Streaming Home Movies
Maybe I'm doing this wrong but in iMovie I created a movie and added to iTunes to show on my apple tv menu. It is there but takes forever to buffer. It's only 8 minutes long. It plays movies I download and in "Movies" faster. Is there a way to make the streaming faster or configure it better?
The same goes for iPhoto movies. I wait forever for them to buffer.
Also is there a way to stop the remote from engaging my macbook pro's itunes at the same time I want it to control the apple tv? It's an endless circle.
Thanks,
Brian
You may be suffering from a mixture of poor networking and high datarates, what are the datarates of the movies you export from iMovie.
If you don't want to use a remote with your computer the easiest thing to do is just to turn the IR off. (System Preferences > Security > General, click on the Advanced button in the bottom right corner - If the button is greyed out, click on the lock icon and enter your administrators password))
If you still want to use your computer remote then you must pair your computers remote with the computerAND the Apple TV remote with the Apple TV.
To pair a remote with a device hold down the menu and FF buttons together for six seconds or until you see a chain icon on screen (best take the computer into another room, or turn it off, when you do this)
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It has a similar situation with TV shows. It will put all TV shows in a series in a folder as the older one did, but the new one lists each series separately whereas the older model would put all the series in one folder.
Not nesting folders is a bit of a pain with large libraries and whilst I don't like it, it's more or less the only compromise I have to make and of course I get additional features too. -
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Greetings:
I have a significant amount of home movies on my windows computer in AVI format. I want to save a copy of all AVI files. I also have Quicktime Pro.
What is the most efficient (space saving with best resolution) way of playing the AVI movies on the Apple TV through home sharing on my windows computer.
Is it doing a save as or exporting from the AVI. Can the AVI be streamed? Thanks in advance...jThe Apple TV does not support AVI.
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AVCHD + iMovie, best tactics for home movies
Hey all. Thanks ahead of time for your help. Even after a decent amount of research, I'm having a hard time figuring out some of this.
I have a late-2008 13" MBP (2.4GHz ic2d), iMovie 08, a Canon Vixia HF20. My previous camera (mini-DV tape Panasonic) imported into iMovie a consistent 6.86 MB / second at 29.97 FPS and 853x480. I guess we're spoiled by the small amount of hard drive space this uses up, since we have several years of footage (unedited) on my MBP.
My daughters like to look through the unedited footage in iMovie (as a player), so it has become kind of like iTunes for our video files. Plus, who knows when we'll have the time to do editing - i.e., no time soon, if ever.
So, we're just looking for a way to continue the trend with our new Canon HF 20 camera, a gift from the grandparents. (Yes I hear you laughing knowing what is coming...)
The HD clips are super small on the actual camera, but bloat up once iMovie imports them into AIC. I've read up on this already, so I understand why now. But obviously we don't have the internal HD space to store unedited HD video with huge AIC file sizes.
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I've been reading up on programs that convert the AVCHD format to MP4 and DV so that iMovie can read them (the conversion process takes forever). I guess I don't understand the benefit of this. If my iMovie already can import them into AIC, why would I need a 3rd party conversion program?
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I'm not wild about the idea of taking 12x the clip length to convert the AVCHD files into MP4, but if that will be a one-time "suck it up" process, and we'll ultimately have small file sizes (yet full HD quality), I can see the value there.
We're not tied to using iMovie (we don't even edit really, we're just using it as a player/organizer right now). *So I guess our goal is to keep file sizes down so we can (ideally) have all our unedited video on my MBP for view-any-time fun... all the while retaining HD quality if we ever (way in the future) want to edit it.*
Sheessh, it's just home movies. Got so complicated so fast.
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The issue is that we still want to play/view the unedited HD files on the Mac, but need to keep the file sizes down (so AIC format is out of the question). I guess my questions can be summarized as follows:
*1) How can we simply view/play the raw AVCHD files on the Mac, while (a) keeping the file sizes down, and (b) maintaining the HD quality to do some editing in the (very) distant future?*
I tried the VLC Media Player program, but it didn't work (even with the entire folder tree from the camera).
*2) Does converting the AVCHD format into MP4 (or DV) result in a loss of video quality?*
My couple tests doing this (with AVCHD Converter program) took forever to do the conversion to MP4, but ended up with very small file sizes as well as file types that Mac could play. It was hard to tell, but it looked like the video quality went down. I have not tried converting to DV yet.
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*4) Is the conversion from AVCHD to DV/MP4 quicker based on CPU?*
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Streaming purchased movies from a local drive
Hi everyone. I'm currently using the most recent Apple TV model, as of September 2014, with the most recent software updates installed. I am not previously familiar with the platform.
I am curious as to whether or not there is a system setting, other than Airplay, that will allow me to stream my purchased movies, from the iMac on my LAN by default. It appears that the Apple TV is streaming my purchased movies from the iCloud. I would like to make the device stream the movies from my iMac, instead. Is this possible?If you are going to the Movies icon then it will stream your purchases from the cloud. If you would like to stream from your Mac you need to go to the Computers icon. Make sure home sharing is enabled on Apple TV and iTunes.
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Ive got a new iMac, apple tv and airport extreme. Regular movies stream just fine. I moved a home movie into the movies folder of itunes and when I try to play it on apple tv it takes extremely long to even load. I just switched the network the 5ghz but that doesn't help. Can anyone help?
Likely to be slow LAN connection - if possible try a direct ethernet connection to router to see if it makes a difference.
Have you tried with the old router?
As digital copies will usually be less than 5Mbps and standard def you don't need blistering LAN rates, but if slower than this they will need to prebuffer.
If not a connectivity issue (describe how all equipment is connected in the LAN and wi-fi type if any), then consider itunes library corruption (create a new library with a few things in to test) and also security software that may see repeated access from AppleTV as a threat and be slowing/blocking it (eg NetBarrier).
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Hello All,
Here is my breakdown:
iMac
Canon HV20 HD camcorder
imovie 08
50" Panasonic Plasma
When i publish out of imovie to Apple TV(large file) then watch the home movie on Apple TV it does not look well, i see banding in flat areas....renting HD movies look AWESOME...why not for my HD home movies?
Any suggestions?
Message was edited by: Scott HennessyWell simply put, I have the ability to stream the same footage exported from a PC at 720p to a 60" plasma or with the press of a the Plasma's input selector from the Apple TV at 960 x 540. There is quite a big difference in picture quality to say the least. If Apple is going to have a 720p ATV, it only make sense from the consumer point of view to make Imovie 08 and Quicktime transfer to ATV in 720P. This is why I bought it last week. So that my kids could make HD content on their Imacs (or I could on mine) and then play it in HD on the Family Room plasma without bothering my PC setups. Pretty simple concept really. I had intended to purchase several more for each family member to have their own content, but for now, I will simply continue to feed from a PC. When Apple gets its act together about ATV I will look at it again.... tomorrow , I will simply return the ATV to Apple. IMHO Apple doesn't have this ready to do what their ATV specification sheet says it will do... plain and simple. 960 x 540 is simply not HD period, not 720P for sure. There is a difference and ones eyes can plainly see it. I only bought the ATV because of its 720p support (or supposed support) combined with Apple's simply interface for the kids. I can get beautiful 720p results from my PCs, but I don't let the kids touch them, and I like the thought of making quick little Video camera to HD transfers on my Imac as well.
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