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Lost-in-FL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-08-09 07:43 PM
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WTF? I rented a movie (on iTunes) and cannot play it on my AppleTV.
:grr:
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-08-09 08:36 PM
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1. Damn. What happened, give more information. Was there an error, or did
the data disappear?


Look for updates to AppleTV software.
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Lost-in-FL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-08-09 09:08 PM
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2. Apparently, I cannot transfer movies that I rented of iTunes (in the computer)...
Edited on Sun Nov-08-09 09:09 PM by Lost-in-FL
to the AppleTV so I am forced to watch the movie on my macbook. What a PITA!!!

The movie is ready to be viewed on my computer but it isn't transferable to Apple TV. The unit is up to date.

How in the hell I'm supposed to know that I couldn't do this? All of my library is transferable, even the movies I purchased on iTunes move freely to my Apple TV.


:grr: :grr:
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-08-09 09:48 PM
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3. Oh! rental. I bet that is part of the DRM to prevent the movie from being
copied to another drive.


Attach the Macbook to your TV. I attach my Mini to my TV to view movies on a big screen.
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Lost-in-FL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-08-09 09:51 PM
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4. Yup, that must be why. I thought about connecting but I don't have a cable.
Oh well. I'll watch the movie later with my headphones.
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-09-09 12:08 AM
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5. You should be able to find the cables cheap at Best Buy or other such places.
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Touchdown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-09-09 10:08 PM
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6. What movie is it? Good enuff to buy?
... just buy it.:shrug:
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Lost-in-FL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-10-09 12:40 AM
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7. It was a homework thing.
An old movie.

Now I know better not to rent from the computer but only from AppleTV.
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