Two questions before buying

1) does my powerbook have to be open to stream music over to the apple tv?
2) is there a way to import my existing dvd to the apple tv?
thx

lawrence gelman wrote:
1) does my powerbook have to be open to stream music over to the apple tv?
Yes - iTunes handles data transfer between storage devices and AppleTV - so itunes has to be running.
2) is there a way to import my existing dvd to the apple tv?
Technically feasible yes, but not a function officially supported by iTunes/AppleTV for obvious copyright/DMCA reasons.
Consequently we cannot discuss that sort of thing in the forum.

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dsteinbach wrote:
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