iTunes shares over DAAP and variations thereof, which have been implemented as low resource servers in plenty of other devices. See http://www.fireflymediaserver.org/
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iTunes shares over DAAP and variations thereof, which have been implemented as low resource servers in plenty of other devices. See http://www.fireflymediaserver.org/
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But don't forget that your iTunes library can include files on AirDisks or external drives, not just disks connected physically to the computer running iTunes.
Link please.
My understanding is that the Airport Express AirTunes is always Apple Lossless which is just 16 bit stereo PCM in about half the bandwidth, but there are no added compression/decompression artifacts here since if you send out 128 kbps MP3 as Apple Lossless it is indistinguishable from a WAV since it is lossless. This was done so that the Airport Express hardware could be kept simple & cheap, so all it needs to do in uncompress the Apple Lossless and send it to the optical port or to a DAC.
TV is quite different. It is perfectly capable of decoding the AAC/MP3 files it stores on its internal HDD, so just like iTunes to iTunes sharing it can send out the compressed data, which it will convert to 16 bit stereo PCM to send to the digital audio port or to a DAC and the analog port.B
Well yes, Apple could theoretically build some version of iTunes that could run on it. I thought you were talking about a user installing and running a stock iTunes on that thing.
Kevin
You're making some assumptions here.....I have never bought into the big audio difference between formats and when I ripped my CD collection almost five years ago I did a lot or research on the topic and came to the conclusion that 192 kbps was the right compression for me. Sometimes I can hear a difference but for the most part I don't. No need to debate this topic further since it's been done a million times before. Five years ago storage was a lot more expensive than it is today. It would still be nice to be able to identify what files are which format. Seems like an easy enough problem to solve to me.
While my power source is a conditioner it's main purpose it to turn everything on and off. No claims of improved picture or sound quality. It's complicated so my friends all go oooohhh and aaaahhhhh when them come over to my house.
Did we ever determine what audio stream the ATV outputs via the optical digital output? Kevin???
Background info:
I have my music/videos stored on an external HDD connected to my Airport extreme router. My MBP itunes points to the air disk as its library so that I don't have to use the MBP's HDD space.
Question:
If my MBP itunes is the source for an appletv, will streaming work with this type of setup? And if so, does it stream air disk->MBP->appletv, air disk->appletv or MBP->air disk->appletv?
Reason for asking:
I'm debating between buying a 1TB time capsule (and point my MBP itunes to it) or a mac mini (w/ 1 TB external drives).
time capsule would seem to be cheaper and more of a minimalist approach (which I prefer)
Any insight would be greatly appreciated
It will stream air disk -> MBP -> Apple TV
It is iTunes that is directly streaming content to the Apple TV. It doesn't matter where iTunes is getting its content from (local file, NAS, etc.) it still has to serve it out to the Apple TV.
Kevin
Take 2 frameworks based off Leopard?
After the Take 2 update, will the Apple TV's frameworks now be based on Leopard rather than Tiger?
Also, how does Take 2 support Dolby Digital? Via the .MOV container? Does the original file need a 5.1 AC3 soundtrack or does Take 2 somehow convert 5.1 AAC to AC3 automatically?
After the Take 2 update, will the Apple TV's frameworks now be based on Leopard rather than Tiger?
Also, how does Take 2 support Dolby Digital? Via the .MOV container? Does the original file need a 5.1 AC3 soundtrack or does Take 2 somehow convert 5.1 AAC to AC3 automatically?
I'm doing some long-term thinking about TV, and have a serious impediment to purchasing. Why doesn't TV include a DVD player? Is there ever likely to be a version of TV that includes an optical drive? I would love to purchase an TV to replace my DVD player, but I don't think I'm likely to purchase yet another machine to hook up to my TV.
TV, and have a serious impediment to purchasing. Why doesn't TV include a DVD player? Is there ever likely to be a version of TV that includes an optical drive? I would love to purchase an TV to replace my DVD player, but I don't think I'm likely to purchase yet another machine to hook up to my TV.
^I don't think Apple will be releasing anything in future generations of their hardware with a DVD player as its main optical drive. DVD is EoL right now... Blu-Ray is the next gen.
If anything, I wouldn't be surprised if Apple released a MacBook Air drive with BluRay this year or next. That could potentially be enabled to work with anTV using its USB port.
If anything, I wouldn't be surprised if Apple released a MacBook Air drive with BluRay this year or next. That could potentially be enabled to work with an
TV using its USB port.
^I don't think Apple will be releasing anything in future generations of their hardware with a DVD player as its main optical drive. DVD is EoL right now... Blu-Ray is the next gen.
If anything, I wouldn't be surprised if Apple released a MacBook Air drive with BluRay this year or next. That could potentially be enabled to work with an
The developer note for Macbook Air is available on developer.apple.com. The USB port on the Macbook Air delivers more than twice the power required by the USB standard (1.1A vs .5A), which explains why the new drive won't work with other Macs or the current AppleTV.
Here's my set-up and my quandary.
tv 40gb (in mail - refurb purchase now that take 2 is available)
Macbook Pro 2.33ghz Core 2 Duo, 250gb hdd, 2gb ram
PC 160gb Sata raid 1, Xp Pro
External HDD 720 gb hooked up to Airport Extreme where I currently store all of my media.
My PC is connected via ethernet to AEBS and my MBP is wireless.
I'm thinking to just use my PC as my iTunes server and perhaps even hook up the External HDD to it for additional storage. My only reservation to doing this is that the PC is hot, noisy and it seems to me that the Windows DVD ripping SW is much clonkier than MactheRipper/Handbrake...
My alternative is to use the MBP as the iTunes server but then I have to have it on constantly and I'm concerned that streaming from 1st the Airdisk then from the MBP is going to cause flakey if not unstable playback.
Anyone care to comment?
tv 40gb (in mail - refurb purchase now that take 2 is available)Macbook Pro 2.33ghz Core 2 Duo, 250gb hdd, 2gb ram
PC 160gb Sata raid 1, Xp Pro
External HDD 720 gb hooked up to Airport Extreme where I currently store all of my media.
My PC is connected via ethernet to AEBS and my MBP is wireless.
I'm thinking to just use my PC as my iTunes server and perhaps even hook up the External HDD to it for additional storage. My only reservation to doing this is that the PC is hot, noisy and it seems to me that the Windows DVD ripping SW is much clonkier than MactheRipper/Handbrake...
My alternative is to use the MBP as the iTunes server but then I have to have it on constantly and I'm concerned that streaming from 1st the Airdisk then from the MBP is going to cause flakey if not unstable playback.
Anyone care to comment?
Here's my set-up and my quandary.
Macbook Pro 2.33ghz Core 2 Duo, 250gb hdd, 2gb ram
PC 160gb Sata raid 1, Xp Pro
External HDD 720 gb hooked up to Airport Extreme where I currently store all of my media.
My PC is connected via ethernet to AEBS and my MBP is wireless.
I'm thinking to just use my PC as my iTunes server and perhaps even hook up the External HDD to it for additional storage. My only reservation to doing this is that the PC is hot, noisy and it seems to me that the Windows DVD ripping SW is much clonkier than MactheRipper/Handbrake...
My alternative is to use the MBP as the iTunes server but then I have to have it on constantly and I'm concerned that streaming from 1st the Airdisk then from the MBP is going to cause flakey if not unstable playback.
Anyone care to comment?
I use my first generation Mac Mini as a media hub - I rip all my movies on my MacBook Pro and then transfer the file over to the USB drive that I hook up to my slow Mac Mini - you could do the same with your PC - just rip everything on your MBP.
For me it works best when I have the USB drive connected to the Mini and not the Airport.
Good stuff - thanks.
Do you use your USB drive for other storage? If so how is your connection set up? - I've used Samba to connect to my ntfs drives on the pc before but am wondering if there's an easier way... My firewire drive is currently formatted w/3 partitions - 2 hfs and 1 Fat32.
Edit:
Scratch that - just realized that your Mini will be able to read the HFS drives no problem...
I'll have to post up in another forum I suspect.
I'm now using my Touch as a remote for my ATV. Is the remote communicating with the ATV or my PC? The reason I'm asking is if I'm in the same room at the ATV the response if very fast. If I move to another room it gets slow and I drop the connection but I appear to still be connected to my wifi connection.