#336739 - 01/16/0811:44 PMRe: Are the iTunes rentals working yet??
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G4Dualie
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Yeah, it may take a while to increase the selection. But, you watch, one day you'll go in there and the selection will be ginormous.<br><br>I have no doubt the studios are learning as they go, about converting their libraries into exploding video and what we are seeing on iTS right now is the token offering of movie favorites.<br><br>First they'll have to get the more recent stuff out there and then they'll start tapping into the classics. I would love to rent some of the old television shows from the Fifties & Sixties too.<br><br><br>M i c h a e l (OFI)
Got my first rental this morning. Live Free or Die Hard. <br><br>Worked just fine ...started watching it about a minute after I purchased it with no hiccups. It puts another category over with the Movies/TV Shows/Music ...called Rentals. <br><br>Before you start the movie it prompts you and asks if you are sure you want to start it because you will only have 24hrs to finish. In the rental view it shows how much time the movie has left (mine has 13 more hrs) <br><br>I did try and open the file directly in QT to see if it would play ...I couldn't get it to ...it said Authorization was required. It's got an .m4v extension. ~1.5 GB<br><br>Any other questions? <br><br>zweisoft<br>
#336743 - 01/17/0802:01 AMRe: Are the iTunes rentals working yet??
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Nagromme
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I saw a reference somewhere to 1000 titles "within a month." Not sure if that's accurate. But it sounds possible if any of these studio agreements were last minute. It will then take time to decide which movies to encode and get it done.<br><br>nagr[color:red]o</font color=red>mme<br><br>I require stroyent!<br>TeamMacOSX.com | MacClan.net
#336744 - 01/17/0802:02 AMRe: Are the iTunes rentals working yet??
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Nagromme
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I saw a reference somewhere to 1000 titles "within a month." Not sure if that's accurate. But it sounds possible if any of these studio agreements were last minute. It will then take time to decide which movies to encode and get it done.<br><br>nagr[color:red]o</font color=red>mme<br><br>I require stroyent!<br>TeamMacOSX.com | MacClan.net
Isn't there a free movie/screen capture app someone can try it with?<br><br>Come to think of it, my sister got us an iTunes gift card, maybe I'll try it with SnapzPro.<br><br>The Graphic Mac for your Mac and graphics news, tips and more.
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Try changing the date on your computer. TUAW's post about it<br><br><blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>you could affect the time remaining on an iTunes movie rental by altering your system time. I gave it a shot to be sure. It's true, if you're willing to offset the date on your computer until you finally have time to watch that movie, you can get past the 30-day time limit.<br><br>It was also noted that if you fast-forward your calendar to the due date of a rental, iTunes will remove the movie from the library but apparently not from your drive. <p><hr></blockquote><p><br><br>my photos
You know the problem with publicly broadcasting these "creative workarounds" is that Apple WILL see them and "fix" them! <br><br>The Graphic Mac for your Mac and graphics news, tips and more.
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