Yeah, but a Blu-Ray HD quality file equals about 15-20 GB for one file!
Thus you can't stream this through the Apple TV sadly enough.
Thus you can't stream this through the Apple TV sadly enough.
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Why can't ATV stream over 4 GB files?
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Nope... that would prevent any file from streaming... this is a bug specifically with iTunes.
No it can't, at least not all the way through. QT stops playback at the 4GB point. Go and try it yourself if you don't believe me; skipping to the "end" of a >4GB file in QT Player gets you to the 4GB point in that file and no farther. Identical behavior under Front Row (which certainly isn't a surprise).
Interesting. Nice find, I will probably add that to the bug.
Scarpad said:
Very, very, very unlikely... alfonzotan explains why.
What conspiracy? How good is the theory when the situation has already been disproven before it gets posted? AppleTV uses the same version of Quicktime as is on your desktop. If your desktop can't play a 5GB file all the way through, neither can your AppleTV... And if iTunes can't stream a 4GB file to your AppleTV, how is it supposed to sync it to the AppleTV, might I ask? The protocol is the same for both.
iTunes 4GB file size limit is now fixed
The iTunes 4GB file size limitation is now fixed with the latest release of iTunes. The HD rental requirement shook Apple loose to make this fix. Now I can rejoin all my oversized HD files. Happy Days !http://images.macrumors.com/vb/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
The iTunes 4GB file size limitation is now fixed with the latest release of iTunes. The HD rental requirement shook Apple loose to make this fix. Now I can rejoin all my oversized HD files
. Happy Days !http://images.macrumors.com/vb/images/smilies/biggrin.gifThe iTunes 4GB file size limitation is now fixed with the latest release of iTunes. The HD rental requirement shook Apple loose to make this fix. Now I can rejoin all my oversized HD files
Are you sure of this? Any verification or has anybody tried yet?
I've noticed my apple tv streaming from mac seems better, since the itunes update. Probably improved the way it shares/streams to devices and computers.
This may be totally unrelated , or maybe not.
When I got an iPod video I was ripping movies like crazy. Putting them in iTunes and sending them to the iPod.
I recall an extremely long video file I made, was over 5 hours, I do not recall the size but it was over 4 GB. In any case when I tried to send that huge file from iTunes to the iPod it would not go.
I just cut the video in two pieces and put the two resulting files on the iPod.
Makes me think the file size issue is an iTunes issue.
NOTE: I am Debating the purchase of an Apple TV !!! ( maybe just by another iMac and hook it to the TV - if only iMac had an HDMI connector! )
When I got an iPod video I was ripping movies like crazy. Putting them in iTunes and sending them to the iPod.
I recall an extremely long video file I made, was over 5 hours, I do not recall the size but it was over 4 GB. In any case when I tried to send that huge file from iTunes to the iPod it would not go.
I just cut the video in two pieces and put the two resulting files on the iPod.
Makes me think the file size issue is an iTunes issue.
NOTE: I am Debating the purchase of an Apple TV !!! ( maybe just by another iMac and hook it to the TV - if only iMac had an HDMI connector!
)Confirming that iTunes 7.6 (29) now supports file sizes larger than 4GB
Confirming that iTunes 7.6 (29) now supports file sizes larger than 4G. Prior to this release I had to split my HD 720p H.264 content into bite sized pieces under 4GB and then label them as Movie (p1) and Movie (p2). Pain in the rear. With this new release of iTunes I am in the process of re-joining all my HD content over 4GB back to their original size. I have completed about 10 HD files so far with the largest single file size at around 8.16GB.
Confirming that iTunes 7.6 (29) now supports file sizes larger than 4G. Prior to this release I had to split my HD 720p H.264 content into bite sized pieces under 4GB and then label them as Movie (p1) and Movie (p2). Pain in the rear. With this new release of iTunes I am in the process of re-joining all my HD content over 4GB back to their original size. I have completed about 10 HD files so far with the largest single file size at around 8.16GB.