Family Share - stream videos

Most of our movies have been purchased under one main iTunes account. We set-up family share in order to "share" purchased videos and music. How can we stream "shared" movies? Using the Videos app, I have access to stream purchased videos but not videos that all family share accounts have purchased. I believe that the family share is set-up correctly… I have access to download i-tunes purchased videos from all accounts in family share just not to stream via Videos app. For example, my son's iPad can't stream a movie that I purchased via I-tunes; he has to download it.

Hi,
Family share does not work with iTunes Match. Which purchased content can I share using Family Sharing
Jim

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Hi -
I have finally finished a project in PE8 and I'd like to upload it to my website so that others can stream it.
I have created output in FLV, MOV and MPG formats.
I have uploaded them to my web server.
However, whenever I link to the video, my browser (IE or Firefox) just asks to download or run it.
Then, it tries to download the entire video - this is a problem as the files are up to 1.3gb.
I've tried this:
<html>
<a href="myvideo.flv">CLICK HERE</a>
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and this:
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<param name="quality" value="high" >
<param name="LOOP" value="false">
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</ object >
So, why isn't it streaming?
Is it the video format?
The embedding on the web page?
My server?
Perhaps you can share the details of how you created and setup a streaming video?
Thanks....

You need to embed a player for the file. This will differ by the file type that you choose. I'd probably go with a Flash player, but you have other choices.
I'd post your request for the exact instructions, and HTML code needed, plus tips on optimization to the Muvipix "Community," probably under the "Water Cooler" sub-forum. The Webmaster there, Ron, is an expert in embedded players, as are several other subscribers. I'll bet that you'll get the exact code, with all sorts of useful tweaks, in no time. If Ron suggests another file type and player, listen to him, and not to me. I just deliver the streaming AV files in the exact format that my client asks for. They have their Webmaster use them in their particular page design. My job ends, before your's, now, begins.
Good luck,
Hunt

Family share:delete family photo stream by mistake

Hello：
Today I joined a family share. We tried to use the photo family share function, but I delete the family album by mistake. How can I find my family album again?
best regards

Hi MJK80,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand wanting to share your photos with your family. iOS 8 introduced a new feature called Family Sharing that will allow you to share pictures with your family. Please use the attached iOS 8 User Guide as a reference.
manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1565/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf
Share photos or videos with family members. When you set up Family Sharing, a shared album a photo or video with family members, open the Photos app, then view a photo or video or select multiple photos or videos. Tap , tap iCloud Photo Sharing, add comments, then share to your shared family album. See iCloud Photo Sharing on page 84.
Have a great day,
Joe

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looking to upgrade my storage but 200gb is a little excessive for me. Can I share that with my wife who is linked with me in my family share?

Perhaps you should read these Apple documents about what is stored by iCloud. The following is from this Apple document: iCloud: iCloud storage and backup overview:
Your iCloud account includes 5 GB of free storage for iCloud Mail, Documents in the Cloud, and your iOS device backups. Your purchased music, apps, books, and TV shows, as well as your photo stream, don’t count against the 5 GB of free storage ........
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Purchased music, movies, TV shows, apps, and booksPurchased music isn’t backed up in all countries. Purchased movies and TV shows are backed up only in the U.S. Previous purchases may be unavailable if they have been refunded or are no longer in the iTunes Store, App Store, or iBookstore. Some previously purchased movies may not be available in iTunes in the Cloud. A movie’s product details page in the iTunes Store shows if the movie is unavailable.
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OT

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I think Apple should be a bit more cautionary about iCloud and privacy. My family shares the same iCloud account as we all enjoy the music we collectively purchase on iTunes; we paid Apple for this feature with some kind of grouped account. We didn't know, however that this joins our devices so that iMessages, contacts, pictures and just about everything else is shared too. The unprivate default seems to be to share everything between all devices vs. to allow access by exception or by choice (or by password?). Sure, when my kids get all my texts I can go figure out why and fix it but that is in my mind the antithesis of privacy and could be quite embarrassing for any family. I guess it is good for stalking the kids or parents though if they don't know about the partyline approach to privacy. Maybe a tech solution would be to have the iPhone show somehow the extent of its audience to its user.

No argument from me about the vagaries of using and sharing Apple IDs. This can lead to unintended consequences, especially in a family situation.
If you're sharing the same ID for FaceTime, you might want to go to Settings>FaceTime, tap the ID, sign out, then sign in with separate IDs there too. Otherwise, you'll end up getting each other's FaceTime calls.
Also, if you need to migrate everyone's devices to separate iCloud accounts to keep your synced data separated, you can do this by saving any photo stream photos you wish to keep to your camera roll (unless already there) by opening your my photo stream album, tapping Select, tapping the photos, tap the share icon (box with upward facing arrow), then tapping Save to Camera Roll. If you are syncing notes with iCloud, you'll need to open each of your notes and email them to yourself so you can later copy and paste the text into new notes created in your new account. Then go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account (which only deletes it from this device, not from iCloud), choose Keep on My iDevice and provide the password to turn off Find My iPhone. Then sign back in with a different Apple ID to create your new account and choose Merge to upload your data. Once everyone's devices are on separate accounts, you can go to icloud.com and delete each other's data from your accounts.

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No, I am a media professional who uses his MacBook Pro to connect to external monitors, and needs to continue to do so. I don't want Apple TV. I want my laptop to work again, like it's supposed to. Like it used to.
I have a demonstration this week at work that requires me to plug into an LCD screen and I am hoping to have this resolved by then. I am trying to convince my department to buy a Retina Mac and thousands of dollars worth of video software for live shows, and if I can't make it work, then I can't exactly convince them (or myself) to buy what I have been researching.
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Having issues with Family Share and iCloud?
I can't seem to share all my music for Family Share - in particular CD's that have been imported into my account don't appear to be available. Additionally, it seems like I continue to lose music loaded to the cloud, sometimes its a whole album and other times portions of whole albums are missing. Is this a "feature" or "fault"?

See HT203206: iTunes for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8: Fix unexpected quits or launch issues.
For general advice see Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates.
The steps in the second box are a guide to removing everything related to iTunes and then rebuilding it which is often a good starting point unless the symptoms indicate a more specific approach. Review the other boxes and the list of support documents further down the page in case one of them applies.
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Is there a way to watch another family members movies through family share without downloading the entire movie?

Before family share my kids were signed in under my apple ID. They had the ability to just stream whatever Disney movies they wanted that we owned. Now they have to download the entire movie to watch it? Seems a bit over kill to me. Plus those movies fill up their entire ipads.

Think of all this as two entities, 1. your Apple ID's and 2. Apple services (and by services I mean iCloud, iTunes, Home Sharing, Messages, FaceTime, Support Communities etc etc).
You can choose to use a different ID for each service, thereby creating the flexibility you are looking for.
For iCloud (which syncs contacts, mail, calendars etc) I suggest you each use your own ID, this means you will have your own contacts etc.
For iTunes, you might use separate ID's or you might both use the same one, I make no suggestion here because there are benefits to both ways. You may want to keep your music, movie, books and app purchases separate or you may want to unite them to avoid potentially paying for things twice.
For Home Sharing I suggest you use just one ID, it doesn't matter who's it is, so long as you both use the same one, this will ensure that any device using home Sharing can see and play the content from anyone's library on the same network (regardless of which ID it uses for iTunes) that is logged into the same home sharing account.

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HT201343 Is there a way to stream video from one iOS device to another?

My family and I are going on an extended vacation and we want to make sure the kids have enough videos to keep them busy on very long flights. I'm taking my MacBook Pro and was wondering if there's a way to stream video our different iOS devices without preloading movies on every device.

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How do I share my videos/pictures on icloud with other users?

We have taken videos of Christmas using our iPad. We have uploaded them to iCloud. How can we share these videos with our family in other parts of the country?

Hi... and thanx for your help...
I did not think that I would have to mess with my firewall, as long as I am talking of useres on the same computer, but I guess I was wrong.
Your advice helps very much, but only as long as I am still logged in with my user name. I does not work when only my kids are logged in. There has to be a way to use these libraries without the need to log in the user that has created those folders...
Hmmm
Thanx for your help
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What is new/special about Family Photo Stream in iOS 8?

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In iOS 7, it was already possible to create a shared photo stream, add your family members, and enable them to post to it.
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Yes, as far as I can tell, after enabling Family Sharing and my wife and I now having different iCloud accounts on our phones, Photo Stream does not appear to be shared between us any more. It appears that only the "Family Photos" album is shared, and we have to manually add photos and videos to that.
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