HT201343 Airplay troubles with 2nd Gen. appleTV

I just bought a new macbook pro with mountain lion and I am having trouble using airplay with my apple tv. The airplay icon shows up on my computer screen, and I can play music and videos from itunes, but the apple tv will not display what is on my desktop when i am browsing the web etc. whats going on?

My id/password combo is ok - 100% sure.
Took the bold step of resetting to factory defaults. Now it doesn't even sign in to itunes sharing from the AppleTV anymore: says id/password wrong. It was only iTunes saying this before. So now I can't even access stuff on my PC anymore. Yet at this very moment I'm downloading a movie on iTunes on the computer meaning I will only be able to see it on the computer.
Quite disappointed in Apple!

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cant find airplay on my 2nd gen ipod touch can you help ?

What are you trying to AirPlay to? The AirPlay icon only appears if you have an AirPlay receiver ready to accept the media from the iPod.
Also, see the following. The 2G not hot have iOS 4.3 or higher.
From the Videos, iPod, Photos, Music, and YouTube apps on iOS devices, stream videos, music, and photos to an Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation), or stream music to an AirPort Express or compatible third-party device.
With iOS 4.3 and later, you can also stream video and audio from a website or a third-party app installed on your iOS device if the developer for the app or website has added AirPlay functionality.

What does apple plan to do for the people with 2nd gen ipod touch who want to have facebook and other apps now only compatible with ios 5?

what does apple plan to do for the people with 2nd gen ipod touch who want to have facebook and other apps now only compatible with ios 5?

poobs wrote:
what does apple plan to do for the people with 2nd gen ipod touch who want to have facebook and other apps now only compatible with ios 5?
Nothing. The 2nd Gen Touch is OBSOLETE and is WAY past its support life. If you want to run the newer apps you have to buy a newer iPod.

Airplay Issue on 2nd Gen Ipod with Apple TV

I recently did the upgrade for the new Apple TV. Since that upgrade, my 2nd generation iPod running iOS 4.2 will not stream video to the apple tv. The video won't even start up. However, I can stream audio fine. This all worked fine prior to the Apple TV upgrade. Any one else see this issue?

You guys are right, I meant Apple TV 4.2....
I was able to stream video on my 2nd Gen Ipod Touch(1.4.2) prior to the Apple TV 4.2 upgrade. I was able to stream youtube and my videos that I had stored on my ipod. These were not 3rd party video's. They were all videos that I converted to mov and transfered to itunes and then to my iPod. This WORKED perfectly fine prior to the Apple TV upgrade. It is as though this new AppleTV 4.2 upgrade made me lose this functionality to stream video. Mr. Prime Minister, this did work!
I am just wondering if anyone else has seen this issue. I can stream video from my iMac through itunes to my apple tv without a problem. It is just the iPod that seems to be not working.

Synching problem with 2nd gen Shuffle

I've had a 2nd gen iPod Shuffle for several years and have always had it work well. But recently it has trouble synching when I plug it in. Whether using Autofill or synching manually, it will only synch from 1 to 4 or 5 songs at a time, and then stops, saying the synching operation is complete. Sometimes it will stop synching before the first song is complete. It does this over and over again with varying results. The only consistency is it never completes synching the entire playlist. I've gone through the reset procedure many times, but it still does this. I've double-checked all the other settings and everything should be set to go.
For reference, I have a 2GHz Intel Core Duo iMac with 2GB RAM and I'm running Snow Leopard and iTunes 10.2.1.

Yes to the "restore" question. I mistakenly referred to "resetting" instead. So I've already tried that, many times.
I'll take a look at a different port or cable, and if needed, I'll reinstall iTunes, but I don't expect it will make a difference - this exact setup used to work.
One other bit of background - Autofill works fine when I let the computer synch from my general "Music" library, that is, when it's working from its post-restore defaults. The failure happens when I want to put something else on the iPod, and it happens whether I use Autofill, or drag a whole playlist to the iPod, or drag several songs at a time to it.
In fact, there are only two times it works correctly, 100% of the time - when it Autofills from my "Music" library right after restoring, and when I drag a single song at a time to the iPod.

ITunes 8.1 breaks syncing with 2nd gen iPod shuffle

So, I downloaded iTunes 8.1 as soon as it came out as all the new features seemed pretty benign, and I've never had issues with any iTunes update going all the way back to 1.0. However, the 8.1 update rendered my 2nd gen shuffle no better than a $5 MP3 player.
Keeping in mind I use my shuffle primarily for listening to podcasts, here's the issues:
+1) dragging files to the iPod that already exist on the device+
8.0: pops a dialog warning that some of the items are already on the device and gives you the option to skip those ones and copy the rest. I use this all the time as I just do a select all and drag everything in my Podcasts list to the iPod to get new stuff onto it
8.1: it gladly copies the duplicates onto the iPod again
+2) order of podcasts when added to the iPod+
8.0: podcasts get put at the end but when you disconnect, they get moved to the beginning of the play order on the shuffle and are arranged in the same order as the sort set on your Podcasts list (in my case, ascending Date Released). This was great as all the podcasts would end up right at the beginning of the shuffle in the order I wanted
8.1: podcasts get put at the end and stay there, in whatever order they were in from the location I dragged them from (i.e. the literal order they appear in the Podcasts list. So while in 8.0 they'd be arranged in date order regardless of whether different podcast subscriptions were mixed together, in 8.1 they were placed into alphabetical podcast order, subsorted by date)
+3) automatic removal of deleted podcasts+
8.0: a podcast deleted from the Podcasts list that's also on the shuffle will immediately cause a sync event and remove it from the shuffle
8.1: no sync event, deleted podcast stays on the shuffle until manually removed
+4) ability to play songs from the shuffle in iTunes when the shuffle is connected+
8.0: double-clicking a song that's on the shuffle by selecting the device and then its Music tab, plays it (and also causes immediate and constant syncing, which is weird, but also expected)
8.1: double-clicking a song has no effect. Selecting a song and clicking iTunes' play button does nothing
The problems are occurring on my Mac Pro. I initially upgraded to iTunes 8.1 via Software Update, but tried reinstalling via the standalone installer. No luck. I also tried restoring the iPod to factory settings twice with no luck.
I also did some tests on my MacBook Pro which still had iTunes 8.0 on it. The same "correct" behaviour was encountered on the MBP. As soon as I upgraded to 8.1 via the downloaded installer, the same "incorrect/broken" behaviour was encountered as on the Mac Pro. I restored the iPod in iTunes 8.0 and 8.1 and that still didn't fix the behaviour when using it under 8.1. Additionally, on the MacBook Pro I removed the iTunes library and started with a fresh one just in case there was something funky with it.
Anyone else having these problems? I know at least one person whose 2nd gen shuffle works with 8.1 as it always had, so I'm not sure what's up with my shuffle.

I'm having most/all of the problems mentioned here. As far as manually ordering tracks, that doesn't work either. As near as I've been able to determine, tracks are played in the order they were put on the Shuffle, no matter how you order them in the list. The only way I've been able to get them in the order I want them is to put them all into a separate play list, set the desired order, delete everything off of the Shuffle, then copy the whole play list onto the Shuffle. By the way, deleting tracks off of the Shuffle doesn't seem to generate a Sync event by itself. While the list window shows the total size of the items in the list at the bottom (and it decreases when items are deleted), clicking on the Settings tab shows a bar at the bottom showing the same amount of space being used before the deletion. You have to move something else to the Shuffle to make it Sync.
Also, the one problem I've experienced with 8.1 that I haven't seen anyone else mention is connecting the Shuffle and having it show files that hadn't played as having been played and other files that had played not showing as such. For example, say the last thing I did before disconnecting was to put 20 new files on the Shuffle at the top of its list. It will play them last because they were the last items added. But when I reconnect after playing 20 or more tracks, the list shows the top tracks as having been played including those 20 tracks that I hadn't gotten to.

Questions about 2nd gen AppleTV

I have a 1st gen AppleTV and see no reason to upgrade. However, after using youtube on the 1st gen, I'd like to know how well youtube and vimeo work on the 2nd gen. On the 1st gen, if you watch several youtube videos, you have to back out (click menu button) of all those videos plus a few more clicks to get out of youtube before you are back at the main menu. Does the 2nd gen work this way?
It is probably more youtube, but sometimes, buffering takes a while before a video will play.
I'm not sure how the 1st gen selects youtube video resolution (360, 480, 720, 1080). Does any one know? Does any one know how the 2nd gen selects youtube resolution?
How does the 2nd gen select between HD and regular resolution on Vimeo?
I do have a TV that can play 1080p but all of my iTunes videos max at 720p. Is the 2nd gen still max resolution of 720p like the 1st gen?
thanks.

You Tube is pretty much the same on both, including resolution, buffering is likely caused by your network or internet connection. I have no information about Vimeo, the Apple TV 2 can still only play 720p.

Problems with 2nd gen 8 gig nano

I have just bought my 2nd gen 8gig nano thinking it would be plug in and play, but i cant get nothing working, i cant get it charging, i keep getting usb not recognized every time i plug it in to my pc or friends pc, i tunes dont see it. its just in a drawer with no songs on it, what a waste of my money! ive read all the support pages with no luck so if anyone can help please help me.

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Your Apple TV's may be experiencing interference, have you tried changing wifi channels.
Check your network settings are correct and try restarting your router. update the routers firmware if appropriate.
I'm assuming the 2 Apple TV's have different names.

Here's the deal with 1-gen AppleTV and iTunes Store...

Okay folks, since Apple remains mum on the subject and I finally found a solution that works for me, I thought I'd share.
As far as I can tell, the issue lies with the "live" elements of the menus ("Top TV Shows", etc.) that were introduced in version 3 of the software, as I recall. Apparently, the method that the older units use to get that information no longer works, so the unit endlessly tries to reconnect. This causes playback to stutter terribly, as well as slowing down menu navigation to a crawl.
Now, unfortunately, if your AppleTV shipped with version 3 or later, you might be out of luck. I believe one poster has suggested that using Parental Controls to restrict access to the iTunes Store might solve the issue, and I guess if it also turns off the suggestions above the menus, that might actually work.
Since my unit shipped with version 2.4, I was able to simply do a Factory Restore, which should work for anyone with a pre-v3 AppleTV (make sure all your content is saved elsewhere first). The caveat to this is that I can no longer access the iTunes Store (except Trailers), but if you own a first-gen AppleTV, you can pretty much kiss the iTunes Store goodbye anyway. The other problem is that my YouTube account (Subscriptions, Favorites, etc.) doesn't work, probably because so much has changed with YouTube since the introduction of the AppleTV. Come to think of it, it might have been YouTube issues that forced me to upgrade to v3 in the first place.
Anyway, I hope this helps, and I hope Apple doesn't remove this post. Obviously it's possible that they will do something to fix the issue (and it should be quite easy), but my experience tells me this won't happen. So, we have lost one of our big advantages over the newer models (being able to BUY instead of just rent), but we STILL have what I consider the most important advantage, and that is being able to sync content to the AppleTV and store it.
Thanks for reading, folks... good luck!

I have a Gen 1 ATV - Software 3.02. Worked like a champion - odd bit of stutter lately but otherwise good. iTunes V 11.1.5 running on MBPro.
Since 17 April 2014 I have been unable to see iTunes store on ATV interface - only showing My Movies and Trailers option. No Search or other options. Selecting Trailers option gives a jittery display that keeps resetting itself. It is not possible to play a trailer from that screen.
Same for TV Shows.
YouTube working fine.
Music cannot see my shared library, nor does it list the music already synced.
On my MBP (where the shared iTunes library lives) I can no longer sync anything to my ATV. Movies, TV Shows and Music have disappeared as options.
Full factory restore of ATV had no effect. No option to selectively synch TV Shows, Movies or music is available from within the iTunes interface.
Deleting ATV from my devices in iTunes, then adding it again had no effect.
As Apple have not yet deemed a response is necessary to the rapidly increasing number of inquiries about this issue, I will take the problem in person to the Genius Bar and post their response into this forum within the next 48 hours.
Watch this space..

WILL THE 1st GEN DOCK WORK WITH 2nd GEN NANO?

as the title states.... i think it will, but if anyone knows or has a logical idea, let me know. thanks.

The 2nd Gen Nano does only work with Apples universal dock.
For this product, you will find an adapter.
If you (like me) have purchased a Nano (1st Gen) dock - aka the small dock without audio/video/ir - then the 2nd Gen Nano does NOT fit in. The connector is slightly shifted and due to the round edges, you cannot insert it.
kind regards
Tom

Remote issues with 2nd gen Apple TV. (locking up)

When using 2nd gen Apple TV with provided remote, I can only scroll through items or use on-screen keyboard for a few moments at a time, and then the remote seems to lock up. After a few seconds, I can move around again, but the cycle continues.
I can type a few words with on-screen keyboard or scroll through a handful of items at a time before the remote seems to lock up and not allow me to move around.

Try holding down menu and the left arrow for 6 seconds
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3176?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

Need Help with 2nd gen shuffle

I recently purchased a 2nd gen shuffle from a friend. He used Mac and I have Windows Vista so I knew I would have to restore so it would configure to my Windows Vista machine. I did this, renamed and synced some music to it, charged it with no problem. My husband took it with him to work and listened with no problems. He completely used it til the battery went down and needed charging. I hooked it up thru high speed USB port. Itunes didn't recognize it, there were no lights...not even a red or orange light at all. My computer nor device manager recognize it and still no lights on the shuffle period. I've had it hooked up to different ports and no help. I have a nano that works perfectly thru the same port I used so I know it isn't the port. I've tried restarting the computer....no help. I saw the seperate program that you can download for restoring but it says it can't be used with windows vista so I can't try that. Does anyone have any suggestions for me? I really could use some help with this. Thanks in advance for any insight.

And you will have to take me seriously here but, by using the on/off switch, turn it on, count 15 Mississippi and turn it off, counting 15 Mississippi. Do this three times, leave it in the off position and reconnect the ipod to the dock, then the dock to the computer.
Let me know how it goes.

Email with 2nd Gen 16GB

Merry Christmas! I just got a new 2nd Gen Touch and have a question. I have Road Runner Email that I use with Outlook Express. Does anyone know if I can use my touch to view this mail? If so, how? If not, I have a Yahoo! account if anyone knows how to forward mail to the Yahoo! account. Thanks.
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This worked for me. In the Incoming mail server, just use your user name and password along with the fqdn for the pop server.
In the outgoing mail section, use your smtp server name followed by :587 and in the user name field have [email protected]
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When he says to use the smtp server name followed by 587, does he mean:
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1st & 2nd gen AppleTVs play nice?

I have a 1st gen ATV and want get a 2nd gen for iCloud and some of the Internet services it has that the 1st gen doesn't. From what I've read on the forum, I need two remotes so each machine is paired to its own remote. They also need different names in iTunes. Is that about it to make these work together nicely?

There's certainly no problem running them on the same network. I've been doing this since the TV 2 was released and there's no trouble at all. Just be aware that they operate in different ways and sharing the music etc is handled in a different way. But once set up, they can both access the same iTunes and play the same music, or different, as you want.
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Thanks... this will factor in to my willingness to upgrade to 2nd gen.

I am using the same wristband (which has windows for the dial & screen so things have to line up) with my 2nd gen Nano that I was using with my 1st gen Nano. The 2nd gen is only SLIGHTLY thinner and narrower.

HT201343 Airplay troubles with 2nd Gen. appleTV

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