Is there a way to select which movie quality is downloaded? Or rather: select what kind of media is automatically downloaded?

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Is there a way to select which movie quality is downloaded? Or rather: select what kind of media is automatically downloaded?

My problem: I bought the first Hobbit in HD but since automatic downloads are turned on iTunes keeps downloading the SD-Version as well, which is just a waste of 3GB of my harddrive - there is no point of having it in both qualities. At the same time I do not want to switch off automatic downloads because I like it fpr music?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Dec 16, 2013 8:42 AM

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Limnos

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Dec 16, 2013 9:18 AM in response to sphinx981

iTunes: Purchasing and viewing HD videos - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3209 - "When you purchase an HD video on a supported device or computer, only HD video will be downloaded. To download the SD version, you need to download the video again from your Purchased page." Other details about which formats are downloaded and when.

To set to download to HD: Preferences > Store > change your preferred HD format to 1080p.

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Dec 27, 2013 8:51 AM in response to Limnos

I read that myself. But since the question popped up after I downloaded the movie I thought maybe it did'nt "take in" the changes yet. But today I bought another movie and again - even though I have seleced HD and so on - it automatically downloads both qualities...

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