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It really needs to be able to work without a computer or iOS device. Right now you can't use just storage attached to your router and the AppleTV. Annoying limi
by bluthru 13y ago
It really needs to be able to work without a computer or iOS device. Right now you can't use just storage attached to your router and the AppleTV. Annoying limitation.
- rahimnathwani 13y agoHmm... but how will they make money from the content on your external storage? If you bought the content from Apple, then (assuming a fast internet connection) they could let you stream it, without requiring a computer or iOS device. If you got the content someplace else, then that place is Apple's competitor.
- bluthru 13y agoYou can already do what I'm describing. It just requires that you have a computer with iTunes running or an iOS device.
- rahimnathwani 13y agoWhat you're describing is "use just storage attached to your router and the AppleTV". You cannot already that. I acknowledge that you can work around that limitation by using AirPlay from Mac/iOS, or adding media to your iTunes library. My point is that there's no incentive for Apple to add the specific functionality you (we) would like, i.e. playing stuff from a USB mass storage device or from an SMB share.
- bluthru 13y ago>or adding media to your iTunes library. Yes, which doesn't require the iTunes store.
- rahimnathwani 13y agoMy point is simply that, although there are already ways for you to watch non-iTunes-store content onto your Apple TV, Apple has no incentive to provide you with an additional method like USB mass storage or SMB streaming.