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Q: Can I use apple TV on home network with time capsule or Airport Xtreme without being connected to the internet?

I'm wondering if I can use Apple TV to play movies and slide shows on my TV, play music over my sound system and print from my devices (Iphone 4S, iPad and MacBook pro 2011) by using an Airport Xtreme or Time Capsule (to back up the devices) if those devices are not connected to the internet. Can anyone advise pls? Reason for this is that I work on a moving ship and don't have an internet connection to speak of for much of the time (and if I do it's a wireless system that I need to pay by the minute and that is too slow to support the Apple TV), but would all the same like to create a wireless environment where my devices can interact with each other. I seem to get conficting info and a rep at the apple store in Honolulu told me that you cannot use Airport Xtreme or Time Capsule without an internet connection (it was busy, he may have misunderstood my question).

 

Looking forward to your input.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Sep 30, 2014 12:13 AM

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Q: Can I use apple TV on home network with time capsule or Airport Xtreme without being connected to the internet?

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  • by LaPastenague,

    LaPastenague LaPastenague Sep 30, 2014 2:36 AM in response to rtjs_123
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    Sep 30, 2014 2:36 AM in response to rtjs_123

    Yes, you can do the setup and run it without internet..

     

    You will need to ignore some errors as the main router will fail to have internet and will toss up a bunch of errors which are perfectly fine to ignore.. the network will then allow all your devices to access your local resources..

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    rtjs_123 rtjs_123 Oct 5, 2014 7:40 PM in response to LaPastenague
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    Oct 5, 2014 7:40 PM in response to LaPastenague

    Hi, Thanks for the info. I went ahead bought the Time Capsule 3T with an Apple TV. mixed results. I can get airplay to work for iPhoto (incl video clips), ITunes music and general mirroring of my MacBook pro screen but when I want to play an iTunes movie that's stored on my MacBook, both the Apple TV and MacBook are trying to access the iTunes store (I have no internet connection at sea) and I cannot set up home sharing either as it needs to access the internet. If IPhoto and ITunes music work, it seems I should be able to get I tunes movies working without the need for homes haring or accessing the iTunes store, but after hours of trying, I'm ready to toss the whole thing out (well, return it to an apple store when I get to one). Any idea what I should do different?

     

    Regards,

    RT

  • by LaPastenague,

    LaPastenague LaPastenague Oct 5, 2014 9:28 PM in response to rtjs_123
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    Oct 5, 2014 9:28 PM in response to rtjs_123

    Don't try to home share it.. as that is dependent on using Apple ID.

     

    Just airplay to the ATV.. iTunes: Using AirPlay

     

    The movie should play exactly as your doing music.. but get rid of the whole home share if that is causing issues.. there is no mention of needing home share in the above..

     

    If you still have issues you might need to do it other ways.. like export the movie from itunes.. and play it using vlc which should allow you to stream it to the apple TV using airplay.

     

    That is a bit tricky and I have not used that setup but it should work.

     

    http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/23412/can-i-stream-any-video-played-wit h-vlc-player-to-apple-tv

     

    If you have a hunt around you should find it fairly easy to do.. but straight airplay should work.. there is a very recent update to ATV which might help it with airplay.

  • by rtjs_123,

    rtjs_123 rtjs_123 Oct 6, 2014 12:12 AM in response to LaPastenague
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    Oct 6, 2014 12:12 AM in response to LaPastenague

    Hi Again,

     

    Really appreciate your assistance and advice, but alas, it doesn't work via iTunes and although I appreciate the suggestion to export and convert the files, I'm not about to go through a lengthy process of converting files when a long HDMI cable will do the trick too.  (As you can tell, I'm totally fed up with this new setup by now). It just doesn't want to play movies. All is as described and goes well until I hit the play or resume buttons for the movie I selected. I do get the pop up window from Airplay that states 'connecting' but at the same time in the iTunes window at the top of the screen it states 'accessing iTunes Store' and then it just times out after a while and crashes with an error message that states the 'network connection could not be established'. The display won't even mirror anymore until I first switch off the ATV in the displays window under preferences and then re-select the ATV again. I use iTunes 11.4 and I'm sure it's related to that somehow, given that the other things such as music and Iphoto do seem to work (I haven't tried backing my computer up though). Tomorrow I'll contact Apple and see if they have the magic solution, if not, I'll return the lot and for a fraction of the cost buy a long HDMI cable.

    Again, I really appreciate you trying to help.

    RT.