![]() ![]() i ended up going back to the standard apple software and am in the process of just using a mac mini with XBMC as the media center for the bigscreen/theater TV. it adds 1080 support and enables you to customize the layout-but this requires some serious monkeying with the device. and use XBMC as your frontend for your apple TV. i have my laptop and desktop both reading the library file on the NAS drive, so all i have to do is boot itunes on one of them and my library pops up on the apple tv. The NAS drive is also a nice feature because if you keep you itunes library file there instead of your home folder you don't need to have a specific computer turned on. you can also set up this program to keep the old file or delete it as well (depending on how you have your itunes directory structured) as soon as itunes updates its library file, poof the movie shows up in the apple tv home sharing menu. avi, then i convert it with handbrake (which makes a NEW file-you are free to delete the old one), then import into iflicks which adds all of the metadata and cover art, then exports straight to itunes (you no longer need to do the whole "add to library" thing. My process goes like this: download tv show or movie off torrent (preferably a. my process isn't as automated at Transcend's but is basically the same procedure. iFlicks is a mac only program though as far as I know. Yeah for no cable!Ĭlick to expand.I have a similar setup. I just turn on my apple tv, and my shows are there to watch as if they were PVRd. I have fully nerded out and have a program installed to DL shows I watch automatically from torrent sources, then it drops into iflicks converts and drops into itunes with full metadata. You can also convert it to dolby digi2 and that works just fine. I have converted everything to ac3 passthrough, and added an extra stereo track just in case I want to watch on my phone or laptop etc. Just be aware that apple's surround sound implementation is a bit weird. Super easy to use, just really slow on MKVs, where handbrake excels. You can also use a service that automatically installs to pull in info for any and all files you select in itunes itself. ![]() iFlicks is rad as it will convert and pull in all the meta data and cover art for just about any movie and TV show, as long as the file name is fairly descriptive. I use Handbrake for MKVs and iFlicks for everything else. They are all stored on an NAS in their own separate library. ![]() So I converted a massive collection of movies and TV shows to make them Itunes compatible for my Apple TV. ![]()
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