Hi - I would like to put movies on the external drive via FTP but don’t want them also stored in iTunes (relax they are backed up on another computer…)
So I want to FTP them over but I want to use the standard ATV interface. Is it possible to access movies FTP’ed via this or do you need to use one of the installed applications?
(For the record they will also be on an external drive - could I just plug the drive into my Mac and copy them over?)
Yes, file can be transferred to the external drive via FTP. When connected via FTP the external drive will be visible inside the Movies folder. Files transferred via FTP can be viewed using any of the added aTV Flash menu items.
Unfortunately the only way to view the files through the standard Apple menu items is to sync them through iTunes.
Unfortunately the only way to view the files through the standard Apple menu items is to sync them through iTunes.
That’s a shame as the interface is easy to use (for everyone) and it would free up the space on my Mac’s internal HDD.
FTPing to the external storage is not working - I am using Transmit on the Mac. This is what I get:
Connected to AppleTV.local.
Cmd: USER frontrow
331: User frontrow OK. Password required
Cmd: PASS xxxxxxxx
230: User frontrow has group access to: 81 80 79 501
OK. Current directory is /
Logged in to AppleTV.local as frontrow.
Cmd: SYST
215: UNIX Type: L8
Cmd: PWD
257: "/" is your current location
Cmd: CWD /Updates
250: OK. Current directory is /Updates
Cmd: PWD
257: "/Updates" is your current location
Cmd: CWD /Movies
250: OK. Current directory is /Movies
Cmd: PASV
227: Entering Passive Mode (10,0,1,4,142,23)
Cmd: LIST -a
150: Accepted data connection
226: Options: -a -l
4 matches total
drwxr-xr-x 4 501 501 136 Dec 12 01:46 .
drwxr-xr-x 13 501 501 442 Dec 22 13:48 ..
lrwxr-xr-x 1 0 501 43 Dec 12 01:46 External Media -> /mnt/Scratch/Volumes/MediaHD/External Media
lrwxr-xr-x 1 501 501 32 Dec 12 01:44 Untitled222 -> /mnt/Scratch/Volumes/Untitled222
Cmd: CWD /Movies/External Media
250: OK. Current directory is /Movies/External Media
Cmd: CWD /Movies
250: OK. Current directory is /Movies
Cmd: CWD External Media
250: OK. Current directory is /Movies/External Media
Cmd: CWD External Media
550: Can't change directory to External Media: No such file or directory
Cmd: CWD External Media
550: Can't change directory to External Media: No such file or directory