I have noticed that the American site you can purchase most all movies in HD (Rent and buy).
When is Apple Australia going to release movie HD content for purchasing, not just rental?Welcome to the Discussion Forums.
This is a user to user forum, no-one here can answer your question, although it's quite likely that 's hands are tied here by the movie studios and would otherwise love to deliver you Aussies HD as it would us Brits. Indeed the US is the only location that gets HD movies for purchase at this moment. -
Apple TV and restricting content on certain tv's?
I have multiple Apple Tv's in my home. One of them is in my little boys' room. Is there a way to restrict certain movies from being played on his apple tv?
Welcome to the Discussion Forums.
This is a user to user forum, no-one here can answer your question, although it's quite likely that 's hands are tied here by the movie studios and would otherwise love to deliver you Aussies HD as it would us Brits. Indeed the US is the only location that gets HD movies for purchase at this moment. -
I am trying to store music for two different iPods on the same Windows 8 computer, and when I try and download content from the Cloud I get an error message. Is it possible to have two different Apple IDs on the same computer?
Unfortunately you've discovered too late how important it is to maintain an up-to-date backup of your iTunes library (and all other data of value). You could, before wiping the drive, have considered making use of a commercial data recovery service that could (albeit at considerable cost) have extracted your library from the hard disk, even if virus infected.
In the absence of that option, you will need to restore the content of your library from its original sources:
Depending on your location, you may be able to re-download any iTunes Store purchases that are still available on the Store
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Content imported from your CDs will have to imported again
The specific situation that you describe regarding the music imported from your friend's external HDD suggests that either the source is badly organized and/or originates from a source other than iTunes (other media players may use alternative tags for information like artist, title, album, etc. that are not wholly consistent with how iTunes handle these). Without details of the issues you're seeing it is difficult to suggest a remedy other than going through the media album-by-album, track-by-track, and correcting the inconsistencies.
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ICloud, Apple ID and devices and content etc
This question covers a few domains but this forum seemed the most applicable to post it.
I have an AppleTV2, iPhone 4 on iOS 5 and a 64 bit Windows 7 PC Running Outlook 2007, and the most recent version of iTunes.
This question is mainly concerned with the finer points of the Apple ID
When I first set up my phone just over a year ago I made an Apple ID [email protected]. This is the one I have used for all my Apple stuff (iTunes purchases, Games Centre on phone etc). It is the one I used when setting iOS 5 on my phone.
When I finally got into my phone I went to the iClound settings and switched the mail function to on. This then let me create my firs, and only, Apple email address to go with my account. So I now have [email protected]
I was puzzled that it didn't ask me for a password. So when I went to icloud.com I found that the same password gets me in with either [email protected] or I can use the new [email protected] and get into my account and all the contacts are there etc.
Now from what I have read as my first username1 is not an apple address I can change it to the [email protected] as described here:http://support.apple.com/kb/HE40
So here is the question in light of the above information.
As I want to change my Apple ID to my new me.com email address will everything change on my iPhone once I have done this? My concern is If on the iPhone 4 you go into Setting>iCloud and then press the Accout at the top of the screen (which is currently [email protected]) It takes you to an account screen and then on that the Apple ID is [email protected] but it is greyed out and can't be edited. Will this change automatically when I change my Apple ID details online? I know that with functions within the phone like GamesCentre of if I make a purchase the blue box comes up but with that you can alter the Apple ID.
I just don't want to mess anything up or get "Locked out" of my phone (or even just looked out of certian functions) as I am not very well and too unwell really to go to an apple store to sort any mess out!
As a secondary question to all this, when I set up iCloud on the PC I am guessing I can used the [email protected] name as the web interface recognises it?
Many thanks for help on this, greatly appreciated
Andrewhmm, yes and no.
Yes you will be able to authorize other devices to use your purchases from the itunes/app store.
Yes you can setup all your devices with the same apple id.
If you do setup all of the items with your apple id, it will treat each device as if one person is using it.
so say Jane wanted to use Messages on her iPad, but use it with her personal contacts. if she messages someone on the ipad, you and the third person will also get the message, because, the devices think they are all one user (since there is only one apple id).
the best thing to do is setup multiple apple ids, and authorize those devices to use the App store or iTunes media.
For find my phone they can sign in to their personal apple id to find their phone on anyone's device.
for back up content, if you have one apple id you get 5gb free. if you have three apple id's they can have 5gb of storage each which allows for small backups of your devices. with more storage in the cloud (collectively).
So yes, you could theoretically do this, but no I would not recommend it. -
Does home sharing allow my husband and I to share our iTunes content? If so, how does this work? From what I've read to use home sharing the devices/computers all require the same Apple ID and password. My husbands iTunes is linked to his email/password and mine is my email/password. So if that's the case how to we go about sharing? God I hope that makes sense.
All apps are forever tied to the Apple ID that bought them. To stop your id from popping up, you need to delete the apps on his phone, and then repurchase them under his account.
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How do I set up a new Apple ID and iTunes account for my daughter's MacBook, but let her keep the current content of my iTunes account? (We currently share the same Apple ID and iTunes account). Hope someone can help... Thanks
Discussions on using purchases from multiple AppleIDs in one iTunes library - https://discussions.apple.com/message/19543804
As I mentioned earlier, the main time when this becomes an issue is if you need to do something involving associating a computer with a particular AppleID. Careful management of your collection should minimize this situation.
iTunes Store: Associating a device or computer to your Apple ID - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4627 - In connection with, "When you turn on iTunes Match or Automatic Downloads, or when you download past purchases on an iOS device or computer, that device or computer becomes associated with your Apple ID." "Your Apple ID can have up to 10 devices and computers (combined) associated with it. Each computer must also be authorized using the same Apple ID. Once a device or computer is associated with your Apple ID, you cannot associate that device or computer with another Apple ID for 90 days." - Additionally instructions for "Removing an associated device or computer from an Apple ID"
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I just rented 2 movies on my Apple TV and now I am getting the message, "Your Apple TV is not authorized to play this content". Now I have 2 Apple TV's and they both are saying the same thing. Yes, I have done reset, restore, etc. but nothing! Frustrated & out $10.
Apple TV (3rd generation), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3), 2 Apple TV's (3rd Generation).Good call!! Thanks a million. Glad I asked & thanks for the quick response. I was getting frustrated. Thanks again!!!!!
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I just rented 2 movies on my Apple TV and now I am getting the message, "Your Apple TV is not authorized to play this content". Now I have 2 Apple TV's and they both are saying the same thing. Yes, I have done reset, restore, etc. but nothing! Frustrated & out $10.
Good call!! Thanks a million. Glad I asked & thanks for the quick response. I was getting frustrated. Thanks again!!!!!
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Welcome to the Apple Community.
Re-pair your library with iTunes.
Settings/computers, disconnect your library, then remove the Apple TV from iTunes prefs if necessary.
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i have ipod 2nd generation 32 gb and i had reset > Erase All Content and Settings it is longer than 3 hrs it is still showing apple logo and blink like if it will restart but again it shows the same logo!! is it all right with the erasing...??? i am confused!!
For a 1G and 2G it can take hours. Make sure it is connected to a charging source otherwise the battery can fully drain before it is done. If still problem
Try:
- iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
- Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
- If not successful and you can't fully turn the iOS device fully off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for an least an hour try the above again.
- Try on another computer
- If still not successful that usually indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.
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Apps cannot be removed much less added to the device.
Only content from the iTunes store (movies, tv shows, music) can be added/removed on the 1st Gen ATV.
Again, the 2nd and 3rd Gen ATVS have no onboard storage for content and would generate no such message.
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