Syncing ripped movies from ATV back to iTunes

tinydancer · 07:05 PM

I had ripped a bunch of movies and then put them into iTunes and subsequently ATV. However, recently I lost most of my movies in iTunes when I went to do a backup (long story). Anyway...

All of my movies are still on the ATV. Is there a way to "reverse sync" whereby I import my movies from the ATV back into iTunes. If so, could you please inform me as to how this is accomplished?

mmccaskill · Dec 21, 2008, 11:20 PM

My instincts say it isn't possible without some sort of hacking. From what I understand, under normal operations, if you sync it with another machine all content is erased before syncing commences.

But I could be wrong.

natebookpro · Dec 22, 2008, 02:40 AM

Im going to have to agree. Only thing I could think of is popping the hd out and hooking it into your computer. Seems like a lot of work.

NJuul · Dec 22, 2008, 03:00 AM

Hack it and FTP them back

Patchstick

It's easy and harmless, and if in doubt, a quick search will quickly bring you detailed step-by-step instructions on both hacking the ATV and setting up ftp.

Dec 21, 2008, 06:14 PM	#1
tinydancer macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North Carolina	Syncing ripped movies from ATV back to iTunes I had ripped a bunch of movies and then put them into iTunes and subsequently ATV. However, recently I lost most of my movies in iTunes when I went to do a backup (long story). Anyway... All of my movies are still on the ATV. Is there a way to "reverse sync" whereby I import my movies from the ATV back into iTunes. If so, could you please inform me as to how this is accomplished? __________________ Truth lies in the meeting of the opposites. Last edited by tinydancer; Dec 21, 2008 at 07:05 PM.
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Dec 21, 2008, 11:20 PM	#2
mmccaskill macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: NC	My instincts say it isn't possible without some sort of hacking. From what I understand, under normal operations, if you sync it with another machine all content is erased before syncing commences. But I could be wrong. __________________ Early 2011 MBP 17" 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD
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Dec 22, 2008, 02:40 AM	#3
natebookpro macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Maryland	Im going to have to agree. Only thing I could think of is popping the hd out and hooking it into your computer. Seems like a lot of work. __________________ MacBook Pro with Retina Display 256GB 8GB \| iPhone 5 32GB Black & Slate \| the new iPad 32GB Verizon LTE \| Airport Extreme, Express & 2GB Time Capsule
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Dec 22, 2008, 03:00 AM	#4
NJuul macrumors 6502 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Boston	Hack it and FTP them back Patchstick It's easy and harmless, and if in doubt, a quick search will quickly bring you detailed step-by-step instructions on both hacking the ATV and setting up ftp.
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