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daytimeninja

Jul 30, 2009, 05:12 PM

Ok, so is it possible to stream my iTunes purchases from my Windows PC, to an Apple TV or do I have to purchase them on the Apple TV?

thanks for the help

geoffreak

Jul 30, 2009, 05:13 PM

You can stream from any Mac or PC with iTunes.

madog

Jul 30, 2009, 05:30 PM

Anything that works in iTunes will work on the AppleTV. Whichever computer you set it up with becomes the main source, and as far as I know, the music from that machine must be transferred/synced to the AppleTV in order to play, but movies can be streamed.

You can also connect other computers to the AppleTV, up to 5 I believe, which you can use to stream music/movies to the AppleTV.

Shuttleworth

Jul 30, 2009, 06:08 PM

Anything that works in iTunes will work on the AppleTV. Whichever computer you set it up with becomes the main source, and as far as I know, the music from that machine must be transferred/synced to the AppleTV in order to play, but movies can be streamed.

No, music can be streamed too, and the :apple:TV can also act as remote speakers for itunes on your computer.

madog

Jul 30, 2009, 06:11 PM

No, music can be streamed too, and the :apple:TV can also act as remote speakers for itunes on your computer.

I know it can be streamed from computers, but I just never had any luck streaming the source Mac's music. I could only get it to play that music if it was synced. I could very well be wrong though.

daytimeninja

Jul 30, 2009, 07:29 PM

Thanks for the help guys. As long as I can play my iTunes purchases on my TV, it's great.