Hi folks,
I'm quite clueless about Apple TV so hopefully you'll forgive my newbishness. I've searched a bit but since I have so many questions I thought maybe it'd be best to post anew.
I'm interested in AppleTV, but I need to be sure that it will fit my purpose...
1. Does it have to stream from iTunes libraries, or can I point it to a folder on a hard drive? Reason being that I don't use iTunes for my video and I prefer not to make it untidy on a machine for AppleTV alone - i.e. I'd still not watch it on that computer.
2. Is it capable of playing files from external hard drives plugged into a computer and, more specifically, those formatted NTFS? As a recent switcher I've still got two external drives with a lot of stuff on them that are formatted NTFS. My Xbox can't read from them Failing that can it read from FAT-32 externals plugged into a computer?
3. Does it cope ok with DivX files? I've got lots
Any other things that you can say about it that really sold it to you?
I basically love watching TV/shows. I don't always give 100% of my attention - but I basically always have something running e.g. at the moment I've got my Friends DVDs rolling and I'll watch them from start to finish whilst I'm doing other things; that's kinda how I work. Would it be a good addition to me you think, as a person who already has a lot of content she wants to watch? (I wouldn't necessarily be buying or renting a load of movies from it because I'm not much of a movie person). I've got a DivX DVD player so I use that a lot of the time but it's a bit more clunky and of course, I have to burn stuff to disc to use it...
Edit: Ack, some more searching has found that it's not compatible with DivX unless I convert my files
I'm quite clueless about Apple TV so hopefully you'll forgive my newbishness. I've searched a bit but since I have so many questions I thought maybe it'd be best to post anew.
I'm interested in AppleTV, but I need to be sure that it will fit my purpose...
1. Does it have to stream from iTunes libraries, or can I point it to a folder on a hard drive? Reason being that I don't use iTunes for my video and I prefer not to make it untidy on a machine for AppleTV alone - i.e. I'd still not watch it on that computer.
2. Is it capable of playing files from external hard drives plugged into a computer and, more specifically, those formatted NTFS? As a recent switcher I've still got two external drives with a lot of stuff on them that are formatted NTFS. My Xbox can't read from them Failing that can it read from FAT-32 externals plugged into a computer?
3. Does it cope ok with DivX files? I've got lots
Any other things that you can say about it that really sold it to you?
I basically love watching TV/shows. I don't always give 100% of my attention - but I basically always have something running e.g. at the moment I've got my Friends DVDs rolling and I'll watch them from start to finish whilst I'm doing other things; that's kinda how I work. Would it be a good addition to me you think, as a person who already has a lot of content she wants to watch? (I wouldn't necessarily be buying or renting a load of movies from it because I'm not much of a movie person). I've got a DivX DVD player so I use that a lot of the time but it's a bit more clunky and of course, I have to burn stuff to disc to use it...
Edit: Ack, some more searching has found that it's not compatible with DivX unless I convert my files