Streaming rented move wont show

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Streaming rented move wont show

Im so frustrated with my apple TV.
I rent a movie on my Macpro thinking I can stream it to my ATV.
I have a nice dinner, go to watch a movie on my ATV thinking it will stream to my
ATV and RENTED MOVIES doesnt even show up on my menu.

My mac is on.
My itunes is open.
My RENTED MOVIES is there in iTunes.
My ATV is there displayed on my iTunes.
No RENTED MOVIES are on my menu of my ATV - WHY?

Mac Pro Quad Core 3.0, Mac OS X (10.5.5), 2 GB Ram

Posted on Oct 4, 2009 9:24 PM

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Answer 1

capaho

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Oct 4, 2009 11:30 PM in response to Ethridged

I'm not sure you can stream a rental movie, as they are restricted to a single device. You may need to drag it to the ATV in iTunes in order to be able to watch it on the ATV.

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Answer 2

Oct 5, 2009 3:17 AM in response to Ethridged

You need to transfer rented movies from one device to another, you cannot drag and drop the rental, you need to use the transfer procedure.

Transferring rentals will look something like this

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Answer 3

capaho

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Oct 5, 2009 4:56 AM in response to Winston Churchill

...you cannot drag and drop the rental....

You can to an iPod touch or iPhone. I seem to recall doing it once with my ATV.

In any case, you can't just sync a rental movie that was purchased from iTunes on a computer to an ATV. If dragging and dropping doesn't work, the OP may have to right-click on the movie in iTunes and select the option to transfer it from the popup menu.

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Answer 4

Oct 5, 2009 7:19 AM in response to Ethridged

Ethridged.

To the best of my knowledge drag & drop will not work with the tv.

The transfer option in the device contextual menu (right-click device) refers to the transfer of purchased content from the tv only.

The link I provided in my post above, shows you the way to transfer rentals between devices.

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Answer 5

capaho

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Oct 5, 2009 7:49 AM in response to Winston Churchill

Of course, the only time I ever rented a movie on my computer there was no HD video available in the iTunes store and iTunes itself was several iterations removed from the current release. In any case, the following newer but equally esoteric method might work:

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