I’m thinking of buying an Apple TV 4K box - but was wondering what the procedure was and how possible it is to transfer your local files / home videos onto the Apple TV box.
I couldn’t see much info about, so wondering if someone can help me out. Thanks
Posted Sep 16, 2021, 1:05 PM UTC
AppleTV doesn't have nearly enough storage space for that. I suggest Plex server on a local computer to store the video files and the Plex app on AppleTV to stream them.
I installed Infuse Pro on both of my AppleTVs specifically for local files. The free version may do for you.
Ok thanks I’ll look into Infuse, how did you import the file into the app?
Can you airdrop between a MBP and Apple TV?
You can just airplay to the AppleTV. I use Infuse to play files from a shared folder in my pc and in my NAS directly.
Infuse has no importing services. It runs on the ATV and accesses files on remote services streaming them to the ATV
In my case I have a Synology NAS on my home network and Infuse connects to it via an SMB connection. There are other types as well.
Works flawlessly for every type of codec I’ve found. The only issue is if you’re streaming 4K high rate files you need the updated ATV 4K to keep up or you get unpleasant buffering.
The Apple TV does not store media locally. It must be streamed from some other source on the network.
Thats unfortunate, while it would be easy enough for me, it would be a nightmare for the wife and child to figure out.
It’s really super easy if you use any one of a million apps they have, including their Apple TV app, infuse, the computer connection app, plex, etc.
If you are streaming from other Apple devices, it’s really simple and easy.
An Infuse setup is as user-friendly as it gets. My wife and kids routinely watch things that are stored on a network drive in one room, on the Apple TV in another room.
Just set Infuse up to monitor that network share and you're sorted. It'll automatically update when new files are added, and the interface is both super easy and configurable.
There would really be no benefit to storing media on the Apple TV's internal SSD.
Infuse is dead easy to use as an end user. It organizes videos and makes them simple to find and play.
r/Plex will solve all your problems.
You can’t. Besides, you don’t need to. You have two options:
The Apple TV has iCloud photo sharing enabled for each user so whatever photos/videos are on your or your wife’s iCloud can be viewed through the photos app on the Apple TV.
You unfortunately can’t store any content on the Apple TV. However you can watch virtually any file type with the VLC app and stream it off the network. It quite easy to use.
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Yeah it will stream it off your local web-server through your local network. But you can’t download anything to the Apple TV itself.
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Oh okay I was not familiar with that feature. I see what you are saying now. I don’t really see the point in doing that as there is really not much storage on the Apple TV. Thanks for pointing that out. Happy cake day.