Movie storage tips for AppleTV/iTunes

[BulkHedd]

I just got an Apple TV and have purchase a couple of movies from the iTunes store. I also have a lot of Blu-rays that have the digital copy of the movie included.
The problem is these movies take up a lot of space on my 500GB internal MacBook Pro drive.
Is there any way that I can store the movie files on an external drive, preferably on that I can connect to my Airport Extreme, and be able to access them on my Apple TV? I don't want to move my entire iTunes library (music and all) off of my MacBook, just the huge movie files.

Any suggestions?

 

[GGJstudios]

This applies to movies as well as music: How to split a single iTunes library over two media locations

 

[BulkHedd]

Thanks for the reply. Were you suggesting The option of unchecking the boxes for iTunes to keep my library organized or the TuneSpan app you mentioned?

 

[GGJstudios]

Thanks for the reply. Were you suggesting The option of unchecking the boxes for iTunes to keep my library organized or the TuneSpan app you mentioned?

The former, since my statement about TuneSpan indicates I can't vouch for it.

 

[BulkHedd]

The former, since my statement about TuneSpan indicates I can't vouch for it.

Ok, got it. I wasn't sure since your post on the other thread was a few months old.
I'm in the process of moving the files to an external drive now.
Just curious, what happens if I turn off the setting to copy files when added to the library but later I turn it back on? Will it leave the movies on the external drive or go ahead and move them to the internal one?

 

[GGJstudios]

Just curious, what happens if I turn off the setting to copy files when added to the library but later I turn it back on? Will it leave the movies on the external drive or go ahead and move them to the internal one?

Yes, that setting only affects files being added to the library while that setting is in effect. It doesn't affect files already in the library.