Ordering standard definition movies with Apple TV 2.

I just upgraded to the second generation Apple TV. I prefer to purchase standard definition movies but do not see that as an option with this unit. Is there a setting change I can make to bring this option up? In the meantime I went back to my old AppleTV!

Go to General > iTunes Store and change the option for "video resolution " to "standard defiition."

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I would like to ask you if is it possible to (batch) convert movies from my handycam Sony HiD AVCHD (.MTS) to FCE (.mov) with Apple Intermediante Codec inside the .mov file.
I successly converted my .mts files with FFMPEG:
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Thank you in advance

Hi there skalicki`.
Thank you very much for your help!!
I was a litle bit stressed here.
Well, it worked: I tested MPEG Streamclip to open one of my .mov and convert it to quicktime format with Apple Intermediate Codec and inserted that file into my Final Cut Express project and ... yes! it worked! No "re-rendering" processes.
For now, the steps I'm using are:
1) copy my xxx.mts files to /tmp
2) ffmpeg -i xxx.mts -sameq -deinterlace xxx.mov
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3) Open MPEG Streamclip and convert xxx.mov to /tmp/newmov/xxx.mov
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Ever since then, my apple TV is extremely slow when downloading movies. It used to take about 30 seconds to be able to watch the movie and now it's 1-4 hours.
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Hello optize. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
I assume that you are using the new Time Capsule (TC) to stream movies to your Apple TV (ATV) ... correct?
If so, to improve streaming performance, you may need to try some of the following to find what will work best for your network configuration.
o If both the TC & ATV are wirelessly connected to each other, switch the radio mode to "802.11n only (5 GHz)."
o If you must operate your wireless network in the 2.4 GHz radio band to support non-"n" clients, try a different radio channel.
o Connect the TC & ATV by Ethernet.
o Temporarily disable Time Machine backups from running when streaming movies.
As you are probably already aware, the iTunes Store offers both standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) video for rental and purchase. MPEG4-compressed 1,080p requires about 10 Mbps of throughput to stream without artifacts. As such, Apple’s SD and HD video would require between 2 and 5 Mbps for decent streaming over a network. A 802.11g network should top 20 Mbps in throughput, but could be lower speeds due to Wi-Fi interference. In contrast, a 802.11n network, with only n devices connected, can hit 90+ Mbps.

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I'm preparing to get some old Super 8 Film converted to Digital Video. I'm looking at a transfer that ends up as 4:2:2 Uncompressed standard definition video on a USB Hard Drive. Has anyone had any experience with this format using FCE 4.0.1?
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You didn't say what format/codec you plan on using, but FCE works with DV-NTSC and Apple Intermediate Codec, both of which are 4:1:1. And both are compressed. (FCE also works with DV-PAL which is 4:2:0 but Belize is not a PAL country.)
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Problem renting movies with Apple TV

Having a problem renting movies using Apple TV with Comcast cable and Netgear gigabit wireless router. After selecting a movie to rent and clicking "rent" a message appears: "Accessing iTunes Store", after some delay a second message appears stating an inability to connect to iTunes store, try again later. This issue is intermittent. At any given time a movie can be rented and streamed, but more than 50% of the time, the rental fails.

We're not really sure as yet - there certainly seem to be no comments on subtitling as a feature.
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How do I force a Standard Definition movie download from iTunes in the Cloud

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The URL you quote is that of the feed, not the Store page, residing on your server.
The podcast doesn't seem to be in the Store so if it was ever there it's presumably been removed. The fact that you can subscribe to the feed in iTunes is a purerely local matter - your own iTunes application is simply connecting directly to the feed and the Store is not involved.
However there is a bug in the Store which will prevent you resubmitting the feed as it stands and will tell you it's already been submitted (even if it's been removed). The workaround for this is to change the title slightly (you can always change it back later) - if you can also change the feed URL that would also be a good idea. Then you should be able to submit the feed as an entirely new podcast.

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ddoes anyone have or has had issue dowloding movies with SONOS ? With a router......
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AppleTV movie rentals are fixed size and do not lower their quality for slower connections.
You need 6 Mbps internet speed for 'near instant' HD streaming, 2.5 Mbps for SD (You can change Settings for itunes Store to show SD rentals instead whcih are a little cheaper, though this will not allow you to watch the SD version of an HD film you've already rented).
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On your PC test your internet speed at speedtest.net.
Your AppleTV is clearly communicating through your router, though if on wi-fi the LAN speed may also be low if signal is poor. A g network should adequately handle AppleTV streaming and internet but as i say if signal is poor you may have a very slow LAN speed - if you can compare hooked up with ethernet that can show if wi-fi is affecting things.
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Trying to format my QT movie with "apple photo" JPG using cross fade

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Can I stream full quality, non iTunes HD movies with Apple TV 3?

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HT202157 anyone having trouble with renting movies with Apple TV?

Not sure what to do, can't seem to rent on Apple TV tonight. Netflix is working and Itunes on my MAC is working. I can always plug Mac to sound system but.... Anyone out there ith same trouble today.
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I restarted AppleTV
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I appreciate you trying to help. However, I have NO idea how to check for a '3rd party DNS'. As I said, it worked flawlessly on Monday. Wouldn't that mean I was corrected properly?
I went to Apple TV support and in answer to rentaing movies it referred me with a link to this:
How long do I have to watch a rented movie?
You have 30 days from the time of rental to watch your movie, and 24 hours (in the US) or 48 hours (elsewhere) after you've started viewing to finish it. Once the rental period expires, the movie will disappear from your iTunes library.
This is a link FROM the Apple TV page. So I should have 30 days to watch the movie. Under Settings is a "Search for rented movies" option. Isn't that where you would find your rentals that you have not watched yet?
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Downloading movies with apple tv; streaming photos from PC

hello - I have Apple tv software version 4.4.3 (3323) ; my router / wi-fi network is Orange Livebox 1888. When downloading a movie, it literally takes hours; it's not uncommon to get an initial message that the film will take in excess of 3 hours to download and on two occasions the message suggested a time lag of 40 hours !!! ( Once the download begins, the time lag is updated and is scheduled to take less time, but still many hours). Have to leave the tv on overnight to get the download. This is clearly ridiculous. Has anyone experienced this scenario? Could it be due to bandwidth issues ? Apple store assured me that apple tv would work with my Livebox wifi router ( which I think is g not n type). Not able to get full functionality from the apple tv which is annoying.
Also when streaming photos from my PC to apple tv, thete are occasions when the process will crash; it seems that it can't cope with streaming more than say 100 photos at a time which also seems poor.
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You need 6 Mbps internet speed for 'near instant' HD streaming, 2.5 Mbps for SD (You can change Settings for itunes Store to show SD rentals instead whcih are a little cheaper, though this will not allow you to watch the SD version of an HD film you've already rented).
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On your PC test your internet speed at speedtest.net.
Your AppleTV is clearly communicating through your router, though if on wi-fi the LAN speed may also be low if signal is poor. A g network should adequately handle AppleTV streaming and internet but as i say if signal is poor you may have a very slow LAN speed - if you can compare hooked up with ethernet that can show if wi-fi is affecting things.
One other point - AppleTV is illogical with rental downloads - it frequently wipes the portion downloaded if you use AppleTV for anything else forcing it to start again - the designers i believe assume everyone has fast unlimited network access which clearly is not the case.
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IPhoto 2014 Ordering prints, problems communicating with apple online store

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