I tunes wont play the movie i rented and i have 23 hours left

i rented a movie from i tunes and it wont play but it says i have 23 hours left to watch it and counting

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My itunes wont play the movie ive rented it just comes up with a black screen why?

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We have the same problem. Just tried to watch Prometheus rented from itune store. Only got a blank, black screen with no sound. The movie counter counted up but nothing showed on the screen. First rental for us did we do something wrong?

How can i play the movie i rented on my MacBook (it's downloading now) on my 3rd generation Apple TV? I cannot find it.

I just rented an SD version of a movie using iTunes on my MacBook Pro because there was no SD option available on my 3rd generation ATV (and I had to update my CC anyway). The movie is downloading now and if I wanted to, I could watch it as it downloads on my computer. But I would prefer to watch it right now on my ATV. However, I cannot find it anywhere. I have looked in "movies" (there is nothing about rented movies and nothing under purchased) and "computers" (which shows only music, tv shows, or podcasts in my library). ATV help says the rented movie will be in the top shelf of the main menu, but it does not say under which tab: movies or computers. At this point, it is under neither.

I believe I've answered my questions, thanks to some discussions I found here.
1. Although I can watch the movie I rented immediately on my MacBook Pro, I must wait (maybe an hour or more) before I can watch it on my Apple TV. I have no idea why that's the case and it's unfortunate, but apparently that's why I cannot find the rental on my Apple TV.
2. The rental will (apparently) eventually show up in the top shelf, not under "Movies," but under "Computers," where a category called "Rentals" will magically appear (it currently does not exist).
Comment: neither of these facts is particularly obvious or intuitive. Apple's FAQ should spell this out.

I am unable to play a movie I rented and transferred to my ipad

I rented a movie tonight and transferred to my ipad---it is showing on my ipad but I am unable to play the movie---what
is up?

I have found that renting a movie directly on an iPad works best if you plan to watch it there only. You don't seem to need an internet connection to start watching it. BUT if you but the movie on your Mac or Windows machine using iTunes then transfer it to your iPad, you MUST be connected to the internet to start watching. It must need to do some sort of extra validation with the iTunes store. I had a movie that I wanted to watch on a flight. Tried to watch it on the way out but no go. Just before heading out for the return flight, I pulled up the movie while on a WiFi connection, and it started to play just fine. Continued to play after the flight took off.
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I added a video to my website but it wont play the entire thing? Does anyone have any imput on this?

I added a video to my website but when I save it and
aynchronize it doesnt play the entire film. Does anyone have any
imput on this?
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D Sterlin

Actually I just finished doing what you said and my video
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I'm unable to change slideshow settings for flagged folder, when i hit play the computer locks up and i have to crash it

I'm unable to change slideshow settings for flagged folder, when I hit play the computer locks yp and I jave to crash it to reboot

Try this: launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and create a new, test library. Import some photos and check to see if the same problem persists. If it does not then the problem lies with your original library.
If that's the case try the following on your original library:
If you have the space available on your hard drive and don't aready have a backup copy of the library make a temporary, backup copy (select the library and type Commadn+D) and apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Select the options identified in the screenshot.
Fix #2
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
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HT204370 where can I find the movies I rented and downloaded last night

i downloaded 2 movies to watch on flight, downloaded to computer. Now have iPad with me. I don't see the movies in library/anywhere in iTunes/cloud so tried to re-download, received message that I had already rented. where can I find the movies?

If you rented and downloaded them on your computer's iTunes then did you then connect the iPad to your computer and move them over to it ? If you did then they should be in the Videos app.
Rentals are a one-time only download so they won't appear in the cloud for re-downloading.

HT1657 itunes will play only part of the movie i rented and it just stop! what do i do?!

but for real. how can i watch the rest of my movie? it's like they ripped me off!

I'd report the problem to the iTunes Store.
Log in to the Store. Click on "Account" in your Quick Links. When you're in your Account information screen, go down to Purchase History and click "See all".
Find the item that is not playing properly. If you can't see "Report a Problem" next to the item, click the "Report a problem" button. Now click the "Report a Problem" link next to the item.

HT1933 Hello - I am trying to download a movie rental and it is playing the movie extremely slow and cannot watch movie, any suggestions?

Hello - I am trying to view a downloaded movie rental and it is playing extremely slowly, cannot watch it. Any Suggestions?

Go to the Store tab in iTunes and click on the Check For Available Downloads.

My iphone wont play a movie

My movies appear in I cloud. My phone wont play the movie. it will say i dont have enough memory to dowload the movie. I dont want to dl the movie to my phone i want to play the movie from I cloud. Please advise. Thanks

A,
It is not an hd movie as i have an original ipad. I downloaded it to my itunes on my desktop like i always do. Wheni open itunes and click on my ipad it shows that it is on there but i dont believe it has been transfered yet as my bar at the bottom show litlle video storage.
thanks in adnvance.
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HT200109 Why do all my other Apple devices not care if the movie I rented from iTunes if it was downloaded directly to that device or not, but the stupid Apple TV won't allow you to play rented movies unless you rented it directly from the Apple TV?

Why do all my other Apple devices not care if the movie I rented from iTunes if it was downloaded directly to that device or not, but the stupid Apple TV won't allow you to play rented movies unless you rented it directly from the Apple TV?
Great, so now I have to airplay it by linking my computer to my Apple TV and then the movie has to buffer! So, all that time I spent downloading the HD video has to technically "download" again by buffering. The more I use Apple TV, the more I feel like this item was not created by Apple. I don't even use it for what I originally purchased it for. If I would have known that anytime I wanted to sync a movie from my computer to Apple TV by using airplay that it would have to buffer the movie, I would have never ever ever ever ever purchased this waste of time device. So the video has to technically play all the way through one time first so Apple TV can "remember" the movie to play it back in real time afterwards.
Am I missing something here? Am I doing something wrong that can be fixing my problem? I should have known that the Apple TV had so many things backwards when simple things like when you are using the remote and you reach the bottom of your list, in order to cycle back to the top of your list you have then press the directional buton back the other way rather than most modern day devices that will automatically cycle you back to the top or to the other side when you reached the bottom or end but keep on pressing the button. That **** annoys me when I am doing a search for a movie and have to type the name in manually and have to cycle back and forth to the letters. It makes me feel like I am using a rotary phone or something!

I was told by someone to try and purchase something directly from my Apple TV and that will help authorize my Apple TV. So I picked something that was free and it downloaded.
Then I went back to the Movie that would not work and it played just fine.
So it seemed to work. I will have to try it on other movies and TV shows later.

HT204370 I downloaded an HD movie onto my laptop from i-tunes. It plays fine on my laptop, but when I plug in my HD projector, the movie quits. When I unplug the projector, the movie starts again. I have never had a problem with projecting an itunes mov

I downloaded an HD movie onto my laptop from i-tunes. It plays fine on my laptop, but when I plug in my HD projector, the movie quits. When I unplug the projector, the movie starts again. I have never had a problem with projecting an itunes movie before this. Someone told me that i-tunes changed something so that movies can no longer be projected. We have a home theatre and have watched movies this way quite regularly, so it would be a drag if Apple will prevent us from doing this in the future.

I don’t know about projection, but I’m unable to watch HD content in iTunes because my Apple 30-inch Cinema Display is not HDCP-compliant (which is part of an HD copy-protection scheme).
The other movies you’ve projected, were they HD as well? If not, it could be the same problem: your projector is not HDCP-compliant.

We have a movie downloaded on a laptop connected to the internet pluged into our router in the basement and an apple tv upstairs trying to play the movie through home sharing but it wont play. can anyone tell me whats wrong?

we have a movie downloaded on a laptop connected to the internet pluged into our router in the basement and an apple tv upstairs trying to play the movie through home sharing but it wont play. can anyone tell me whats wrong? it comes to the last loading page where it shows the desscription of the movie befor it acually plays.

It can come about without any change done by the user, and it's not just from other networks. The placement of the router can also affect performance. Also make sure router is up to date.
Apart from that would be the reboots.

Can't play rented movies. They appear to download OK and the timer accurately reports days remaining to watch. But whenever I try to play the movie I get this message, "An error occurred loading this content. Try again later."

Can't play rented movies. They appear to download OK and the timer accurately reports days remaining to watch. But whenever I try to play the movie I get this message, "An error occurred loading this content. Try again later.". Have been using the Apple TV for 2 weeks and everything else seems to work OK. The Apple TV reports its SW is up to date. I've tried this with two movies rented frim iTunes directly from the Apple TV.

If after you download the movie, you navigate away and do something else with your Apple TV the content you have downloaded will be overwritten and you'll need to download it again. It's a pain in the neck for many who have slow downloads but it's something that comes with using volatile memory rather than a hard drive for storage.
Perhaps you're not doing this, but I thought it worth mentioning.

HT1657 How do I get a refund if the movie I rented cannot be played? (due to iTunes "unknown error")

How do I get a refund if the movie I rented cannot be played? (due to iTunes "unknown error"?)

I'm not sure whether rentals appear on your purchase history, but try the 'report a problem' link from your purchase history : log into your account on your computer's iTunes via Store > View My Account (Store > View My Apple ID on iTunes 11) and you should then see a Purchase History section with a 'see all' link to the right of it ; click on that and you should see a list of your purchases ; find that film and use the 'Report a Problem' link and fill in details about the problem (iTunes support should reply within, I think, about 24 hours).
If it doesn't appear there (or if that process doesn't work, it's been taking some people to this site on a browser instead of showing a form in iTunes), then try contacting iTunes support via this page : http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/- click on Contact iTunes Store Support on the right-hand side of the page.

I tunes wont play the movie i rented and i have 23 hours left

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