Grouping movies/TV Shows
I've noticed on my Touch that when I have three or more episodes of a TV Show they are sub grouped (like in their own folder) and not listed individually like one or two are. Is this possible with movies also? I have a dozen old cartoons that I gave all the same artist name but they are still listed individually, so this may only be a function of TV Shows. I suppose I could just make a playlist but I like to keep my lists neat.
Try right clicking the selected episodes, all at once, and clicking "Get Info"> "Options" (tab) > Media Kind > TV Show.
That should do the trick.
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Apple TV grouping movies/TV shows
Hi,
We recently bought a new Apple TV and I am trying to group movies like Harry Potter and TV programs into one folder. I have researched this online and got a hint that I should select the group of movies I want and command I and under the video tab and show line I entered what I wanted it to show. When I re-launched my Apple TV the folder isnt there. Also when I go back into the video tab the show button has now un selected itself. No other method has shown up. I hope this can be done. Any information would really help. Thankyou.The playlists would be in the movie section, not in music.
Check you have video playlists enabled in settings.
Yes I'm disappointed there is no grouping of movies, with my home movies I have over a thousand movies and the list is too long without grouping, I'm also disappointed that TV shows are listed in groups of series instead of shows as was the case on the Apple TV 1, I have 19 series of one show and the list of TV shows is as awkward as movies. -
When I click on any of my movie or TV shows in Itunes I immediately get an error message that says Itunes has stopped working and closes the program. I can sync the movies and shows to my phone okay but I can't watch on Itunes. Can anyone help?
Let's try the following user tip with that one:
iTunes for Windows 10.7.0.21: "iTunes has stopped working" error messages when playing videos, video podcasts, movies and TV shows -
I just noticed that some of the movies I had in iTunes did not get transferred to the iPhone 5. The missing movies are shown as generic movie icons in the iTunes panel and are checked to select them. But they do not show up in iPhone Videos. How do I get the original movies to show up again and transfer to the iPhone? I recently upgraded Mac OS to 10.6.8
1. iTunes won't offer cloud downloads for songs that it "thinks" are in your library, even if it "knows" the files are missing. If you've exhaustively searched for the missing files and there is no prospect of repair by restoring to them to their original locations, or connecting to new ones, then delete that tracks that display both the missing exclamation mark and are of media kind Purchased/Protected AAC audio file. Don't hide from iTunes in the cloud when asked, close iTunes, then reopen. You can download from the cloud links or iTunes Store > Quicklinks > Purchased > Music > Not on this computer > All songs > Download all.
2. Why? Not sure, perhaps 3rd party tools or accidental key presses combined with previously hidden warning messages when trying to organize the library. There is a hint that using the feature to downsample media as it is synced to a device may also be involved, though I've not replicated it. Whatever the reason a backup would protect your media.
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ITunes movies not showing up on Apple TV
I'm having some trouble with my movies not showing up on Apple TV.
The movies I am missing are not purchased from iTunes but I have converted them using Handbrake. I've double checked the format and they seem to be what's required from what I've read in other threads.
I've also made sure they are in the "movies" category and not "home movies."
I'm not the most computer savy person... most of what I know is just from reading threads. Can someone help?
Here is the format of a movie that's not showing up:
H.264, 720 x 304, Millions
AAC, Stereo (L R), 48.00 kHz
Movie FPS: 23.98
Playing FPS: 23.98
Data Size: 1.24 GB
Data Rate: 938.58 kbits/sec
Normal Size: 720 x 304 pixels
Current Size: 720 x 304 pixlesRogerOut makes some good points and this feels to me like a ham fisted attempt by Apple to take control of my media in a way that I don't want. The stuff it is choosing to call "home movie" is 100% legit movies, but not ones I bought through the itunes store. So I load a movie and then it mysteriously does not show up in my Apple TV because it has defaulted to "home movie".
What I still fail to understand is what the heck is the purpose of this apart from annoying users who's stuff now does not appear on ATV without explanation or warning. So glad to have this forum to help me, but why should I have to do this to figure out how to overcome a stupid thing that Itunes is doing to my movie (it is a movie!)?
As I say though, what possible benefit is it for a users media to be labelled in this way and anyway, why does calling it a home movie make it unreadable in ATV? -
Movies, TV Shows, Music Videos from iCloud not showing up in Videos app
So I just did a reset on my iPhone because the movie artwork for the movie Love Actually was a picture of Adele's album artwork and it really bothered me. All the other movies in the Videos app was fine, they all matched to their respective titles. So I did a reset hoping that would fix that tiny minor issue but after doing the reset and restoring, None of the movies I've purchased in the past are showing up. All it says is "No Content. You can download videos from the iTunes Store." And I did go into the Videos settings to make sure "Show All Videos" is being set to on (green) but it still did nothing, none of my movies, tv shows, or music videos are showing up in the cloud. This really irritates me because I had one small issue that I was hoping to fix but now a new problem has risen and it's going to bug the **** out of me more than the original problem did. I tried turning it off and turining it back on, signing in and out of iTunes account, and pressing the power button and the home button at the same time, but still nothing from iCloud has appeared, Is anybody else having this issue? FYI, I also have the latest update 7.0.4 but I don't think that should have caused this issue. If anybody knows a solution, please let me know because as you can see, I'm very OCD about this, I like to see all my videos in the Videos app.
This was driving me nuts, but I figured it out. Here's how to fix:
1) Create (or find) a thumbnail image that represents the series to you (I put text over a screenshot) in Photoshop or whatever you like to use, and put it on the clipboard
2) In iTunes, select all the episodes from your series in the TV Shows view, right click, and select "Get Info"
3) On the first tab ("Info") click in the artwork field, then paste in the thumbnail
4) THIS IS THE KEY STEP - With your iPad plugged into your Mac, go to the TV shows tab and uncheck "Sync TV Shows" and then apply the new settings, and say okay when it tells you all your TV shows will be removed from your iPad
5) After the sync is complete, check to make sure all your TV shows are gone (in the video app, there shouldn't even be a tab for TV Shows)
6) In iTunes, check Sync TV Shows again, then apply
Once the sync is complete, your TV Shows will hopefully show up with good thumbnails.
The issue seems to be that once a file has been copied over, updating the thumbnail image in iTunes will NOT force an update on the iPad, and in the TV Shows view there are no captions on the main screen. You have to delete all the files to wipe the DB on the iPad. -
Digital version of movie only shows on one device
So I bought my Mac Book last summer I can't remember if I added the digital version (from the DVD) of a movie that I have on my PC or my Mac. But since LAST year the movie showed on my computer, iPad and Apple TV. Today it "disappeared" from everything but my computer. I also checked to see if the movie would show up on my iPhone. I had that featured turned off, but I went into settings and turned it on to see if it would show up. Nope!!! I even bought a tv show and movie to "test" if they would sync all three devices (Mac, iPad and Apple TV). They did but I can't figure out for the life of me why this movie went away. I still have the DVD and I thought if I deleted the movie from my computer I could re add it.
But when I put in the DVD it just plays. I can't even remember how I added the digital copy and I wasn't given any prompts to do anything.
I called Apple (before I bought the movie and TV show) and they said that they would send an e-mail to a link help me. I'm still waiting on that, but I thought that I would come here to see if anyone could help me.
Hopefully, someone here has experienced this. Cause this is driving me crazy.
ThamsSiberia0858 wrote:
Thanks!! I'll have to try can call them back. It makes no sense how it can be there one day and gone the next. I even tried to reset the factory settings on my Apple TV and that didn't work. Do they usually give you an answer if your warranty has expired? They mention something about paying for them to "fix" it.
I have resisted really tackling the issue of the missing stuff, simply because you stated that you were actually 'talking' with Apple ( " I called Apple" ) - so at present, let's stick with the Apple <> You correspondence...
Warranty info should be at their fingertips for the asking.
If out of warranty, repairs cost $ and some problems deemed caused by the User MIGHT. If all this happened after "I woke up today and poof!" (i.e., you did nothing at all) - it must be related to some update you had allowed or sought out - that seems to be an Apple responsibility. I have never been charged (or heard of someone being charged) because of anomalies caused by an update - they may not be able to fix 'em without a fix in an version update though.
Tell us the Story of your Apple correspondence:
What # did you call? And where did you find it? and How? *
list all communications
method
approx Date/Time
who you spoke with (N***y = Nancy, what 'Level' - i.e., 1st person, 2nd via transfer, etc
what Action Apple took - or promised to take?
you get the idea...
* if you did NOT find that # to call at the Apple Site somewhere ( Google/Bing/Yahoo Search), you have possibly NOT been talking with Apple.
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How To Turn 1 iTunes Library into 2 / Split movies/tv shows from music?
I am trying to find answer how to split iTunes library. I want to move the music,podcasts (and all meta data) from my iMac to my new Macbook Air, but want to leave the Movies & Tv Shows (and all meta data) on the iMac.
Any suggestions or links to previous posts?Jorge Costa wrote:
Hello,
I would like to move my huge iTunes library music from external HD 1 to a bigger external HD 2. I would like to make HD 2 as my only reference and after delete any iTunes files on the HD 1. Already chosen the new media location and checked "keep media folder organized".
Then should I Consolidate files or Reorganize under Organize library?
Should I use export library?
Can you please give a clue what steps should I take?
These are questions you should ask before you do anything.
Follow Niel's instructions. -
Sharing an Apple ID for movies/tv shows only?
My husband and I are currently both running iPhones (4 for him, 4S for me) and two brand new iPads. We have separate iCloud accounts and apple IDs because we both had older iPhones before we met.
The only thing we really wish to share is movies/tv shows, as we don't really use the same apps and listen to different music mostly (I rarely download music from iTunes to begin with). I have never downloaded any movies, so in that regard I'm starting fresh, but now that we have the iPads I would like to watch our growing movie collection which is all under his apple ID. I don't mind using his apple ID for everything from the app store/iTunes from now on if it makes things easier, but how can I keep the apps I have already downloaded to my iPad? I don't plan to download any movies to my iPhone and no music will go on the iPad, so I don't mind continuing to purchase music from my own apple ID and using that on my iPhone, and using my husbands apple ID for my iPad, but I have already paid for several apps and I'd rather not lose them, nor do I want his app purchases syncing to my iPad. (I do, however, want app purchases to sync from my iPhone to my iPad.) Is there a way for me to get our movies to my iPad with a computer? Really, what is the simplest way for me to watch our movies without having to use the same apple ID? What do you all recommend for us?
Sub question- is there a way to combine ALL previous purchases (music, apps, movies, tv) on our shared desktop and then select manually what syncs to each device?
This whole not being able to sync more than one Apple ID to a device for 90 days is really killing me. That does apply to apps as well, right?That actually has very little to do with my original question.
For anyone with the same problem I had, I did eventually make the leap and it turned out to be an easy solution for us. Since I had never bought any movies and rarely buy music (which is oodles more transferrable than movies and tv anyhow) I just started using my husband's account for everything. The issue I was worried I would have- not being able to update apps and such- turned out to be moot, since the updater just prompts me for the password to whichever account the app was originally downloaded under. So never fear, if you decide to use one out of two accounts you will still be able to update apps and not worry about that 90-day switch.
This will become an issue someday when we upgrade our stuff, but at that point I'll probably just bite the bullet and re-purchase any apps I hadn't bought under his ID. -
I built my own computer which has 4 internal hard drives with 3 internal hard drives that are 3tb. With my movies and tv shows, I need to know if I can move the Itunes folders (Movies, TV shows and Home Video's) and move each one of them to 3 seperate internal hard drives while Itunes can still find them to play with my apple tv. Does anyone know how I can do it?
While you can do that, it is not a feature of iTunes. Put your movies on the external drive, then add them to iTunes by dragging the files to iTunes while holding the option (alt) key down so it leaves the files where they are located. There are other ways to move them if they are already added but they can be more involved and tricky. If it's just one or two try: http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=relocateselected
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How do I watch my iTunes movies, tv shows on my mac without having to download them all to my HD? I really want my Mac to function like my Apple TV since I have just moved and don't have my TV for another few weeks. Since I purchased my three Apple TV. I have had no need to download any of my movies to my Mac. Which has been great. However, I remember that I used to now have to do this... or did I? I am just frustrated because I want to stream all this stuff vice haveing to waiting for it all to download fill up my Mac's HD and then just delete. Someone help please?
Play the movie in iTunes to stream it.
Click the cloud icon to download it. -
I have previously viewed movies and TV Shows on my IPHONE that I want to delete and free up space so that I can buy new movies/TV show to watch. How do I get them off my IPHONE and my ITUNES account?
Hey RR6705,
If you would like to delete previously purchased content off of your iPhone, you may find the steps outlined in the following article helpful:
How to delete content you've downloaded from the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, or Mac App Store - Apple Support
Cheers,
- Brenden -
Newly addes movies/tv shows into iTunes don't appear on Apple TV
I don't know whether I am the only one seeing this problem...
I have been converting my DVDs to H.264 format using Handbrake/DVDFab and then I add them to iTunes library. My iTunes is setup for Custom Sync with syncing enabled ONLY for the Music. This means my movies/TV Shows/Podcasts are all setup for "Streaming". However, when I access "My Movies" or "My TV Shows", I still see the old list (none of the newly added titles are shown).
I have to shutdown iTunes and relaunch for the list to get refreshed in ATV.
Do you observe this as well?
I continue to be plagued with the disappearing ATV under iTunes.You appear to have two separate issues here, the first, the one with your firewall is causing most of the issues and error messages you see. Have you checked your firewall settings to see if they are as they should be.
The other issue of new content not being updated is a minor but annoying issue compared with the first. I can't say whether or not it will eventually update content if you simply leave it alone. My wife and kids are not that patient and have me hit sync within a few minutes of new content being added. -
How to store movies & TV shows in a different location
Hi there!
I've seen many of you asking (unfortunatelly with no clear answer) how to store movies & TV shows into another location away from the iTunes Music folder. This idea is to store videos on an AirDisk drive and keep music on the MacBook for example!
I've been trying to do so in the past few days but some pb have occured...
- it is possible to replace the Movies folder by an alias pointing to a Movies folder in the AirDisk drive: existing movies will be playable in iTunes.... the problem is that when I try to add new movies iTunes do not store them into the Movies folder on the AirDisk but in the local music folder (very strange as it is a video file!).
Has anyone succeeded in using such mechanisms?!
Many thanks for your answers!
Guillaume,kazbe81 wrote:
I've got a couple of movies and tv shows that I've deleted from my purchase list on itunes as well as my download file on my computer but they are still on my itunes in the cloud does anyone know how I can delete these?
You cannot delete them from iCloud.
They are purchased and will always be available in iTunes in iCloud for you to download again if you wish. -
My husband and I are divorcing and we have used his apple ID for our 2 apple tv's. He changed his password and now I no longer have access to the 300 or more movies, tv shows and music. He keeps telling me that , there is no way for us both to have it. So, since his Apple ID was the one programmed into our Apple TV's he has custody to everything. I know there has to be a solution for this, because I can't be the be the only person this has ever happened too!
Unfortunately the situation is thus...
Anything Downloaded with a Particular Apple ID is tied to that Apple ID and Cannot be Merged or Transferred to a Different Apple ID.
Apple ID FAQs
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE37
I know it doesn't help you in your current situation... but you can leave Feedback for Apple here...
http://www.apple.com/feedback/
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