Hmmm, I see what you're doing here. The Mac is providing the HomeShare for the Apple Tv so it works. I believe, though, that if the Mac was turned off or did not have iTunes running, this configuration may not work. I'm not 100% positive on this one (probably only 98%), so I can be corrected if necessary but I seem to recall that the iTunes server is simply providing iTunes Sharing which is different than HomeSharing. It is the HomeSharing that is required for the Apple TV to access an iTunes Library.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2013-05-26, at 7:40 PM, Kliphton A M <[email protected]> wrote: > This is possible. I use a western digital 8TB NAS, and it has an iTunes > server on it. I store my iTunes library there, and point my iTunes from my > Mac to this folder. And I have no issues. My appleTV pulls and streams the > media content from there just fine. I turn on home sharing, and use the same > appleID that my iTunes library has, and I have no issues at all. Let me know > if you have anymore questions. > > Kliphton Senior > (Email&iMessage) [email protected] > (Instagram,Twitter,4Square&Skype) kliphton72 > (Personal blog-read at your own risk!) http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com > > On May 26, 2013, at 2:43 PM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Does anyone know, can an Apple TV pull content from a NAS on a local >> network? Either by providing the Apple TV in some manner the IP address, >> folder share and user credentials of the share so that it can scan the >> folder, or, by enabling iTunes Server which is a feature of my NAS. >> >> iTunes Server is not the same as Home Sharing as found in iTunes the >> application. >> >> Any thoughts much appriciated… Essentually what I want to do is use >> something like Apple TV to stream content from a share on my NAS rather than >> having to push to it from iTunes or an iOS device. >> >> thanks. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Neil Barnfather >> >> Talks List Administrator >> Twitter @neilbarnfather >> >> TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple >> iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your >> accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com >> >> URL: - www.talknav.com >> e-mail: - [email protected] >> Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
