Apps TV App and iCloud Drive

[jcmc]

Hi,

In my TV app Library i have just the one item, the Chernobyl series I bought from the iTunes Store. I do however have loads of television and movie content currently residing in iTunes on my Mac that I want to copy into my iCloud Drive as I have the 2tb plan.

So the question is where do I copy this to within iCloud Drive so that it can be seen and interacted with in the same Library section of the TV app - i.e. can I copy it all into a media folder and pop it on the iCloud Library desktop for instance?

Thanks,

C.

 

[JBaby]

That’s not possible. To watch content not purchased from iTunes you need to use iTunes on your computer and turn on Home Sharing.

 

[jcmc]

But you could at the very least - inelegant as it might be - copy your media content to your drive and access them and download / play via the Files app?

 

[JBaby]

Technically yes. But it won’t remember your spot. And you it won’t PIP without a 3rd party app like Documents. At that point you may as well skip the Files app all together.

 

[jcmc]

I guess so. Undermines the claims that Apple makes about the TV app being the hub for all your viewing though.

 

[JBaby]

It doesn’t. They never said it was for personal content. How would they be able to know what content you had? Everyone does metadata differently. The TV app is for commercial services.