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Originally Posted by Eragon
Does anyone know if it is possible to watch a rented movie via streaming (iPhone Remote)? For example, you download a rented movie to the iTunes library before heading out of town. While away, you connect back to your desktop via iPhone Remote to stream the video.
Not sure how iTunes would know how to set the timer.
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Well, had an interesting evening of discovery. I rented The Usual Suspects. The download went well. After the download was completed, I copied the file to my Mac desktop and navigated to it via my iPhone. The movie showed up as it should via iPhone Remote, but the iPhone gave me an error saying it could not play the video. This is strange because my iTunes downloaded movies (e.g., National Treasure) can play.
Just for the hell of it, I tried running the file through Tunebite on my Windows machine. That process failed, and the rental evaporated. No biggy. Best $2.99 I spent all day.
Just like that. Lesson learned: if you want to stream videos to your device using your personal collection of movies, don't rent. I like the idea of renting titles I only want to watch once, such as on a trip. At the same time, I don't want to have to sync specific titles to my iPhone. Unless such a title is one I don't want anyone else to know I have.
