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Hi, Guys!
My biggest headache working with time capsule and xbmc on atv2 is AFP, i presume. As it is poorly supported on xbmc - i makes my xbmc crash always. Is SMB best solution? Or... maybe I should try to sell my time capsule and buy smth else? Thank you.
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My AirPort Extreme Basestation (which is basically a TC without an internal HDD) worked fine when I used it over SMB. Some people had issues with TCs and APEBs for both AFP and SMB, so best to just try it and see.
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When I use SMB it is always buffering... if i'm trying to watch 6 and more gb movie - it is nearly impossible...
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I already noted earlier that the problem of buffering is present on all models of the TimeCapsule except for the first generation. The version of a firmware of a AppleTV2 and of a TimeCapsule don't give any effect.
I repeat that the AppleTV without buffering works only with the first generation of the TimeCapsule!
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so... seems to be there is no way out...
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Friends!
do you know if Frodo brought us improvements in AFP protocol?
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it's a pity.. i have to use firecore's mediaplayer for movies (AFP working perfectly on it) and run xbmc only when i need it for different plugins (iptv that i use a lot)... or i have to buy new NAS which supports better SMB then time capsule...
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Friends,
I don't want to raise another post. Is there any progress done on AFP compatibility? Thanks in advance!
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It sounds like Apple itself is also going to phase out AFP in upcoming Mac OS X versions. Thankfully, improved SMB and NFS support in OS X means that there probably won't be any issue if AFP is dead on all fronts.
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I would love to keep on using SMB, but i got time capsule and it doesn't work smooth there.. looks like i'm stuck with useless, but expensive piece of hardware..
