When I go into the video quality submenu, it is only offering two HD versions: Default HD 1080 P and High Definition 720 P Christine . On Jan 27, 2014, at 5:59 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > I’ve seen this with HD movies purchased from iTunes. There are threads on > the Internet talking about it that I browsed sometime during last Fall. > Supposedly, if you view the SD version instead of the HD version,, iTunes > will allow many of the projectors to show the content. All Movie/TV > purchases downloaded from iTunes also include the SD (Standard Definition) > version along with the HD version. To access the SD version, navigate to the > Movie or TV show, press VO-shift-m to bring up the Contextual menu and go to > the Video Quality item. Select SD from there and see if it works. Not > promising anything, just recall reading this somewhere. > > Later… > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jan 27, 2014, at 2:40 PM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: > >> Sounds a bit odd. What was the connection from your MacBook to the >> projector? I know there is a bag of hurt around HDMI and HD video DRM but if >> you were using the analog VGA connection that shouldn't have had anything to >> do with it. >> >> CB >> >> On 1/27/14 2:28 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: >>> Hello all. In the past, I have been able to connect my MacBook to a >>> projector and play any movies in my iTunes library. However, (and it has >>> been months since I did this), today it did not work. The movie would play >>> on the computer itself, but as soon as the projector was connected, it >>> would stop. (The projector is not broken; it plays when connected to other >>> devices.) >>> >>> I had two tech-savvy individuals try to get it to play, using mirroring, >>> VLC, and connecting to an Apple TV in our building's media lab. However, I >>> am told that: >>> 1. Because of the Motion PIcture Association of America, Apple has placed >>> new restrictions on movies downloaded from the iTunes store, and it is no >>> longer possible to connect them to a projector and play them easily. (This >>> makes no sense, since from what I understand from others, movies bought >>> through Google, Amazon, Hulu, etc., play just fine when connected to a >>> projector.) >>> 2. The Apple TV must be one that I myself can log onto; essentially, I >>> cannot use any but my own Apple TV to play my movies. >>> 3. My only other option is to get an Apple projector. >>> Is this all accurate? Is there a workaround? >>> Christine >>> >> >> -- >> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >> >> -- >> 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/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
