Playlists when streaming
I have looked at the Apple TV 2 keynote a few times now but have been unable to figure out one thing. Will Apple TV2 support itunes playlists when streaming from an computer on the network? Has anybody understood this? Perhaps the answer is obvious to someone with experience of the old product unfortunatly I have none.
Thanks
Fredrik
I got the answer from another forum that the current version support itunes playlists for music so I'm crossing my fingers that it will work with video playlists in atv2
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