Alley_Cat wrote:
Presumably you log in to each user account on each iTunes as people used to before with AppleTV 1.
well, yes. one logs out of account A and into account B. then iTunes is authorized for both - indefinitly.
The issue here is that you have to use extra computer authorizations
no.
we're not talking computer authorizations but +*iTunes store+* authorizations.
a single iTunes (or, if you will, a single computer) can be authorized for up to five +*iTS accounts+*. equally, a mobile device can use/play content of up to five iTS accounts. while TV is not a mobile device per se, it works for TV just the same.
I thought Home Sharing itself only Shared content from a single account - what if you say had a Desktop Computer registered to Account A but authorised for Accounts A and B - if the second computer was a laptop that was out of the house and similarly authorised but for Account B, I assume that even if Account B content was copied to the desktop because the laptop was often not in the house, you would not be able to stream Account B content from teh desktop (authorised) as Home sharing was only enabled for Account A?
again, once iTunes has been authorized for A and B, it can play content of both accounts.
Or can you stream any account's content over Home Sharing provided the computer is authorised
yes. up to 5 machines, up to 5 iTS accounts.
it would not make sense as it would defeat the home sharing computer limit.
it does if you think about it. let's assume the average household consists of three folks (mom, dad, kid). Apple would of course like for each to have their own Mac and iTunes store account and purchase plenty of content. it would be silly to limit home sharing to just one account ...
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