Thank you for this! I got a couple missing Paramount titles to show up by re-entering the copy codes.
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iTunes in the Cloud for Movies Matches Digital Copies Included with Disc Purchases
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I love this feature now. Being able to stream without the computer on is awesome. I have 3 apple tvs in the house & it'll be nice to use this. Especially when the kids want to watch one of the movies.
You have a higher success rate than I do. I only see 2 out of my 80+ digital copies shown up in the purchased section, although if I clicked on the "purchased" tab under the "store" section on the left of the iTunes software window, I see all of them, but couldn't re-download any of them again.
Worse of all, I've already thrown all those digital copies redeem code slips that came with all my Blu-ray purchases as I thought that I'll never need the codes anymore after redeeming my digital copies previously.
I know this might be frustrating, but you can email the studios and use their support pages to get new codes. Most studios will allow you a one time code replacement for free. That means you'll need to email each studio for the codes and list all the movies you need codes for. When I did this, different studios had different requirements.
Example:
For Disney go to http://www.disneystudioshelp.com/Contact_Us.html and complete the form. In the details put a list of movies you need codes for and they'll likely reply with what else they need from you. Lionsgate made me send in a pic of each movie case. It's possible they'll charge you, but they gave me codes for free when I told them my kids shredded my old ones before I redeemed them.
Good luck and let us know how it goes!
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Edit: Rechecked again & found that even for my iTunes movies purchases, not all of them show up in my Purchased section. I wonder how they sort the movies out on which should show up as purchased?
Check iTunes and make sure the movies are actually available to buy. Some are no longer available to buy and won't show up in your purchased movies. Movies available for rent don't count either. Also, make sure they're not Fox or Universal movies as these aren't in iCloud yet.
Oh, probably contracts, licensing, various exhibition windows, that sort of thing. The studios try to optimize their profit with all this complexity, but what they are really doing is annoying their paying customers.
Yep, if you have any WB movies you missed try them again. I just tried my Inception that I forgot about until past the May 2011 cut off and it says it was extended to the end of 2013. It appears to be taken out of the store at the moment but I can watch for it to come back and redeem it then. yeah
I'm going to try the Harry Potter sets I just got (the first two movies) as well.
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Exactly all of that.
however if you still have the codes, try them again. As I must mentioned, Warners has extended at least some expirations. Others might have done the same.
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MGM isn't part of Universal but many of their movies were distributed by Universal and yes that would exclude them at the moment since distributors are the ones that make cable deals etc
I can confirm this
I have a few digital copies of DVD's in my itunes library. For your digital copy to appear in the cloud, it needs to be available for purchase in itunes. For example, my digital copy of the Dark Knight is in the cloud but not my copy of Inception because Inception isn't on the iTunes store. None the less, its still great that apple did this
I have a few digital copies of DVD's in my itunes library. For your digital copy to appear in the cloud, it needs to be available for purchase in itunes. For example, my digital copy of the Dark Knight is in the cloud but not my copy of Inception because Inception isn't on the iTunes store. None the less, its still great that apple did this
This worked for me for Super 8, but I couldn't get it to work for Harry Potter 6 and 7 part I. Apparently, you can only redeem those copies once.
I don't think that this is true. I have probably 30 movies that I purchase and then added the digital copies to iTunes. Well none of them show up at all in iTunes cloud.
Sorry I don't think this is going to work.
Thanks
Bill
It is true. Are you looking at iTunes -> Purchased -> Movies?
Are these movie titles available to stream from iTunes otherwise? Are they from Fox or Universal, whose movies are currently excluded from this?
I don't think the digital copies that are available in "purchased" stream in HD. My digital copies load fairly quickly with my slow internet connection, while the HD copy of Cars that we purchased from iTunes takes just over an hour.
They don't, and I'm unsure why some people said they did. Your SD digital copies will stream in SD from the "purchased" tab on the Apple TV. I compared the quality to streaming a downloaded SD copy from iTunes on my Mac, and they were both equally as bad.
Just did Thor and now doing X-Men First Class. The other movies and tv shows (Heroes) showed up no problem. Unfortunately, The Incredible Hulk in under Universal and the code has expired. Hope they extend the codes.
According to this:http://www.tuaw.com/2012/03/09/digital-copy-videos-now-available-via-icloud/ they stream in HD, but not for every movie.
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X-Men First class won't show up because it's Fox & Hulk won't show up because it's Universal. I don't think you will need to worry about expired codes. They should just show up when they add them.
I'm little late to this digital copy thing but...
Am I correct in saying that the only iTunes version in can get through the Cloud by using digital copy codes is the SD? In other words, if I want everything I watch through Apple TV to be HD I need to purchase through iTunes rather than use digital copies you get with Blu-rays?
Am I correct in saying that the only iTunes version in can get through the Cloud by using digital copy codes is the SD? In other words, if I want everything I watch through Apple TV to be HD I need to purchase through iTunes rather than use digital copies you get with Blu-rays?
I've yet to see anybody verify an HD stream available from a digital copy. Personally, I have 16 movies and all of them seem to be SD.
so can anyone tell me why are some films available in the cloud (sherlock holmes etc) but not in HD at all?
I am not seeing Super 8 in my iCloud purchases. What did you do? I tried the code in my blu-ray case, but it said it has already been redeemed (which I did). Did you request a new code? Delete Super 8 and it allowed you to dl it again?