i have a new problem i cant play any music the songs are there but it lodes but back to the same page.
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How to Stream iTunes videos to the iPad using Mac OS X's Web Sharing
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Won't ever work..
iPad/iPhone and 'server' have to be on the same network. When you are 3G connected, you are on AT&T network with different IP range than your desktop running the web server.
iPad/iPhone and 'server' have to be on the same network. When you are 3G connected, you are on AT&T network with different IP range than your desktop running the web server.
Playback?
So I've got this set up and when I browse from Safari on my MacBook Pro, I see music and movie directories, I can drill down into the artist, click the song I want and it plays (in itunes). But when I try to access either movies or music from my iPad it doesn't work. I can browse to the directory (music or movies) with ease, drill down to the song or movie I want, but when I select the song of movie, I get a download failed error. Could this be something with my setup?
So I've got this set up and when I browse from Safari on my MacBook Pro, I see music and movie directories, I can drill down into the artist, click the song I want and it plays (in itunes). But when I try to access either movies or music from my iPad it doesn't work. I can browse to the directory (music or movies) with ease, drill down to the song or movie I want, but when I select the song of movie, I get a download failed error. Could this be something with my setup?
Ok, this method works pretty well.
I don't like Air Video because it transcodes and is a CPU pig on my Mac Mini.
The only problem is that some m4v's won't play on the iPad but they will play on the AppleTV 2. Not sure why
I don't like Air Video because it transcodes and is a CPU pig on my Mac Mini.
The only problem is that some m4v's won't play on the iPad but they will play on the AppleTV 2. Not sure why
Different itunes location
Hey guys,
I have a 64gb macbook air and store all my movies and tv shows on an external hard drive. How do i link the folder on my external hard drive to websharing? Its always plugged in when I'm at home, and ill only use websharing when I'm at home.
Hopefully one you guys can give description on how to link a folder in my external hard drive.
The general path is External HDD/TV Shows/
Thanks!
Hey guys,
I have a 64gb macbook air and store all my movies and tv shows on an external hard drive. How do i link the folder on my external hard drive to websharing? Its always plugged in when I'm at home, and ill only use websharing when I'm at home.
Hopefully one you guys can give description on how to link a folder in my external hard drive.
The general path is External HDD/TV Shows/
Thanks!
1, doesn't ln -s /External\ HDD/TV\ Shows/ /Library/WebServer/Documents/movies work?
2, are the movies in your iTunes library? If they are, go with iTunes Sharing instead. Much cleaner, much better, much easier to set up - the only downside is that it can only be accessed by the built-in Videos app and no third-party ones.
Explanation!
Can you explain this in more detail please, I have the same situation but I don't know how to use terminal as good as you do!
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I get permission denied...
my tv shows are stored on my external HDD but i drag them into iTunes (with the copy files to iTunes disabled)
OMG! That videos tip is great!! works perfect!
Hmm, thought it worked perfectly but when I go to shared, it loads my iTunes Library and i click on TV shows and instead of showing all my seasons it just repeats 3 seasons. I have 23 seasons of different shows but it just shows 3 of them repeated almost 8 times.
Can you explain this in more detail please, I have the same situation but I don't know how to use terminal as good as you do!
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I get permission denied...
my tv shows are stored on my external HDD but i drag them into iTunes (with the copy files to iTunes disabled)
OMG! That videos tip is great!! works perfect!
Hmm, thought it worked perfectly but when I go to shared, it loads my iTunes Library and i click on TV shows and instead of showing all my seasons it just repeats 3 seasons. I have 23 seasons of different shows but it just shows 3 of them repeated almost 8 times.
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Glad it worked!
BTW, the original Mac Observer article ( http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/answers/stream_videos_and_music_from_your_mac_to_your_iphone_or_ipad/ ) should be completely ignored, at least as far as
- providing iTunes content (not something NOT inside)
- over the local network (and not to external receivers)
- to non-third-party media players (3rd party players can't access iTunes Sharing)
are concerned. Actually, the article started with "Jordan writes: How do I stream the movies and music in my iTunes library directly to my iPad or iPhone? I can stream to another Mac using iTunes Sharing, but that doesn’t seem to be accessible from my iPad or iPhone even if I’m on the same WiFi network." I'm pretty sure "Jordan" has some local problems as this is pretty atypical of iTunes Sharing.
All in all, if all the three above-listed bullets are true, you should NEVER use WebDAV instead of iTunes Sharing. It's a major overkill with a lot of problems.
If anyone has the same problems I had with iTunes sharing use this:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3379537?start=0&tstart=0
Maybe I'm missing something, but doesn't iTunes home sharing accomplish all of this already without having to jump through all these hoops? What advantage is there to doing it this way?