Got it. And do we know if the Apple TV can stream (even from home sharing) any 4k video in the iTunes library, regardless of its original source?
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4K iTunes Content Limited to Streaming Only, No Downloads
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Got it. And do we know if the Apple TV can stream (even from home sharing) any 4k video in the iTunes library, regardless of its original source?
DirecTV went the opposite route.
With their 4k Genies, almost all of their 4k movies have to be downloaded before you can watch them.
Very few will stream in real time regardless of you connection speed.
With their 4k Genies, almost all of their 4k movies have to be downloaded before you can watch them.
Very few will stream in real time regardless of you connection speed.
I sure hope you could. And if you can't, having the option on the ATV4K would just make it competitively better.
Until someone tries, we don’t know. I can’t imagine that there would be a limitation, if there is it would probably be within the iTunes app, and could be enabled in a future update.
It's supposed to be able to stream 4K content via Airplay -- meaning a 4K video you shoot on the iPhone. Whether previous models of the iPhone support that or not is not known, but certainly a 4K capable Mac ought to support it.
Is this still true? I had purchased Sonic Highways (the Foo Fighters HBO series) from the FF website. I recently went back to watch a few episodes and they were gone....from iTunes. They still were on my computer, and still in my iTunes folder, but they don't show up in iTunes or Apple TV. The files are MP4 files and if I click on it they play on my computer.
Yes but they never did allow that. iTunes has allowed downloading 1080p and use Home Streaming for a long time. Internet performance and bandwidth caps is a major issue. I don’t want to eat up 50gb of data because I watch a movie several times.
I also found out today, that your purchased 4k movies won't play 4k from your library,
you need to go back to the shop - Purchased and select the movie again, only then will it play 4K
This probably has to with the fact you're not downloading the 4K, but it could be linked, that it will play 4K automagically.
you need to go back to the shop - Purchased and select the movie again, only then will it play 4K
This probably has to with the fact you're not downloading the 4K, but it could be linked, that it will play 4K automagically.
Yep, just on the 4K Banner, but you go to the individual Movies on a Mac & for me no mention of 4K.Looks like they changed iTunes on the Mac. It now states 4K Apple TV Content instead of just 4K Content. Doesn't look good for our beautiful 5K iMac screens
Further, my purchased copy of Live Die Repeat says 4K on my iPad Air 2, but not on my Retina iMac or MBP. I understand that 4K is only available when streaming on the ATV 4K, but why mention 4K on IOS but not OS?
VUDU absolutely does allow downloading movies to your iPad and computer. They are HDX - not UHD.
This is why being able to download your purchased content is a must for me.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/movie-purchases-disappearing-from-purchased.2070830/
it's not that I don't trust Apple, but also a system glitch could cause major problems, and a headache to get sorted.
This shows that you would have to constantly monitor your purchases, so it won't be gone when you want to play it
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/movie-purchases-disappearing-from-purchased.2070830/
it's not that I don't trust Apple, but also a system glitch could cause major problems, and a headache to get sorted.
This shows that you would have to constantly monitor your purchases, so it won't be gone when you want to play it
I just saw this thread, and couldn't cancel my AppleTV order fast enough. Seriously Apple? So those of us with metered internet will have to pay data charges every time we watch a purchased program? Not me. This is the straw that will break me out of the Apple ecosystem. I never even considered other products until today.
Seriously? Because you failed to read that this operates EXACTLY how the ATV4/ATV3/ATV2 do? Or exactly how the FireStock, Roku do by not allowing you to download any 4K content?
SD/HD operate like previous generations and let you download and stream later. 4k does not. But you are still downloading and using data so...
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Exactly how Roku and Amazon operate.
I also found out today, that your purchased 4k movies won't play 4k from your library, you need to go back to the shop - Purchased and select the movie again, only then will it play 4K
This probably has to with the fact you're not downloading the 4K, but it could be linked, that it will play 4K automagically.
I didn’t have this experience... was able to go to the TV app, navigate to Library, scroll through my list of movies to one I know is available in 4K (The Amazing Spider-Man) and it started in 4K Dolby Vision.
What "other products" are you looking at? There is currently no major streaming provider that allows 4K downloads. When it comes to 1080p, Apple still has the most liberal policy. Other providers have DRM that ties downloaded copies to a single device, and they don't allow streaming over the local network.
Just watched Starship Troopers 20th Anniversary 4K Edition on disc with the quality better than anything available on streaming. In another 10 years I'm sure there will be a 16K Edition.