Hello Ray, The short answer is that, while you can use air play to send media to your Apple TV on the fly, I don't recommend it as the primary means of streaming media to the Apple TV.
Now, having said this, I will give you the broad strokes in order to accomplish your goal. By the way, I use my Apple TV, frequently, to stream media which I personally created or purchased from sources other than Apple. As a general rule, I import any media that I may want to stream to my Apple TV, into iTunes. Also, the Apple TV and the computer containing the iTunes Library must be on the same network; and, while you're at it, make sure they are both signed into the same iTunes account. Next, in order for the Apple TV to see the media in your iTunes Library, iTunes must be open on the computer. Finally, from within the Apple TV interface, select Computers and you will see all of the open iTunes Libraries and you can drill down until you locate your desired media. Always keep in mind that there are several ways of streaming media to the Apple TV but I find the above method the most convenient and strait-forward. Good Luck, Mark From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret Jr Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 7:43 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Apple TV and files not purchased Hi, In my iTunes library both on my Mac and on my iPhone, I have custom albums which I compiled from vinyl records and or recorded myself. I want to play them using Apple TV but not sure how. I guess maybe it involves using Air play in some way or other but can't figure it out. Any ideas? Would iTunes match sovle this? From what I once read in Apple World, it seems not: but any input would be most welcome. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in and fully protected by ClamXav Antivirus! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
