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How to add podcasts via iTunes in AppleTV

This article explains the ways to add podcasts via iTunes in AppleTV

From your iTunes library on Apple TV you can listen to audio podcasts or video podcasts. Usually podcasts are free and you can subscribe to them from iTunes Store. The settings for adding podcasts to Apple TV does not depend on the settings for adding music. Podcast settings don't affect song settings.

Let us discuss the steps how to set iTunes to automatically sync podcasts.

  1. Select the Apple TV icon in iTunes.
  2. Now click on the podcasts tab.
  3. In the Podcasts pane, select "Sync... episodes of" and choose the number of episodes you want.
  4. Click ‘All podcast’ or ‘selected podcasts.’
  5. Click Apply.

Now lets discuss how to setup streaming content to Apple TV.
  1. Open iTunes on the computer you want to stream from.
  2. Now open Apple TV, choose Sources from the Main Menu.
  3. Choose "Connect to New iTunes". Make sure to make a note of the passcode displayed.
  4. Go to iTunes and select the Apple TV icon with "Click to set up" .
  5. Enter the passcode. Need to note here that while content is being streamed, the computer must remain on and iTunes must remain open.
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