Why does my streaming connection fail at life?

[donaldj]

Hello,

I have a new AppleTV, and have some questions.

I have had mixed results with my Windows PC streaming to the AppleTV.

It connects fine, but when once it goes into sleep, and comes back to life, there are varying results as to whether or not it reconnects. Is there a sure fire thing i can do to ensure my Windows PC is always connected to my ATV? I have already disabled sleep, but i see that it does sometimes disconnects itself.

Thanks!

Donaldj

 

[kadeschs]

I've been experiencing the same problem. It usually requires a re-start of ATV and sometimes even the PC to get things running again. This also happens when not putting the ATV to sleep but after finishing a stream. The connection is always on, but it's the share point that crashes. Hard-wired connection didn't fix the problem. I've just changed my Windows box over to a FreeNAS server. So far, it seems to be much better. I'll let you know when I find out a little more after a few days of usage.

 

[aidricksdad]

i could NEVER EVER get my windows machine to stay connected to appletv...i gave up and got an imac

 

[kadeschs]

i could NEVER EVER get my windows machine to stay connected to appletv...i gave up and got an imac

Yeah, I was trying to determine if it's something with Micro$oft or the SMB share service on the ATV side. I've used FreeNAS for two days now (including putting the ATV to sleep), and I have had no dropped mounts thus far. I've connected FreeNAS via the SMB service so I'm thinking it must be something WinBlows is doing that the ATV SMB is having problems with.