To add - just one more thing... ;o) Now you have home sharing set-up, it also allows you to stream video/music from an iPhone/iPad/iPod touch to your AppleTV:
> You can already stream music, photos, and video from your computer to Apple > TV. With AirPlay, you can stream it all from your iPhone, iPad, and iPod > touch, too. So if you feel like watching a movie you have on one of your > devices, you don¹t need to rent or buy it again. Just tap to start playing > content on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, then tap again to instantly > stream whatever you¹re watching or listening to directly to Apple TV. > AirPlay is available on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch near you. <http://www.apple.com/appletv/> Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [email protected] on 11/2/11 12:32 PM, cm at [email protected] wrote: > Well done Alan! That just goes to prove that there is no Apple problem that > can't be solved by a caffeinated drink, some chocolate almonds, and an email > to Ronni! > > Just some extra information for the record or for anyone else following this > thread. I just, this minute, got back from installing an Apple TV for a > friend. I thought that I would do the minimum possible so that I could report > back to you what was absolutely necessary to get it displaying the contents of > iTunes (songs and videos) on your TV. > > The surprising thing is that one can do all of the above by a single entry, > and that was the password for the wireless router (in this case the router was > a Time Capsule). Truly! After selecting the wireless router from a list and > entering the password I was good to go. To test the setup I played a song in > iTunes and selected the Apple TV from the Air Play list, and the song plays > through the TV and the home theatre sound system. To select the Apple TV as > you output device in iTunes there is a little up-arrow in the bottom right > corner. You should get the latest version of iTunes as this feature is absent > from some of the earlier versions. > > After a few minutes of use, the Apple TV prompted me to upgrade its firmware, > and I accepted. The upgraded firmware also allows the streaming of videos via > Air Play. Just for a tour-de-force, I played a song and a video off my iPhone > to the Apple TV as well. :-) > > Note that at no stage was an Apple ID, or Home Sharing required. > > You have achieved a lot of bonus points that I did not aim for in my install. > > 1) Home Sharing means that if you have multiple family members, each with > their own iTunes account, then whenever any member of the family purchases a > song or a film, the song or film becomes available to all members of the > family in each copy of iTunes connected to the home share. > > 2) By entering an Apple ID into your Apple TV, you have made it possible to > purchase songs and rent movies directly from the Apple TV. Without entering > this ID, you can still purchase the song or rent the movie on your Mac, and > then stream them to the Apple TV via Air Play. > > So that's the long and the short of it Alan. You have the cadillac of installs > and have achieved it by a sustained good effort. As an aside, I closed an > iTunes account when I emigrated back to Australia from Canada. It required an > email to Apple support. If you don't want to wrestle with the online interface > and you live near Perth, an appointment with an Apple Genius will probably get > you the same result. > > Enjoy your wonderful new toy. I think the Apple TV is a fantastic gadget. The > latest rumours on AppleInsider say that the next software upgrade may include > the beginnings of an App Store for Apple TV. They will start with games first. > Rumour has it in any case. > > Cheers, > Carlo > > > > On 2011-02-11, at 11:14, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> >> Excellent to hear good news Alan, >> >> >> >> On 11/02/2011, at 10:25 AM, Alan Smith wrote: >> >>> Joy and jubilation! >>> >>> Thanks Carlo and Ronni. I now have two working Apple IDs with different >>> usernames and email addresses. I used one of the IDs to complete >>> registration with iTunes Store, for iTunes Home Sharing, and for the Apple >>> TV. I understand that I can cancel the ³spare² Apple ID by phoning Apple >>> Care (can¹t be done on-line). >>> >>> I suspect that iTunes requires an 8 character password. My original Apple >>> ID had a 6 character password. >> >> At least 8 characters now. This change happened back in August 2010 after a >> Security risk: >> "Apple¹s online support discussion forums were taken offline after the site >> was apparently targeted by a malicious attack. The company has also increased >> its Apple ID account security (which is shared by iTunes) following earlier >> account fraud." >> >> Apple increased the security of iTunes accounts, requiring users to verify >> their account information when they log into new devices (and associate their >> iTunes account with that Mac, Apple TV, iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad), and now >> requires that new iTunes account passwords include at least 8 characters with >> mixed capitalization. >> Logging into certain devices, including Apple TV, now prompts users to update >> their password to the new minimum security standard. >> >> <http://www.garagesalepreview.com/apple-id-security-bolstered-forums-taken-of >> fline-after-apparent-hack/> >> >>> When I re-entered the (original) username with a new gmail.com >>> <http://gmail.com/> address I used an 8 character password instead of the >>> ³at least 6² required by Apple. Everything proceeded normally from there. >>> Other causes may have been the inability of Apple to resolve the email >>> address verification process when two IDs have the same email address; and >>> corruption of one username when I attempted to change it. >>> >>> I am most impressed with the Apple TV. It is connected via my home wireless >>> network. I watched an 8 minute movie and listened to Beethovens¹ Moonlight >>> Sonata. No buffering delays noticed. Both files were on iMac internal >>> drive. Will try a full length movie when I get time to see if data transfer >>> is a problem with a large file. I will also test access to movies on a >>> daisy-chained Firewire external HD. Yes, I had to connect to the iTunes >>> store during the ATV setup but no problem with then selecting NO to renting >>> or buying movies on-line. I now want ATV version 3 to provide USB and >>> Firewire inputs for direct portable hard drive and thumb drive input! >>> >> >> About Apple TV (1st generation) software updates: >> <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3187> >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 >> 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm >> >> OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard >> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
