I cannot transfer rented movies between devices in iTunes

I rented a movie. Dropped it into a new iPod nano. Transferred fine. Wanted to move it to apple tv or another capable video ipod. No luck. Any ideas?

It's not entirely clear to me what you're doing. As far as I understand, you need to move the rental movie from one device to another by going to the Movie tab for the device, going to the rental movie section, highlighting the rental movie and pressing the Move button. Also, the rental movie can only be on one device at a time. So, if it's on your Nano, it can't be on the computer or ATV.

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I am looking for some advice. I rented a movie on my iPhone4. I have not watched this movie yet.
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On iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS, you can transfer rented movies between iPhone and your computer. On iPhone 4, you can transfer rented movies between iPhone and your computer only if they were rented in iTunes on your computer. Movies rented on iPhone 4 cannot be transferred to a computer.
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Hi,
Hopefully this is pretty straightforward. I downloaded a movie rental from iTunes store. When I attempted to move to my iPad (via manual sync) I got an error along the lines of the following: 'Cannot transfer movie rental as it is already transferred to another device'. I have rented movies multiple times from the iTunes store and did not encounter this issue. My laptop is authorized (I double checked). Correct me if I am wrong but if the rental appears in the iTunes library then technically it is not transferred.
Thanks in advance!

gmcsherry wrote:
Correct me if I am wrong but if the rental appears in the iTunes library then technically it is not transferred.
I have purchased but never rented movies but from what I have read, your assumption is correct. Once you move the rental to an iDevice it should disappear from iTunes.
If you download a rented movie on your computer: You can transfer it to a device such as your Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, or iPod if it’s a standard-definition film (movies in HD can only be watched on your computer, iPad, iPhone 4, iPod touch (4th generation), or Apple TV). Once you move the movie from your computer to a device, the movie will disappear from your computer's iTunes library. You can move the movie between devices as many times as you wish during the rental period, but the movie can only exist on one device at a time.
Taken from this website....
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1657

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Unfortunately that isn't what I wanted to hear, but had a bad feeling that was the answer. My ATV's are synced from an external hard drive where all my music resides. I maintain a different library on my MB.
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If you download a rented movie on your computer: You can transfer it to a device such as your Apple TV (1st generation), iPhone, iPad, or iPod if it’s a standard-definition film (movies in HD can only be watched on your computer, iPad, iPhone 4 or later, iPod touch (4th generation or later), or Apple TV). Once you move the movie from your computer to a device, the movie will disappear from your computer's iTunes library. You can move the movie between devices as many times as you wish during the rental period, but the movie can only exist on one device at a time.
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Dear friends,
Thank you for responding to my problem so promptly. Frankly, I did not expect to hear from people so soon! The fact is that as soon as I posted the question, I was shown a number of similar queries and managed to find the answer. I have to say it's not intuitive! I have an apple TV original version. Apparently I had the ATV on streaming and not syncing. Streaming does not allow you to stream a rental from your computer whereas you can sync and transfer the rental from the computer!
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