Apple TVs in Museum Galleries

Can an Apple TV holding a looping video clip be attached to a high-definition plasma/LCD screen AND be mounted vertically on a gallery wall behind the screen? Seems doable but haven't tried it. We want to avoid cluttering up the exhibition space with IT equipment. Any suggestions?

I wanted to do something similar at the museum I work for, but we ended up using mac minis because of the ATV looping issues (and for more flexibility in terms of file format).
I create a video file from the source material and then use Quicktime Pro to set up the file to open in full screen mode and to loop continuously. Then I add that file to the startup items and set the schedule settings to turn the computer on and off each day.
We just have to turn the projectors on in the morning and off in the evening - everything else is automated.
Works really well so far.

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How many different Apple TVs can I share one iTunes Store account with?

I currently have one AppleTV at my home, and one at my mothers home. We both share the same iTunes Store account, therefore we share the movies that each other purchase. I am interested in getting my father and my aunt and Apple TV as well, I want them to also be able to use my iTunes Store account. That way, if say my father and I both want to watch the same movie, we can split the cost.
I also currently own an iPhone, and an iPad. I'm going to be getting my mother and father iPads as well. I want them to be able to use my iTunes Store account on those devices as well, and be able to stream movies on them.
I know it says that your iTunes Store account can only be associated with 10 devices, but I'm wondering where Apple TVs fit into that stance. It's probably a stupid question, but I was just curious if the fact that it is iCloud changes anything.
Essentially, I'm wondering if four Apple TVs, three iPads, one iPhone, and my one desktop computer can all stream my iCloud movie content, simultaneously. I doubt there will ever be more than two or three going simultaneously, but I just want to know the limitations before I buy these gifts for my family members and run into an unpleasant surprise.
Thank you for your time,
Charles

as many as you can other computers with itunes accessing the shared ituned lib
likely the limitation is the network bandwidth more then number of connected devices

Syncing multiple Apple TVs on one account

Hey All!
I am considering getting two more Apple TVs for my house; one for the living room and one for my parents room. I currently have an iPad, an iPod, an Apple TV, and one computer. Can this be done?
Also I will be getting an iPhone in July.
Thanks!
Christina Webb

Yes give Them their own name so they dont All have the same

How can I only allow my Apple TVs access to my LAN?

In my set-up, I have three Apple TVs in separate rooms all connected to a LAN via their ethernet ports. They are connected via a switch to my Airport Extreme and my Mac Mini is also connected to Airport as an iTunes server. The Airport runs a WiFi network for internet access but I don't want people to be able to plug their computers into my LAN and have access to the whole set-up.
What can I do to achieve this?
I don't want the Apple TV's to rely on the WiFi so I can use MAC Address Filtering, since it is patchy and streaming HD videos is more stable via ethernet. I have looked into setting-up an 802.1x network but when investigating the Configurator app to set-up the Apple TVs to access an 802.1x network it refers only to WiFi set-ups again. Also, I don't know much about RAIDUS servers and authentication, such as whether I'd need any additional hardware etc.
Any help would be gratefully received.
JB

...any app launched from /Applications holds only the permissions of the user launching the app, regardless of the owner (presumably because anyone, including "root" can install applications into /Applications).
It has nothing to do with where the application is installed. Any executable runs with the permissions of the user who runs it. The only exception is a binary executable with the SUID or SGID bit set, and then only if it's on the root device, and only if it's not an Aqua application. The SG/UID bits are ignored otherwise.
So, anyone who has installed Wireshark from the "native .dmg" by drag-and-dropping won't be able to use the suid trick because the OS will ignore the suid permissions.
Sorry, I don't understand this at all. Wireshark invokes dumpcap as a child process to capture packets. If dumpcap is installed anywhere on the root device as SUID root, then it will run as root regardless of who invokes it.
The suid method will only work for Macports and Fink installations...
That's not correct. There are many SUID or SGID executables in a default installation of the Mac OS, and none of them comes from MacPorts or Fink.

I am unable to use apps on my iPhone 3GS, apple TVs & iPad mini - Airport Express

I currently have an airport express and Netgear ADSL2+ modem. I also have an iPhone 3GS, 2 apple TVs, iPad mini, and iMac (circa 2008). The only device that is working properly is the 2008 iMac. All other devices show that I have 5 bar signal but do not allow me to use any of the apps (ie: Netflix, Facebook, Instagram, etc.) I have ran speedtest on all devices, ping and download speed are as expected. Ping: 150 ms, Download: 2.7 mbps, Upload 0.68 mbps from iMac. The only difference is that upload speed on iPhone and iPad mini does not register. I feel like the issue is with the modem or the airport? Do I need the airport extreme even though I show 5 bar signal strength on all devices or do I need a new modem from Verizon in hopes that it will get me a better connection on a device that they support? (they do not support the Netgear modem I currrently have).

iPhone 4 isn't supposed to be able to mirror:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5209?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

Stream Blu-ray to Apple TVs/iPads/iPhones with iTunes on Mac

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to iTunes.
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used before. Until now, it always works well to rip my discs for my Apple TV 3."
This is one of the customers that tell us how he uses Pavtube to rip his library discs. However, to some whom not familiar with Pavtube, do you want to rip DVD/Blu-ray discs movies to iTunes supported formats for Apple TV, iPad, iPhone? Do you want to figure
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Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac has a number of presets for Apple TV, iPad and iPhone. Just choose the suitable format.
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The final step is to tap "Convert" button and commence ripping Blu-ray/DVD movies to iTunes highly compatible videos.
After the conversion, click on "Open" button to access to the videos you ripped. Open your iTunes and import the output files to its Movie library by clicking File > Add File to Library.
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@Chris:
I was just referring to the visual graphics (you know, the fireworks, stars and other stuff that reminds me of the 70's....) that you can play on the screen when iTunes is playing music?
I noticed that these effects are not just randomly chosen, they are in fact synchronized to the beat and intensity
of the music, and that struck me as rather cool......

Since itunes and apple tvs latest update I have had problem wtching movies on apple tv via my itunes can any one help, movie takes a very long time to load sometimes never, it use to work really well, whats going on please help?

Since itunes and apple tvs latest update I have had problem wtching movies on apple tv via my itunes can any one help, movie takes a very long time to load sometimes never, it use to work really well, whats going on please help?

You might find useful information in item D1 of Time Machine Troubleshooting.

5 apple tvs home sharing the same itunes library on minimac, does it work?

hi everyone,
I have 5 apple tv and 1 macmini with my itunes library (music and movies).
is it possible to turn on home sharing in all of them in order to share the macmini library ???
I'm suspicious that it works just for 4 apple tvs, not for 5.... is that correct?
thanks in advance,
nicola.

Check this article for advice about sharing iTunes libraries.

Two Apple Tvs - one iTunes account

I bought two Apple TVs - and want to have them sync to one iTunes account. After I bought the second Apple TV and synced it to my iTunes account, my iTunes account doesn't recognize the first Apple TV. I can ping it - so it's on the network. I've gone to Computers and have tried to reconnect to a shared iTunes account / even connect back to the iTunes account. When I'm given a code, there's no place for me to put the code into iTunes. The device doesn't show under Devices (just my most recent Apple TV)
Help - I need to sync to both - it's for my 3 1/2 year old son

Thanks for the response - I'm on Mac OS 10.4.11 I did rename my Apple TVs - so the names are different.
Also, sometimes my second Apple TV isn't showing on my iTunes either. This is very frustrating!
I'm also on a dual 2.3 GHZ PowerPC G5 (not an intel version). iTunes software version 7.6.2 (9)

Can i use two apple tvs with one itunes account?

can i use two apple tvs with one itunes account?

yes and you can use more then 2
just don't give them the same name

How do I disable sharing on one of two apple tvs? I do not want to share my library and apps with my ex. Apple tvs are in separate homes

I just broke up and left my ex and we had two apple tvs in our home. I kept one and she kept one. How do I turn off home sharing on the apple tv that she kept? I no longer want to share anything with her. My apps, music, movies, etc. Do I need to change my apple ID?
Help,
Tristin

Hey Mixtris,
Thanks for the question. If I understand correctly, you are concerned that someone may have access to some of your content using your Apple ID. I would recommend that you read this article, it may be able to help the issue.
Apple ID: Changing your password - Apple Support
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Have a good one,
Mario

What is the maximum number of Apple TVs (3rd gen) you can connect to 1 Mac running iTunes?

I have one Mac with my digital library running iTunes 11 and seem to be having problems keeping Apple TVs connected (via home sharing) when I get up around 10 Apple TVs on the network.
The Mac is running Mountain Lion with all software updates installed, iTunes 11, and the Apple TVs are all running 5.1.1 (the latest at this time).
I am not asking how many computers can authorize via iTunes to use the same Apple ID - that answer is 5. I have read in multiple places that the number of devices (e.g. Apple TVs, iPods, iPads - not computers) that can sync content to an iTunes account is unlimited, but I don't think that's entirely true.
I'd like to keep this conversation about the number of Apple TVs you can have home shared to a single Mac / iTunes library via home sharing.
I am also not asking how many a network could support via concurrent streaming, etc. That's not relevant. We only use 1-3 Apple TVs at any given time simultaneously, and streaming simultaneously to as many as 3 Apple TVs hasn't ever been a problem.
I recently upgraded all my Apple TVs in this house to generation 3 units - I have 12 of them in all, but once I connected about 10 of them I started having problems (at least I think it was 10).
Does anyone know the official limitation (if there is one) ?
The problem that I am having is that even though I have a great Wi-Fi N or wired gigabit connection at each Apple TV, and the correct home sharing Apple ID on each Apple TV and iTunes on the Mac, when I try to access "Computers" via the Apple TV menu, I get this error:
Could not connect to "My Library": Make sure the computer is on the same network as your Apple TV, the iTunes version is up to date, and iTunes is running.
Now if I restart iTunes, I can get the Apple TV I am currently troubleshooting to connect, but then if I go to a different Apple TV, it gives me the same error. Restarting Apple TVs doesn't fix it, only restarting iTunes seems to. But I can't seem to get multiple units to see the Library simultaneously.
Thanks to anyone who provides help on this.

Apple TV is by it self in a category.
With Apple TV 1 the limit was 5 Apple clearly stated that. The reason? Probably because the Apple TV 1 had a hard drive and was able to store content locally (quite a bit actually). This would make it more in line with authorized devices.
You authorized device limit is 5 but this does not pertain to home sharing again something different.
When you play content from an Apple TV you are streaming from an authorized device and as long as you have the same iTunes account on that Apple TV as the iTunes you are connecting to you will be ok.
Now to the error. I have also had this error and I had it on a network with only 1 Apple TV connected and it is since iTunes 11. It seems every time Apple updates iTunes it has a bad effect on Apple TV. So I would not relate this error to the number of Apple TV's you have, every time I get this error I restart the Apple TV and its fine again.
On a side not I used to run MANY Apple TV's off my xserver. I had my families homes networked with VPN. I would prefer to not say how many but it was quite a few. biggest problem there was multicast over VPN....whole other story.

Multiple Apple TVs on the same network

I teach at a school and have used an Apple TV in conjunction with my iPad for presentations. I find it invaluable. Other teachers at my school would like to do the same, but I'm told by our tech support that multiple Apple TVs on the same network cause problems. When I ask them what problems, they aren't sure. They just tell me that other school have experienced problems. Other than a wifi bandwidth problem, I can't imagine what kind of problem it would be. A collegue of mine wants to jump onboard but desn't want to make waves. Does anyone know of any problems?

I have two Apple TV's, one in the living room and one in the bedroom... however, the living room is the only one that my iphone Remote APP is connecting with... I've named/tagged the two ATV's hoping that the Remote APP would provide me the option on which one to control, but it doesn't....
I've confirmed that home sharing is "on" with in all devices "settings"...
Any suggestions?

Can you use 2 apple tvs on the same network with different apple ids and how would your devices know which apple tv to stream to?

Hi,
I was looking into purchasing 2 apple tvs and was wondering if they can be setup with different apple ids. I need to have mine setup with my id and be able to hook my devices to it , but have the one in a bedroom hooked to a different apple id and have my friend's devices stream to that one and not mine. Is this possible?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
In order that your Apple TV only streamed from your iTunes Library and your friends to your friends, you would both have to have different homesharing ID's.
So far as devices go, any device on a network can stream over AirPlay to an Apple TV, to ensure each of you couldn't stream to the others device you can enable a password via the Apple TV which would then need entering when you used a device for AirPlay.
Shouldn't be a problem to do what you want to do.

I USE ITUNES SHARING WITH MY APPLE TVS AND WITH MY IPHONE 5. EVER SINCE I UPGRADED TO THE 5 WHEN I GO TO MY SHARED LIBRARY IT IS ONLY SHOWING A PORTION OF MY LIBRARY, AND IT IS THE SAME EVERY TIME. ON MY APPLE TV THE WHOLE LIBRARY IS ACCESSIBLE ANY CLUE

the itunes sharing is not giving me access to my entire library on my iphone 5, but is fine on my apple tvs, any suggestions

iTunes: Advanced iTunes Store troubleshooting - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3297 > Specific Conditions and Alert Messages: (Mac OS X / Windows) - includes list of iTunes error codes

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