Streaming FROM an Apple TV

Can anyone tell me whether you can stream audio stored on the hard drive of an Apple TV to "non-computer" clients (such as an Audiotron) via a home network? I do this currently with my (old) HP DE100C unit and it works great but the Apple TV is much more functional and if it can act as a media server to other clients, I'm in. Thanks for anyone's wisdom on this.

No it's not possible to stream content from the tv to anywhere.
I believe the feature that is being misunderstood is likely the one where one can play music from itunes on your mac/pc and have the tv act as an airport express by having it appear as a set of connected speakers in itunes itself.

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Is there any way to stream FROM my Apple TV TO my iPad?

Is there any way to stream FROM my Apple TV TO my iPad? I know I can stream from the pad to the TV, but I haven't seen anything that lets me do it vice-versa. I want to stream while my computer is off/asleep. I don't want to keep my computer awake all the time simply to be prepared for the random moment when I want to watch a movie but I'm not in a position to go turn on my computer and turn on iTunes. If my Apple TV could stream the movies and music, that would suit my needs, but it looks like that feature isn't available. Does anyone know how to work around it using either Apple or 3rd-party software/hardware?

You can use Apples Remote app to stream any macs iTunes library to ATV1 but only second gen ATV,s are capable of streaming direct from iOS devices.

Can I stream from my apple tv to another apple device?

My TV speakers are bad...really bad. I use a Bose Sound Dock to listen to music with my ipod and iphone but I would love to use it as sound from my tv. Due the the Sound Dock only having aux in v. sereo in, I think my only option is to stream to the device. Is it possible to stream from the apple tv to the ipod/iphone through a wireless connection?
Thanks for any tips or advice in advance.
Cheers,
JW

It can output to wireless speakers that work with airplay.

Can you stream from Black Apple TV to multiple speakers (Airplay?)

OK, out of frustration on trying to resolve my 1st Gen Apple TV issues, I went out and bought a new "black" AppleTV.
If I am using the Remote APP on my iPhone4 there seems to be no option to play from the AppleTV to various speakers around the house (Airplay). Is this possible?
I have Homesharing on. I can play from teh Remote APp and select the AppleTV as one of the speakers.
Perhaps this is a silly thing to do??? ie better to go from the Computer to the various speakers, not via AppleTV and reduce the hops.
Any ideas, pls?

it's currently not possible.
you can stream to but not from TV2.
JGG

HT204053 Why can't I photo stream from my apple tv

I have a Mac Book Air and an Apple TV but I can't photo streem... how do I resolve this?

Have you enabled photostream in your iCloud settings and in iPhoto, do you have any photos in photostream.

Can i stream for 2 apple tv so i mean 3 monitors

can i stream to 2 apple tvs i mean monitor 1 is the mac one and 2&3 are monitors

Apple TVs are connected to HDTVs and each monitor requires its own Apple TV. You can use home sharing to stream from multiple computers TO Apple TV, but you can't stream FROM one Apple TV to multiple monitors.

Stream from ATV

In 2.3 your supposed to be able to stream FROM the Apple TV to AirTunes devices???
How do you do this?

You need to turn airtunes on in your settings and then any speakers which can be accessed by wifi will be listed on your tv.

How can I see My Photo Stream from two Macs associated with the same Apple ID?

I have a MacBook Pro (my personal machine) and an iMac (our family computer).
The iPhoto library housing all of our family photos lives on the iMac.
The iPhoto library on my MacBook Pro is currently empty.
I have an account on both machines. I have associated the same Apple ID with both machines.
When I launch iPhoto on my MacBook Pro and attempt to turn on photo sharing (so that I can see My Photo Stream, as well as other shared streams), iPhoto informs me that "iCloud Photos for xxx@xxx is being used with another library named 'iPhoto Library'."
My iPhone, which is also affiliated with the same Apple ID, shows the streams just fine.
What can I do to remedy this situation? I'd like to be able to view my shared streams on my MacBook Pro, while leaving the actual massive photo library on the iMac.

I found out about this issue when I created a new library with some photo's I wanted to sync to my iCloud account. I found the following on the Fat Cat Software page and thought it might be helpful to others:
Using Photo Stream with multiple libraries
Starting in iPhoto 9.2, Apple introduced a new feature called Photo Stream, which lets you automatically transfer photos via their iCloud service between your iPhoto library and your other devices such as an iPhone, iPad, or another Mac. This feature works when you have multiple iPhoto libraries set up, but there are a couple things to be aware of.
First, iPhoto will only allow Photo Stream to be active in one iPhoto library at any given time. If you've already enabled Photo Stream in one library, but then open a second library and enable Photo Stream there, this will cause Photo Stream to be turned off in the first library.
Any photos downloaded by Photo Stream are actually stored in an entirely separate location from any of your iPhoto libraries. This means that, even if you do switch Photo Stream from one library to another, you will not need to go through redownloading all the photos you already have in Photo Stream back from the iCloud servers. So, switching Photo Stream from one library to another is a relatively inexpensive operation, so you can do it as often as needed without it being much of a hassle.

TS4425 How can I remove Photo Stream pics from my Apple TV slideshow?

I am a decorator and take photos of furniture, fabrics, etc on my phone daily, but I do not want these photos cycled in the slideshow on my Apple TV. I have iTunes pulling photos from designated folders on my home computer, but I can't seem to figure out how to remove my iPhone photo stream pictures. Suggestions?

Hi lpetershagen,
Here is an article of information on ways to delete photos from Photo Stream:
iCloud: How to delete photos from Photo Stream
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5125
Alternatively, you can choose different photos for the Apple TV screensaver by following this:
Apple TV (2nd generation): How to use your photos with your Apple TV screensaver
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4362
Cheers!
- Ari

App for streaming from network drive to Apple TV?

I'm looking for an app that can do several things. There are apps that I've downloaded and paid for >:-( that do one or even tow of these things, but I want to:
Stream movies (of different file types) from a network drive (WD MyBookLive) to Apple TV, via an iPad.
There are apps that will stream any filetype from a Mac to apple TV, but they need certain server software running on the Mac, so no good for me with my network drive.
There are also apps that will play any filetype on an iPad, streamed from a network drive. But these won't stream to Apple TV.
Is there something that does both, that doesn't require special software on the drive?
Thanks!

That's a shame.
thanks Rudegar

Can I see video stream from a website on my tv from my desktop with apple tv

I am trying to watch a weekly video stream from a website using my Mac desktop on my tv with Apple Tv..can I do this?

If your computer is a Mac and new enough (2011+) then maybe. See required specs here:
http://www.apple.com/uk/osx/specs/
If you have an older Mac or Windows machine try airparrot.
AC*

Apple TV: Sync with iMac & stream from PC/Vista?

Happy New Year to all --
I have my main iTunes library on my Mac (box iMac, not portable) upstairs, and I have been syncing that library to my Apple TV downstairs. The syncing occurs, and I can listen to my library through my speakers which are connected to my Apple TV. This is setup fine. The only thing I don't like is that the Apple TV's options for playback are very limited.
I have a subset of my library on my laptop PC (running Vista). As this is portable, I'd sometimes like to stream music from this PC to my remote speakers which are connected to my Apple TV. Then I can use the iTunes interface on the portable to make playlists, plan upcoming songs, etc. on the portable and have the music streamed to the Apple TV and out the speakers. This I cannot get to work consistently.
So, I want to sync to one computer and stream from another. I do not have to do this simultaneously of course, I just want the flexibility that the iTunes interface has to offer, closer to the listening area.
I have tried many, many things. Rarely I can get the PC's iTunes to recognize the Apple TV, but when it does, the streaming is unlistenable (consistent dropouts). Today I haven't been able to get iTunes to even recognize the Apple TV's existence. I have rebooted everything (incl network/router), made sure all SW is up to date, changed channels, made sure PC is looking for the Apple TV, made sure UDP 5353 is open, etc etc. to no avail. My network is 802.11g and the signal is strong everywhere.
I thought this was possible, even desirable, and I also thought that the days of lousy audio streaming was largely over, since video is now being streamed with some success. My network is busy (two tivos, three computers, PS3, Apple TV) but not using a lot of the bandwidth most of the time.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks.

David
Multicast rate.
The multicast rate determines the minimum data transfer speed allowable for a transfer to take place, setting a high value may well make a more robust network but it may simply never allow a transfer if this is too high. I have mine set at 2 Mbps (although I can't be sure you have such an option on your router - sorry I thought you were using an airport.
Channel
I couldn't suggest a channel, it all depends on which channels those around you are using, you'll likely need to try a few options unless you actually know what all the other networks around you are using. Other devices (cordless phones, microwaves etc) can also cause interference.
Is it common to be able to stream to the ATV (i.e. see it in the remote speakers pull down menu at the bottom) but not have it recognized as a device in iTunes (i.e. in the left column)? That's what sometimes happens to me.
I wouldn't actually know, I've never had any problems with networking my tv's, although network requirements for the tv and airtunes are not the same, so I suppose it's entirely possible that airtunes will be available while you are unable to access the tv.

Can I stream from the same iTunes account to 2 Apple Tv's in 2 different locations?

I currently have 1 Apple TV device at home. I'm thinking of buying a second one to keep in my office at work across town. My concern is this: my kids love streaming purchased movies and TV shows at home during the day while out of school. Will I be able to stream content purchased on the same iTunes account at the same time while I'm at work and my kids are at home watching on my first ATV device?
I know ATV isn't that expensive, but I would like to avoid duplicating purchases on a new iTunes account just so both locations can be streaming at the same time. Anybody know if this is possible?
Thanks ahead of time.

Yes. I would like to know if I can stream content from the apple store on both Apple TV devices simultaneously. Not from a computer, but items purchased from the Apple store on my first Apple TV device.
Thanks for the reply!

I want to hook up a mac mini and us my tv as a monitor. how can I use airplay from my phone on the mac mini like i can with an apple tv (without having to buy an apple tv!). the airplay capabilities i want to use are mirroring and streaming from my iphone

i want to hook up a mac mini and us my tv as a monitor. how can I use airplay from my phone on the mac mini like i can with an apple tv (without having to buy an apple tv!). the airplay capabilities i want to use are mirroring and streaming from my iphone!

Download AirPlayer for Mac - Transforms your Mac into an AirPlay-compatible display. MacUpdate.com

Apple TV Gen 2.. Terribly Slow Streaming From Wired Home Network via itunes Windows 7. Please Help

Hello all, I just signed up for this as i hope to get more results from here than i did waiting 4 hours for a call from apple today.
I recently purchased an Apple TV Gen 2.. installed it on my Samsung 40" HDTV via HDMI cable and also ran a network cable to my basement where my router, (Linksys 5 port router plus Wireless) is mounted on the wall beside the cable modem.
just to rule things out i will give some spec's and details before i get further into this.
My goal is to use my Desktop Homebuilt PC running windows 7 ultimate 64bit to store my Digital Movie Library and stream through itunes all of my digital media to my Apple TV located in another room. Both Apple TV and my desktop windows 7 PC are hard wired NOT WIRELESS.
My internet connection is cable and tested it this evening several times at 58.9 Megabits per second down and 8 Megabits per second down... (yes that is correct 58mb/s down. this equates to about 7.1 megabytes per second download speeds for reference.
Now just to rule out my 2 year old wireless router i went and purchased a brand new router today... Same results.
Now on to the problem details and my findings.
Using my Desktop PC wired to try and stream Itunes movies from the streaming is absurdly slow.. very slow... i have yet to wait to see what happens after 30 minutes of waiting for a Movie to start.. music also takes a long time to load...
Music... i can go to icloud funtion which i paid for today.. and click on the same song in icloud and the song starts almost instantly, so does music videos...
Also previously purchased TV shows starts playing from the cloud almost instantly as well even HD TV shows...
Trying to stream anything through my desktop windows 7 pc just doesnt work right...
I have narrowed this problem down to my desktop.. but can not figure out what the problem is...
using my macbook air 120GB SSD wireless over the same network, which i also have a mirrored copy of my itunes library for testing purposes... there is zero issues with streaming anything from my macbook air over the same network via wifi...
Also using my ipad 2 mirroring works flawlessly, even HD movies plays without a hitch... same goes for my iphone 4s
the only issues i am having are with my desktop and streaming from my itunes libary on it... i do not want to use my macbook air.. as that defeats the purpose of having apple TV.. in the future i plan on ripping my entire DVD / Blueray collection to a 3 TB hard drive and stream to my AppleTV... from my desktop computer storing my entire DVD / Blue Ray library digitally on the 3TB hard drive....
But i can not get this to work... i can see my itunes libary on my desktop.. i can play music and watch movies.. other than anything HD will not play... but everything takes a rediculously long time to load... i can download an entire movie with my 58mb's connection in the time it takes to load something streaming from my itunes libary on my desktop PC...
if anyone has any suggestions.. there may be something i have overlooked or i am missing. any input and or advice will be greatly appriciated.
Thanks,
Specs on my Desktop system: itunes Streaming media PC
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Fresh install as of yesterday.
Intel Core i7 2700k @ 4.8Ghz
ASRock Pro 1155 motherboard intel Z68
OCZ Vertex III 120GB SSD x2 Raid 0   (OS Drive)   1,000Mb/s reads , 990 writes
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB 7200 Rpm (itunes media folder drive, backup drive)
GTX 470x2 SLI
Gskill Z Series DDR3 2133mhz @ 1.65v cas 9, 16GB
1200watt cooler master PSU
LG 22" 1920x1080 LED x3   Nvidia Surround   (6018x1080)

Ok.. in order to help other users i will post this..
I have resolved the issue... it was rather simple and dumb...
I never use windows media player ever.. i do not like it and can not stand it.. because in my case it was a brand new windows installation this fix will only apply to certain users..
because it was a brand new windows installation.. i had never clicked on windows media player.. apparently streaming settings are embedded into windows media player for the windows 7 OS...    in past installations that i have used for years.. i simply never ever clicked on windows media player, as i never had a reason to.. i use itunes for my ipad, iphone etc.. etc...
by accident and shear luck i decided to click on windows media player.. and of course go through the express settings.... after i did this all of my streaming problems to my apple tv gen2 disapeared... HD movies now start almost instantly... so as i stated above apparently there are media streaming settings embedded into the OS through windows media player... doesnt make any sense to me as i never use the program.. but whatever that fixed my issue..
so for any of you windows 7 people out there using a windows 7 pc as your itunes sync computer and using that itunes library to stream to your apple tv... make sure you have done the initial setup at min.. of windows media player.. i still left itunes as my default player.... everything now works flawlessly... infact for whatever reason.. even in an HD movie my network almost has half the movie synced now accross the bar before the movie starts so now my apple tv is blazing fast....
i have been struggling with this for 2 days now and simply never gave it a thought that windows media player would ever have anything to do with itunes streaming a totally seperate program.. but it did..
i hope this helps other people with similar problems.
good luck

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