Linking macmini to ATV

i just bought a ATV (2G). I also have music and photos on my mac mini (power pc 10.4.11), how can I stream music/photo from my macmini to ATV

Sharing is done via iTunes. On your macmini you will need to enable the home sharing feature. On the atv you will need to login to your iTunes account. Once this is completed, your atv should see your mini under the Computer menu item. Both machines must be on the same home network.

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Two computers linked to one atv

is there a way to have two itunes libraries on one apple tv or must i reconnect every time?

harvy324 wrote:
is there a way to have two itunes libraries on one apple tv or must i reconnect every time?
you can link up to five (i believe) iTunes libraries to an TV, however, only one can be a syncing library (1st generation TV) while the others can be streaming only.
JGG

Can not play linked/reference Movies on ATV!?

Hi !
I have a problem to copy referense/linked Movies to ATV.
I have some Movies in my movies directory on iTunes which are not placed for real in the iTunes library there are on external HDs (more storage on 3,5 Zoll HDs) and just linked (creataet with a function in QuickTime).
I can watch this movies without any problems on my mac in iTunes.
Is it general impossible to watch linked/referens movie on AppleTV or did i same thing wrong?
thx
dirk

mmh in iTunes on my Mac QT ref files working verry well on not local volumes.
I thought you said they were on an external drive.
I think you'll probably find the same thing with itunes sharing across a LAN, although I do recall there is a way to reference movies in the way you want, but I can't remember it being in QT after v4.
I'd take a visit to the QT forum and explain what you want to do there, they may be able to help.

Apple TV auto sync inoperative since 2.3 update

I have an Apple TV setup with the following components (most all Apple pieces):
iMac G5 with Enet connection to
Time Capsule (router) with wireless connection to
Apple TV, a laptop PC, and iPod Touch
My software versions are: OS X 10.5.5, iTunes 8.0.2, Apple TV 2.3
I only use my Apple TV as a source for music and photos played on my A/V system. This has worked well for about a year. I had some time ago synced a sizable music collection and photos from my iMac to the ATV and have left it connected for auto sync ever since. When I added music or photos on the iMac, it would do incremental syncs to the ATV so that the new music and photos were then available on the ATV. Sometime, around the time of my installation of ATV 2.3 software, all syncing to the ATV stopped, even though the configuration of ATV still shows it set up for that. In addition, the ATV will not appear in the Device list in iTunes, except when I make a streaming connection. The ATV Main/Settings/Computers dialog shows the name of my iTunes library, with the sync icon (chain links), and an ATV icon. The library name text appears to be grayed. This dialog also shows “Add Shared iTunes Library >”. To troubleshoot the problem, I have used that function to raise the box that shows a passcode. I can go thru that procedure at the iMac and connect my iTunes library for streaming. The ATV dialog then addss my iTunes library name under “Add Shared iTunes Library >”, and is white text (not gray) and all streaming works perfectly. In that mode I can use the ATV to access the newer music and photos that are on the iMac and the ATV appears in the iTunes device list, but only for streaming (Summary & Photo tabs only).
I have not changed anything about this configuration for about a year, except for the download and installation of newer versions of software as they became available. All other aspects of wired and wireless networking are working perfectly. My Time Capsule router continues to share a DSL internet connection between my iMac and a PC. I can also establish a wireless connection with a Powerbook and with an iPod Touch (which I use as a remote for the ATV – but not for the problems and troubleshooting described here). Streaming between the iMac and the ATV works just fine as described above. I can also stream iTunes from the Powerbook to the ATV. I believe the evidence points to a failure to auto sync introduced with the installation of the ATV 2.3 software.
What I have tried:
1) Reset the ATV
2) Restart the iMac
3) Power down all hardware: iMac, Time Capsule, ATV, DSL modem
4) Set up a streaming connection – works fine, as described above, including access to internet radio
I have been very reluctant to disconnect the sync (which sounds like it deletes all the existing data on the ATV) and doing a new sync, since it will take a long time and seems very likely that it will not work and will only leave me with an empty ATV.
It seems that similar problems suspected to be the result of the 2.3 update have been reported on this forum. Any ideas on what to do next would be greatly appreciated.

I resolved this issue by disconnecting the existing sync and going through the whole sync process again. So far this is working as hoped.

Appletv connected by dvi to old tv gets no audio

I realise my old TV - hd ready and all is not great for the AppleTV2 but its all i got. It connects via hdmi to dvi cable but no sound. what next.. i can get use the optical audio out from teh appletv2 to the tv but i have no optical audio in!!
a convertor? is there such a thing
ior any other suggestions??

I too have just bought an Apple TV to work with an older TV and have no audio.
I've successfully linked up the ATV HDMI-out port with the TV's DVI-in port with a simple cable.The video is fine. I've also connected a Toslink optical cable between the ATV and the TV's optical-in port. But still no sound. Using the settings menu I've turned off Dolby and set the audio to 16 bit and no improvement. The cable is brand new and I can see red light coming out of the end when it's plugged into the ATV.
Any suggestions?

HUGE OPERATIONAL ISSUES WITH APPLE TV

We are a hotel in Thailand that has purchased 88 Apple TV for our rooms so that Guest may enjoy, pictures, music & movies. . .
We are now facing many issues:
When adding / deleting only 1 items from the whole selection the loading process take over 1 hour, while it should only take a few seconds if compared to an ipod update.
The Apple TV are set with a password so that the the computer can recognize only 5 apple TV at a time so th synchronisation is a nightmare.
We need to speed up the Sync process as it now takes over 1 hour to load all the info ( 32 GB)
We need to plug the Master Library computer to our network so that we can synchronise all our Apple TV in one time.
The local Apple distributor from whom we purchased all these Apple Tv is unable to assist us.
Can anyone help or suggest a solution
Much Appreciated
RG

It sound like you may have several issues
1. Bandwidth is an issue - syncing 1 movie to 5 ATV's takes 5x longer than to 1 ATV.
2. One hour to move 32 GB to one ATV is not bad. That's about the max for wireless N or 100 M Ethernet. I may be wrong, but I don't think it can get much faster for the initial load. Once the initial load is made, then you will only need to sync changes. On the other hand, if each movie is 1 GB than you can only store 32 movies and there may have to be a of syncing. If you want a wide section of movies, the 160 GB may be a better choice.
3. As another poster stated 1 iTunes library can only link to 5 ATV's.
a. If your movies do not have DRM than you can copy your content 22 other instances of iTunes and do it that way. You can have all 22 copies of iTunes share the same files on the same disk, and if you run virtualization software you should be able to do it with 1 or 2 machines- Linux or MAC.
b. If you purchased the content to from the iTunes store, you are limited to 4 other copies of iTunes, each of which can sync to 5 ATV for a total of 25 ATV's for each copy of the iTunes store content.
c. You can stream your content from the master server to ATV's, and i don't think there is a limit on how many can stream from a single iTunes. However, you will need a robust server to handle requests from 88 ATV's. In this case, no data is stored on the ATV's
d. Contact Apple corporate sales. They may have specially licensed copies of iTunes and ATV software that can sync to more than 5 machines.
All said, you can make this work - especially if you have a tech savvy staff person or consultant. However, it does not sound like the standard iTunes/ATV is the best solution.
Now if you want to fly me to Thailand, I'll make it work for you . I'll even learn the language.

AppleTV does not show up in Devices in iTunes on streaming MacBook Pro

My setup:
- AppleTV connected wirelessly to the wireless router (Apple Extreme N Base Station).
- Windows PC wired to the router and set up as machine that is sync'd to the ATV.
- MacBook Pro connected wirelessly to the router and set up as a streaming machine.
- All machines run iTunes 7.3.
The AppleTV appears as a device on the Windows PC. No problem there.
However, the ATV does not appear in the Devices list on the MacBook Pro 99% of the time and so I am not able to select it and change the photo albums I want to link. It occasionally appears. But I have not found a pattern to why it appears and disappears. Even when it does not appear in the Devices list, streaming from the MacBook Pro works just fine. So even as I am streaming, say, a podcast from my MacBook Pro, the ATV never appears as a listed Device.
I can make the ATV temporarily appear by unlinking the MBP from the ATV and relinking it. During the link process, the ATV appears in the Device list. But it disappears as soon as the code is entered in the MBP.
Confounding problem.

how would
it be if your mac continued to show every network
device, firewire/usb drive that it had ever connected
to whether they were still connected or not.
Yes, it would be annoying if EVERY device that my Mac had ever connected to did show up all the time even after they were disconnected.
However, there are some classes of devices that you do want your Mac to remember and show as available if they are detected active on a network. An example would a Bluetooth device that you have deliberately paired and designated in the Favourites list. If it was subsequently decided that this device should no longer appear, then removing it from the Favourites list does that.
In my opinion, the AppleTV should fall in the same category. Since pairing is required and subsequent dissociation is possible by removing it from the iTunes list of allowed AppleTV units, then it should appear on iTunes' list of Devices as long as it is detected on the network. If the ATV is unpowered or if the PC moves onto a different network, that that ATV should not appear in the Devices list. There is an advantage for the logic to be implemented this way for the reason I have mentioned in an earlier post (i.e. being able to change the list of photo albums designated as available for streaming without having to go to the ATV, select the source PC, then going back to the PC to change the list).
But again, just my opinion. It's always good to discuss these things so that others can see different opinions on an issue.

Apple TV seems to do things all on its own, Solved.

Spent more than two weeks trying to find out why my Apple TV (3rd generation) would turn on by itself, move the selection around and cause the video/music to stop, skip and do other weird things. Searched to see if others had similar problems with there ATVs, found lots of probable fixes but no real solution to my problems.
Having the ATV constantly turning itself on was an inconvenience, but the skipping and stopping during video/music playback was painful. Followed all on the general guidlines for ATV problems, Reset the ATV, local switch, local router, DSL, check ATV iOS version, assigned local reserved addresses, checked router firmware versions, this did not solve the problem. Checked remote, changed battery, un-paired and paired the remote, the remote worked correctly but ATV would still do things like someone else was linked to the ATV. Shut off and disconnected all computers, iPads, iPods and ethernet connected devices, leaving only the ATV hooked up via ethernet to the DSL, ATV worked well but still had spurious actions. Watched the local net traffic, there was no packet traffic at the time of the problems. Had this paranoid thought that my ATV was picking up IR remote signals via my large front window, so the IR front sensor on the ATV was covered, still had my ATV doing weird things all on its own. Though that I might have to bring my ATV into the Apple store for repair/replacement.
About a week later, after suffering quietly through movies and music that would skip forward, stop and pause, I was trying to pair my Apple bluetooth keyboard to my iPad(4) for an evening's presentations. The keyboard would not pair to the iPad even though it had been paired in the past. The keyboard battery was low so it was replaced, still would not pair with the iPad. Why? Now I have two devices to bring to the Apple store.
Then the realization, that sometime ago, I had paired the bluetooth keyboard to the ATV! And the keyboard had been in a tote bag with a few hefty things on it. Was the keyboard sending commands to the ATV because some of the keys were being pressed in the bag? (Pocket dialing?) Checked the Bluetooth settings on the ATV, BT seems to be always on and it was paired to a keyboard, of course it was the keyboard from the bag! Pressed the arrow keys on the keyboard, low and behold the keyboard was controlling the ATV ( as do other playback control buttons on the keyboard). Unpaired the keyboard from the ATV, then checked to see if the ATV would behave, sure enough everything was now OK. So problem solved, my bad, lesson learned: don't pair keyboard to multiple devices, un-pair them when you are done.
It's been a week since the "fix" and everything is fine.

Thanks for your reply Alley Cat.
Well at least I'm not alone, this problem with pairing keyboards and other Bluetooth devices with multiple iMac, MacBooks, Mac Pros, iPhones, iPads and Apple TVs can be very frustrating. Only a few days ago I realized that another problem, with my iPad suddenly playing songs with the cover closed, was related to the "bag keying, bagging" problem that made my ATV look possessed. Ha, ha, seems the wireless keyboard would lacth on to the nearest paired device (as I moved the tote bag arround) and cause intermittent activations. Spooky!
I see this as both a user and an Apple design problem. Wireless input devices users should not pair a device to multiple computer/phone/pad/pod/atvs at the same time. Apple (software, firmware) designers should change the pairing Bluetooth proceedure to warn users that the device has already been paired with another computer/phone/pad/pod/atvs.
example:
Warning: Bluetooth Pairing Fail
An attempt to pair (Input device) xxxxx has failed
because it is already pair with (DEVICE) XXXXX
You must unpair this (Input device) before proceeding
Force an unpairing with (DEVICE) XXXXX?
[ ] Yes, unpair [ ] No, don't unpair
This would only work with devices on the same local network and will not solve all of the problems, but it would certainly help.
WP

Centralized iTunes Library question

I need some with help with my configuration. This is what I have:
1. Drive containing iTunes Library connected to Airport Extreme Base Station (7.3.2) via USB
2. This iTunes Library is linked to my AppleTV; I see it linked in my ATV settings
3. AppleTV (2.0.2) connected to 802.11n network
4. I am using manual addressing for the three network devices: ATV, MacBook and iMac
Using my MacBook (10.5.4) and my 802.11n network, I start iTunes (7.7) and connect to the iTunes Library on the network drive. The iTunes Library detects my AppleTV. I can stream, sync, manage the AppleTV. I have "Allow all incoming connections" set to true. Everything is cool.
Now, I try to do the same with my iMac (10.5.4) after quitting iTunes on the MacBook. I have the same iTunes version (7.7), I'm on the same 802.11n network, and have the same firewall settings. Using a Bonjour browser, I see the same characteristics on both machines. And, I can ping the ATV. However, I cannot get this iMac to detect the ATV (i.e., no ATV in device list).
Can someone tell me if this configuration should work? If it should then, suggestions are welcome.
Thanks in advance.

I don't think that this can work because only one computer can work as the main iTunes library for syncing. Other computers can connect as Shared (streaming only), but they will have different music or video libraries. In iTunes, you will have to turn on "Shared" in the Preferences library. In iTunes -> Edit ->Preferences -> Sharing -> <check> Look for Shared Libraries <check> Share My Library on My Network
Once this is activated, on the primary computer that displays the ATV, you will see a new catergory above the playlists section of iTunes that says "Shared"; these should be the files that are on the subsidiary computer that will stream.

Purchases of TV show episodes on Apple TV and iTunes on my computer

I purchased some episodes of Dexter on my Apple TV, but they don't show up on my computer in iTunes. Should they? I thought that purchases from Apple TV would appear on my iTunes, so that I can share to my ipods. Am I confused? Should I not purchase from my Apple TV? How can I transfer them to my computer if I can?

I'm new to Apple TV so I wont be able to give you the most technical answer but I hope that this helps. Programing purchased on your Apple TV will automatically appear on your computer only if you have selected the auto sync option in iTunes on your linked computer. ATV content can also be synced in manual mode by selecting what programs are to sync. I had an old PC that was only being used as an iTune music server so it made since to have it be my default ATV server as well. It is wired into my Time capsule and all my ATV shows download to that computer and then served from there. I'm sure there will be other better answers than this but hope this helps you get started in right direction.

Apple TV Photo Syncing - what a disaster. Anyone have an idea?

I'm new to the ATV - my son gave me one for Christmas. I have been trying to like it, but it continues to frustrate me. I really wanted to use it to stream photos to my TV, but for some reason, Apple has decided that you can either stream or sync, but not both. I am able to stream videos from a NAS thru the ATV, but not Photos. Ridiculous. After doing some experimenting, I saw that the ATV actually reduces the size of synced photos, so my fairly large (100,000+) collection would actually fit on the device. So, I spent the weekend syncing my photos to it, taking up about 49GB of file space to store 400GB of photos. Although the ATV ran slower, all of the photos were there. I made one small change, and clicked to sync, and five hours later it was still trying to syncronize. At that point, I stopped the process, rebooted ATV and closed ITunes. When I tried to sync again, I received a message from ITunes that it was unable to communicate with the ATV. I left it for an hour or so, and when I looked again, things had not changed. At this point, I deleted the link between the ATV and Itunes, and set it up again. When the ATV restarted, there were only about 300 pictures on it. When I relinked with Itunes, they were completely gone.
How the &(*$ is this possible? What engineer in their right mind would design a device to delete its files like this? What a horrible, horrible machine. I was just starting to like apple, and this has got me longing for Redmond again.
Can someone tell me if I am wasting my time trying to make this work?

+*You do know that I am just a user here like you?*+
+*We are not Apple employees, just other people trying to help out.*+
+*You can link many computers to the Apple TV, just as you like, BUT when you remove the link the content is deleted, that is the way it is. Don't blame me I'm just telling you the facts.*+
+*I can't read your mind, how do I know you have been patient since Dec or using a cable to transfer content.*+
+*If you don't understand the product or how to use it, don't take it out on me.*+
+*I have stopped following this thread, so I will not see any replies you may give.*+
+*Good luck!*+
Yes, I understand that you are just a user, and I appreciate your feedback. That's why I thanked you for your assistance. If you are offended because I responded and clarified by addressing your comments, I am sorry. That was not my intent. That doesn't change my opinion that it is a ridiculous process to delete data without allowing me to request or confirm the action first. Not blaming YOU, just stating my opinion. I also didn't expect you to read my mind, or know details that I had not provided previously. That's why I told you.
Jeez. You are way too sensitive.

How to direct connect to Apple TV with ethernet cable

I have been trying all week to connect to AppleTV trying all forms of networked connections. I also tried connecting cat6 ethernet direct to the ATV and 2 computers I have. Both computers have Gigabit ethernet ports so I expected that a connection would be plug and play. 1 PC has 2 Yukon Marvell gigabit ports, both lit up when connected but the Apple TV will not show up in devices in itunes off either port. I returned the ATV to factory defaults and connected to the newly re-formatted PC with clean install of XPPro and iTunes 9.0.2. No go on the Intel Pro1000 gigabit adapter port either.
The ATV connects fine to the internet so I know the ATV ethernet port is OK.
A few say I need a crossover cable but both PCs are new and haved adapters rated to handle the connection without it.
Everyone I talk to says it should be just plug and play but that is just not happening. Is there something I need to do at the PC or ATV end to have this connection work?

crochammer wrote:
I have Apple TV 1. I don't think there is a a home-sharing option in ATV 1
No there isn't
and I am trying to by-pass the local network because I can't get ATV to be recognized in devices at all. So I am trying to connect direct to the PC ethernet port and the ATV ethernet port to do that.
Have you not tried to pair the AppleTV with iTunes?
Home sharing on my network is not working because the PC does not see an ATV to stream to. That all started when the latest itunes update screwed that up.
Have you tried setting up under Settings>Computers
NOTE CHANGING SYNC COMPUTER DELETES CONTENT ALREADY SYNCED TO APPLETV
For sync/stream connection you need to set up the top entry in computers
Select any existing top entry and then add a new computer to replace it - you need to enter a 5 digit code in iTunes when prompted to pair the devices.
Same would apply for a shared streaming only connection - the computers listed below
You can have 5 streaming computers but only 1 sync and stream computer
I have read where you should be able to link to the ATV without a network with a direct link.
Yes, but unless you've paired using the numerical code it won't work.

ATV & D-Link DIR-655 (Not connecting in N Mode)

Hopefully someone can explain this to me.
The D-Link DIR-655 does not connect to the ATV in N-mode, only in G.
I don't see anything in the ATV to force a N-mode connection.
Are these 2 unit compatible in N-Mode or do I have to have the new Airport Extreme unit to accomplish this.
Or is there a particular setting that the D-Link unit needs to have to accomplish this connection.
Looking forward to your replies.

do you have any other wireless devices that connect in "n" mode?
have you checked your router to make sure that "n" mode is enabled ?
i know in mine you can restrict it to "g" or "b and g" so maybe yours has something similar and "n" isn't activated.

D-Link DSL-G624T firmware update has resolved ATV not appearing in Devices

I have managed to resolve the issue that many people seem to have regarding ATV not appearing in Devices by upgrading my D-Link ADSL router's firmware. If you are tearing your hair out and have the same model as me then I suggest you visit the D-Link site and try the latest update entitled V3.00B01T02.UK-A.20060621. I am no expert but wonder whether many of the stated issues relate to compatibility with router firmware and if so it may be worth updating it whatever your brand.

HI WC,
I expected for you to the the 1st one taking a stab at this thanks for the help!
As I verified your question I looked at the clients connected to both the NG router and this is what the router is giving me. And of course the SNM is the same across the board.
Attached Devices (Connected to NG Wirless Router)
IP Address
Device Name
MAC Address
1
192.168.0.5
DCARDENAS-PC
2
192.168.0.9
Cardenas-Higuita.PAD (IPAD)
3
192.168.0.10
TIVO-6520001804A2346
4
192.168.0.11
Office-Apple-TV (APPLE TV)
5
192.168.0.12
DC-PC (WINDOWS PC)
6
192.168.0.13
UNKNOWN (D-LINK AP)
I also check the same table at the D-Link AP Level (which of couse should show less devices connected to it)
CONNECTED WIRELESS CLIENT LIST :
Connected Time
MAC Address (List) connected to AP
1452 sec (Windows PC)
00:14:D1:4C:11:
670 sec (Ipad)
C8:BC:C8:03:30:
475 sec (Apple TV)
58:55:CA:5F:18:
Thanks,
Diego

My 2011 macmini boots very slowly when d-link usb hub is connected.

I have a 2011 macmini that boots very slowly when my D-link 7 port usb hub is attached. The hub is the newest model and has three 3TB seagate external hdd's plugged in to it. Normally boot time is about 1 minute, with hub connected it's about 3+ minutes. Shut down time is also much slower when the hub is connected. If I unplug it, boot up and shutdown time is back to normal. Does anyone know if this is normal, or do I have a bad hub or external hdd's.

It's a bit normal, OSX checks or repairs most drives connected when booting.
Use Disk Utility to Repair the external Drives.
Also, Is Spotlight indexing these drives? Is Time Machine using any of them?
Have you tried one drive connected at a time to see if it's just one or 2 doing it?
Did you Install any Seagate Software?

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