ATV 3 movie downloads

We just bought the ATV 3. We don't have great hi-speed (about 5MBs) and I know the download will take time, however, shouldn't the ATV keep downloading the movie without having to sit on the download screen? It seems that if we leave ATV the download stops. As long as I'm in iTunes it'll download, but when I leave, the download stops and I have to resume the download. I assumed that the ATV would download the movie in background, even if we were watching regular TV, as long as the ATV was connected to Wifi. Is this not correct?

So.. just so I understand this... the ATV only downloads the movie to be played right away. If you interrupt the download by, lets say switching your input to watch regular TV, it stops, even though it's still connected to WiFi, and when you turn it back on, it has to start the download over from where it left off.
I had thought that the movie downloaded to the ATV and was ready to watch at any time. We had started the download last night and it was 'ready to watch' - and we watched it for about an hour and then it stopped. We had caught up to the download. I left it on and we went to bed. I thought that we could resume the movie this evening because it would have finished the download - but no, it resumed the download from where we had left off.
So.. since we're on a slower than normal hi-speed, we should rent the movies on the computer and then stream them via home sharing. Does that sound reasonable?

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Having read Winston Churchill's post on ATV not being a back up device, I am wondering if the ATV has problems with retaining content. If it is not able to reliably store files, is it in fact just an expensive "chord" linking my computer to a tv? (Winston Churchill refers to the ATV as an "iTunes extender", not a stand alone device ... could have sworn my ATV is "standing alone").
Has anyone else experienced this problem?
ATV and computers running latest iTunes and ATV software.

Hey Chris,
just wondering where you got this information from (how the iTunes movies are formatted/encoded)? is there an apple technical document that gives the specs for the iTunes movies? has Apple released this information? if so where (could you possibly include a link?), and if not, how do you know it? i'm encoding some of the DVDs that i own to put on my ipod using handbrake. Does this mean that if i set my handbrake average bitrate to 1500 kbps (and the format to MPEG-4) that i will be importing them at the same quality as the movies on iTunes? thanx very much!
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2.0.1 Movie Download Ready To Watch Time Longer?

Sorry if this thread already exists but I want to specifically focus on the 2.0.1 upgrade wrt this.
So last night I did the 2.0.1 upgrade and we rented a movie.
The download speed did not seem any slower as a rough guess it still took about a minute or two for 2% loaded. However where as with 2.0 sfw it would say "Movie Ready To Watch" after about 2% loaded, the 2.0.1 sfw waited much longer (roughly 20 minutes and 50% - rough figures) before it gave the ready message.
I realize Apple doesn't want users to start watching too early and cause a freeze but I had no freezing problems previously even when starting with 2% loaded with the 2.0 sfw.
Now I have to wait longer - a big step backward in my opinion.
I also tried to play prior to the ready message and it wouldn't allow it.
Do others see this same behavior?
(PS In order to prove it is the 2.0.1 update I should have rented a movie with 2.0 installed - but didn't want to risk losing it to the upgrade and waste $5).

I don't think the movie download experience in terms of time and when it is ready for watching is related to any of the software releases so far. I downloaded 3 HD and 1 SD movie after the upgrade to 2.0.1 and my movies were ready for watching in around 30-45sec. I let it download completely before starting to watch the movie though. My ATV is connected via G class wireless thru a Comcast cable modem where I get download speeds of 12mbps.

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How do I save a movie downloaded on Apple TV to the linked iTunes?
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I purchased movie on iTunes on laptop, but deferred download. Later I downloaded to apple TV (HD file with slowish internet connection so it doesn't stream.) Movie now ready to play, but I would like to save it to itunes before playing if possible so I don't have to download again onto itunes. That would be a frustration mainly because of borderline broadband speed.
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And it continued repeating until it took up all of my storage space. The data file would not show up anywhere so I had to restore my laptop to the factory settings and that worked for awhile but I eventually had to get a new laptop.

Did you try to set it up as new device, as explained in this article?
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When I try to enter codes for digital movie downloads it tells me "code redemption is temporarily unavailable. Try again later." Customer support has been no help. Anyone else have this problem?
Am sick of going back and forth with what has turned out to be worthless customer support. Have sent them so much info and pictures, no help. All they do is send me links for instructions on how to redeem the codes. I know how to redeem, I have redeemed at least 50 codes. To them I am obviously an idiot though. To me it seems to be a problem on their end, but can't get an answer from them on why it is telling me code redemption is unavailable. Please help! Anybody!

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Hiya,
I recently bought the Avengers off iTunes [HD, trying 1080p] but everytime the download gets to around 1.64GB, the timer vanishes and the progress bar stops going up indefinatly, though it says it's still downloading.
The iTunes extra part of the download has installed and works perfectly (it was a seperate download). Occasionally when using the pause/resume all button to try and get the movie download to work the extra came up with a -50 error, but after another reset it downloaded fine. Another issue both have had is the timer starts saying thousnds of hours will be needed for the download after a pause/unpause. The movie is watchable upto about 41 minuets after/during every download
Thing's i have tried:
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Heya, thanks for replying
I eventually got in touch with iTunes support who could see I still had pending downloads and were quite happy to cancel them and give me a store credit refund. Their advice was to try another movie or leave it for a few weeks as the movie I wanted was under high demand, which may have led to the problems I had (Avengers + Christmas, fair enough really).
...so about 2 days later I tried it again along with the batman trilogy and everything downloaded just fine.
I always hate the idea of going to customer support but I have to say apple's has always been quick, reasonable and helpfull, so just go for it with a detailed explination and you should be fine
Good luck!

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Welcome to Apple Support Communities
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I have downloaded music at work on my work computer and at home on my other computer is there a way for me to get the ones I downloaded at work on my home computer?
I hope so. What happens if your computer crashes and you loose all of your iTunes Music?
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Hey Mr. King,
You certainly can move downloads between computers. Check this article for ways how:
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Do keep in mind, though, that you can only have a total of 5 computers authorized to play the music associated with your account at a time.
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