New to cordcutters and I have an itunes tv shows/plex question

I have been experimenting with plex. I can get anything in itunes under movies to show up but none of my tv shows. Is there away with the itunes plugin to get tv shows to show up?

My google searches and reddit searches have yielded nothing. Thanks for great community, I have learned alot.

Posted Jan 6, 2013, 2:24 AM UTC

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mapin•

If it's stuff u bought on iTunes store, then it's DRM'ed and you can't play em thru Plex.

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lostsweboyOP•

is there another way? or how would you get itunes media to roku? It worked with movie trailers. Which probably isn't DRM'ed.

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mapin•

No way that i'm aware of. You can't get iTunes DRM'ed media to the roku as far as I know. :(

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lostsweboyOP•

So is there an option for movies/tv shows? One that isn't locked to one specific eco-system?

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mapin•

There's an Amazon Video channel on Roku, so that's one option. But you're still locked into the Amazon eco system of course. If you want truly free files, they I think torrent is the only option that I'm aware of.

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lostsweboyOP•

got it...

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dude_Im_hilarious•

you've hit the wall of the aPple garden - apple wants you to use theIR apple tv to wAtch the conTent you bought in iTunEs. Unfortunately your options are to Buy an Apple tv to watch that content, your options reallY are limited.

;)

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buttleak•

Is there something wrong with your keyboard?

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Opinionated_hermit_•

He's hilarious. Don't question the humour, it'll look like you're one of those losers that doesn't appreciate it.

On a more apposite note, I'm starting to regret Apple TV myself, given that I have no other Apple devices, I can't use Airplay :(

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narib687•

So then you say screw Apple I'm buying from Amazon VOD! However then you find out you can only stream content from Amazon. Which is great... until Amazon losses the rights to the show....The you can only watch your DLed content on your computer because of DRM.

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lostsweboyOP•

Well, it seems like I will go with Amazon though. I don't own an apple device and I never will.

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phr0ze•

yeah, if you have apple content your best option is an AppleTV 2, and jailbreak it.

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