I've had trouble doing this in the past with movies I rented from iTunes, but I haven't tried it in the last couple of years. I just rented No Time To Die and would like to watch it on a flight later today. I started the movie at home to make sure it works. Then I turned off WiFi and started it again. Still works. But I'm paranoid that it won't work because this has happened before. Any other tricks to make sure it works?
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Can I watch a rented movie on the plane w/ no internet?
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Unless it's downloaded to your device, I cannot imagine how you could watch it without internet. When you turned off Wi-Fi and it 'stilll worked', how long did you continue watching? Enough of it could have downloaded that you wouldn't notice a problem immediately. I've had movies continue to play for a little while after losing my connection.
In that case, I have no clue. I actually thought you might have failed to mention it since it seems obvious- I probably should have asked!
There are some old articles on Apple.com that suggest that you can provided you downloaded them in advance. I have done that with Netflix content.
Just took my flight and was able to watch rented movies without a problem and without a WiFi connection. I did of course download them and start them before the flight to be safe, but not even sure if that was necessary.
I believe that even though you went through the rental process, the server will check during the initial viewing if the device you are using is authorized. I think it worked fine for you because you got through the validation.
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Since all of the movies play through the TV App, I suspect all of the metadata associated with the viewing of the movie is resides there. I would think it would not be a problem, again assuming that the movie is fully downloaded as you described.