Can't transfer/sync digital copies of movies to iPad 2 - authorization issues

I'm having the same problem but with tv shows I have purchased through iTunes and now want to transfer to my iPad. I don't have an answer for you, and iTunes support seems to be fairly useless at trying to fix this. My computer is authorized and the content is in my library, the problem is trying to sync tv shows to my iPad.

Anyone have a solution yet??

that is a very weird situation, because i also bought some of the same movies as you, (pirates of the Caribbean, captain America, & transformers). i have not had any problem with them syncing to my ipad.

i do have a question do those movies play in itunes for you?

i have itunes version 10.5 and i'm running ios5.... as for sycning them i do it by going to my device in itunes and going to the "movies" section and checking the ones i want to sync to my ipad2.

i will see if i can duplicate the problem on mine since we have the same movies involed.

and deauthorizing and then reauthorizing your computers wont hurt anything, and it just might do the trick.

good luck

I have few solutions below and I hope they will help you.

1, Open iTunes > Store menu on the top of iTunes > deauthorized this computer > you may need to deauthorized few times until it pops up 'this computer has not been authorised yet'

2, Go to Edit menu > Preference > Device tag > Reset sync history

3, Restart the PC

4, if you can, it should be better to download all the unsynced movies from iTunes Store by your Apple account.

5, Open iTunes, authorise your PC again

6, On iTunes > Device > Summary > Options > Check ' manually manage music and videos ' > drag the movies from library to your device

7, if the problem still persist, you may need to create a new system account and sync via iTunes followed all the steps above on new system account

What did you do exactly to overcome this issue?

I am experiencing the same problem (not copied to iPad because you are not authorized for it on this computer) and I tried many deauthorizes without success

I can't do the deauthorize all until mid next year since I did it at some point this year

So I've been trying to deauthorize the Mac that I use to sync the iPad with and it's not working for me

The TV episodes play fine on the Mac but refuse to sync to the iPad

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

I've only played with digital copies once but I do recall in the TOS for the movie, that you are usually allowed to have the movie on one computer and one digital device at a time. Could you have your iPad as device number two? Perhaps you need to go back to your DVD, deauthorize it on the device and authorize it on your iPad .

I've never done ths so it's kinda a shot in the dark. Once I realized the restrictions on digital copies I don't buy them anymore and just make my own.

I don't think your iMac is the issue. On your iPad under settings > Store are you logged in with the same apple Id account as on your iMac?

This is for a purchased TV show on iTunes. I don't think there is a restriction on the number of devices you can sync purchased digital content. To my knowledge, the limit is on the number of computers authorized.

Also, I have done this before so something must have changed due to iCloud.

Not sure and any help would be appreciated

Thanks very much

iPad and Mac are using identical store account.

iTunes is different from a purchased DVD with a digital copy. Many people seem to be having issues with tv shows after the iOS update.

With the purchased DVD it's likely that the problem isnt iTunes itself but the DRM on the movie file. And to resolve that you'll need to deal with the DVDs manufacturer. Check their website and they likely lay out how many devices you can use the file on and how to deauthorize/authorize different devices.

Yes, the problem I am seeing is related to iTunes TV content not DVD related.

Any ideas of how to overcome the TV show issues?

Thanks

Other than deauthorize all, I've tried the steps above without success.

I'm going to see if other threads have been posted about this and see if there is any resolution and maybe I'll see if Apple store geniuses can take a look...

It is possible that the policy changed to disallow multiple iPads from viewing the same TV show but I would be very surprised to see that.

I had originally downloaded the TV shows on iTunes on my Windows laptop, then synced it to my wife's iPad, then copied the files to my MacBook Air and then synced to my iPad from the air... All four devices have the same store ID and authorization...

I've done this many times without problems but clearly something changed lately

Will keep investigating and thanks so much everyone for all the advice so far