Time Capsule questions...

[Broph]

Hi,

Looking at a Time Capsule - From what I gather, they're a router, with a hard drive so I can wirelessly back up data with Time Capsule.

If I plug my Time Capsule in to my TV via USB, could I watch movies on the TV that are backed up on to the Time Capsule? Like an external hard drive?

Below are links to a refurbished previous model, and the latest model... are there any differences between the two except the storage capacity?

http://store.apple.com/nz/product/FC343X/A

http://store.apple.com/nz/product/MD032X/A/Time-Capsule-2TB

 

[skorpien]

No. The USB on the Time Capsule is strictly for connecting USB HDDs, printers or a combination of both with a hub.

 

[Broph]

Am I correct to assume that if I got a Time Capsule + Apple TV, it could stream movies that were on the Time Capsule to the TV?

 

[motulist]

No plugging in a USB cable from your TV in your time capsule's USB port won't let you do anything at all with the media store on the time capsule.

However, if you get any cheap mac that has a TV output port (HDMI port or a DisplayPort) then you'd be able to hook it up to your TV, and also connect the time capsule to that Mac, then you'd be able to play the time capsule's backed up video files on your TV through the Mac's TV output port

 

[skorpien]

Am I correct to assume that if I got a Time Capsule + Apple TV, it could stream movies that were on the Time Capsule to the TV?

No, that is also not possible.

http://store.apple.com/us/question/answers/product/MD032LL/A?pqid=QCFA4YDFFH4KK7YX9T27CFH9DUFDPJ4D2

 

[Lennyvalentin]

Am I correct to assume that if I got a Time Capsule + Apple TV, it could stream movies that were on the Time Capsule to the TV?

USB is a client/host-based bus, with peripherals being clients and whatever you hook them up to acting as the host. That's why there's two different USB plugs on a cord for a device with a detachable cord; a rectangular plug in one end and a square plug in the other so that you can't hook things up incorrectly.

In this case the Time Capsule is a host, and a TV with USB input is a host, and both want to be boss, so they can't talk to each other.

 

[Broph]

No, that is also not possible.

http://store.apple.com/us/question/answers/product/MD032LL/A?pqid=QCFA4YDFFH4KK7YX9T27CFH9DUFDPJ4D2

See the last bullet point in 'overview'

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD032LL/A/Time-Capsule-2TB?fnode=MTY1NDA0Mg

What would I be able to do between the Time Capsule and the ATV2?

 

[motulist]

See the last bullet point in 'overview'

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD032LL/A/Time-Capsule-2TB?fnode=MTY1NDA0Mg

What would I be able to do between the Time Capsule and the ATV2?

Check out these links on google, I think they pretty much answer your questions.


http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q="time+capsule"+"apple+tv"&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

 

[skorpien]

See the last bullet point in 'overview'

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD032LL/A/Time-Capsule-2TB?fnode=MTY1NDA0Mg

What would I be able to do between the Time Capsule and the ATV2?

Use the Time Capsule as a router and the Apple TV as a client. Nowhere in that bullet does it say you can use the Time Capsule as storage for movies to play using the Apple TV.

 

[nutmac]

In order to watch video stored in iTunes library on your HDTV, you need either (1) Apple TV or (2) iPad (1 or 2), iPod touch (4th generation), or iPhone (4 or 4S).

iPad, iPod touch, and iPhone have storage, so all you need is Apple Digital AV Adapter for HDMI connection to your TV.

Since Apple TV lacks storage, it needs to either (1) stream over the Internet (e.g., iTunes Store, Netflix) or (2) Mac or PC running iTunes.

As for Time Capsule, it does not run iTune. It would be nice if did, but it only provides file sharing, printer sharing, and Time Machine backup services. It could, however, be used as a storage for Mac or PC running iTunes.