Search & Rentals

I am having two issues with my recently purchased Apple 2 and movie rentals. First, I do not seem to be able to search for movies on the Apple TV. When. I go into the Movies section and Search, I start typing something and I see the little spinning wheel in the search bar, but it does not show any results no matter what I enter into the search field. I tried the same in the YouTube section and it works just fine, showing live results on the rights side on the screen. Any suggestions?
Also, I was under the impression that if I rent a movie on the Apple TV I can start watching it on the Apple TV and finish it for instance on my iPad and vise-versa. Although it does not seem to be the case according to a support article. I wanted to use this apparently non-existent feature to by-pass the search problem by searching for a movie on my iPhone or iPad, renting on the mobile device and watching it on the Apple TV but it seems I can only watch on the same device I pay for it on which is a bit weird as I am paying to watch it and use the same Apple ID on all of my devices. Is this technically right (and morally wrong)?
I am using the 2nd gen Apple TV with 4.4.2 (3160).

The search could be an issue with Apple's servers - I assume it uses some Ajax like technology to give suggested results interactively - if Apple's servers are playing up it may not work.
With regard to renting, only rentals made in itunes can be viewed on ipods/iPhjones/ipads and AppleTV - one device at a time. Rentals made on AppleTV work there and there alone, and generally not on another AppleTV in the house.
AC

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HT1657 how do I search rental movies on itunes?

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I have the same question. Why can no one answer it?
Is it impossible?
Is it one of this features we used to have but Apple removed in their ultimate wisdom?
Is there a way?

HT1657 How can I easily search rental films in iTunes?

I can't believe that I can't work out how to, or find how to, do this. Please help !
The only articles I've found online are years out of date and use dropdown menus that no longer exist.
I'm using iTunes 10.

Sorry, but to the best of my knowledge, there is no way to get a list of movies available for rental.
Regards.

Adding a window to a container: Error

Hello there,
Im facing a problem with my program.My program is about a Car Rental System and I am using GUI for the interface. From the main(CarRental) program,when user click one of the menu, there is another interface will appear for user to enter details.The problem is,my main (CarRental)program is running,click the first menu,then another interface open,but wen user enter details n click buttons , it is not even working. Below is my program:
//This is main menu program
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.sql.*;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
public class CarRental extends JFrame implements ActionListener{
     JFrame f;
     JLabel l1,l2,l3,choice;
     JPanel p1,p2,p3,p4,p5,p6,p7,p8,p9;
     JButton btnA,btnB,btnC,btnD,btnE,btnF;
     Connection conn;
     Statement stmt;
     ResultSet rs;
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          p1=new JPanel();p2=new JPanel();p3=new JPanel();
          p4=new JPanel();p5=new JPanel();p6=new JPanel();
          p7=new JPanel();p8=new JPanel();p9=new JPanel();
          f=new JFrame("New Rental Record");
          l1=new JLabel("........::: Car Rental System :::.........");
          l2=new JLabel("*******************************************************");
          choice=new JLabel("Please select your option:");
          btnA=new JButton("[1] New Rental Record");
          btnB=new JButton("[2] Update Rental Record");
          btnC=new JButton("[3] Search Rental Record");
          btnD=new JButton("[4] Delete Rental Record");
          btnE=new JButton("[5] Display Rental record");
          btnF=new JButton("[6] Exit");
          l3=new JLabel("*******************************************************");
          f.setLayout(new GridLayout(10,1));
          f.pack();
          f.setVisible(true);
          f.setSize(350,500);
          f.setBackground(Color.white);
          p1.add(l1);f.add(p1);
          p2.add(l2);f.add(p2);
          p3.add(choice);f.add(p3);
          p4.add(btnA);f.add(p4);
          p5.add(btnB);f.add(p5);
          p6.add(btnC);f.add(p6);
          p7.add(btnD);f.add(p7);
          p8.add(btnE);f.add(p8);
          p9.add(btnF);f.add(p9);
          btnA.addActionListener(this);
          btnB.addActionListener(this);
          btnC.addActionListener(this);
          btnD.addActionListener(this);
          btnE.addActionListener(this);
          btnF.addActionListener(this);
     f.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter(){
               public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
                    {System.exit(0);}});
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                    {     NewRecord nr=new NewRecord();}
                     else if(e.getSource()== btnB)
                    {     updateRecord ur=new updateRecord();}
                    else if(e.getSource()== btnC)
                    {     searchRecord sr=new searchRecord(); }
                    else if(e.getSource()== btnD)
                    {     deleteRecord dr=new deleteRecord(); }
                    else if(e.getSource()== btnE){
                         try{
                              Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
                         catch(ClassNotFoundException e3) {
                              JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"ERROR:"+e3.getMessage());
                         try{
                              conn=DriverManager.getConnection("Jdbc:Odbc:Car Rental", "", "");
                              stmt=conn.createStatement();
                              rs=stmt.executeQuery("Select * from Customer where CustID");
String s=("CustID:   CustName:    CustAdd:          CustPhone:       No.of days rent:     Rate per rental: \n");
while(rs.next())
s=s+rs.getString(1)+"             "+rs.getString(2)+"              "+rs.getString(3)+"              "+rs.getString(4)+"                    "+rs.getString(5)+"                     "+rs.getString(6)+"\n";
                                   JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,s);}
catch(SQLException e4){e4.printStackTrace();}}//end of F
//to exit the program
else if(e.getSource()== btnF){
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Thank you");System.exit(0);}
else
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Invalid Option!");System.exit(0);
               }//end of if statement
public static void main(String args[]){
          CarRental cr= new CarRental();}//end of main
}//end of main menu
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import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.sql.*;
public class NewRecord extends JFrame implements ActionListener{
     JFrame f;
     Container c;
     FlowLayout layout;
     JLabel l1,l2,custId,custName,custAdd,custPhone,dayRent,rateRent;
JTextField tid,tname,tphone,tday,trate;
                              JTextArea tadd;
                              JButton save,clear,exit;
                              Connection conn;
                              Statement stmt;
                              ResultSet rs;
                              JPanel p1,p2,p3,p4,p5,p6,p7,p8,p9,p10,p11;
                         public NewRecord(){
                            //super("New Record");
                              layout = new FlowLayout();
                              c=getContentPane();
                              c.setLayout(layout);
                              p1=new JPanel();p2=new JPanel();p3=new JPanel();
                              p4=new JPanel();p5=new JPanel();p6=new JPanel();
                              p7=new JPanel();p8=new JPanel();p9=new JPanel();
                              p10=new JPanel();p11=new JPanel();
                              f=new JFrame();
                              l1=new JLabel("........::: New Rental Record :::.........");
                              l2=new JLabel("*******************************************************");
                              custId =new JLabel("Customer ID:");
                              custName=new JLabel("Customer name:");
                              custAdd=new JLabel("Customer address:");
                              custPhone=new JLabel("Customer phone:");
                              dayRent=new JLabel("Days of rental:");
                              rateRent=new JLabel("Rate per rental:");
                              tid= new JTextField(10);
                              tname=new JTextField(10);
                              tphone=new JTextField(10);
                              tadd=new JTextArea(4,30);
                              tday=new JTextField(5);
                              trate=new JTextField(10);
                              save=new JButton("SAVE");
                              clear=new JButton("CLEAR");
                              exit=new JButton("EXIT");
                              f.setLayout(new GridLayout(11,1));
                              f.setBackground(Color.white);
                              f.setVisible(true);
                              f.setSize(600,600);
                              p1.add(l1);f.add(p1);
                              p2.add(l2);f.add(p2);
                              p3.add(custId);p3.add(tid);f.add(p3);
                              p4.add(custName);p4.add(tname);f.add(p4);
                              p5.add(custAdd);p5.add(tadd);f.add(p5);
                              p6.add(custPhone);p6.add(tphone);f.add(p6);
                              p7.add(dayRent);p7.add(tday);f.add(p7);
                              p8.add(rateRent);p8.add(trate);f.add(p8);
                              p9.add(save);f.add(p9);
                              p10.add(clear);f.add(p10);
                              p11.add(exit);f.add(p11);
                         /*     f.add(l1);
                              f.add(l2);
                              f.add(custId);
                              f.add(tid);
                              f.add(custName);
                              f.add(tname);
                              f.add(custAdd);
                              f.add(tadd);
                              f.add(custPhone);
                              f.add(tphone);
                              f.add(dayRent);
                              f.add(tday);
                              f.add(rateRent);
                              f.add(trate);
                              f.add(save);
                              f.add(clear);
                              f.add(exit);*/
                              c.add(f);
                              save.addActionListener(this);
                              clear.addActionListener(this);
                              exit.addActionListener(this);
                              f.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter(){
                              public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
                                   {System.exit(0);}});
                         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
                              if(e.getSource()== exit)
                                   {System.exit(0);}
                              if(e.getSource()== clear){
                                   tid.setText("");
                                   tname.setText("");
                                   tadd.setText("");
                                   tphone.setText("");
                                   tday.setText("");
                                   trate.setText("");}
                              if(e.getSource()== save){
                                   try{
                                        Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
                                   catch(ClassNotFoundException e1) {
                                        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"ERROR:"+e1.getMessage());
                                   try{
                                        conn=DriverManager.getConnection("Jdbc:Odbc:Car Rental", "", "");
                                        stmt=conn.createStatement();
                                        rs=stmt.executeQuery("Select * from Customer");
                                        while(rs.next()){
                                        tid.setText(rs.getString(1));
                                        tname.setText(rs.getString(2));
                                        tadd.setText(rs.getString(3));
                                        tphone.setText(rs.getString(4));
                                        tday.setText(rs.getString(5));
                                        trate.setText(rs.getString(6));}
                                        String s=("CustID:   CustName:    CustAdd:          CustPhone:       No.of days rent:     Rate per rental: \n");
                                        while(rs.next())
                                        s=s+rs.getString(1)+"             "+rs.getString(2)+"              "+rs.getString(3)+"              "+rs.getString(4)+"                    "+rs.getString(5)+"                     "+rs.getString(6)+"\n";
                                             JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,s);
                                   catch(SQLException e2){
                                             e2.printStackTrace();
                         public static void main(String args[]){
                                   NewRecord nr=new NewRecord();
                              //     nr.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
                                   }//end of newRecord class
                              }//ends of New rental program
I tried to use extending to JPanel or JApplet but still the same. Any help??

Hi,
In the NewRecord java file, use change the
f = new JFrame();
c = f.getContentPane();, after that all panel add into the container
p1.add(l1);c.add(p1);
p2.add(l2);c.add(p2);
p3.add(custId);p3.add(tid);c.add(p3);
p4.add(custName);p4.add(tname);c.add(p4);
p5.add(custAdd);p5.add(tadd);c.add(p5);
p6.add(custPhone);p6.add(tphone);c.add(p6);
p7.add(dayRent);p7.add(tday);c.add(p7);
p8.add(rateRent);p8.add(trate);c.add(p8);
p9.add(save);c.add(p9);
p10.add(clear);c.add(p10);
p11.add(exit);c.add(p11);and finally remove this line below
//c.add(f);Try to avoid add frame into the container, or else you will receive adding a window to a container error.
Rgrds,
Sen
Message was edited by:
arjensen

Downloaded a movie, it stopped and cant find it to resume watching it

i've looked in settings/ search rentals but it's thinking and doesnt show me the movie, ive checked purchases and its not there. this happened twice and ive had to rent the same movie twice in less than 48hrs, its not there! not sure what is going on.

Welcome to the Apple community.
A number of people have reported similar issues recently, many appear to have found a discrepancy of some kind in their account settings and making changes to these settings or simply resetting them has resolved the matter.
Check your account details are correct, check that you are using the correct details for Location, Region and Time Zone. You may want to change these settings and then change them back to see if that helps.
You might also try logging out of and then back into your iTunes account (Settings > iTunes Store > Apple ID’s > Sign Out) and restarting your router. (Some have reported that after doing this, they need to check for rentals even though it may report that there aren’t any, after which rentals once again appear in the ‘movies’ feature)
Rentals should appear under their own heading in the ‘Movies’ feature, you might also check at Settings > iTunes Store > Check For Rentals.

HT1657 i recently rented a movie from the itunes store in hd and closed itunes on accident and after reopening itunes i cannot find my movie rental. ive searched in my library, movies, etc. and i cannot find it anywhere

i rented a movie from the itunes store in hd and closed itunes on accident after letting it download and after reopening itunes i am un able find my movie rental. ive searched in my library, movies, etc. and i cannot find it anywhere. i did start it... but i have atleast another 20 hours to watch it before the rental expires.

Doublechecking. Did you download the rental in iTunes for Mac, iTunes for Windows, or an iOS device?

Movie rental search on iPad

I've searched and searched discussions with no results.... How do I search the iTunes store on my iPad to find JUST movie RENTALS? So often, going thru the movies I'll "view" one only to find that it is not rentable. I read that on a computer there is a "power search" to narrow results to see just rentals. But it's kinda senseless to have to boot up the computer for this feature. I truly hope it is available on the iPad. How do I narrow my results? Please help!!!!

There may not be a way unless you restore. I did a search and found threads with no real answer like this one:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11622231&#11622231

HT204370 If I pause a rented movie and then try to resume play, I am told that the movie has not been downloaded and to go to iTunes in the menu and download it. There is no download section showing and the search for rentals option produces nada...

When I pause a rented movie and then try and finish watching it, I am told that I have already rented this movie and it has not been downloaded. I am instructed to go to iTunes on the AppleTv menu, but there is no download section on any menu and search for rentals only gives me a continuous spinning wheel?

The time it takes to load is dependent on your network. Rentals made on ATV won't be available on any other device.
What is your current connection. Use speedtest.net
Make sure DNS is set to automatic (settings - general - network)
If on wifi try Ethernet
Go to istumbler (Mac) or netstumbler (PC) to get a report of the network, look for signal strength and noise

HT1657 Is there a way to search for movie rentals only? I don't want to buy movies and I'm tired of clicking on a movie only to find out its for purchase only

Is there a way to search for movie rentals only? I don't want to buy movies and I'm tired of clicking on a movie only to find out its for purchase only?

The best solution I've come across so far is to dump all movies into a shareware app called iVI. It'll show whether each movie has subtitles or not.

Web page different from opening link in a new tab or new window from Google search results

I had been using another browser for a few months because I did not want to lose the web pages I opened within Mozilla. I began using Mozilla again after saving off the web pages. I see that Google's web page pulls in search results as I type in keywords, a feature I don't remember seeing with other browsers along with a magnifying glass icon, like a look ahead of what a web page looks like before clicking on the link.
With the list of search results, I click on the link and tell Mozilla to open the link in a new tab. I see the google icon, "loading..." or "testing...", then results other than the link I wanted. Those other results maybe bing.com, http://66.45.255.230/click.php?c=0920f96609cb269f1d0045095c09, http://superpages.iarbiz.com/o6gIoMdG6so=-tQ1LeOu1v0kY34rDZ|oRy8Xt294ACu6X, Info.com, Supermedia Reverse Proxy (http://superpages.iarbiz.com/o6gIoMdG6so=-tQ1LeOu1v0kY34rDZ|oRy8Xt294ACu6X)or whatever else. As for the link, I managed to press stop before being redirected.
This is with any search results listed.
I thought it was Google.
Changed to Instant is off.
Nope. Still the same issue. Have already gone after malware. Tried resetting the redirect value to 0.
Above results also occur when opening the link in a new page via right menu click.
Copying link location and pasting in a new window is displaying results okay.
When resuming use of Mozilla, an update was available and installed. Did not experience the above issues before the update.
Running version 3.6.12. Running Win XP Pro SP3.
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Is there any way to browse all sales excluding rental only & short films?

Is there any way to browse all film sales excluding rental only & short films?
I am finding the laborious process of clicking through page by page in cover view annoying to the extreme to search new additions to the available film sales lists every week or so. The display page is always slightly deeper than my window so it means having to scroll down to view the last row of covers and click next page.
Apple... Is there any chance of having an auto scrolling (with pause and previous/next feature) film cover flow with description view of each film large enough to view the image, preferably filling the screen, perhaps also a feature in Front Row that will show available films to buy/rent in iTunes or an RSS screen saver that could give you a constant update of the last 10/20 films added?
Something that will make the task of searching for titles you might like to buy less of a 'task' and more intuitive. I don't really want to browse by Genre and a Cover image only view tells you nothing about the film.
If the screen in front of me gave me a constantly (controllable when required) changing view, similar to the content displayed in Front Row of a title you have selected i'd be happy.
Message was edited by: Rob Wilton

Could you please tell me how to view all the movies I have rented?

Why can i not view my rental movie in the ipad video app

hello everyone
Hopefully someone can help as I'm getting a tad frustrated I have been for the last 2.5hrs trying to get a rental movie I have downloaded on to my computer to sync with my Ipad2 and its simply wont do it what could be wrong?
I have so far
restarted both computer and rebooted ipad.
both softwares are up to date on ipad and on PC
I have checked the restrictions and there doesnt appear to be any that I can see in the menu although saying that the movie selection can not even be highlighted in that menu.
I have checked in the about and although itunes syncs the movie and it shows up in the bar below as the movie taking up space..in the about in the general part of settings it refreshed but still states 0 so itunes on the PC says its on the ipad but the ipad is saying it is not on the ipad....
I'm going away on holiday next week and I was hoping to take a few rentals with me....I downloaded this one to test it out and see how well it worked so far its been frustraingly useless....im glad I never downloaded 30bux worth of movies.
I have been searching and searching the net...I have come across one other person that appears to be having the same drama as me. however he is on here on apple support but no body has replied to him and he posted 3 months ago...so I hope someone can help me

Is there anyone out there that might know whats wrong!!!!
Surely someone must be able to help

Where would any downloaded rental movies be downloaded to on my iPad? Just spent over $40 in data top ups and nearly two days trying to a. Download a purchased movie and b. find the movie on my iPad.

I bought this iPad (think it is an iPad 2 not actually sure, a about a few months ago. Yesterday I decided to go on iTunes store and purchase a rental movie which cost approx $6 NZD. After about 2 hours I ran out of data and the movie hadn't even downloaded halfway so I purchased more data thinking another Gb would do. Then i got a message from itunes that my ipad didnt have enough storage so i went into settings and dleeted apps and docs (apparently also deleted from icloud too) to make room for the movie. Now after purchasing another 7GB of data at over three times the cost of the rented movie it finally finished downloading and I had enough space on my iPad. But now I can't find the actual movie...I go to iTunes to purchases and view movies , to downloads and searched the title of the movie...I can see an icon of it and it is in a separate place from other purchases but it says downloaded in faded lettering. Where is it? Why have I just wastednearlyb$50 just tying to download and watch one measly movie! It is obviously some secret formula or thing I've missed...it shouldn't be so hard! The day before this I successfully downloaded a song I purchased and can listen to with no probs. do I need another app to store downloaded movies or something?

But now I can't find the actual movie...I go to iTunes to purchases and view movies , to downloads and searched the title of the movie...I can see an icon of it and it is in a separate place from other purchases but it says downloaded in faded lettering. Where is it?
If you can't find the movie you downloaded on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch, check inside your Videos App

HT1551 I ordered a rental movie on my computer and want to watch it on my 1st generation apple TV and it is not showing up there...any suggestions?

I ordered a rental movie on my computer and want to watch it on my 1st generation apple TV and it is not showing up there...any suggestions?

I had same problem last night with a movie rental not showing up under the 'Rented' tab in iTunes/Movies on my iMac: as I had no other rentals, there was no 'Rented' tab at all.
In iTunes 11, the Downloads icon only appears next to the Search bar while there is an active download. Once any downloads are finished, the icon disappears. I had no icon so I had to assume the downloading had finished (in the previous UI you could check download progress even after they had finished).
My movie rental did, however, show up under 'Rented Movies' under the 'Movies' tab in iTunes/Devices/(select any i/device) so I knew it was somewhere in my iTunes. Yet, we couldn't access it via Apple TV.
I fiddle around for a bit, restarting iTunes, restarting the iMac, to no avail. Then I did a little housekeeping and moved a different movie I'd imported awhile ago, from the 'Home Videos' tab under iTunes/Movies. Under File/Get Info, the 'Media Kind' was incorrectly set to 'Home Video' so I changed it to 'Movie'. Thus the file was moved over into the Movies tab. Hey Presto! The Rented tab suddenly showed up, and there was my rented movie!
This is the second time a movie rental did not show up after downloading. Unfortunately my husband initiated the download so we figured he must've messed up somehow as he's not as familiar with iTunes as me. Hence we opted to download the movie under a different iTunes account, which worked the second time with no problem. Needless to say the invoice for the original download had no problem in finding us, hence we were effectively being charged twice for the same movie! We have to contact apple support (such a hassle) but hopefully they will understand the issue (that's the difficult bit) and they are usually good at refunding when they finally accept the customer is genuine in their claim.
In case anyone is tempted to critique my method, we download rentals through iTune on our computer as we had too many problems trying to rent via Apple TV. Often the movie was not available to watch for many hours after it was rented, even though we'd start 'download' halfway through the day and sit down at night to watch it! We have also had problems with movies that kept stopping during viewing because it wasn't streaming fast enough. We'd give some time and come back to viewing, only to encounter the same. One time we gave gave up and tried again the next evening, only to find the movie expired. There is meant to be 48 hours after you've started viewing to resume watching a movie. Apple's only response to this was to advise we needed a broadband internet connection to stream the movie - this was despite me already telling them we have broadband.
Anyway, I hope this helps anyone experiencing similar issues with movie downloads.

Can family members share rental movies?

Hi!
I wonder if family members (using the Family Sharing feature) can watch rental movies. When I search the internet, I have found info that says one can do so. But it does not work.
My husband and I have set up Family Sharing (and the credit card that pays for it all, is mine), bit it is not possible for me to see the movie he have rented. I can see all his music and visa versa, but not the rental movies.
I find this strange, and not in line with the intention Apple has proclaimed regarding Family Sharing. I pay for the fun, but am not able to watch???
Or is it suppose to work, but does not because of a bug?

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