How to play a slideshow (with movies) from Iphoto to Apple TV second gen

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How to play a slideshow (with movies) from Iphoto to Apple TV second gen

Hi,

Does anyone know how to play a slideshow with movies, that I normally play perfect with Iphoto (I even can add music)to let it stream to the Apple tv second gen?

So I have some movies on Imac from a holiday in Egypt and Iphoto alows me let it play as a movie.

How can I setup my Apple TV so that it is the same on my Apple TV? So with nice fade ins and outs?

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Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Dec 22, 2010 12:56 PM

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vazandrew

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Dec 22, 2010 1:04 PM in response to robinthart

Have you shared your iPhoto library (including movies) with the apple tv?

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Dec 22, 2010 1:09 PM in response to vazandrew

I am rather new with Imac, so I didn't do that yet.

How do I do that? In Itunes?

WIll it also let me plast the movies in one time or do I have to manually click each movie to view it?

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vazandrew

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Dec 22, 2010 1:12 PM in response to robinthart

Yes, in iTunes go to advanced (top right) and 'choose photos to share' and make sure include movies is ticked. If you share the whole library then you don't have to manually click

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Dec 22, 2010 1:19 PM in response to vazandrew

Ok Thank you, but I have one more question.

The Iphoto library is loaded with different movies and Photos. They are sorted by date.

Is there a possibily to make folders in Iphoto. So that I have on folder called for example "vacation Egypt" and put all the movies in this folder within Iphoto?

And then when I select this map it will make a slideshow from all this movies with music? Just like in Iphoto?

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vazandrew

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Dec 22, 2010 1:23 PM in response to robinthart

You would have to make the folders and slideshows in iPhoto, you can't do that on ATV.

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robinthart Author

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Dec 22, 2010 1:38 PM in response to vazandrew

ok and then the apple tv will play slideshows just like Iphoto?

So I also can add music?
Really thanks for your help!

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vazandrew

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Dec 22, 2010 1:42 PM in response to robinthart

I don't believe it will take the music. If you want a slideshow exactly like in iPhoto i'd create it, export it and import to iTunes so you can stream it that way.

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Dec 22, 2010 1:55 PM in response to vazandrew

But it will make it 1 large movie with nice fades between 2 movies?

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vazandrew

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Dec 22, 2010 4:21 PM in response to robinthart

Not sure what you're asking..are you wanting one slideshow or multiple with fades in between? You would have to export them separately or make one big slideshow and export the 1 file.

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Dec 22, 2010 4:27 PM in response to vazandrew

for example:

1 have 1 folder with 20 clips from my vacation in egypt. I want to play it as 1 movie with fades between the scenes.

Hope you understand what i mean.

Thanks for your help!

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vazandrew

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Dec 22, 2010 4:34 PM in response to robinthart

I suggest putting them into iMovie and adding fades between each clip.

So go into iPhoto, right click, show file. If they are all organized into the same event it will show you where they are in the finder. Then import them, do the fades, export (share - iTunes - apple tv, if you want higher quality that will take another step), import to iTunes and voila.

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Dec 22, 2010 4:40 PM in response to vazandrew

So the Apple tv doesn't work like Iphoto then?

So a slideshow of my movies in the Iphoto folder isn't possible with the Apple tv?

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vazandrew

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Dec 22, 2010 4:50 PM in response to robinthart

Can you even make a slideshow with movies in iPhoto? Unless they added that functionality, I would say no. You can view them as they are in iPhoto now on apple tv, you can make a photo slideshow and stream that.

iMovie is for editing movies, iPhoto is for photos (and I store my iphone video in there by default)

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Dec 22, 2010 5:02 PM in response to vazandrew

Yes it is possible in Iphoto. It works the same as with foto's, only it plays movies. very nice feature. But I will try some things and I will let you know.

Thanks for your help!

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vazandrew

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Dec 22, 2010 6:05 PM in response to robinthart

Ok, maybe they added that feature. I've always kept them separate. Yeah, no harm in trying.

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