Watching RENTED movie on flight (i.e. no wi-fi or 3G available)
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GLBOregon wrote:
....which sounds incredibly slow on a wi-fi connection.
Can someone confirm the above with OS5?
I am in the process of downloading a rented movie from itunes for the purpose of watching it on an flight with no internet connection.
Then I find this: "An Internet connection to the iTunes Store is required to authorize playback of movie rentals."
(This advisory is NOWHERE near the page where the actual purchase is made, by the way...)
I will NOT be starting the movie before the flight where I will have internet, bc I don't know if I want to watch it within the fist 24 hours...
I don't fully understand. I rented a few movies from itunes directly on my ipad, not from "another computer". And, when I tried to watch them on my flight it said that I have to have wifi to do so. It sounds like you are stating that the sync should have happened automatically but it obviously didn't. Can you help? What steps do I take to sync and be able to watch these without a connection. They are showing in my purchased music list but I still can't watch them without wifi a this point. thanks...
We too have had this problem where rentals were downloaded to PC, then to iPad, and when on the plane it required an internet connection. Apple clearly states that an internet connection is required in order for playback but this is not practical for remote viewing, i.e. travelling on a flight or in a car. It also assumes that you're going to watch the movie within the next 24 hours which may not be the case. This seems to be an oversight in the design because I've authenticated to iTunes at the time I paid and downloaded the content.
Watching RENTED movie on flight (i.e. no wi-fi or 3G available)