Can i play movies and music on pc

can i play movies and music on pc

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HT1660 Can I play movies and music from my external hard drive or do I have to re-instll them on my computer?

Can I play my movies and music from my external hard drive or do I have to reinstall it on my computer?

Hello B3NN13,
If you would like to add the music from your external hard drive to iTunes without copying it to the iTunes Library on your internal hard drive, you may find the following article helpful:
Add files to your library without adding them to your iTunes folder
When you add an item already on your computer to your iTunes library, iTunes places a copy of the file in your iTunes folder. The original file remains in its current location.
You can change this setting so that files are added to your iTunes library without being added to the iTunes folder. You might want to do this, for example, if you prefer to store video files on an external disk but still want to view them in iTunes.
Choose iTunes > Preferences, and click Advanced.
Deselect the checkbox next to “Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library.”
From now on, when you drag a file to your library or choose File > Add to Library, the item appears in iTunes, but the actual file isn’t copied or moved.
Tip: You can temporarily reverse this setting by holding down the Option key while you drag files to the iTunes window.
iTunes 12 for Mac: Change where your iTunes files are stored
Sincerely,
- Brenden

How i can use ipad access time capsule files? play movies and music , without any mbp or imac device., how i can use ipad access time capsule files? play movies and music , without any mbp or imac device.

1: i have 10 mac device at home. include iphone , ipad , ipod , imac , mbp ...etc
2: i want share the files, all file just auto backup into home store, not the ICLOUD, they not easy to get 10T size.
3: i want make media push , or media stream post. such as push iphone game screen view to 3 ipad, air , mbp , and iphone.. and record them as video on timecapsule<home Store>
I mean , dirctly , use ipad , read imac's disk, play timecapsule video and music , hear them in airport express, view the picture in project(through air HDMI connect).
maybe the home cloud like a NAS. but stream push cant not instaed the " <<<media files countent play task project push >>> .
it means i want use muti device together , push task and orgnize them .

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1549?viewlocale=en_US

My gen 2 ipod stopped playing movies and music

my Ipod gen 2 stopped playing music and movies movies say can not be played and music just goes back to the song list

Try the following:
- A reset. Nothing is lost
Reset iPod touch: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Restore from backup
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore to factory settings/new iPod.
If you still have the problem that indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order

My macbook pro can' t play videos and musics.

Hi anyone!
I have a trouble witn my macbook pro 10.8.2 , it can't play musics and videos on mac and safari.
I don't know why and how can I fix it!!:((
Please...e help me!
Thanks!

Hi amakelech,
You need to download FlashPlayer....
http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html
Cheers,
GB

Error message when trying to play movies and music videos

I am getting the below message on my TV screen when i try to play movies via my iPad device through airplay. The irony of it is that I watched a whole movie before this problem developed.
"This content requires HDCP for playback. HDCP is not supported by your HDMI connection. This content required HDCP for playback"

Make sure your HDMI connection is secure, try a reboot

Why can't I use Lion to play movies and music vita remote?

I Snow Leopard it was pussible to ge acces to all the movies, music etc. vith the remotecontrol. Why cant I do that in Lion?

softwater wrote:
You need to make Front Row work on Lion.
Have a look here for how to do it:
http://applehelpwriter.com/2011/07/26/how-to-make-front-row-work-in-lion/
This scenario is not supported by Apple or whomever. If something goes wrong .. well, a warning should be included if we point at such "custom" solutions.
Also this will not help him in iTunes Library content in FrontRow... iTunes 10.4.x uses a Library format that FrontRow in Lion can't read any longer.. and if he has a ipod/iphone/ipad he surely can not afford to stick life-long with iTunes 10.3..
to me this is NO solution but full of unknown future hickups, just saying. FrontRow is gone, the sooner one gets used to it, the better. What if 10.7.2 will break this "workaround" ? and what with future iTunes ? .. you see what I want to say..

Can't play movies and shows

I currently have iTunes 10.6.3. But I've been having this problem for a while, most likely with other versions of iTunes. What happens is that if I attempt to play a movie or a TV show that I've bought, it opens up but stays black instead of playing. I can fast forward it, but it remains black and it never plays. However, when I do fast forward it, it shows the scene that it's at in the "Now Playing" box but it doesn't play in that box either.
Has anyone else had this problem? I thought the problem would fix itself when I upgraded to Mountain Lion but it hasn't.

Is QuickTime installed? If not it might help to install it.
If so is Direct3D Video Acceleration enabled? If so it might help to disable.
tt2

Can i play podcast and music at the same time

i have a suffle 3g and I want to use it for running. I want the instructions from the couch to 5k podcast but with my own playlist? is this possible

You should be able to plug in the computer and go. The Mac will automatically switch over to the cabled connection.
You don't need a static ip address for each computer. They will show up just as before.

Randomly Apple TV can't play Movies/Tv shows and music.

I've seen other people having problems with this issue but with all my searching, have not found an answer and thought I'd share my experience in case someone has a solution or suggestion.
Our cable modem service comes into an access pannel in the bedroom closet. It goes to the Linksys WRT54G router, then to a hub which sends out to all the rooms in our house. Our house is new and pre-wired for ethernet in each room. It comes in the office, goes into another hub and then to the Mac Mini I have and to a NAS Lacie storage drive where all my movies, music and photos are at. We stream everything and only synk photos on the Apple TV.
Over the last couple of days, the Apple TV can't play movies or music for some reason. The errors I get with Movies/TV is "The selected video cannot be played." The format was not recognized. With music the message is "Apple TV cannot play the current song." I know all the movies and music work because a day before I just played I AM LEGEND and it worked perfectly.
I've got a couple of theories and wanted to float them by everyone. I use a Harmony 880 remote and when I select Apple TV, it turns on the ATV and then sets the inputs on the other items. When I'm done and select watch TV, it turns ATV off. Should the ATV stay on all the time? Could this be causing the problem?
I've restarted the ATV, the Mac Mini, the hubs, the cable modem, the router. Nothing brings it back. But if it sits for a while, a couple hours or so, then it's back. However, it just stops playing for no reason and the next day it might not work again.
I'm running iTunes 7.6.2 and I checked the ATV and iTunes and both say they are up to date on their software.
I could really use some help here. The frustrating part is the kids want to watch one of their movies for the 700th time and it won't play many time.
Thanks everyone.
John
I use a Harmony 880 (I believe) remote.

Oops----thinking of the light on the Airport!!! =-)
The status light is gray, so it is not setting off any "alarms", everything else is working, but when I go to watch a movie, rented or owned, it times out and resets itself. I ran a diagnostic and it said everything was working properly, I reset to factory settings and still had the same problem, and even reset the Airport to make sure it was not just the connection.
At a complete loss as to any other ideas to try to get her up and running again. No way am I going anywhere near an Apple Store with all the iPad hype that is out right now!!!!!!

How i can down load movies and mucis to my new ipad

how i can down load movies and music to my new ipad?

You can use iTunes to sync them to your iPad.

Can't play or preview music and movies in Finder window

I notice I can't play or preview music in the finder window. When I hit "play", the slider moves, but I don't hear any sound. Music is playing fine in iTunes. I also can't preview and play movies in the finder, like .mov files. In addition, I can't play music in a slideshow in iPhoto. It is also mute there. Does anyone know what is wrong? I just got this MacBook and had done a firewire transfer of my application files from my iMac desktop. All the programs seem to be working fine except for this music and video problem. Is there a problem with quicktime?
Thanks.

Run Audio MIDI Setup (Utilities folder) and be sure output is set to 44,100Hz 16-bit, and the volume sliders are to the right.

My xperia j can't show my pictures on album, can't play videos on movies and music on walkman

hello,i have a sony xperia j, but last week my phone can't show my galery pictures, cant play my music on walkman, and can't play movies. whenever i open album my phone getting hang and the screen unresponse. so i restart my phone on the time. and when my phone is on, i still can't do that again and i still restart my phone. i try to uninstall some apps, it's still hang. still can't show my pictures, can't play my music and videos. please helpthanks

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Is the media content loaded on to the internal storage or an SD card?

I have purchased itunes tv series, movies and music and have transferred them onto an external hard drive and tried to play them on my tv on a media hub. The file will not load. Is there some form of blocking by itunes or another p[roblem and how d

I have purchased itunes tv series, movies and music and have transferred them onto an external hard drive and tried to play them on my tv on a media hub. The file will not load. Is there some form of blocking by itunes or another p[roblem and how do I fix it?

You can't fix it. iTunes bought content is DRM protected. so it can only be played on authorized devices. i.e devices associated with the apple Id used to purchase the content. Its copyright protection that the rights owners demand.
Circumventing it, is illegal in most countries, and as such cannot be discussed here. If you want to play the content you'll need to connect your computer directly to your TV, or use some other device you can authorize for iTunes content such as an iPad, iPhone , iPod touch or Apple Tv.

I have a first generation apple tv synced to a itunes library on an external USB drive. Movies and Music Won't Play

Here's my setup. First Generation Apple TV. G4 Powermac running OS X 10.5.8 iTunes 10 with the Library stored on an External 3 Terabyte USB 2 drive. It's plugged into a PCI USB 2 card. Everything worked fine till I transferred my iTunes library to the external USB drive. Things seem to sync up fine. I have it set to copy TV shows to the Apple TV's internal drive and that seems to work but when I try to play music or movies that are streaming from the library, I get an error. With movies I get the "The selected video cannot be played. The format was not recognized." error. The movie and music list seems up to date but now it won't play. Did I waste my money on this external drive? How do I get this setup to work?

I don't think this will be a complete answer to your question, but may point you in the right direction.
I have a similar setup (same OS X and iTunes versions), but my library is on a network attached 2TB harddrive (vs a USB 2 drive). Mine works fine, both syncing (which you don't have a problem with) and streaming. It's possible that iTunes doesn't like the USB 2 drive, but I don't know. Are you able to watch TV shows on your PowerMac after having moved the files to the USB drive? If you can watch content on your laptop but not on your AppleTV, it suggests the Apple TV doesn't like the USB drive.
Perhaps you didn't transfer iTunes library content correctly. (Forgive me if I'm telling you things you already know.) The iTunes library consists of a list of content and it's location (local harddrive, network drive, etc.). If you simply moved the files, but didn't actually update the library with the new locations, this can explain why you can't stream the content. The Apple TV displays what is in the library, but cannot play it if the library entry is pointing to the wrong location. Note: This "library update" I'm referring to is not the same as simply changing the iTunes media folder location in iTunes > Preferences > Advanced.
When I moved my content to an external drive, I had to delete everything in my iTunes Library, then re-import everything (File > Add to library). Don't let the phrase "delete everything in my iTunes library" freak you out. Deleting entries in the library is not the same as deleting the files (which you definitely do NOT want to do).
If you select an item in your iTunes library and press the Delete button, it asks for confirmation thus:
Are you sure you want to delete the selected TV show from your iTunes library?
It's OK to answer "Delete TV Show". It will then ask you if you want to delete the file. Do NOT delete the file. You can select your entire library and delete everything at once, just make sure you do NOT delete the files when it asks. When that is done, make sure the iTunes Media Folder Location is set to where you want and that the files are there. Then, go to File, Add to Library and re-import everything. It will take several minutes to more than an hour, depending on the speed of your computer and the size of your library.
I have had to do this everytime I've moved my library to different storage devices. If there is a simpler way, I am not aware of it.
I hope this helps.

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