Rented movie on iphone trying to play on apple tv

I have a rented movie (rented from iphone) that I'm trying to transfer to my apple tv to watch. I haven't started playing it yet but I can't seem to move it to my apple tv? Any ideas? Thanks.

I believe your correct about not being able to move it to itunes. Guess I'll have to watch it on my iphone
Serves me right for experimenting

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This is about the 4th time I have tried to play a rented movie (through iTunes on my Mac Computer) to play on my Apple TV and had problems. The last time, after quite a bit of troubleshooting, I finally got it to work. Not so today. I rented another movie tonight on my Mac and am trying to get it to play on my 3rd gen. Apple Tv. No luck. The wheel spun for 15 minutes. I unplugged everything, I did the recommended troubleshooting, no network problems, apple sharing is one, everyine is A-OK except the movie will not play through Apple TV.
This rental problem is a serious bug in Apple TV and it should be fixed. Rentals should play seamlessly and smoothly but playing doesn't work at all in some cases, and only after tons of troubleshooting in other cases. Why is this such a problem, Apple? I feel like asking for a refund not only for the movie but for the Apple TV. If I didn't hate my cable company more, I'd probably do that.
What do other people do when this happens? I have read numerous threads on this here and none of the advice works for my situation. Maybe someone else has done the secret magic trick to get it to work. Waiting to hear from the wizard.
And may I respectfully add, the Apple tech speak here that is used in trying to help people with this problem is amazing. "Istumbler and netstumbler check for interference on the network. Also check for ISP throttling" -- let me assure you Apple help, most people have no effing idea what that means. Whatever happened to Apple products being EASY to use?

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.

Rented movie in iPad won't play in Apple TV 2

Today I rented Unstoppable in my iPad form the iTunes Store, the idea was to use airplay to send it to my Apple TV 2 and view it on my TV.
Every time I try to use Airplay to stream the movie from my Ipad the Apple TV 2 returns the message that is not authorize to play the content from the iPad.
Anybody have any idea how to fix this?, I am using the Apple HDMI cable and both devices are login to the same Apple ID. I have restore to factoring settings my Apple TV 2 and restarted my iPad several times, I also have log out of my Apple ID and log back in in both devices.
Do not know what else to try any help would be appreciates.
Thanks on advance WFGE
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MickCharles wrote:
It is supposed to function as i described (true/false?)
False, per the link provided above:
"If you download a rented movie on your iPhone 4 or later, iPad, iPod touch (4th generation or later), or Apple TV: It is not transferable to any other device or computer." The only way to transfer a rented movie is if you rent it from your computer, and then it can be moved around to other devices but (a) it can only exist on one device at a time, and (b) you cannot move it to Apple TV 2 or 3. It is odd that you can't do what you want, but I'm not a lawyer ;)
MickCharles wrote:
i'm renting SD movies from iT so copyright issues are in the full control of AAPL on all AAPL devices
I don't know the legal agreements between Apple and movie studios, but with a rental you don't own the material so I suspect that is the difference. With a purchase you're given some leeway that you don't have with a rental.
MickCharles wrote:
It has functioned as described; rented iT movies on iP and played through ATV to Video Monitor on many occasions in the past - as recent as 8 days ago.
Your original post mentioned that purchases worked, not rentals. Have you ever seen a rental stream from your i-device to Apple TV? I wouldn't think so, given Apple's statement above.
MickCharles wrote:
All other streaming functions from iP and iPh to ATV; music, photos, and home-made video function
These would not be subject to the same copyright issues as a movie.
You can try taking this up with Apple, and depending on who you communicate with (and your approach) may determine your success to get a refund. Apple does state that you can't stream a movie from your device to ATV, but perhaps not clearly enough (which you might use to your advantage).

HT1657 What happens when you rent movies and they don't play? How come that question is not on the list?

What happens when you rent movies and they don't play and you tried getting credit for it? I rented two movies which they were very very old movies in black & white and they both don't play. I never had this problem before even when downloading videos. Now how can I get credit for it? I contact itunes a number of times and no one has done nothing as of yet. Itunes also asked me for my order number which I sent them but still no credit.

Great question MommaBof4! This is actually something that can be completed. VZW does have the option to turn this feature on or off based upon the users request. If you would like to update this feature on your device please give us a call by dialing *611 send from your VZW device, thanks!
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Problem with viewing a rented movie. Whem I try playing it I get a message saying my apple tv is not authorized.

Problem with viewing a rented movie. Whem I try playing it I get a message saying my apple tv is not authorized.

is this a rental from the Apple TV or one you have in iTunes. If from the Apple TV try restarting the Apple TV, if from iTunes, try de/re-authorising your account.

Trying to watch rented movie on iphone

I am trying to watch a rented movie on my iphone 4...but I keep having to hit the play button every few seconds. I rented it about a week ago to watch on a flight and couldn't watch it at all. How do I make it play continuously?

Was the video rental HD or Standard definition? Did you pay $3.99 or $2.99 of it?

Rented movies on ATV2, can't play- An error occurred loading this content.

When I attempt to play the two movies on ATV (Gen 2) I rented, I receive the error:
An error occurred loading this content. Try again later.
No other messages display, and it is not clear what to do next, or how to fix this issue.
I tried the following to solve:
- latest updates for ATV (I'm on version 4.2.1(2100))
- unplugging power, then plugging back in
- stop "Home Share" on ATV, then turn back on
- log out of iTunes account on ATV, then log back in
I've yet to try:
- reset on the ATV (on the General menu)
- setting back to factory defaults (on the General menu)
I have not tried the above two, since the ATV is 2 days old and honestly did not think I needed to do this.
I have two Windows computers, one with Vista, one with version 7. Both have iTunes 10.2.1.1 installed. I have iTunes "Home Sharing on" for both computers, including the ATV. I can see my iTunes library on the ATV and play music; I can also play iTunes radio just fine with the ATV. I've been able to access my NetFlix account and stream movies just fine with NetFlix.
I was able to purchse the movies, but not able to play on the ATV; thus, I seem to be able to get to iTunes since I could at least rent movies.
Is there anything major to double check to make sure I've set everything up right? The book that came with ATV looked pretty plug-n-play, but I cannot get this to work (playing videos). I also have an iPhone that I just purchased- I've plugged this into the Vista computer to do sync's and get updates, but don't have it plugged in on a reqular basis.
What am I missing to try and troubleshoot?
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I bought apple tv a few weeks ago. It worked to start with but was very slow and not really usable as when you picked a movie it would take anything from 20 mins to 6 hours to start. I assumed it would to memory but it doesn't so you have to sit and wait for it to start which renders it completely useless.
Then came a software update about a week ago. Since then it no longer loads rented movies. After I have paid for the movie it says press play. After that it says "unable to load content, try later"
I emailed apple support. They dont know what the problem is so they refunded my money and removed the films from my apple tv.
Apple also asked questions About my iTunes version etc which is completely stupid as this has nothing to do with itunes as apple tv is 100% independant and designed as a stand alone device.
My advise- I will get a refund and use the money to buy apple tv 1 from ebay as it has a hard drive and loads movies in the background rather than using a stream.

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Can't offer any help other than to say I have the same exact problem and have read on this forum where others do as well.
The only solution seems to be to call customer support and get a credit.

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I tried to rent movies on my computer for my iPhone but iTunes said my computer is not authorized to make purchases on my account. What happened and how do I authorize my computer?

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Scuba Steve,
Sorry, I did click on varkgirl's link instead of yours at first. But clicking on your link, I think I know what you problem is. I think that you problem is that the footer on your page is obscuring the movie controller bar and not letting you click on it. I've been trying to tell people on this forum off and on to pay attention to the values in the Inspector Page tab. What you need to do first is to go under the View menu and select "Show Layout" so you can see what is happening. Now go to the Inspector and click on the Page tab. You will see a set of values that define your page dimensions. What you need to do is to adjust the value for Content Height so that it actually encompasses all of your page content. The space for page content actually dynamically resizes things as you drag them down the page, but this value never changes from the default. It has always been my feeling that this leads to problems in the rendering of pages (depending on browser) because it gives the browser some leeway in how it renders the footer-to-body transition. This can lead to shifting of images up the page or something like you have, which is inadvertant obscuring of elements by the footer element.
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How to get rented movie from iphone to computer?

hello,
thanks for taking the time to look at my post. I'm trying to figure out how to get a rented movie from my phone to my computer. when I plug my phone in to sync...and go to rented movies...the movie is listed there, but is grayed out.
any help would be appreciated.
thanks,
steve

Sorry, but Johnathan's answer is not correct. You can easily move your rented movie from your iPhone back to your Mac.
1) Connect your iPhone to your Mac and open iTunes.
2) Click on the the icon for the iPhone.
3) Click on the tab marked Video.
You will see a list of rented movies on your Mac and another list of rented movies on your iPhone. Each movie will have an arrow marked "Move" next to it pointing to the other device.
4) Click on the arrow marked "Move" to transfer the rented movie from your iPhone back to your Mac.
5) Click the "Apply" button at the bottom right hand of your screen on iTunes. Your iPhone will then sync and the rented movie will move to your Mac.
You must be connected to the internet to make this work, as iTunes will connect to the iTunes Store to validate the transfer.

Rented movie on iTunes which stops playing then disappeared

I rented captain America this evening. Approximately 12 minutes in it froze. I force quit iTunes and restarted the computer. The rented movie was not showing up in iTunes upon restart. I rented it again and started watching it again. Same thing happened. This time I ran software update. Again, the movie would not show up under the "rentals" folder in iTunes. Tried searching in "movies", "purchases", etc. No luck.
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Make sure your itunes and quicktime are updated.
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If you're still having issues...try emailing into itunes support. They usually have good advise on how to fix something like that and they'll usually let you redownload the rental if it dissapered on you.

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