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Jackie Tesoriero

Q: How do I download movies from iTunes store to Apple TV?

What is the best way to download movies from iTunes store to use on Apple TV?  I've done it a few times but it takes literally hours to download one movie, and we cannot use the TV for anything else while the movie is downloading from iTunes. 

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Posted on Dec 29, 2013 6:36 PM

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  • by Robert Paris,

    Robert Paris Robert Paris Dec 29, 2013 7:21 PM in response to Jackie Tesoriero
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    Dec 29, 2013 7:21 PM in response to Jackie Tesoriero

    We also are attempting to download an iTunes (TV show in our case) and we also are not able to do so tonight.  We've done it a lot in times past and it normally takes seconds to a few minutes at most to be able to start playing the show/movie.  But something has been wrong the past couple days (we're still trying to learn what's going on) and we see messages like it's going to take 44 hours and 10 minutes before we can start playing.  Obviously, that's not useable.  My guess is iTunes is swamped or having some server issues here at the holidays???  We're also seeing some strange, sporadic network issues which we never have here at our home.  So that might be complicating the issue. 

     

    But the answer to your question is that under normal circumstances and without the system being overwhelmed, it will typically only take a few seconds to maybe a very few minutes before enough of the movie downloads so you can begin watching it.  And from that point, you will be able to watch all ther rest of it as it will continue to download while you watch the first part...

     

    bob...