We were using HDMI. 

On Jan 27, 2014, at 4:40 PM, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote:

> Sounds a bit odd. What was the connection from your MacBook to the projector? 
> I know there is a bag of hurt around HDMI and HD video DRM but if you were 
> using the analog VGA connection that shouldn't have had anything to do with 
> it.
> 
> CB
> 
> On 1/27/14 2:28 PM, Christine Grassman wrote:
>> Hello all. In the past, I have been able to connect my MacBook to a 
>> projector and play any movies in my iTunes library.  However, (and it has 
>> been months since I did this), today it did not work. The movie would play 
>> on the computer itself, but as soon as the projector was connected, it would 
>> stop. (The projector is not broken; it plays when connected to other 
>> devices.)
>> 
>> I had two tech-savvy individuals try to get it to play, using mirroring,  
>> VLC, and connecting to an Apple TV in our building's media lab.  However, I 
>> am told that:
>> 1. Because of the Motion PIcture Association of America, Apple has placed 
>> new restrictions on movies downloaded from the iTunes store, and it is no 
>> longer possible to connect them to a projector and play them easily. (This 
>> makes no sense, since from what I understand from others, movies bought 
>> through Google, Amazon, Hulu, etc., play just fine when connected to a 
>> projector.)
>>  2. The Apple TV must be one that I myself can log onto; essentially, I 
>> cannot use any but my own Apple TV to play my movies.
>> 3. My only other option is to get an Apple projector.
>> Is this all accurate? Is there a workaround?
>> Christine
>> 
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