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can you watch dvd's on your tv using ATV?
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Well, if you rip the DVD to your computer and put it in your iTunes library, your Apple TV will be able to see it and play it. It takes a while, though, at least approximately real time (a 2-hour movie will take about 2 hours to rip and encode).
Not from a physical DVD. You can use Handbrake to transcode your DVD to MP4 (use the Apple TV preset in Handbrake), drop into iTunes, then it will sync/stream to your ATV. Video is very high quality, but the best audio you can get is Dolby Pro Logic II (5-channel surround).
a dvi- to hdmi cable, and a mini dvi to dvi adapter, or a mini dvi to vga adapter, and a vga cable. Vga cable will be cheapest and look really good. I hook my macbook up and use the apple remote. It is then basically an apple tv, and then you can also use a wireless keyboard and mouse and sit on your couch and use your computer.
Best option is what jarenado suggested - mini-DVI to DVI, then DVI to HDMI. Apple sells the first, others sell the second.
Alternatively, I think Apple still sells a min-DVI to S-video/composite video adapter for the MacBooks.
You'll also need an audio cable. Minimally, a 1/8" to RCA stereo or a Toslink optical cable with a mini-plug adapter. Your receiver would need an optical input.
Alternatively, I think Apple still sells a min-DVI to S-video/composite video adapter for the MacBooks.
You'll also need an audio cable. Minimally, a 1/8" to RCA stereo or a Toslink optical cable with a mini-plug adapter. Your receiver would need an optical input.
What would be really cool, and I can actually see this happening when Apple officially adopts Blu-Ray:
A MacBook Air style USB Blu-Ray player that connects to the AppleTV. Crossing my fingers for this!
A MacBook Air style USB Blu-Ray player that connects to the AppleTV. Crossing my fingers for this!
Looks like it might do it sooner than you think.... 10.5.2 - at least on the Mac end, most likely not on AppleTV:
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^ I wouldn't have a problem with that!
I do have a relatively large collection of DVDs and I plan on picking up a Blu-Ray player at some point. Being able to insert a disk in my Mac and then watching it on an
TV elsewhere in the house would be awesome!
I do have a relatively large collection of DVDs and I plan on picking up a Blu-Ray player at some point. Being able to insert a disk in my Mac and then watching it on an
TV elsewhere in the house would be awesome!
No, it cannot. The ATV has no DVD drive, nor can it play content directly from remote volumes. It can only play movies encoded in its specifications (see Apple's web page) that are dropped into iTunes.