Streaming Movies from iTunes

Hi, is it possible to stream movies from iTunes straight to my TV without having to unplug my mac and connect it via wires?
Can it be streamed over a wireless network perhaps?
many thanks ;o)

Hey thanks for the advice on apple TV, checked it out today but I don't think that it the way forward for me. Its just to costly, 40GB TV is £170 in the UK with no option of using an external USB hard drive for extra storage. I feel apple is ripping me off!!
I'll look at other options at the moment.
Many thanks for pointing in this direction though.

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Hello. I have couple iPad Air's and a iPad mini. The issue I am having is happeing with all 3 devices. We like to stream movies from iTunes. What I have noticed is everytime I stream a movie it takes up anwhere between 2-5 GB splace under "other". They are all 32GB iPad's. I plugged in the iPad to the computer yesterday and it showed 19.2 GB under "other". I have tryied everything. Restore, reset, setting it up as new and can't get this issue to go away. This was happening before 7.1 came out. I called Apple and they don't have a fix for it. This is very frustrating, as after watching few movies I start getting a message that my memory is full. My wife has used most of her space with apps and music, she has around 3 GB available. After she watches 1 movie she gets a message that memory is full and can't stream any longer. So looks like the temp files are not getting deleted. Only way to get the space back is to restore the ipad and start over until it gets full again.

I wish that I had an answer for you, but I can't think of anything else to try. What I find so odd is that it happens to all 3 of your devices. That doesn't make sense at all unless it has something to do with how iTunes handles what is happening on the iPad when you sync your devices.
I update my iPhone 5S and my iPad 3 last night and then synced both devices with iTunes. When I plugged them into my MBP - they both showed an overcapacity it's due to "other". "Other" includes app data caches and when it grows out of proportion like that it means that something got corrupted. I synced the devices anyway, and the "other" dropped dramatically back to where it was on each device before I updated and where it should be.
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I have an apple tv 1st generation and whenever I'm renting movies I would like to play them via streaming on my TV. Unfortunately I have to wait until it's fully downloaded and then I have to transfer them to the Apple tv.
Can someone tell me if there is a way to be able to stream rented movies from Itunes to the apple TV without having to wait until it's fully downloaded?
I'm using a macbook pro with mac OS X 10.6.8.
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If you rent via your Mac then you have to wait until it's full loaded. If you would like to stream then rent directly on the Apple TV

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I recently updated my Apple TV and have since been unable to stream movies from my iTunes library. Itunes and all other software is up to date. I even downloaded Mountain Lion OS just in case. Netflix and movie trailers work fine. Streaming from my computer seems to be the only problem.

I have since purchased a new apple tv which had worked fine until the update was offered. I downloaded the update and the problem happens again on a brand new machine.
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Every time I try to rent a movie from iTunes, it says it will take minimum 40 minutes to load. Just now it said 5 hours and 30 minutes!!
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Have done this before and now I cant seem to get this to work and it may be me.
I have a few films in my library that I was able to watch on my laptop then switch to watch on my apple tv. For some reason am unable to do so now when I click on the apple tv drop down list at the bottom right it still plays on the laptop.
I don't have a problems playing music from laptop to apple tv only the films.

The icon at the bottom right controls remote speakers. It won't redirect a movie to tv, just music. What you can do is go to the computer section on ATV and select the movie from your iTunes library. There isn't a way to initiate a "push" from your Mac to tv for movies. You must initiate a "pull" from the tv.
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Captfred

Streaming movies from iTunes to Apple TV?

OK! Home share is on, music is streaming no problem. I can stream movies to my phone or ipad no problem.
CAn I get movies on to Apple TV! F**k no!
what am I missing?

what am I missing?
Probably providing information about what is happening.

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I have just setup my Apple tv and it was working fine, but then I synced it with my macbook via ethernet and now the apple tv says it's not connected to itunes. However, when we go into settings it does say the network is connected, signal strength is strong. Please help.

I'd hang fire for a while, it looks like iTMS Australia is having some issues currently.

I need to stream video from itunes to apple tv with out using my 40gb hd.

i need to stream video from itunes to apple tv with out using my 40gb apple tv can it be done you see i have a 40gb apple tv and it's full and i still have lots more video (movies) in my itunes can i stream movies from itunes to apple tv with my memory full in apple tv??????????

Select the iTunes library on your computer from the Sources menu in Apple TV and then you can stream. If streaming is not smooth and your router has a multicast setting, try increasing the multicast bit rate. To return to the synced content on your Apple TV, select the Apple TV logo at the top of the Sources menu.

Streaming movies from Time Capsule to Apple TV without opened iTunes Library

Hello !
It is possible to streaming movies from my Time Capsule without using Mac or iPhone like streaming device
For example ( I am using Time Capsule for movies Libary, Apple TV for streaming movies, but when i have MacBook Pro off, my iTunes Libary is off and i can't streamimg my movies directly)
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Hi,
you can stream from the Time Capsule, but must always have a player in the middle, either an iOS device or a mac compatible with video airplay.
If you want to use an iOS device, you can get the app FileBrowser. This allows your device to stream videos from the timecapsule, play them, and play on the AppleTV.
As erfurtivo said, O!play works perfectly with the TimeCapsule, if you don't want more devices in-between.
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Streaming HD movies from Itunes to Apple TV 2

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I am having an issue streaming HD (m4v) movies from iTunes to my Apple TV 2. First off, I am able to stream Netflix flawlessly using my Apple TV. The HD Movies from ITunes glitches\lags every 20-25 seconds. Here is my setup.
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I was having the same error. I switched Audio Language to default and Dolby Digital to 'on' and I finally can see the video, but with no sound...
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Does it use data to watch a rented movie from iTunes on IPad? Is it streaming or just downloaded?

You must get the movie onto your iPad somehow. If you download it while on Wi-Fi you will not use cellular data. Once the movie has been downloaded you will not use cellular data or Wi-Fi.

Streaming movies from outside of iTunes Library

I would like to stream movies from an external hard drive to Apple TV2 without storing them in my iTunes music library which is on my internal drive. I know I need to do this through iTunes but I don't want to clutter up library as space is tight.
I don't want to move my entire music library to an external either as it complicates my time machine backups and hinders performance.
I think I need to somehow alias the movies in my iTunes library but can't find a way. Any clever (or blindingly obvious) solutions would be welcome.
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RDH wrote:
Any clever (or blindingly obvious) solutions would be welcome.
easy
assuming you have +copy files to ... when adding to library+ enabled in iTunes > preferences > advanced, simply option-drag the files from the external into an open iTunes window.
iTunes will index the path to the location of the files (the external), but not copy them physically.
be sure the external is mounted on your desktop before you launch iTunes if you want to play files from it.
JGG
edited by the Jolly Green Giant (where Green stands for environmentally friendly)

I rented a movie from iTunes and it is on my IPad. I wanted to watch it on AppleTV and there is no airplay icon showing up on the movie

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