iMovie Theater

[davidra]

OK, just so I'm sure I have this straight. The only way to watch a movie on iMovie Theater on the ATV is if it is uploaded to the cloud. And you can't upload any movie to the cloud that is longer than 15 minutes. WTF??

That's really crappy functionality. It would seem that one might be able to watch any movie in iMovie Theater on a Mac that is on the same network as the ATV, as opposed to having to reencode it for iTunes.

 

[BJMRamage]

I don't use it since it would eat up my iCloud.

I'd love to use it and see it as a great thing but the limitations keep me from using it. too bad.

 

[Badrottie]

Apple Data Center with iCloud does not have more room for large movie collections!

 

[davidra]

Doesn't Airplay stream music directly from your computer to the ATV? Why can't it just stream video from iMovie theater as well? Why is the cloud even necessary? Or is it required that something be in iTunes to stream?

 

[priitv8]

IMHO the whole idea of iMovie Theater is to share your movie snippets with others. Kind of like Shared Photostream. Hence the cloud.
EDIT: I stand corrected - as it's set up at the moment, you can't share iMovie Theater with other Apple ID-s.
But again, taking example from iCloud Photostream, I wouldn't be surprised if the functionality will extend over time. Photostream started out as a one-man-show as well. Sharing was added only later.