Apple TV 2 will not play purchased videos from an authorized computer

Yes- exactly what you said on the temporary solution. (sorry I didnt read it well before I posted the same)

Thank you for the tip. I didn't know you could do that ( I thought the movie had to be installed on the iPad to play via Airplay).

Having exact same problem. Apple tv quit in the middle of the new episode of the office stating authorization required. All my apple tvs affected the same way. Tried restoring the app tv deauthorization reauthorization, nothing. Library shows up fine and music plays but no chance of movie or tv show playing. Come on apple get it together so frustrating.

There is another thread on this same problem. What many of us have found is that you can also play the movie on your computer and use AirPlay to send it to the AppleTV. Not the best solution, but it at least is a way to see your purchased content until this problem is resolved.

So glad to read this support forum this morning. I tried all the resetting and reauthorizing crap last night and this morning too. Nothing works, it's definately an Apple problem, whew. Playing movies and TV through airplay is the best option for now. I read online that some people received an email yesterday, I believe, saying that iCloud was available for them to use. That could be the root of the problem. Apple read these comments and do something.

Apple isn't going to read these comments, This is exclusively a User-to-User forum, not a feedback forum to Apple. If you want Apple to hear about it, you have to use their feedback link.

Hi all, same problem as above (amongst other issues) so whos all in favor of setting up a "I hate apple tv 2 till they fix it" group? The device is a great idea, horribly exicuted though. Good news is i get lots of excercise running up and down the bloody stairs trying to get things working right!😉

@Blue75 Thanks for the workaround (using Apple Remote and Airplay to play the movies from iTunes on AppleTV). It works!

Yes, nice tip on using Airplay as a workaround. I'm having the same issues with authorisation as everyone else on this forum and nothing seems to work. I can't believe that I used my "deauthorize all computers" on this issue. Ugh.

I live in The Netherlands and we just got the possiblity to buy/rent movies from iTunes (after waiting several years). Now I downloaded two films but I am not able to play it on my TV because of this authorisation error. I also cannot play it through Airplay though. The only way is to view the movie on my computer.

This is not what I want. This makes me stop buying films and buy Blueray discs instead. Bad start Apple. I hope this iCloud stuff will not show the same outages as MobileMe and now this authorisation problem......

No help here, but I am having the same problem. I was able to stream to my Apple TV last week and now I am unable too. I was ready to take my Apple equipment back, but the forms saved me. Hope this gets fixed soon! I actually have to get up now and change my movies manually. 😀

Hmmm, hard to believe NO ONE from Apple would be checking these forums. Anyway, last night I actually called support about this issue, and talked to two different reps (without agreeing to pay for support) and they advised me to try the same things most of the people here had already tried. I'm sure it's an early implementation/roll out of iCloud in preparation for next weeks IOS 5 announcement. The airplay method works for purchased media, odd that I have no problem playing back music I've purchased through iTunes, the problem only arises with TV shows and movies.

Just talked to Apple Service... after going through the motions of resets and checks, I was on hold while he checked things and when he came back... he said yes indeed one of thier servers that does the authorization is down and they do not know when it will be up again. So everyone stop resetting... its Apple Server Side issue without an ETA for repair. Good luck everyone with the iCloud... cuse its going to be stormy. AirPlay best bet for workaround.

I just downloaded Transformers 3 last night and that is when I started to get the same problems above.

Just when I wanted to watch HD TF. Let me know if anybody gets the solution.

Thanks

Sorry to Say that I too have this issue. Last week my TV shows worked fine...now I apparently need to authorize my already authorized computer. I think its Apple TV Gen 2 Specific...because I can view the TV Show on my Daughter's iPad using Home Sharing and its doesn't have a problem. I can also drive the TV direct from the Media Server Mac via HDMI using iTunes full screen...works fine. Its just the Apple TV......

PS. I also tried a full iTunes restore of the Apple TV.....no joy.....looks like a wider issue. Perhaps iOS 5 rollout next week for iPhone 5 will result in a new AppleTV update......sigh.....:(