I just connect my MacBook Pro and my AppleTV via ethernet to a blazingly fast internet connect. Before, wirelessly on G it sucked, stuttering and buffering all the time. I was watching a 720p encode of We Own The Night, and at odd times throughout the movie, it just stopped played, and rebuffered (This is wired) and by the end, it compeletely froze up on us. I am so close to returning this thing, as I just cannot make the streaming stuff work... For you guys out there streaming HD (High definition mainly, b/c standard def works fine) video, please tell me how you do it. tricks you do to make it smooth, or settings adjusted. I am encoding most of my stuff via VisualHub, AppleTV settings, just 2 pass though. Most files are about 3.69gb... Thanks guys, and please help, I'm ripping my hair out...
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Still having trouble streaming High Definition content.
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As a simple test, unplug the AppleTV and whatever is serving files to it from your normal network, and instead connect them together directly with a single ethernet cable. You will need to manually configure an IP address at each end of this connection. This may also require a crossover cable, but most modern Macs detect this condition and correct it automatically in the interface.
This test will remove your local network (not your Internet connection) from the list of things that may be interrupting the streaming.
Report back here.
This test will remove your local network (not your Internet connection) from the list of things that may be interrupting the streaming.
Report back here.
The AppleTV has generally a problem streaming content that has a bitrate of more than 3000kbit/sec
I have HD content with bit rates up to 3600kbit/sec and watching them through streaming isn't fun at all. The movie pauses all the time. If I copy the movie to Apple TV then everything is ok...
The Apple TV needs to work differently when streaming...maybe buffer x minutes of video first and then start playing the movie....
I have HD content with bit rates up to 3600kbit/sec and watching them through streaming isn't fun at all. The movie pauses all the time. If I copy the movie to Apple TV then everything is ok...
The Apple TV needs to work differently when streaming...maybe buffer x minutes of video first and then start playing the movie....
I have started have problems recently steaming HD content. I'm on a ethernet cord, but thinking of movie over to 802.11n will that help out? What do you use?
For me, I can't imagine an "n" network could possibly be any faster than my wired ethernet connection here. I'm on a school university network (Boston College) and this connection is so fast. I mean, the movies load so quickly and barely any buffering now, but its still noticeably jittery at points throughout the movie, even during dialogue and such. What the hell...
I stream videos encoded at 4,000kbps on a regular basis. I'm not going to say I've NEVER had a single problem but the overwhelming majority of the time the videos play without a hiccup.