2012-01-01, 16:44
Does some solutions written here also work on the combo with an Airport Extreme + external usb hard disk?
Reverb Wrote:Does some solutions written here also work on the combo with an Airport Extreme + external usb hard disk?
TheShadowhawk Wrote:Curious if you had any luck with this?
I have a 4th generation Airport Extreme with a 2 TB External drive plugged in the USB. Connected via a Wired Network to the ATV2.
720p TV shows play fine on Eden Beta 2 for 30 mins then they splutter and gag and buffer every 2 mins or so which becomes very frustrating.
Eric_S Wrote:What are you using for your file transfer protocol? I have found afp to suffer from stutter/crash, while smb over the same wired network operates flawlessly.
TheShadowhawk Wrote:Well I tried those settings. It seemed to improve the buffering issue slightly but it was still bad.
So instead I connected the hard drive that was attached to the Airport Extreme to my Macbook Pro directory and use that as a data source (via AFP) and suddenly all the buffering issues were resolved.
Looks like the Airport Extreme is pretty crap at streaming the data to an ATV2 XBMC by either AFP or SMB.
I guess the main external drive will stay attached to my mac for now until we get another dedicated NAS.
Eric_S Wrote:That"s very interesting, and very different than my experience with my Airport Extreme with attached USB hard drive.
Say, what generation of Airport Extreme do you have? Is it Gigabit Ethernet? An older device might explaine it (no Gigabit Ethernet). Else, you might want to time the duration of an ordinary file transfer and, if slow, contact Apple for assistance or exchange of your unit.
GnarusLeo Wrote:It didn't ... looks coller though.
During my 720p movies, xbmc buffers 5-10 times now. Better then before anyways, still suck though ...
How could this possibly be a Time Capsule problem ... Used it for years with other streaming devices. It would be so cool if someone could understand whats going on here
TheShadowhawk Wrote:I have a 4th generation Airport Extreme. I did wonder if the 5th generation was faster for data transfers?
What generation do you have?
deanmv Wrote:The ATV2 is only 10/100 anyway so this shouldn't matter, just to add in my input I run my ATV2 Ethernet into my AEBS (4th gen I think, the one before dual band) and it plays everything including 1080p absolutely fine off the USB drive plugged into it. I can even stream 1080P wirelessly to my Macbook Pro and there is no buffering there either.
TheShadowhawk Wrote:What type of external Hard drive do you have? I have a western digital, but I would not have thought that would have made a difference.