Apple TV is a tiny entertainment powerhouse that plays the content you love from iTunes, Netflix, Hulu Plus, YouTube, and your favorite sports leagues on your widescreen TV.
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How to make Apple TV play episodes consecutively?
I have a 3rd-gen Apple TV. I recently started ripping and adding some of my TV Shows from DVD and I've stumbled into a problem.
Some of TV shows episodes are played consecutively (one-by-one without ...
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How can I remove errant podcast entries in iTunes?
I am using iTunes 10.6.3 on OS X 10.8
On my second generation AppleTV there are 8 podcasts showing that I have long since deleted. When I look in iTunes there is nothing there. I then created a smart ...
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Is there any way to use iOS Remote to control an Apple TV without Home Sharing?
This is an office environment and while we all have iPhones and would like to use Remote with the Apple TV we don't want to all use the same Home Sharing account to do so.
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Apple TV Home Videos
I'm considering importing my home videos into my iTunes library so I can easily access them over any device in the house. The one problem I'm seeing is when I add home movies, and I have them labeled ...
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Export photos from iPad or Apple TV
I have a lot of photos in which I have tagged people, given it the right information and so on. Sadly, I lost all these photos when I did a clean install of OS X Lion. The photos were being ...
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Windows 7 computer not showing up on Apple TV
Both iTunes on Windows 7 and the Apple TV 3 are updated to the latest versions. My PC is connected to the router via Cat 5 and the Apple TV is connected on wireless. I can AirPlay with my iPad or ...
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Apple TV 3G can't connect to Windows iTunes home sharing library
I'm trying to connect my 3rd generation Apple TV to iTunes on Windows 7 via iTunes home sharing, but when I "click" the Computers icon on the Apple TV, it shows an error message stating that it can't ...
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Multiple Apple TV connections to one iTunes Library
I have 16 AppleTVs connected to a Video Wall, we want to share the iTunes/iPhoto libraries from a Mac mini containing family photos so we can show different photo albums in each screen (up to 16, one ...
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Restore Default settings Apple TV, how do I pair a new remote?
I lost my remote for my Apple TV, and we were using the Remote App, but we recently downloaded a new update for the Apple TV and the update kept us from watching Movies. I did a restore on the Apple ...
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Minimal Apple TV Setup
For an exhibition I need a minimal Apple TV setup that enables me to connect an iPad to an Apple TV via Air Play.
→ Ideally I don't want to bring an extra router or computer. Is it possible to ...
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Airplay: stream video and audio components to different Airplay target devices
I'm thinking about getting a Libratone sound system that plays music via Airplay. I would have an Apple TV connected to an LCD projector.
My question is whether I would be able to wirelessly stream ...
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AppleTV's Netflix brows menu is no longer accessible
ALIBI
First off, I am new to Apple TV and to Netflix. If I am in the wrong forum please let me know.
EQUIPMENT
Apple TV (Gen 3), model MD199LL/A, running Apple TV Software 5.2.1(6025)
Sharp Aquos 60" ...
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Why can't I add new m4v videos to my iTunes library?
Using iTunes 11.0.1, I tried to add some newly converted movies to my library for consumption on my Apple TV 2. This used to work well: ripping some movies from my DVDs, converting them using ...
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Apple TV - Can't Sign In, or use YouTube (but other stuff works)
Apple TV was working fine up until yesterday.
I had rented & watched Men in Black 3 and it was all good - that was my first day experience wi Apple TV - great!
Now it's all gone downhill...
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Airplay icon disappears after mac wakes up from sleep
I have found that when my mac wakes up from sleep, sometimes there is no airplay icon. The only way I can fix this is by doing a recycle of my MacBook Air. I was wondering if there was any other way ...
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How do I get my AirPlay mirroring to take up my entire TV screen?
I have a 2011 27" iMac that currently has Mountain Lion installed on it, and I am trying to get the AirPlay mirroring to take up my entire 1080p widescreen TV. How do I get that to happen?
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iPad Remote app with Apple TV 2 not remembering where I was in iTunes pane
Whenever I closed my smart cover or otherwise dismiss the Remote app, attempts to reopen the app result in a "reset", acting as though it was the first time remote was opened and "forgetting" where I ...
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Airplay Streaming Video without Apple TV?
So I am aware there are various alternatives to Apple TV for receiving Airplay Streams, such as XBMC, AirServer and Reflector.
These work to some degree but what I'd really like is a standalone ...
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Why do YouTube videos take longer than the length of the video to load?
I've been using my AppleTV (3rd generation) to watch YouTube videos for some time, and have been encountering an increasingly frustrating issue. Videos have been taking longer to load than the length ...
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Why do subtitles not work when streaming via AirPlay to Apple TV?
Whenever I use AirPlay to watch streamed content (streaming from the web (via an app or Safari), that is, not from a downloaded movie) from my iPad to my Apple TV, subtitles are never carried over. ...
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How do I move all my account settings from an old Apple TV to a new one?
I have an old Apple TV ("2nd generation") and have just purchased a new one as a replacement. How do I move all my settings from the old one to the new one?
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iTunes on Windows 7 loses connection to other iTunes or Apple TV 2
I can start iTunes on my Windows 7 desktop, and can browse it from my Apple TV 2. It works fine for a while, then randomly in the middle of the movie I'm watching it completely loses the connection ...
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why does my Apple TV (1st gen) not show up in iTunes
I cannot connect my ATV to iTunes (10.7.(21)). No ATV is shown in the device list, nor is there an Apple tab in the iTunes preferences.
ATV gives me a 5-digit number to enter in iTunes - but where???
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ipad2 airplay option disappeared, apple tv3, imac as router
I have been using my Apple TV3 and iPad2 successfully for over a month with a Wi-Fi network created on my iMac (no external router). I changed the network name and password so that a visitor could ...
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Apple TV 1: Airtunes shows up on Mac but not iPhone 5
I have a jailbroken first generation Apple TV running the latest firmware (3.0.2), a MacBook with the latest version of Lion (10.7.4, and iTunes 10.7), and an iPhone 5 with the latest version of iOS ...
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Can you play the sound from an iOS device (eg ipad/iphone5) while airplay mirroring a game / video to an AppleTV?
When using Airplay to send a video or game from an iOS device like an iPad/iPhone to an AppleTV, is it possible to have the audio (from the video or game) coming from the iOS device so I can plug my ...
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Why does my 1st Gen Apple TV say my TV Shows are not authorized?
I'm trying to play two HD TV Shows on my jailbroken 1st Gen Apple TV. When I try to play them, I get the 'authorizing' message and then I see
'Your Apple TV is not authorized to play this content.'
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Share connection over ethernet on jailbroken appletv
Would it be possible to have an (jailbroken) ATV2 share a WiFi connection over its Ethernet port? I'd say yes, but I can't seem to find any information about this.
I found this helpful, yet not, ...
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Apple TV 2: shared photo folder won't update
I have successfully shared photos from my computer to my Apple TV via iTunes, by going to Advance > Choose Photos to Share.
However, when I add photos to that directory, they do not appear on my ...
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Apple TV Gen 3 iTunes iCloud audio levels between songs drastically different. No “Soundcheck” setting?
I signed up for iCloud and let my iTunes library sync from my Macbook Pro.
iTunes has "Soundcheck" enabled so all the songs play back at about the same level.
If I play my music library on the ...
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Unable to use Airplay, Remote App, or wireless printing
I have a regular home wireless network. The only issue is that, apparently, I'm unable to do things which require device-to-device connectivity (Airplay, Remote App on iPhone, or wireless printing). ...
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Keyboard shortcut to mirror from OS X to AppleTV?
Is there a keyboard shortcut to mirror from OS X to AppleTV and to stop mirroring?
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Why's airplay randomly disconnecting?
We're having problems with airplay machines. We've got a pair of Apple TVs as well as multiple Macbooks. Airplay is not used much, but when it is, it likes to randomly disconnect. It doesn't seem ...
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Apple TV downloads slowly while “on”. Why?
I bought an Apple TV and when I'm watching TV episodes, downloading seems to take forever. When I power down my monitor, downloading is noticeably faster. Any idea why? Is there a way to make the ...
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appletv Harmony One setup
I changed my Apple TV set up to play audio through my receiver and the setting now read:
Apple TV is set to "Frontrow"
TV is set to HDMI 3
AV Receiver is set to DvdOptic1
My question: is the TV set ...
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Pod 2G AirPlay for Apple TV only plays sound but no video
I have an iPod Touch 2G and Apple TV 3rd Generation.
iPod is on iOS 4.2.1 so AirPlay is available. I select Apple TV when playing video but it only plays sound, not the video?
I don't have any ...
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iTunes does not synchronize iPhoto albums for Apple TV
The one liner here is, my iPhoto albums do not show up on my Apple TV. This only just stopped working.
My iPhoto started up the other day, missing all of the albums. All the photos were still ...
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Apple TV required switching hardware / mobile WiFi router
I am considering Apple TV for a trips, but usually the hotels' wifis' connections are separated. I came up with using my Vodafone branded Huawei R201 mobile wifi router for that purpose, but I am not ...
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Apple TV 3 Audio crackling and white noise on power on, changing sound settings fixes
Brand new ATV3 hooked to a Samsung amplifier/DVD player combo. Latest firmware.
Every time I switch the ATV on, the sound comes garbled, the menu clicks are delayed, with mixed in crackling and white ...
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Is there a way to refresh YouTube playlist, favorites on Apple TV?
I have updated my favorites (added/removed) and added some videos to watch later on YouTube, but when I go to the YouTube app on my Apple TV (Apple TV Software 5.1), the changes aren't there.
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Audio plays via AppleTV but the video stops
When I'm using Airplay from my iPad 2, the sound will work from a video but depending on the app I'm streaming the video won't appear at all, or it will cut out and the screen will go black, any ...
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Airplay mirroring and audio after briefly trying video mirroring?
I alt-clicked the volume button in the menu bar and selected to play the audio from my Mac (spotify at the moment) to my Apple TV, which started playing the music through my stereo system.
I then ...
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Playing iPhone games with Apple TV & Airplay
I just got an Apple Tv yesterday and I've purchased apps that say they are compatible with Apple Tv for playing games. However, I can't seem to figure out how to get them to work. I've double tapped ...
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Awful noise when starting up Apple TV
I seem to be having the same problem as another user: "TV connected to AppleTV makes horrible noise on startup and when waking up from standby"
In my case, I'm using a stereo receiver for audio ...
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How do you connect an Apple TV to a wireless connection that requires a password after connecting?
The wireless router I'm connecting to does not have any encryption. If you log in from a computer and open a browser, you are prompted with a password request.
How do you access this type of network ...
