Re: Apple TV storage

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On 26 Apr 2026 at 4:24:06 pm BST, "Andy H" <thewildrover@icloud.com> wrote:

> D.M. Procida <daniele-at-vurt-dot-org@invalid.com> wrote:
>> I got fed up of messing about with Raspberry Pis and unfathamable media/player
>> systems, so I bought an Apple TV (the Apple TV 4K 2nd Gen model from 2021 or
>> so).
>> 
>> Very nice. Is there some way I can transfer video files to its storage to play
>> from there? Or is that not the Apple way?
> 
> Not that I’m aware of. Home Sharing is the only way as far as I know. It is
> just a media streamer, much like many others out there, and only stores
> apps and cached data.
> 
> You can probably use Plex from the Pi though, and possibly VLC too - but
> that’s not really gaining much!

Just to add that if Plex is an option, the Apple TV client works pretty
smoothly. (I have the server running elsewhere.)
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TimH
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  Re: Apple TV storage Andy H <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2026-04-26 15:24 +0000
    Re: Apple TV storage TimH <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> - 2026-04-26 15:42 +0000
      Re: Apple TV storage Andy H <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2026-04-26 15:52 +0000
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            Re: Apple TV storage Ian McCall <ian@eruvia.org> - 2026-04-27 10:15 +0100
              Re: Apple TV storage TimH <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> - 2026-04-27 10:11 +0000
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