Where are Apple Movies stored?!

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#119235 25-May-2013 14:57

Ok can someone please explain where I can find in my PC movies that have purchased (not rented - actually brought) via Apple TV? They show up in iTunes Movies ok on the pc but want to find the folder they are in!
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#825229 25-May-2013 15:03

Believe they are in a subfolder of the iTunes Music folder called 'Movies'

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#825230 25-May-2013 15:06

~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Movies in OS X. Probably somewhere similar if you're running Windows.

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#825237 25-May-2013 15:22

Thanks.
Have looked in all those folders. C:/Users/My Name/My Music/iTunes - nothing!

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#825241 25-May-2013 15:53

Right mouse click on one of the movies in iTunes and select "show in windows explorer"....you will then see where they are. Assuming your reference to 'PC' meaning a Windows OS.

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#825247 25-May-2013 16:12

Thanks and have done that.
With the movies I have made and are in the iTunes Movies list when right click get:
Play "name of movie"
Mark as Unwatched
Get info
Rating
Show in Windows Explorer
Etc

With the purchased movies when right click get:
Play "name of movie"
Download
Mark as Watched
Mark as Unwatched
Get info
Rating
Show Description
Etc -

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#825260 25-May-2013 17:07

If there's a "download" option then you've probably been streaming them. Once downloaded you'll be able to find the files. Bear in mind that the latest models of Apple TV (the ones that fit in your hand) don't have a hard drive anymore so it's all streaming, either from Apple or from one of your computers.

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#825264 25-May-2013 17:10

this might help?

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#825276 25-May-2013 17:39

So are we saying that the purchased movie is not stored on the PC - it is downloaded each time you want to view it?!

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#825277 25-May-2013 17:41

If you buy through iTunes then it'll download it. If you buy on Apple TV then it has to stream it because there's no hard drive to download it onto. Your iTunes account is then flagged as having bought that movie, so it shows up in your movie list (and you can download it onto your computer with right-click > Download).

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#825282 25-May-2013 18:04

Music\iTunes\Media\Movies

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#825346 25-May-2013 20:28

I'm sure Windows comes with this, like, search function for those times you might want to find a file.

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#825456 26-May-2013 09:59

Ok I think a few of us have learnt a few things here!
I was probably being naive to think that buying a movie via Apple TV that the software would have enough brains to know that iTunes was on the same network and simply store it there in the first instance? It should be able to do that instead of using valuable Internet bandwidth and then want to download it anytime it was being viewed again.
So the message at this stage (well until Apple gets it sorted) is to not download movies you want to purchase via Apple TV but via iTunes - correct?

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#825468 26-May-2013 10:23

Have you set up automatic downloads correctly?

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4539

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#825479 26-May-2013 10:56

Yes have Automatic Downloads set up but does not appear to be a selection for Movies?

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#825583 26-May-2013 15:21

Interesting post. I've book marked it as I am looking at getting a Apple TV. At present they seem to be the only legit online movie rentals in NZ that do HD and have a relatively good selection.

One question. Is the Apple TV box keyed to any account or can you change these around to other house / account??

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