Hi, I know what you mean and feel your frustration. I was a teacher in the classroom up until three years ago but now manage the technology for our school district. Just because it has been done, or is done, doesn’t necessarily mean that it is legal or in the spirit of the law. Teachers are not known for abiding by copyright laws, Software License Agreements and such, but, we all know the restricted budgets of the education system so, latitude is often the norm. It is difficult to have DRM for some users and no DRM for others so, often the common denominator is to apply these restrictions to all.
That’s enough philosophy from me for now. The only thing I can suggest is testing if the SD version works. Later.. Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jan 28, 2014, at 3:21 PM, Christine Grassman <[email protected]> wrote: > Agreed in principle, but teachers have been showing videos purchased by them > or through their schools for decades. So such restrictions, insofar as for > educational purposes, is a step backwards, not forwards. > Christine > > On Jan 28, 2014, at 3:22 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> It looks like they’ve changed some things around a bit or I’ve got some >> things backwards. When the movie is downloaded, you are correct in that it >> only shows the versions of HD available. If the movie is up in the Cloud,, >> that is, it's not yet downloaded, the SD version is available in the Video >> Quality menu. So, you could either stream it from the Cloud or download the >> SD version and see if that works through the projector. I’m surprised that >> other digital movie providers do not have some sort of DRM restricting this >> as well. The license agreement says that the movie is for personal use >> only, thus, this was a method of restricting the ability of users to project >> to larger audiences. >> >> Later… >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Jan 28, 2014, at 6:06 AM, Christine Grassman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> It appears to be downloaded. Other movies in the cloud have a download >>> button next to them, while this one does not. Perhaps it is because it was >>> originally purchased on the iPhone? >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Jan 28, 2014, at 0:01, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Is the video downloaded to the local machine or still in the Cloud? When >>>> iTunes downloads the video to the local machine, it downloads both >>>> versions. >>>> >>>> Later… >>>> >>>> Tim Kilburn >>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>> >>>> On Jan 27, 2014, at 6:47 PM, Christine Grassman <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> When I go into the video quality submenu, it is only offering two HD >>>>> versions: Default HD 1080 P and High Definition 720 P >>>>> Christine >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> On Jan 27, 2014, at 5:59 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I’ve seen this with HD movies purchased from iTunes. There are threads >>>>>> on the Internet talking about it that I browsed sometime during last >>>>>> Fall. Supposedly, if you view the SD version instead of the HD >>>>>> version,, iTunes will allow many of the projectors to show the content. >>>>>> All Movie/TV purchases downloaded from iTunes also include the SD >>>>>> (Standard Definition) version along with the HD version. To access the >>>>>> SD version, navigate to the Movie or TV show, press VO-shift-m to bring >>>>>> up the Contextual menu and go to the Video Quality item. Select SD from >>>>>> there and see if it works. Not promising anything, just recall reading >>>>>> this somewhere. >>>>>> >>>>>> Later… >>>>>> >>>>>> Tim Kilburn >>>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jan 27, 2014, at 2:40 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? 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