Apple TV - talk to me

[The Doc]

Net spepd is OK @ 50 meg ish most of the time, decisions decisions

[Guy]

been looking at apple TV too... just wondering if I could combine it with my Time Machine as a kind of music storage jobbie

[Kerrse]

been looking at apple TV too... just wondering if I could combine it with my Time Machine as a kind of music storage jobbie

As long as you use a computer to access media on your TC via iTunes, you can stream it to your ATV2 (which recognizes your computer running iTunes Home Share).

Therefore if iTunes can play it on your Mac, ATV2 can stream it to your TV so basically it's possible but it needs to run through your computer.

I think the only way of doing it without the computer is a NAS drive

I could be wrong 

[Guy]

been looking at apple TV too... just wondering if I could combine it with my Time Machine as a kind of music storage jobbie

As long as you use a computer to access media on your TC via iTunes, you can stream it to your ATV2 (which recognizes your computer running iTunes Home Share).

Therefore if iTunes can play it on your Mac, ATV2 can stream it to your TV so basically it's possible but it needs to run through your computer.

I think the only way of doing it without the computer is a NAS drive

I could be wrong 

thats fairly pants 

still... it can play sh!t directly from the iphone so all is ok

[Kerrse]

been looking at apple TV too... just wondering if I could combine it with my Time Machine as a kind of music storage jobbie

As long as you use a computer to access media on your TC via iTunes, you can stream it to your ATV2 (which recognizes your computer running iTunes Home Share).

Therefore if iTunes can play it on your Mac, ATV2 can stream it to your TV so basically it's possible but it needs to run through your computer.

I think the only way of doing it without the computer is a NAS drive

I could be wrong 

thats fairly pants 

still... it can play sh!t directly from the iphone so all is ok

Indeed from your iphone or ipad via airplay & mirroring i tend to play my music on my computer then stream it to both my atv's in different rooms as you can control everything from your phone like independent volume on each atv access to all your playlist etc etc  via an app called Remote.

For £85-99 they are a cheap solution but defo improved by jailbraking ( http://support.firecore.com/entries/387605 & load on atv flash from http://firecore.com/atvflash-black which makes loading software onto it childs play) but if you don't want to jailbreak them for films then just use Handbrake to convert your films to mp4  i do convert some films to mp4 for watching on my ipad as you don't get the letter box effect after converting just lose a little off the sides

[Kerrse]

I will add though at the moment for IOS5 ( atv 4.4 which allows mirroring ) there is only a tethered jailbrake at present. I still have both of mine running on 4.3 until an untethered solution is sorted, but you can take them back to 4.3 still even if it arrives with 4.4 already on it.

[DubFan]

been looking at apple TV too... just wondering if I could combine it with my Time Machine as a kind of music storage jobbie

As long as you use a computer to access media on your TC via iTunes, you can stream it to your ATV2 (which recognizes your computer running iTunes Home Share).

Therefore if iTunes can play it on your Mac, ATV2 can stream it to your TV so basically it's possible but it needs to run through your computer.

I think the only way of doing it without the computer is a NAS drive

I could be wrong 

So again, you need your computer on to make that work.

My DLink NAS has an iTunes server on it, so an Apple TV would be able to stream music and movies from it.
That's a function Apple could have easily built into the Time Machine, which they must have done deliberately.

[Kerrse]

been looking at apple TV too... just wondering if I could combine it with my Time Machine as a kind of music storage jobbie

As long as you use a computer to access media on your TC via iTunes, you can stream it to your ATV2 (which recognizes your computer running iTunes Home Share).

Therefore if iTunes can play it on your Mac, ATV2 can stream it to your TV so basically it's possible but it needs to run through your computer.

I think the only way of doing it without the computer is a NAS drive

I could be wrong 

So again, you need your computer on to make that work.

My DLink NAS has an iTunes server on it, so an Apple TV would be able to stream music and movies from it.
That's a function Apple could have easily built into the Time Machine, which they must have done deliberately.

Apprently is coming on the new time capsules so yes deliberate  .

They have now announced as predicted the new version of the Apple TV but the prices are sky high, so i will be sticking with my cheap version connected to my tv 

http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-tv-details-gene-munster-2011-11#ixzz1fCrVRL3o

[R32UK]

im not going to read through all the jibba jabba above.. but I have a sony tv connected up to a ps3 which can stream to from my sony laptop.

Although if i want I to play music from an external HD/USB stick etc I can plug it into my tv or ps3 or computer. Interoperability.. apple are not the only ones to have it 

[Kerrse]

im not going to read through all the jibba jabba above.. but I have a sony tv connected up to a ps3 which can stream to from my sony laptop.

Although if i want I to play music from an external HD/USB stick etc I can plug it into my tv or ps3 or computer. Interoperability.. apple are not the only ones to have it 

Ps3 is a little more expensive if you dont already have one plus doesn't have home sharing I don't think so you can't run your iTunes through it but is defo an option if you just want to watch films, im not saying Apple are the only way to do it just that's it's a cheap option that runs very nicely with your iPad or iPhone since AirPlay & mirroring became available