Downloading rental to ATV3

[KoukiFC3S]

I just rented a movie, but I do not see an option to download the movie before playing it.

Is streaming the only option? My internet is pretty slow, so I would rather download it first.

Thank you.

 

[e²Studios]

I just rented a movie, but I do not see an option to download the movie before playing it.

Is streaming the only option? My internet is pretty slow, so I would rather download it first.

Thank you.

Rent it and "hit menu to watch at a later time" it will continue to download in the background. I just rented a movie last weekend and did that since we weren't ready to watch just yet.

It said it was ready to watch, so you might have to let it download to a point where it thinks you can watch while it streams the rest before that message appears. It only took a few seconds for the message to appear but my fiber is 45/45.

 

[KoukiFC3S]

Thanks. It's been a few days, so the movie should be downloaded by now.

 

[jacob.schmidt]

Thanks. It's been a few days, so the movie should be downloaded by now.

Or expired

 

[DoctorWho]

Or expired

Not if he hasn't started watching it.

 

[KoukiFC3S]

Haha I sure hope not.

I just found out that the ATV has 8GB of onboard storage.

It's weird how it doesn't show the download %, but I guess that's Apple for you.

 

[mawool01]

Both the ATV2 & 3 are steaming only. Even though they both have 8gb of onboard storage it is just for temporary storage of the streaming material.

 

[Roy G Biv]

Both the ATV2 & 3 are steaming only. Even though they both have 8gb of onboard storage it is just for temporary storage of the streaming material.

So it temporarily stores streaming material? Same difference.

 

[class77]

You could always download it to your computer and then stream it from there to your Apple TV. If you download a rental from the Apple TV, you can only play it on that Apple TV. If you download it to a computer, you can play it on that computer or any other shared network connection(i.e. another Apple TV or another computer).