Apple TV playing DVD's

IS there a way to play DVD's on an IMac and to watch on a HDTV using Apple TV as the bridge?

I believe the answer is no, but you should ask in the Apple TV > Apple TV discussion area.

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    how to play dvd on my computer on apple tv

    Welcome to the Apple Community Jorge.
    Firstly you will need your Mac to support Mirroring...
    AirPlay Mirroring requires a second-generation Apple TV or later, OS X 10.8 or better and is supported on the following Mac models: iMac (Mid 2011 or newer), Mac mini (Mid 2011 or newer), MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or newer), and MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer). You can see which Mac you have and which operating system you are using by selecting 'About this Mac' from the Apple menu in the top left corner of your Mac and selecting the 'More Info' button.
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    DaneSalm wrote:
    Can I play DVD/Blue Ray disks through Apple TV?
    no
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    MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
    Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format
    Audio formats supported
    HE-AAC (V1), AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound pass-through
    Photo formats
    JPEG, GIF, TIFF.

  • Can i play dvds via apple tv

    HI
    I need a new dvd, and as i never miss the optuinity to buy another apple product. Can I play dvd's through my mac book pro onto TV using apple TV,

    Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
    The Apple TV doesn't play DVD's or DVD images, DVD's would need converting to h264.

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    Bootstrap_Bill wrote:
    I wonder if it might be possible for someone to write a utility that would somehow make a DVD look like a valid video file? Something that would do on the fly translation.
    it would need to break the encryption on the DVD, which is what isn't allowed as per the DMCA.
    this topic is strictly forbidden so there is no point trying to continue the discussion.

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    We don't usually buy movies online and we're not going to do that in the future. So is it possible to play DVD on my laptop and watch it on my big screen through ATV ?

    There is a way around this. You can "rip" the DVD on your PC and then import the "ripped" movie into iTunes and then you can stream it via ATV2 to your TV.

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    Actually, mini displayport is digital only so you can only output to digital standards like DVI or HDMI. If you have an old CRT w/ RCA inputs (the red, yellow, white inputs) then you won't be able to connect your MBP (at least not w/o an expensive convertor). There is a DVI to video adaptor but that is b/c DVI can transmit both digital and analog; your MBP, however, is not capable of sending an analog signal through there.
    Long story short, if you have a new TV w/ digital inputs, then there are a lot of options, but realistically none if you don't have digital inputs.
    You can buy this combination for HDMI:
    http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB570Z/A?mco=NDY5OTA2OQ
    http://store.apple.com/us/product/TR842LL/A?mco=NDY5NzgwMw
    You can also buy a mini displayport to hdmi adapter and hdmi to hdmi cable from amazon (or other electronics stores).
    If your TV accepts DVI, you can get this combination:
    http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB570Z/A?mco=NDY5OTA2OQ
    & a DVI to DVI cable not sold at the Apple store.

  • Playing DVD in Full Screen on external monitor?

    Hi,
    Recently,i have been trying to play DVDs using Apple DVD Player in Full Screen on an external 20 " monitor.
    However,when i click something on my primary display on my MBP,apple DVD player(on the external monitor) will exit Full screen and goes into Maximum size.
    So,my question is What can i do to make sure Apple DVD Player will retain its Full Screen mode(on my external display) while i continue with my work on my MBP's display?
    Any help would be much appreciated...
    Macbook Pro 15.4'   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz
    Macbook Pro 15.4'   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz

    This is a problem for most software on the mac, especially games. My experience has been most software uses the primary - in this case the macbook lcd - as its display monitor. There are a few ways to fudge it to force it on another screen, but quite frankly I find that the only way to use a macbook pro and external monitor is with the lid closed.
    This is generally the best solution as the menu bar is always stuck on the primary anyway.
    To use the macbook closed simply wake the computer from sleep with an external keyboard or mouse the laptop and the primary will now be the external monitor.
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  • How come my macbook pro wont play dvds?

    how come my macbook pro wont play dvds?

    Don't know!
    Please describe in detail all you have attempted to do in order to resolve the issue.
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  • How to connect Apple TV to DVD blu-ray home theatre

    Hi guys, I am planning to buy Apple TV2 and I was wondering is there setup guide for connecting to HDTV and home theatre system. I currently have LG HDTV and LG DVD Blu-ray Home Theatre. They are connected with HDMI 1.3 cable and I had to get optical cable to get sound from TV to Home theatre.
    How is Apple TV fits into that? I have 1 HDMI slot free on TV and 2 HDMI inputs on DVD system.
    I was thinking just to connect Apple TV to DVD via HDMI? Would that put sound on home theatre system?
    Thank you in advance.
    ddrasko

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    You doesn't need to connect home theatre to tv at all as you have get video from apple tv.
    Connect video output from apple tv to tv(may carry sound along) and optical cable from apple tv to home theatre.
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  • My one year old macbook pro will no longer play DVD's.. why?

    After a year, without any problems playing DVD's, my macbook pro has suddenly decided that it no longer wishes to have anything to do with DVD's and spits them out at the first opportunity. Can anyone out there help to rebuild this once loving relationship.

    SuperDrives can fail and you don't have many options in replacing them. You can get Apple to replace it or travel over to OWC - here - and look at the options for replacing the SuperDrive yourself.
    Before doing anything, however, I'd take your computer into your local Apple Store and have them diagnose the problem. That won't cost you a thing. If you're still under AppleCare warranty, they should replace the drive for nothing. If you're not under warranty go in knowledgeable, at least, at what it would cost you to replace your SuperDrive yourself - and then find out what Apple would charge.
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    Clinton

  • I use my iphone 5 to record home videos. I have an apple tv but dvd burners dont have a hdmi plug in. Any suggestions on how i can burn videos from iphone 5?

    I use my iphone 5 to record home videos. I have an apple tv but dvd burners dont have a hdmi plug in. Any suggestions on how i can burn videos from iphone 5?
    I had a av cord that plugged into the iPhone 3gs and iPad 2 but its not compatible with the 5 connector. Right now i have to email myself the videos in small segments and open and save on the iPad 2 to burn them.  Is there an easier way to burn these from my iPhone 5 or through air play on apple tv?
    Thanks

    Connect the phone by USB to the computer, import with image capture, iPhoto or whatever application you use to import movies, drop it into iTunes.

  • Mac Mini Slow playing DVD from Network

    Hi,
    I was just wondering is anyone else has experienced slow dvd play with their mac mini's.
    Playing from the SuperDrive (dvd player) or Firewire DVD player is NOT a problem. however I have a couple of backed up DVD on a LACIE network drive using CIFS or AFP(Gigabit although my mini is 100FD) and on a Linux server (NFS mount)and the DVD's will not play smoothly.
    They are very choppy and unwatchable. I have also tried using VLC but that is even worse.
    I 1gb Ram in my mini, I also had this problem under os X 10.4 as well as 10.5. I know that apple say that an intel processor 1.6 is needed for interlacing, but just playing should be fine.
    My Suse Linux IBM T42 which is old has no problems playing the movies, but I want to play them on a 23inch Monitor. (the problem also occurs on my 19inch Monitor)
    CPU wise. it never gets to 100% but when it goes over 70% the problem seems to occur.
    I have tried to shut down all possible applications and disabled spotlight. this improved the playing experience a little.
    Any thoughts on this would be great.
    Thanks
    Pete

    HI,
    The local disk is about 40% full, I upgraded it to a 160GB drive. (plus leopard was therefore a complete fresh install on a new drive)
    If I play the files from the local drive then there is no problem. I also noticed that if I use a local USB to play the movies then this works. But when you only have 2 x usb ports on a mac mini, and the fact I don't want my mini to have control over the disks (so the mini can be turned off etc) as my house mate also has a mac and would like to stream music and I like to have access from my Linux Laptop.
    I also noticed that the Mac Mini was very slow at accessing my NFS mount.
    I have also done the normal network tests such as forcing Full Duplex 100mb or allowing Auto etc. (also my house mate has the same problem using Mac book pro with a wireless connection) The switch is not busy at all, and until two days ago the only two devices turned on were the Mac mini and the lacie drive
    It is very frustrating, I want to upgrade to an iMac next month, but would have like to keep the mini as a media player. I like front row and dvd player they rock as applications. (except for the current issues I am having)
    My switch is definitely up to the task. I got a netgear. When my laptop and server (old P4 PC running Linux) are plugged in they are fine with streaming and copying files.
    I do notice that the Samba protocol on apple seems quite an 'expensive' over head with resources, but it still seems to work better than AFP. (from my Lacie drive)
    I have a suspicion that the problem is a mixture of DVDplayer that was not designed to play dvd's from the network and maybe the protocol stack on OS X? I guess the next stage is to sniff the network and see if packets are getting dropped.
    Thanks for any pointers so far.
    Pete

  • My optical drive will not recognize cd's....but it will play dvd's.  When i insert an audio cd it spins but eventually spits it out.

    My CD/DVD drive will only play DVD's.  When I insert an audio cd it just spins then ejected.  I checked my settings and it should open with Itunes.  I read something about messing with the language but that didn't seem to work.  HELP!!!

    Take it to an Apple store or AASP.

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