IFlicks 2 will easily watch video from iTunes to Apple TV

Most inconvenient to Apple TV - view movies that are not in your library. I think the owners of consoles will agree with me. But also to download from the iTunes own video is not so simple: mediakombayn supports not all video formats. But the question must be solved somehow?

I already wrote about the various applications that are able to play videos from your Mac to the Apple TV even without iTunes participation. Among them it is worth noting a very good AirVideo HD and more advanced, but expensive Plex. By the way, in the comments on the review of the last I suggested another way to view content on a set-top box from Apple - iFlicks. I started it and try.

The main difference iFlicks 2 from the above-mentioned applications - is the lack of need for your smartphone or tablet as an intermediary between your computer and the prefix that is connected to the TV. The program is only installed on a Mac without additional applications for iOS.

The main task iFlicks - Automatically add videos to your library iTunes. But the app is not just another converter from a variety of formats supported by iTunes. With iFlicks can download covers for films and TV series, information about the actors and other information about the movie film, including descriptions of films and TV series. And the main thing - it's all done automatically.

Similarly, as in the case with Plex and AirVideo HD, you must set the watched folder, for which the application will be constantly watched. After finding its content matches the conditions, it will start processing it and load into iTunes. processing rules you choose iFlicks settings. The system is made very convenient and has a lot of options setting rules and the principle of their creation is very similar to the work in Automator.

Specified Condition: Watched folders with movies, when new - download cover art and description, and then converted and added to the library. At the end - Take away the original files, so as not to clog up hard drive space.

The only disadvantage of the application - the conversion process itself. If you prefer to watch movies at a maximum available capacity, then it will affect their size and and consequently on the conversion time of one video format to another supported by the application Apple. On the test Mac mini 2014 with SSD-drive standard series series processed in 40 minutes approximately 12-15 minutes. On the one hand, not so long, but on the other - it is only an episode ...

In any case, the choice you already have: use "intermediaries" in the iOS and not wait for the conversion or gradually distill from one format to another, but to run the video directly from the Extender, using only remote control.

Which way is better for you and why? Tell us about it in the comments!