Rented Movie on ITV

If I rent a movie on ITV. Can I pause then continue watching on my MacBook, ie in another room. If not then can I rent a movie on my MacBook, then continue watching it on iTV?

No, rentals made on the Apple TV can only be watched on the Apple TV.
Yes, you can rent from iTunes on your Mac/PC. Rentals need to fully download to the computer before they can be watched elsewhere, but they can be watched by different devices (including different Apple TV's)

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I can't rent movies on itv??

I purchased 2 apple itvs.. One for myself and one for my folks. I purchased these because there are no video rental outlets close to our areas. I installed the unit and everything works netflix, utube, radio. All updates have been done and unit was set up.. I tried wireless which worked fine and later I hardwired it to the router. I have tried to rent movies (this is what I got this for..) All I get is "An error occurred loading this content" I rented The Rite and another movie... I trieds for four nights to play the movie (20 times a night) and I get the same message.. I contacted itunes and they reversed the charges on the movies and recommended that I try again... I tried to rent another movie with the same issues. I have tried to contact support.. They ask me for a serial number and when I enter it, it tells me it is not a good serial number (I assure you this is a genuine apple product) I have checked the number in "general" and on the unit.. I have entered the numbers in lower case and upper case with the same results. It seems the only thing I can use this for is netflix and utube... But my xbox plays netflixs and my Mac pro can do everything else.. Help!
I own iphone, macbook pro 17, and love them...... This itv is irking me...

Good evening "Vazandrew"
I wanted to drop this note and let you know I have upgraded my internet to a faster service. I had a few issues with Telus.. But I was able to fix those issues on my own. I have been able to successfully rent movies and I wanted to thank you for pointing me in the right direction.
I must say I am unhappy with the technical support that Telus and Apple have. And as an trainer and advisor (in another field) this disappoints and fustraits me more, but I am pleased that people can help each other out.
Daniel

HT1498 Why is it taking 8 hours to download a rented movie?

Why is it taking 8 hours to load a rented movie on ITV?

Winston,
Converted HD movies for Apple TV are not more than 2.5MB stream in HD. Apple TV gen 1 wa capable of 5Mbit with less FPS, but not newer once. Where did you get 6 and 8Mbit from?
There is no need for that fast stream (sorry buddy but I work with streams quite a bit).
The problem could be not a speed, but crowdeed networks. If one uses WiFI on 2.4 GHz then in crowded areas you have issue of too many overlapping WiFI networks and time sharing channels. Only three channels in WiFi band 2.4GHz do not overlap, but there are still shared by neigbors.
That is the reason I run 5GHz Wirless-N as the only one in my neigborhood. No channel overlaps, no choppy network, no choppy movies.
That may not be an issue of stream speeds. Just ADSL 3Mbit would be fine. Trust me as I had that for long time with Apple TV before I switched to FiOS.
Apple TV is equipped with enough memory to buffer almost entire H.264 encoded High Definition movie so only start could be delayed if network is slower, but not by 8 hours.
Another possibility is that Apple network is busy which I experienced quite a bit in the past especially on Friday and Saturday evenings. Rentals that time were menace.
-Maciek
(New Jersey crowded areas)

HT1657 I rented a movie on itv. It started downloading. I accidentally hit the menu button and it threw me out of download. I went back and tried to download again. I got a message that I had already downloaded it and go to "settings" and on "iTunes downl

rented a movie on itv. It started downloading. I accidentally hit the menu button and it threw me out of download. I went back and tried to download again. I got a message that I had already downloaded it and go to "settings" and on "iTunes download". The wheel is still spinning after several hours. How do I get the movie?

Ok problem solved; signing out of iTunes account and signing back in solved it.

Rented movie not showing in iTV where purchased or iTunes.

Where is my rented movie? It's disappeared from iTV and not showing in iTunes. I have a receipt to prove the purchase.

Rentals disappear after 24 hours of first viewing them.

HT1657 Play a rented movie

I rented a movie from iTunes on my macbook pro (connected to itv). The icon shows up in the "rented on itv" box under Devices, but I can't figure out how to play it. It doesn't show up in my library movies or under purchased on itv. I moved it from the rented movies box to the on itv box but still can't figure out how to play it either on Macbook Pro or on itv. Anyone know what I need to do to get the darn thing to play ?

Could you describe what happens when you try to play the movie, please?

Slow load times on rented movies

Recently we have been experiencing intermittent performance during streaming rented videos on our second generation Apple TV. For the second night in a row we would be watching a rented video when it would suddenly freeze and then say "Ready to play in XX minutes". The amount of minutes then jumps from anywhere between 59 minutes up to as long as 1 hour and 50 minutes. My thought is that it has something to do with Apple's introduction of the 3rd gen AppeTV (1080p) and rentable 1080p movies. I suspect all the bandwidth is going toward these new devices and all of us with older hardware are getting the shaft.
Please let me know if anyone else is experiencing the same issue(s).
Thanks,
Jon B.
PS - Wife put on a Netflix show and it worked right away with no problems. Internet is cable into a Time Capsule (802.11n). I'm not a computer novice and never have experienced these long loading issues on streaming rentals before.

@jfricker,
I did some research about the problem online and discovered that it was OpenDNS causing the problem. If you're using OpenDNS I recommend changing your settings back to your ISP's settings.
If that's not the issue for you check your download speed by getting the free app called Speed Test. According to Apple the minimum speed should be at 6 MBit/sec for 720p.
Check this article http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3623
After changing my DNS addressess back to the default Comcast ones I tried playing our rented movie again and it started right up. Kind of bummed that this is the solution because OpenDNS is pretty cool. If you don't know what it is check it out online at OpenDNS.com. Basically it allows you to block unwanted content on a network-wide basis so that you can filter content coming in to any device connected to your network... rather than setting up individual parental controls on a client by client (meaning any device on your network - iPhones, computers, game consoles, etc) basis.
The downside as it turns out is that it messes up AppeTV. :-(

HOW DO I TRANSFER A RENTED MOVIE TO MY IPHONE??

I just rented two movies for my iPhone. My problem is, I don't know how to move them from the rented movies folder to my iphone. Please, someone help me!

Connect the iPhone. In iTunes click Rented Movies right by Movies. Then click the arrow over to the iPhone.

HT1657 I rented movies on my iPad, they all downloaded, but when I click 'play' it says 'The requested URL was not found on this server'. What does it mean and how can I restore my rented movies?

I rented movies on my iPad, they all downloaded, but when I click 'play' it says 'The requested URL was not found on this server'. What does it mean and how can I restore my rented movies?

See this previous discussion:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16962474#16962474

I tried to put a rented movie on my ipod touch and it kI tried to put a rented movie on my ipod touch and it keeps telling me that my computer is noteeps telling me that my computer is not authorized. But it is. I have other rentals on it. Why this movie?

I tried to put a rented movie on my ipod touch and it keeps saying that it can't be done because my computer is not authorized. However I have other rented movies on it.

Try deauthorizing and reauthorizing the computer.
iTunes Store: About authorization and deauthorization

How do I get a refund for my movie. Tried to connect my rented movie to the LCD through an apple adapter but said unauthorized.

How do I get a refund for my movie from iTunes that I rented for ipad2? Tried to connect my rented movie to the LCD through an apple adapter but said unauthorized.

Probably can't get a refund, but.........
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HT200109 Why do all my other Apple devices not care if the movie I rented from iTunes if it was downloaded directly to that device or not, but the stupid Apple TV won't allow you to play rented movies unless you rented it directly from the Apple TV?

Why do all my other Apple devices not care if the movie I rented from iTunes if it was downloaded directly to that device or not, but the stupid Apple TV won't allow you to play rented movies unless you rented it directly from the Apple TV?
Great, so now I have to airplay it by linking my computer to my Apple TV and then the movie has to buffer! So, all that time I spent downloading the HD video has to technically "download" again by buffering. The more I use Apple TV, the more I feel like this item was not created by Apple. I don't even use it for what I originally purchased it for. If I would have known that anytime I wanted to sync a movie from my computer to Apple TV by using airplay that it would have to buffer the movie, I would have never ever ever ever ever purchased this waste of time device. So the video has to technically play all the way through one time first so Apple TV can "remember" the movie to play it back in real time afterwards.
Am I missing something here? Am I doing something wrong that can be fixing my problem? I should have known that the Apple TV had so many things backwards when simple things like when you are using the remote and you reach the bottom of your list, in order to cycle back to the top of your list you have then press the directional buton back the other way rather than most modern day devices that will automatically cycle you back to the top or to the other side when you reached the bottom or end but keep on pressing the button. That **** annoys me when I am doing a search for a movie and have to type the name in manually and have to cycle back and forth to the letters. It makes me feel like I am using a rotary phone or something!

I was told by someone to try and purchase something directly from my Apple TV and that will help authorize my Apple TV. So I picked something that was free and it downloaded.
Then I went back to the Movie that would not work and it played just fine.
So it seemed to work. I will have to try it on other movies and TV shows later.

Itunes rented movies will not play and gives me an unknow error -42110 can anyone help me resolve this issue?

I have successfully used Itunes to rent movies on this computer several times in the past. This time however after paying for the rental movies and being prompted to play it I recived the following error message.
We could not complete your Itunes store request. An unknown error occured (-42110) There was an error in the itunes store. Please try again later.
I have updated the itunes stoftware and attempted multiple times over the past 2 days but to no avail. Tech support gave me a link to an article with error messages but the one I have was not covered by their article.
Can anyone shed some light on this issue for me?
Cheers

Try the "Error 3001," "-42110," or "5103" section in the Specific Conditions and Alert Messages: (Mac OS X / Windows) section of the following document:
iTunes: Advanced iTunes Store troubleshooting

I've just set up my Apple TV, however I rent and therefore share the main television, how can I make my account private so that my housemate can rent movies on his own account?

So, I've just bought and set up an Apple TV in my apartment, my iMac is set to home sharing and I've to log on using my iTunes account ID, however I don't want my housemate renting movies on my account - is there some way of setting up a log on, or can we both share?
Thanks

Welcome to the Apple Community.
You can add multiple accounts at settings > iTunes Store > accounts.
However, there would have to be some trust between you to switch accounts before purchasing, unless you deleted your account each time you used it. You can only switch accounts in settings, there is no option to do this at the point of purchase.

I rented a movie on my iPad but cannot move it to my computer to watch on tv via Apple tv. How do I transfer the rented movie to my computer?

I rented a movie on my iPad but cannot move it to my computer to watch on tv via Apple tv. How do I transfer the rented movie to my computer?

I just rented a movie from my iPad2 and tried to play it through my ATV2 with AirPlay and same problem.... This is absurd guys. Apple I know there are copyright hoops to jump through but come on!! The whole pitch behind AirPlay and AppleTV was to make it easy to watch my purchases on my TV no matter what device they were on. Now I've got to hold my iPad in front of my face to watch a movie for nearly 3 hours!! And when I go to the support site I have no option other than to send an email to billing, screw this. I've not bought a DVD since I purchased my ATV2 over a year ago but if you guys are gonna pull this crap then what incentive do I have to continue the use of something that may or may not work the way it was advertised.
By the way, this is the first time I've had this problem because I normally rent straight off the ATV or my computer, which by the way I was considering replacing my PC with an iPad but looks like you guys aren't ready for me to make that kind of a switch.
Don't tell us that a product will do XY and Z then put limits on Y sending to Z.
FIX THIS!!!

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