Rented movie not appearing in apple TV 2

I've renetd a movie in from itunes and it's in "rentals" in Itunes on my computer. It does not appear in my library on apple tv despite the fact that my music and photos do. What am I doing wrong? Movies rented directly through apple tv work fine but because of my internet connection I want to rent them in itunes and watch them later on the TV

Thanks for the info. Youre right! I didn't realise my broadband connection had dropped out and the download had stopped. I'm on BB using a wireless modem as adsl and cable aren't available where I live. According to Apple this form of BB connection is the most unreliable for large downloads! wish I'd known before I bought the apple TV gadget.

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Just hooked up a new Apple TV yesterday. Downloaded a rented movie last night. When going to my library on the Apple TV, the movie is not present for selection. Went back to PC and movie plays fine there but in no way can I find how to get it to appear on the Apple TV. It doesn't even show the rented movie in the library list. I also have a number of home video's taken in MPEG4 that for whatever reason only one showed up in the Apple TV, library list and would play. I'm am not very PC adept and this is really bugging me. Either have to figure out what I'm doing wrong or decide to return unit before time runs out. I am running XP with SPII. I also have a ton of older home video taken in earlier format. Would I be smart to upgrade QT to "PRO" ? Any help would be greatly appreciated. ........... Hank G.

I've owned Apple PC's and devices since the original Macintosh, and have been a devoted and richly rewarded Apple stock owner since the late 90's. I still am an Apple devotee.
However, they messed up on this Apple TV and movie rental deal in a surprising manner.
Many of us buy Apple products for their simplicity of use, reliability, and beautiful design. It seems quite unlike them to have not adequately communicated this particular glitch (some of you more wonkish types enjoy browsing stuff that I, fortunately, only have to browse in the rare case of a problem such as this one).
Why would anyone have to research whether or not the Apple TV does what Apple says it does? They just DO what they say they will do, ... normally. In this case, they'll do it about two weeks or so after the release of the marketing materials and product.
This is not a failure of the consumers. Don't throw a vertebra out defending this mistake - it's not defensible. But it's also a mistake that will go away shortly.

Purchased and rented movies not showing upon Apple TV

I can view either my purchased or rented movies on Apple TV. The only thing that shows up on the screen is a large white screen. Any ideas or suggestions?

DJBama wrote:
I can view either my purchased or rented movies on Apple TV
I assume you mean, "I can't view either my purchased or rented movies on Apple TV"
The white screen indicates an authorisation issue, try restarting your tv and if that is unsuccessful, try de/re-authorising your itms account.

Movies not appearing in Apple TV

Hi,
I just setup my apple tv2. everything running ok - photos - music - netflix - flickr - iphone remote.
but in the "Movies" column, I don't see any of the Movies (in Apple TV format) that are in my iTunes library on my iMac.
ideas?

right click on the movie in itunes and choose convert to appletv format
or do it manually with a program like handbrake
itunes play tons of formats
appletv only play
http://www.apple.com/appletv/specs.html
"H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format"

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You are trying to download the apps again in the purchased tab of the App Store and you are using the same Apple ID - correct?
If the apps show as being installed - but you can't tap on the cloud icon to download them again - Try restarting and/or rebooting the iPad and then see if you can download the apps again.
Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button.
Reboot the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons.
If that still doesn't work then try this.
If that doesn't work - sign out of your account, restart the iPad and then sign in again.
Settings>Store>Apple ID. Tap your ID and sign out. Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button.
Go back to Settings>Store>Sign in and then try to download again.
Also - make sure that you do not have restrictions enable - Settings>General>Restrictions. You could have installing apps turned off.

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cannot rent movie on itunes with apple tv it tells me to go to itunes store on my desktop and everything is upto date here

Yes that's perfectly possible.
The drawback is the rental needs to completely download before it will stream to the Apple TV.
The advantages are it can then be watched on any Apple TV if you have more than one and can be watched as many times as you want (within the rental period) without needing to redownload it everytime.

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On your computer or your ipad?
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Ipad - Videos app

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The limitation of approximately 200 titles has been discussed before, we can't be sure whether it will be something that gets fixed or not. I'm not really sure what your other issues are, if I use search instead of lists, I find whatever I want and am able to rent or purchase subject to those options being available for that particular title.

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REnted movie now it wont authorize play back what is going on?

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I just recently rented a movie on iTunes but when I tried to play it, it wouldn't work. I thought maybe it was a problem with iTunes, so I tried playing it in Quicktime but it still didn't work.
Then I noticed the rented movie wasn't showing up on my 'Purchased Items' list and that the cost of the movie hadn't been deducted from account. It is still listed under my 'Rented Movies' category, though. Is there something I can do to fix it...?
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I have 4-5 mbps for Downloads. It works fine when opening websites and downloading large files from the Internet. I have set-up my IP to "automatically" as you suggested, even though I believe this was the default setting.
I changed the resolution in Settings > Itunes Store > Video Resolution from 1080p to 720p. Then I rented again "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen", (but now using HD 720p) and I get exactly the same error.
Then I changed it to Standard Definition and now is working. Basically what I have found out is that if I rent movies in HD 1080p or HD 720p it will simply not work.
I believe 4-5 mbps is very fast internet connection, so the errors above should not be appearing.
Feedback for Apple TV developers is to show estimated time for full downloads when using 1080p or 720p so the user can understand what is going on. Very frustrating as I just bought the Apple TV for watching HD movies. I have a 55" HD Sony Bravia tv ready to be used... !!!

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I rented Hitman today from the iTunes Store on my computer to be able to watch it on my Apple TV and my iPod touch. I'm getting this error message: "Hitman" was not copied to the Apple TV "Apple TV" because the Apple TV could not contact the iTunes Store to authorize. Please check your Internet connection, or try again later. I deauthorized my computer, re authorized it. Signed-out on my Apple TV then signed back in. Changed from wireless to ethernet. Nothing. I don't know what to do anymore. Isn't this supposed to work right of the batt? Wasn't the purpose of renting movies right off the computer was to transfer it on other Apple devises!? HELP!

I had the same problem last night when I purchased "Black Hawk Down". I noticed that the newly downloaded movie is identified as having "Fairplay Version: 3", while all remaining movies (purchased from iTunes), utilize "Fairplay Version: 2". (Right Click the movie in iTunes, Choose Get Info, Select the Summary Tab.)
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I rented a movie and it started downloading. When I came back later I could not find it in itunes. I figured it just didn't download, but when I went to rent it again I got the message that I had already rented the movie. Any suggestions where I could possibly find the rented movie or how I should handle it? Thanks!

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Is it possible to stream rented movies after purchasing them? After sitting down with family I happily rented a movie from iTunes only to see that I have a 2h wait before we can watch it. I was surprised not to see it listed under purchased media. I didn't even realize that it was initially downloading. I frequently purchase SD episodes from my iPad or phone and access them from my Apple TV account. I am confused as to why I cannot do the same with a rented movie.

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i was having flaky performance from my appleTV early on... i did a restore to factory setting then upgrade just to start from scratch and i stopped unplugging it to restart it and only use the restart from the menu... and my appleTV has been rock solid ever since. maybe it's just coincidence, but i firmly believe that yanking the cord out of the appleTV is just bad news... appleTV is basically a stripped down mac and you wouldn't yank the cord out of your computer a few times a week.. things would get corrupted like crazy.
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Rented movie not appearing in apple TV 2

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