[Apple TV2] How do you have ATV2 connected to Storage?

freakmonger · 2011-07-21 15:40

I have an ATV2 that I'm going to jailbreak (waiting on the correct usb cord). I then plan on installing XBMC on it. I'm wondering what is the best way to connect ATV2 to my external HD / Server. HomePlug, wireless, ethernet?

Thanks! Big Grin

**Ned Scott** · 2011-07-21 15:50

freakmonger Wrote:I have an ATV2 that I'm going to jailbreak (waiting on the correct usb cord). I then plan on installing XBMC on it. I'm wondering what is the best way to connect ATV2 to my external HD / Server. HomePlug, wireless, ethernet?

Thanks!

wired ethernet is normally the best if you can, but I've had about zero issues streaming 720 content on wireless-N.

emkay · 2011-07-21 15:51

It doesn't matter what you are using to connect to the network.
If you encounter lags or buffering issues you maybe want to use ethernet which has proven to be the faster connection - despite the WiFi N being faster in theory than the 100MBit LAN.

I use WiFi N for both my ATV2 and have no problems at all streaming 720p material...

EmKay

freakmonger · 2011-07-21 16:07

Do you guys stream from an external HD connected to a router or from a server?

jlor · 2011-07-21 16:11

I'm currently using ethernet through a switch and onto my dedicated machine running linux (ubuntu server, 11.04 I believe).
I'm sharing my media via NFS. When the next nightly is compiled and put up I will probably change from linux and back to FreeNAS.

I've had no problem streaming anything with this method. 1080p works well also.

CinemaPat · 2011-07-21 16:13

I'm using Wireless - N 5ghz and have no problem streaming from my SMB harddrive. I do get a lot of buffering with IceFilms, but I think that is a larger issue

**Ned Scott** · 2011-07-21 17:11

freakmonger Wrote:Do you guys stream from an external HD connected to a router or from a server?

right now my setup is a mix of both

gearheadvr4 · 2011-07-21 22:50

I'm using my HD connected to a router.

Lots of problems though, cannot see all my media and will not read .nfo files. Tried using the HD and shared from win7 with similar results.

multipazz · 2011-07-21 23:39

I was using a 1GB Time Capsule with no problems..

just upgraded to Seagate Black Armor 220 4TB NAS

it has 10/100/1000 ethernet so no problems with network speed

working perfectly

stevotdo · 2011-07-22 00:22

Wired Ethernet to my server.

Older Emachines computer internals moved to a different case running unraid 4.7

Gigabit ethernet expansion card

2tb of usable storage

freakmonger Junior Member Posts: 14 Joined: May 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-07-21 15:40 Post: #1 I have an ATV2 that I'm going to jailbreak (waiting on the correct usb cord). I then plan on installing XBMC on it. I'm wondering what is the best way to connect ATV2 to my external HD / Server. HomePlug, wireless, ethernet? Thanks!
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emkay Member+ Posts: 107 Joined: Feb 2011 Reputation: 0 Location: Germany	2011-07-21 15:51 Post: #3 It doesn't matter what you are using to connect to the network. If you encounter lags or buffering issues you maybe want to use ethernet which has proven to be the faster connection - despite the WiFi N being faster in theory than the 100MBit LAN. I use WiFi N for both my ATV2 and have no problems at all streaming 720p material... EmKay
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freakmonger Junior Member Posts: 14 Joined: May 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-07-21 16:07 Post: #4 Do you guys stream from an external HD connected to a router or from a server?
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jlor Junior Member Posts: 49 Joined: Jul 2011 Reputation: 0 Location: Aarhus, Denmark	2011-07-21 16:11 Post: #5 I'm currently using ethernet through a switch and onto my dedicated machine running linux (ubuntu server, 11.04 I believe). I'm sharing my media via NFS. When the next nightly is compiled and put up I will probably change from linux and back to FreeNAS. I've had no problem streaming anything with this method. 1080p works well also.
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CinemaPat Member Posts: 66 Joined: Jul 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-07-21 16:13 Post: #6 I'm using Wireless - N 5ghz and have no problem streaming from my SMB harddrive. I do get a lot of buffering with IceFilms, but I think that is a larger issue
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Ned Scott Team-XBMC Wiki Guy Posts: 11,943 Joined: Jan 2011 Reputation: 131 Location: Arizona, USA	2011-07-21 17:11 Post: #7 freakmonger Wrote:Do you guys stream from an external HD connected to a router or from a server? right now my setup is a mix of both
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gearheadvr4 Junior Member Posts: 16 Joined: Jun 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-07-21 22:50 Post: #8 I'm using my HD connected to a router. Lots of problems though, cannot see all my media and will not read .nfo files. Tried using the HD and shared from win7 with similar results. (This post was last modified: 2011-07-21 23:53 by gearheadvr4.)
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multipazz Junior Member Posts: 47 Joined: Apr 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-07-21 23:39 Post: #9 I was using a 1GB Time Capsule with no problems.. just upgraded to Seagate Black Armor 220 4TB NAS it has 10/100/1000 ethernet so no problems with network speed working perfectly
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stevotdo Junior Member Posts: 7 Joined: Mar 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-07-22 00:22 Post: #10 Wired Ethernet to my server. Older Emachines computer internals moved to a different case running unraid 4.7 Gigabit ethernet expansion card 2tb of usable storage
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