[wcankan]

Hi,

Perhaps a silly question, but do you unpack your rar/zip files before adding the movies into the ATV2 library? And have you noticed stuttering if you dont unpack the movies?

Best regards
wcankan

[Maetrik]

Yes i do. Not because of stuttering, but i noticed that when exporting the database seperately directly to the share and the movies are packed, the created nfo files and thumbs did not match the movies and where inverted.

[Ned Scott]

There's no reason to keep movies rar'ed or zipped. You should always unpack them. There will be less demand on the CPU, and you don't actually save any real space by having them "compressed" (video codecs are already compressed).

[Jönke]

Only for seed reason

[RudolfR]

I leave torrents packed, for seeding purposes and because I'm lazy.
It does perform better (less stuttering/smoother playback/faster skipping)
on unpacked media.
Fortunately, my nzbget post-processor handles this just fine.

I'd recommend unpacking, especially for 720p and 1080p movies.

[wcankan]

Ok, thanks for the input guys. The main reason i use XBMC instead of Plex is the unrar feature so i can totally relate to beeing lazy

//wcankan

[Buadhai]

I leave torrents packed, for seeding purposes and because I'm lazy.

I always unpack, but I keep the packed version around until I'm done seeding.