Av8Editor wrote:
Sorry for the dumb questions...
Can I download a Quicktime from a USB drive directly to the Apple TV that it can play?
No - the USB port is of no use unless the machine is hacked - you will not want the hassle of that.
We are working with an old school producer who wants nothing to do with computers, its either Tape or Blu-Ray. HD tape is proving to be expensive and since Apple doesn't play well with Blu-Ray yet the workflow is too convoluted. We thought the Apple TV might be a nice solution.
I don't think it's ideally suited to what you want - Mac mini outputting via DVI might be better.
I was under the impression that iTunes would run on the Apple TV and would not require a computer.
No - iTunes on a computer is pivotal to AppleTV's functionality. You can't get stuff onto it without a computer running iTunes.
I can understand not being able to ftp to it without a computer but having to connect it to a computer to load and/or view HD content is a bummer.
So did they create Apple TV to sell iTunes?
It was originally a media extender - a device to playback stuff in your computer itunes library on your TV - the medias is either copied to AppleTV via the network (sync mode) or streamed across the network on demand.
Honestly I think it's a non-starter for your needs.
You're probably talking full HD if you mention BluRay or tape.
AppleTV won't handle higher than 720p at 24/25fps.
Even then it has to be in h264 format at <5Mbps video bitrate - if you are sending things for review which need a quick turnaround you may not have time to encode to h264 without high end Macs, and you would ecrtainly not be viewing in full HD.
Many of us bought it as a media extender, but with Take 2.0 software it added iTunes store purhcase functionality and seems to be marketed more as a vehicle for buying/renting from there, a task it does very well.
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