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Accessing time capsule from Apple TV

I have lot of my movies stored on time capsule. Can i directly read these movies from time capsule through my apple tv and play them on my hdtv?

AppleTV 2, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Jul 5, 2012 1:30 AM

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Jul 14, 2012 7:57 PM in response to Winston Churchill

This is correct, but who on earth doesn't have an itunes account? I have successfully done this task. I have been converting my dvd collection to mp4's and placing them in a folder on my TC. Then I drag and drop them to my itunes movies folder. (Make sure you disable the "copy to itunes media folder "in your itunes preferences...this way ththe file stays on the TC and is not copied to your computers hard drive.)


When I go into my aTV and then play a movie there is about 10-15 seconds of spinning pin wheel buffering before it plays but other than that I couldn't be happier.

Aug 15, 2012 4:23 PM in response to dchandok

Yes. Just bought it thinking I would be able to play directly from my Time Capsule, but am going to send it back and buy another player, probably from Western Digital, that can acces the files directly.


I am very disappointed with Apple: they do make the best hardware, but all those limitations they put on the way you can use them is a shame.


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Jul 30, 2013 6:36 AM in response to mabramovic

I agree!

I also bought my time capsule just to stow my mac away and play my library directly on my appleTV :(

They need to fix this! With my ipads, ipod, iphone, appleTV and everything going on, my mac will only come out when I need it for some project. To keep it running just to manage my iTunes is out of the question!


Fix this please!

Jul 30, 2013 7:07 AM in response to mabramovic

mabramovic wrote:


Yes. Just bought it thinking I would be able to play directly from my Time Capsule, but am going to send it back and buy another player, probably from Western Digital, that can acces the files directly.


I am very disappointed with Apple: they do make the best hardware, but all those limitations they put on the way you can use them is a shame.


😟

That's entirely up to you. However do you realise that many of the features of the Apple TV rely on integration with iTunes, without it, well you just have the poor experience you do with other products, even though you may be able to access content from a network drive.

Sep 23, 2013 4:26 PM in response to dchandok

Just my 2 cents:


While I am certain this significant limitation is not an accident, it is nevertheless an inconvenient limitation for some that could easily be rectified by installing a skinny version of iTunes locally on the Time Capsule that could communicate directly with an Apple TV. Why don't Apple consider that as an option to improve their already superior products?

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