Apple TV loading a movie

[RDAR]

When I pick a movie from my iTunes library and stream it to Apple TV and press down on the apple remote it shows a grey bar and how much of the movie has loaded. When the bar is full does it still use up bandwidth from my Internet?

[Mrbobb]

Originally Posted by RDAR

When I pick a movie from my iTunes library and stream it to Apple TV and press down on the apple remote it shows a grey bar and how much of the movie has loaded. When the bar is full does it still use up bandwidth from my Internet?

Nope. When the gray bar is done, IT MEANS DONE. FINITO. U can tell by looking at your the broadband modem's lights, it stops flashing, *if* you are the only user. Lights, they are there not just to look pretty.

[RDAR]

Thanks I was worried because I'm streaming dark knight rises and it's almost 3 hours. The grey bar finished in like 10 min so I'm good with my bandwidth not taking anything for the entire 3 hours right ?

[bushido]

ja once its fully loaded it doesnt take any bandwidth, u can even skip and go back or close it. its saved in the cache of the apple tv for a while.

just out of curiousity, what inet provider still has traffic limits?

[RDAR]

Originally Posted by bushido

ja once its fully loaded it doesnt take any bandwidth, u can even skip and go back or close it. its saved in the cache of the apple tv for a while.

just out of curiousity, what inet provider still has traffic limits?

Bell simpatico in Canada ;p I only got 175GB

[bushido]

Originally Posted by RDAR

Bell simpatico in Canada ;p I only got 175GB

omg u poor soul

[Ace1024]

Just realise you're going full throttle until the entire movie is stored in cache. In terms of total quota used, there is no difference.

[tdhurst]

Originally Posted by Ace1024

Just realise you're going full throttle until the entire movie is stored in cache. In terms of total quota used, there is no difference.

What he said. Three hours, 50 hours, whatever — a two gig movie is still only a two gig movie.

You're good.

Wait...did you say you picked a movie from your iTunes library or did you mean you're streaming it from the iTunes Store?

[Defender2010]

Originally Posted by RDAR

Thanks I was worried because I'm streaming dark knight rises and it's almost 3 hours. The grey bar finished in like 10 min so I'm good with my bandwidth not taking anything for the entire 3 hours right ?

How The Dark Knight Rises when it is not in iTunes yet??

[chenks]

Originally Posted by RDAR

When I pick a movie from my iTunes library and stream it to Apple TV and press down on the apple remote it shows a grey bar and how much of the movie has loaded. When the bar is full does it still use up bandwidth from my Internet?

if the movie is in your itunes library it not using your internet bandwidth at all.

[tdhurst]

Originally Posted by chenks

if the movie is in your itunes library it not using your internet bandwidth at all.

Yeah...what this guy said.

Also, stop asking for advice about movies that haven't been legally obtained. We frown heavily on that around these parts.

[bushido]

he was obviously mistaking it with the dark knight

[iHailCarlo]

uh-oh someone has their hand in the cookie jar!!