Continuously playing movies or tv shows without using the remote

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Continuously playing movies or tv shows without using the remote

I know that when you play music on the Apple TV, you can play all the music continuously throughout your library.

Is there a way you can do this with the movies, tv shows, etc. I have cartoons for my daughter to watch and they are about 24 minutes long on each. It would be nice if there can be an software change to be able to continuously play movies or tv shows without going to the remote and keep putting on a different show.

Or if there is a way to do this, can somebody show me how?

Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Apr 26, 2009 6:49 AM

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Answer 1

Chenks

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Apr 26, 2009 1:53 PM in response to jsin76

jsin76 wrote:
Is there a way to do this with the streaming option? Have the Video playlist in itunes, enabled all playlists but still does not show up on Apple TV as a playlist.

what do you mean by "streaming option"
do you mean a primary library but set to custom sync ?

or do you mean set up as a secondary streaming only library?

if you mean the first option then it works fine as that is what i do.

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jsin76

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Apr 26, 2009 5:07 PM in response to Chenks

I have my apple TV set to stream all content from my laptop and another computer in the house. I only have the 40GB apple tv (but very fast wireless). My media library is too large for apple tv and my understanding is that you can't stream if a computer is already sync'd.

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Chenks

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Apr 26, 2009 6:54 AM in response to harryragg

1) create a playlist in itunes with all the episodes.
2) sync the playlist to the appletv
3) enable video playlists in appletv settings
4) play the playlist on the appletv

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jsin76

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Apr 26, 2009 1:48 PM in response to Chenks

Is there a way to do this with the streaming option? Have the Video playlist in itunes, enabled all playlists but still does not show up on Apple TV as a playlist.

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Chenks

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Apr 27, 2009 2:55 AM in response to jsin76

jsin76 wrote:
and my understanding is that you can't stream if a computer is already sync'd.

that is incorrect

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