Does home sharing use my internet data?

I would like to be able to watch films on my iPod touch that are on my laptop via home sharing. As my iPod is always full of music, I don't want to have to delete music from my iPod everytime I want to watch a film. I have set up Home Sharing, and am curious as to whether my internet data is being used, as I have a download limit. Thanks

kitch1406 wrote:
The way I've always viewed it, is that it would be downloading them from my laptop and uploading them to my iPod. Is this not the right way to look at it?
sure.
so, the downloading part will involve your internet connection if your purchase content. once it is downloaded, the streaming to mobile devices (or Apple TV) from iTunes on your computer is purely over your local network.
if you rent content from the iTunes store (or on an Apple TV), the stream will obviously come from the iTunes store, i.e. via your internet connection.

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