Loading Movies On Apple TV

You can sync over the wireless or Ethernet. I'm pretty sure the manual explains how to do both.

TomKease said:

thanks...

see the issue is i have all the movies in a folder on my desktop....

and not in tunes....

i was wondering if there was a way to just load them in there....

with out putting them in itunes first?

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Yes and no. The ATV syncs/streams with your iTunes library, so if you are using a stock ATV (not hacked) you need to add content to your iTunes library. However, those items need not be located in your iTunes Music folder - they can be on an external drive, for example, or on your desktop. Drag them into iTunes while holding the option key and it will add an entry for each item in your library without actually copying the files to the iTunes Music folder. Alternately, you can go into iTunes prefs and, under advanced, uncheck the "copy to iTunes library" box.

TomKease said:

thanks...

see the issue is i have all the movies in a folder on my desktop....

and not in tunes....

i was wondering if there was a way to just load them in there....

with out putting them in itunes first?

Click to expand...

They don't have to be in your iTunes library folder, but they do have to be iTunes accessible format (not avi)