Getting videos from Time Capsule to my Apple TV

I just got a time capsule and would like to stream my videos to my Apple TV. I know I need a device in the middle Mac, iPad, etc. But do I need to add the videos to iTunes first or can I play them via a file manager type app? They are all in the mp4 format already so I've got that going for me at least. Also not sure if it helps but the vides were originally on a Windows based computer but I'm moving away from that except for a couple of exceptions that are work related.

As long as you can stream it to the ATV then you can use it.. so many applications can play video files and there is no need to add them to itunes.. but if you intend to use itunes as a main media application then it does make sense to add them to its library. The problem is the TC is not a great place really for the library to be stored.
ATV2 are very popular because you can still Jailbreak them to add a proper media player and then you don't need a device in the middle.
Or think outside the box.. a WD live TV can play media directly from the TC. Much easier.. no box in the middle.. you can sit at your TV and select. That is because ATV is a streamer not a true media player (unless you hack it of course and add XMBC to it). WDlive is a media player.

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Hello,
I had an IMAC with hard drive that crashed. I installed a new internal HD.
Restored from time capsule. After 10 hours of restoring, it restarted.
Now it has been stuck at the Apple boot screen with the spinning wheel now for 3 hours.
Does it take that long? Anything wrong maybe.
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Hello Brenden,
Thanks for the link. I have already tried everything in that kink but still getting the same issue.
One clarification if you can help me.
When I replaced my HD, I booted up using Mountain Lion CD.
I went to Disk Utility I paritioned the new drive.
I then went to System Restore and tried to restore from my time capsule a backup from Yosemite, Maverick and Snow Leopard
When imac restarted i was getting messages that it cannot boot up..Same message over and over.
Therefore, I once again went in and booted up using Mountain Lion CD,
Went to Disk Utility and erased all contents of the whole drive. Clean.
This time I went ahead and ran the Mountain Lion Installer.
Imac restarted and booted fine to Mountain lion.
Did all updates and so forth.
Now went to Utilities folder and selected Migration Assistant and chose to restore once more.
Restored finished, and this time I am getting the issue I originally reported.
My question is, since I am running Mountain Lion, if the backup was made using Yosemite, just before my IMAC crashed,
is this the problem why it is stuck at Boot. Because i need to be running Snow Leopard at leat to upgrade to Yosemite.
However, how come none of my backup s can be restored , just by going straight to restore backup instead of installing some mac os x first.
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Transferring music and videos from Time Capsule to ATV??

Can you transfer content from the Time Capsule to the ATV directly? I have many songs and tv shows that I have saved on my Time Capsule so as to not take up space on my Macbook Pro. It seems like a pain to have to bring that content onto my laptop then to the apple TV, then to conserve space, take back off of the laptop. Isn't there a way just to transfer from Time Capsule directly to ATV?
Thank You

No, there isn't.
However! In Itunes, click on itunes on your menu bar, then prefs. Go to advanced and untick 'copy files to itunes music folder'
You'll then be able to add whatever you want to itunes, and thus, your appleTV without any content residing on your macbook pro

After trying to restore from time capsule, I get the following message when I try to access the folder "data." The folder "Data" can't be opened because you don't have permission to see its contents. Any ideas?

after trying to restore from time capsule, I get the following message when I try to access the folder "data": "The folder “Data” can’t be opened because you don’t have permission to see its contents." Any ideas?

Are you restoring from a TM backup??
Check the methods Pondini outlines to do restore.
Q14-17
http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html

Streaming music from Time Capsule to Apple TV

I own an Apple TV and just bought a Time Capsule, I was wondering whether i could stream music from my Time Capsule to my Apple TV without having any computer/mac turned on, is this possible?

no

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If you are syncing using iCloud, try going to System Preferences/iCloud (computers) and checking Safari. If it is checked, try deselecting it, wait 10-15 seconds, and then check it again.

When I open Safari, I keep getting the Jobs video from Tim. Once was OK.ow do I turn it off?

When I open Safari, I keep getting the Jobs video from Tim. Once was OK.ow do I turn it off?

First, go to the website that you wish to make your Home page. Then click on Safari>Click on Preferences on the dropdown menu>Click on the "General" tab on top of the window which should be on your screen>click on the "Set to Current Page" button which is under the Home Page line. This should solve the problem.

Stream movies with Apple TV 3 from time capsule

Is it possible to stream movies with Apple TV 3 from Time capsule ?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
If the content on your Time Capsule is in iTunes on your computer, then yes you can do that.

Where does restored data from time capsule get placed

Where does restored data from time capsule get placed?
For instance, is the data seamlessly placed where it was missing or corrupted, or does it enter a program under some separate "heading" in the program 1) if letter is restored to Mail, 2) if entire mailbox restored to Mail, 3) if single letter restored to Documents, 4) if several photos to iPhoto, 5) if one folder restored to desktop.

Cannot answer all your questions, but will answer regarding iPhoto.
You cannot restore individual photos to iPhoto, you must restore the entire iPhoto Library.
When you do this, you are given several options. See the shot below for details:
The restored library will be placed in the default location....the Pictures folder

Problems playing movies from Time Capsule

I am having a problem playing movies from my Time Capsule to my Apple TV. I can make them work but have to go through the following process: I have to play the movie through iTunes and then stop it, and then go play the movie on apple TV. I have to do this each time I want to watch one of the movies. Any thoughts on this issue?

Hopefully this information will help. I have an aiport extreme connected directly to my Cable Modem. I then setup the Time Capsule to extend the network updstairs. I have everything running on 802.11n. Wireless connection is great and I get about 13-14mb download speeds when I do a speedtest.
I must say though, copying data to the Timecapsue via wireless is slow...
I checked my apple TV this morning, and the first movie I clicked on worked great, so did the second one, then I tried a third and got the following error: "The Selected Video could not be played. The Format was not recognized"
Then I went back to play the original two that worked, and they now gave me the same error... it almost looks like it is looking connection to them, or synching or something..

Restore from Time Capsule after Hard Drive Crash

The HD on my iMac crashed Christmas Day. I have been running backups on Time Machine to a Time Capsule since I purchased the iMac (and also backing up a MacBook Air), but never had any occasion to see if it worked.
I yesterday got the computer back with a new HD installed. When I tried to do the restore from Time Capsule from the Setup Assistant which ran on start up, I could not get past the initial screen. It kept hanging up on "Opening Time Capsule," and then on one occasion it found only the MacBook Air back up volume.
After some research here, I tried running the utility after booting from my Snow Leopard disk. This time, it immediately found the backups from both computers, but hung up on opening the iMac backup.
After more research, I ran the disk utility and repaired the HD on the iMac. It finally worked -- I woke up to a "Restore Complete" message (it started around 10:00 pm last night). The iMac started up without a hitch to the way it looked Christmas morning. The only problem I have noticed is that my most recent events in iPhoto are empty. The thumbnails are there, but no pictures. I tried to rebuild the library using iPhoto Library Manager, but no luck. Any ideas?
The other thing I noticed is that I had to reauthorize the computer for my iTunes purchases. Will Apple fix that so it doesn't chew up my last remaining authorization?

think about the speed of wifi here
speed at 802.11n = a theoretical 540Mbps (less in real world scenarios)
Mbps = Mega bits per second
MBps - Mega bytes per second
8 bits = 1 byte
8 mega bits = 1 mega byte
How long would it take you to download a 1 gig file from the internet wired into your modem? About 10-20 min? And that is taking into account that the info is being uploaded hardwire. Now imagine that same file over wireless in your home being upload by the Airport card in your computer. People over look upload speed when considering these things. The wireless upload speed of your Airport card is what is limiting this. Just a limitation of the technology, not a fault of Apple just stating the numbers here.

Want my DVR to use wifi from Time Capsule

We have two wireless networks in our house which seems stupid. Until now, we've shrugged it off and ignored the wifi created by the fios router and use a wired Time Capsule to create a wifi network that we use. Now, there's a new feature where we could watch tv in other rooms on our iphone, ipads, etc. That's great except the TV is on the wifi that came with the FIOS router instead of the wifi the rest of us in the house are using.
So, I googled about it to see what I could do to combine the networks. It turns out you cannot extend the fios wifi with the Time Capsule because the Apple Airport devices have features for extending networks that the fios wifi doesn't have. I found I could turn off the fios wifi but then the DVR wouldn't have an internet connection. So, I thought, I'll change the DVR ot use the Time Capsule wifi, which I'd prefer because we want to keep that network. I checked the DVR and found the home network settings -- and it turned out to be a place where you can see the settings, but you can't change the settings there, but there has to be a way to set it up somewhere, no?
Ideally, I'd turn off the FIOS wifi and change the DVR over to use our existing home network. At the moment, we will have to switch networks, depending on what we want to do. We use the Time Capsule for backups, to share files, for airtunes, etc. It also extends thru the entire house whereas the FIOS one doesn't. If we wanted to use the new features to watch programs from ipads, etc, we'd have to switch them over to the other network while we did. It's just a bit of a pain.
Any ideas? Thanks!

liz4cps wrote:
We have two wireless networks in our house which seems stupid ...
Many folks have two or more wireless networks in a single dwelling (including me). It doesn't seem stupid to me and if there's a problem, one or both wireless networks can be disabled in the router or Time Capsule settings.
liz4cps wrote:
We ... use a wired Time Capsule to create a wifi network that we use ... the TV is on the wifi that came with the FIOS router instead of the wifi the rest of us in the house are using ... I googled about it to see what I could do to combine the networks ... I found I could turn off the fios wifi but then the DVR wouldn't have an internet connection ...
Maybe it's just a terminology issue, but none of the Verizon STBs or DVRs has wireless capability. Presently these devices only connect to the network using coax, although this may change in the future.
liz4cps wrote:
... I thought, I'll change the DVR ot use the Time Capsule wifi ... checked the DVR and found the home network settings ... but you can't change the settings there, but there has to be a way to set it up somewhere, no? ...
No. As in my earlier comment, DVRs and STBs connect to the network via coax and are fed IP addresses via the FiOS router. That's how they get Guide data, VOD, etc.
liz4cps wrote:
... Ideally, I'd turn off the FIOS wifi and change the DVR over to use our existing home network ...
The DVR will always connect to the network via the FiOS router. However there is nothing to stop you from disabling the wireless radio in the FiOS router, and having all your wireless devices (but definitely not your DVRs or STBs) connect to your preferred wireless network. You can use whatever security features, SSIDs, and passwords you desire on the alternate device, and have all your portable devices connect there.
I hope this is clear, so please review the above and come back with further questions if necessary. Good luck.

Recovering data from Time Capsule after conversion from Snow Leopard to Lion

Had a problem with my iMac, which was running Snow Leopard O/S. Data was backed up on Time Capsule using Time Machine, although recent back-ups had failed (but earlier back-ups had been OK). Apple support determined that I needed to re-install the O/S and they walked me through it. After blowing away all data (believing that once O/S reinstalled, could recover from Time Capsule), the reinstall failed. Took to Apple store, where they installed Lion at my request. Then tried to recover from Time Capsule, but couldn't do so. Sparse file doesn't work (it shows 10GB, which is wrong as it had several hundred GB's before due to lots of photos). Apple Support couldn't solve issue, believes it was corrupted with the last backup. Ultimately recommended that I have professional data recovery service recover data from the iMac hard-drive (as opposed to Time Capsule). Spoke to recovery service recommended by Apple, and it is very expensive (also, given the O/S reinstall, anything they recover will have new file names and no directory structure). They also said getting data off the Time Capsule is even more difficult and expensive to recover. I'm not a happy camper.
I would welcome any thoughts on what to do. FWIW, I live in South Florida and there appear to be lots of data recovery companies locally, but Apple support had said that they have only a few authorized vendors that can do it without voiding warranty, so I'm reluctant to even call them. Thanks. Steve

Your backups may be corrupted.
Try to repair them, via Disk Utility (in your Applications/Utilities folder).
Mount the sparse bundle by opening the TC in the Finder and double-clicking on the sparse bundle. Drag the sparse bundle into Disk Utility's sidebar, and do a +*Repair Disk*+ (not permissions) on it. If it finds errors it can't fix, run it again (and again), until it either fixes them all, or can't fix any more.

Can I remove a specific dated backup from time Capsule?

Sorry for the long story - but I have tried to provide as much detail as possible as to what is going on...
Sadly Lion has been a royal pain in the perverbial for me. It is slow (on a Macbook pro that is still within its warranty period so I don't believe that Hardware can be blamed - especially with upgraded ram and a 7200rpm drive) I recently got so frustrated with its clunkyness that I tried reinstalling on a new HDD and booting off that. Showed improvement (clean install vs upgraded and less apps etc slowing down the OS - however it is nowhere near what Snow Leopard was). But while I was at it I did something stupid. In hindsight very stupid - but balls to Apple for putting me in this situation and balls to Apple for letting me do it with no warning about the consequences...
I connected my old HDD via firewire and tried to access my files that are on it - I couldn't initially as my newly installed user did not have permission. Easy - Add the new user to permissions for folder concerned - apply to enclosed - done - Achieved what I wanted. Files accessed - test complete - sadly I will have to reinstall a clean lion and transfer my files over (restore from time capsule).
Two Major problems have surfaced. The first is directly related to the topic, the second I might try to repost in an appropriate section...
1) What I didn't think about is as soon as I modified the permissions Time Capsule treats all the files in that folder as being modified. So it has backed up an entire new version of every file in that folder - a few hundred GB. That has chomped out 10-20% of my Time Capsule. I have no need for these backups and want to delete - say - every back up made since last Sunday when I committed the dirty deed. Seems minor - but this is a major compromise to my current arrangement.
2) I have MAJOR permissions issues now. Firstly my Aperture library (which was in the folder with added user in the permissions) is fried. Can't be repaired/rebuild or anything. Lion wont do anything so useful as to tell me why - just get the colourwheel of death and the aperture library NEVER opens. Balls to Apple for allowing this to happen so easily. Second I tried to restore the entire pictures folder from Time Machine. It tells me I don't have permission??? WHAT. Double Balls. These are my freakin files - created by this user on this MBP on this install of Lion. I can't see how adding a user can suddenly prevent a long standing user from accessing their files from within their account. By the way the new install on the new HDD is no longer in play - all I am trying to do is continue to use my MBP the way I was before I did the test install.
My long running affinity for Mac is rapidly waning - I have wasted countless hours trying to regain access to ALL of my pictures - 14 years worth. 1000's of images. I cannot access them on my MBP, Can't restore them from Time Machine. This is the worst computing experience of my life.
I have tried booting from recovery, repairing permissions etc etc etc. Nothing mainstream solves this.
Does anyone have some wisdom to address my conundrum - I am seriously desperate here... I have genuinely decided that I will not waste the upcoming long weekend ******* around with this - I would rather forget my 14 years of stored memories and just get on with life... If unsolved by this Friday I will sell my Macbook Pro and iPad and initiate my own version of the post PC world - no computer at all - currently it is doing nothing but wasting my time.

jameski wrote:
My only concern about resetting premissions (and ACL???) is that it will exacerbate my backup disk space wastage issue as it will result in full backup of my entire home folder (about 400GB).
Yup, if you changed the permissions on everything in your home folder, that will change them all back, so they'll all be backed-up again.
That will leave me with about 1.2TB of a 2TB TC used up with backups (currently should be about 500GB) - my plan was to have about 1.5TB of my TC available to use for files in the medium term until the need for more backup space pushed me to invest in another drive. TC's are just too expensive to waste like this.
Mixing backups and other data on the TC's internal HD will, eventually, cause conflicts. But see #Q3 in Using Time Machine with a Time Capsule for some possible workarounds.
If I do a complete restore from TM (entire account)
You can't do that. You can't restore an entire home folder via the "Star Wars" display, because the home folder and default sub-folders (Desktop, Downloads, Pictures, etc.,) are protected. You'd have to restore the contents of the sub-folders, a rather tedious process.
You can do a "full system restore" (OSX, apps, all user accounts & home folders), via a different procedure (Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #14).
to the day before this shambles started - will time machine treat my restored account as a modification of all files and try to back up a fresh copy of everything on the basis that it has been modified - or is it smart enought to realise what I have done and carry on doing only incremental backups?
Anything you restore via the "Star Wars" display is considered as changed, so will be backed-up.
A full system restore (usually) results in only an incremental backup, but TM does a "deep scan" to compare everything on your system to the backups, to see what's different. That will find that everything in your home folder has changed, so back it all up anyway.
If yes I will likely put all my historical backups onto a cheap 500GB drive and put it in a drawer and start new backups on TC
Good plan. You probably know you can always view and restore from those, via the Browse Other Backup Disks option, per #17 in the FAQ.
After you do that, in theory, you could run the user home folder permissions reset, delete all the backups made after the original permissions change, then force a "deep scan" so the only differences found would be files that really are new or changed; but that's tedious, error-prone, and "iffy."
Are backups via TC inherently substantially slower than say to firewire drive?
Oh, yes, absolutely. Here's a very rough comparison of full backup speeds (see #29 in the FAQ for details):
There's a lot of variation depending on your hardware and setup, of course.
I am running my TC through gigabit ethernet as wifi (despite having an ethernet extended AEP in my office) is too slow. I simply cannot get over the serious loss of performance since Lion and more recently the introduction of a TC. It is dire!
Some folks report WIFI backups slower under Lion vs. Snow Leopard, some think it's faster, others (including me) don't see much difference.
However, it really shouldn't make a whole lot of difference for normal incremental backups, as they should be relatively small and quick in most cases, and shouldn't have much impact on performance. You might want to check the sizes of your backups -- if they seem too large considering what you've changed, see #D4 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting. If the sizes are reasonable, but the backups are still slow, or other performance seems to suffer, see #D2 there.
Are these your only backups? If so, consider keeping "secondary" backups, to avoid having "all eggs in one basket." See #27 in the FAQ for some suggestions.

Stream from time capsule to applte tv via ipad air

hi,
im pretty new with apple...i used android before but im thinking about a change....
i want to stream music and movies/photos from a time capsule to tv and an av receiver via an ipad air.
is that possible? do i need a special app?
if so, how do i connect the apple tv to tv and av receiver?
use a hdmi switch or
hdmi to tv and audio optical to av receiver?
thanks!
jan

You are better asking this is the ATV section..
The TC is useless.. it is a dumb storage of files.. no media servers whatsoever.
Nor can you use itunes libraries. You must have itunes running for the ATV to stream content.
You will need therefore to have files in some format that the ipad can read and use airplay to the ATV.
how do i connect the apple tv to tv and av receiver?
use a hdmi switch or
hdmi to tv and audio optical to av receiver?
It is impossible to know without info on the actual av receiver capability.. but modern hdmi switching is built into the AV receiver.. you should not need another switch and you should be able to handle both sound and video over hdmi.. but if not that is simple to fix with optical.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5209
http://www.apple.com/au/airplay/
Notice in all this setup.. the TC is completely lacking.. it has no role in this. Anything you do without iTunes you do on your own as far as Apple is concerned.. and to play iTunes you need a computer running.. sorry but that is the result of copyright protection.
If you do not want to use itunes.. then buy a simple media player.. eg WD Live TV.. it can play content directly from Time Capsule.. because the WD is a proper player.

Getting videos from Time Capsule to my Apple TV

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