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Got the buffering blues. DVD quality fine, 720 and anything is unwatchable.
Read it might be because of SMB shares on my mac so I bought a UPnP server (Majestic) and have the same problem, also tried FTP shares same problem.
My mac is 2 ghz intel model with 2 gb memory.
I read somewhere on this forum that the xbmc export for ATV2 has a small buffer size and that could be the problem (next official built?)
Does anybody have any insite or suggestions on how to get HD working well?
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i had awful problems with 720p until i connected my pc to my router with ethernet.
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I would troubleshoot the problem by copying a video file you're having trouble playing directly to your ATV via sftp, then playing it from there. If it plays with no issues off of your atv's internal memory, then most likely your network is incapable of maintaining the high throughput required for HD. Personally I've had no issues with either 2.4 or 5ghz wireless N, but your safest bet is to wire it directly like misha suggests.
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I am using ethernet and the files are AVI, mlk works better. I'll try to copy it over, which folder do you put yours in? Do you make a new folder for them?
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The ATV is wired to the computer's ethernet port and sharing from the computer to the atv using everykind of share I can get working on the mac.
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Oh interesting, I can't imagine it being a network problem in that case, but you might try playing it from the atv internal memory just to be positive. What kind of video files are we talking? The atv is going to have a harder time with non h.264 videos since they have to be decoded in software by the not very powerful cpu.
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AVIs are causing the most problems. Of course h.264 works well as does MKV files which buffer once in a while but it hate AVIs and I love icefilms. I'll try the iternal today or tomorrow and post the findings. Thanks for the help guys, it's appreciateed.
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I moved an avi over to the home folder on my atv2 and got the same buffering issues. So it looks like the fault lays with the apple tv not being able to handle avi that well. Only solution for me seems to be transcoding to mpg.
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Do you use AVI? I got no problems with any files but AVIs.
