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golgo13sf posted:Wireless N? G, but still, not even close to maxing out the signal.
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Ur Getting Fatter posted:So is XBMC (on the ATV) usually poo poo at streaming via WIFI? I thought it was just a signal problem, but I have it about 10ft from the router now, with the computer which has the file hooked up to the router via Ethernet, but the ATV never seems to pull more than 3-5mbps, which leads to pretty much constant buffering. I've got 2 ATV2s in my house running XBMC, one directly next to the router and one which is essentially on the other side of the wall from the router and I can stream 1080p just fine. I have an AirPort Extreme router and my NAS box is plugged directly into it.
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Nov 25, 2012 15:13
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If its 10' away use Ethernet.
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Nov 25, 2012 16:19
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If it's N, you should get higher speeds than the wired 100 meg port, no?
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Nov 25, 2012 16:54
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choobs posted:If it's N, you should get higher speeds than the wired 100 meg port, no? wireless speeds are a theoretical maximum. As in, absolutely perfect conditions, you might get this speed for a split second.
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Nov 25, 2012 23:28
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You'll find that a 100 mbit/s wired connection is equivalent to a 200 mbit/s wireless connection except that it's not subject to interference. In the vast majority of cases a 100 mbit/s wired connection is probably faster. My ATV 3rd gen doesn't seem to like connecting at more than 65 mbit/s wirelessly, not that it matters.
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Nov 26, 2012 00:08
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I found the best, best way to stream to my ATV2 running XBMC is to use FTP. Once I started connecting to my wired NAS via FTP, and to a wireless Windows laptop via FileZilla FTP Server, pretty much all my buffering issues went away. SMB comes with a lot of overhead, especially since it uses ol' reverse engineered Samba and not a Microsoft native SMB stack. FTP offers higher transfer rates. I wish ATV Flash Black supported FTP streaming.. As much as I love XBMC, I like the idea of not leaving the native interface even better.
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Nov 28, 2012 06:27
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AirPlay mirroring with my iPad (2) sucks. It's great with my iPhone 5. Is this just because of hardware and poo poo or something I can fix?
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Nov 29, 2012 02:29
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A co-worker is looking at getting an Apple TV, and they're cheaper in the US than the UK. A friend of his is coming to the UK soon so he was going to get them to buy one there and bring it over for him. Anyone know of any reason why this wouldn't work (the power cable is not an issue)?
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Nov 30, 2012 09:31
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I don't see why it wouldn't. The region is decided from a menu choice and your IP/DNS. There's nothing inherently region-specific that I can tell.
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Nope, I did exactly that and it works great!
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Nov 30, 2012 20:26
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FishBulb posted:AirPlay mirroring with my iPad (2) sucks. It's great with my iPhone 5. Is this just because of hardware and poo poo or something I can fix? I'm not really sure. Mirroring on my mini does go slow in 3d graphics heavy scenes. The rest of the time it's fine. It could be wireless or CPU speed related. The mini is the same as the iPad 2 except I believe it has faster wireless at 5GHz. Difficult to day with you telling us what the comparison is like.
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Nov 30, 2012 20:46
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Theres a new firmware for the Apple TV although I don't know the new stuff it has (except for semi-revamped UI).
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Billa posted:Theres a new firmware for the Apple TV although I don't know the new stuff it has (except for semi-revamped UI). Looks like bug fixes and one new feature, iTunes Up Next. quote:The previous iOS update for Apple TV was a major one. iOS 5.1 for Apple TV brought with it a host of new features, apart from user interface improvements. Apple TV now supports Shared Photo Streams, AirPlay and multiple iTunes accounts which can easily and swiftly be switched. iOS 5.1.1 for Apple TV now eliminates any bugs that might have been present in the previous update. Also, this update is only available for second and third generation Apple TVs only, just like iOS 5.1 is.
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FCKGW posted:Looks like bug fixes and one new feature, iTunes Up Next. Your avatar is pure awesomeness, I love it.
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From the Mac thread: I just bought a new Apple TV. I'm having a problem. I have a Cisco/Linksys E2500 dual-band Wireless-N router, (http://home.cisco.com/en-eu/products/routers/E2500) I am using it with a 15" MBP Retina. When I try to do airplay mirroring or load my iTunes library, it skips/lags/freezes up. I tried connecting the Apple TV to the router directly with an ethernet cable, which made airplay mirroring work great. However, when I try to load my iTunes library, it says I must be connected to the same network as the library for Home Sharing. Summary: Over wifi, Apple TV can connect to my iTunes library, but its very laggy and Airplay mirroring barely loads/freezes. With Apple TV over ethernet, airplay mirroring works great, but I can't connect to my iTunes library. Any ideas?
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Dec 2, 2012 03:22
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Try turning Home Sharing off then back on when connected to Ethernet. It's weird sometimes.
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It seems like the latest update fixed Hulu and some other things not working while connected on ethernet bug, so I'm pretty happy about that!
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Akuma posted:I don't see why it wouldn't. The region is decided from a menu choice and your IP/DNS. There's nothing inherently region-specific that I can tell. Even if it auto-detects based on IP you just switch it back over. I live in Kuwait and set it to US because the Kuwait store is only an app store and even then missing certain apps.
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:Even if it auto-detects based on IP you just switch it back over. I live in Kuwait and set it to US because the Kuwait store is only an app store and even then missing certain apps.
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Akuma posted:With the second part I was referring more to services like Netflix and Hulu, sorry, should've mentioned that! Oh yeah that stuff only works if I use a VPN.
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:Oh yeah that stuff only works if I use a VPN.
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:Oh yeah that stuff only works if I use a VPN.
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mediaphage posted:FYI, Unblock-us.com works great on the Apple TV. Neat, but this will only unblock US sites that don't allow foreign IPs right? The VPNs people here use also get around the government-censored sites. Edit: This seems so much simpler though, it's literally just changing DNS settings then authenticating on website. Ok before I try it out, Hulu on the ATV is the paid version of Hulu right? Same with Netflix? I'll try to get a free netflix trial to coincide with the free Unblock trial to see how it works. THE AWESOME GHOST fucked around with this message at 08:45 on Dec 3, 2012 |
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:Ok before I try it out, Hulu on the ATV is the paid version of Hulu right? Same with Netflix? Correct, Hulu is only for Hulu plus subscribers. Netflix doesn't have a free option. The free trial will just give you a Netflix account for 3 months or something.
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:Neat, but this will only unblock US sites that don't allow foreign IPs right? The VPNs people here use also get around the government-censored sites. Yeah you're right about the government blocks - I just wanted to point out that it's easy for stuff like the Apple TV and other boxes. It also works for BBC's iPlayer, Channel 4 on demand, etc.
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Those of you looking to cash in on your ATV2's better sell them fast. ATV3 has been jailbroken, Beta soon Edit: Apparently only a rumor: FCKGW posted:No, it hasn't. This is a garbage press release that the website appletv3jailbreak.com keeps buying. I've seen this news spam all over the place the past few weeks, trying to drive traffic to their website. MickRaider fucked around with this message at 19:49 on Dec 6, 2012 |
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Dec 6, 2012 19:13
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Of course. 3 days after I broke down and bought an AD12 since it seemed like the ATV3 was never getting jailbroken. Oh well, I have another TV I need XBMC on.
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MickRaider posted:Those of you looking to cash in on your ATV2's better sell them fast. No, it hasn't. This is a garbage press release that the website appletv3jailbreak.com keeps buying. I've seen this news spam all over the place the past few weeks, trying to drive traffic to their website. There is no AppleTV 3 jailbreak. Just read the article, the website referenced isn't a "hacking group", it's a blog with a bunch of ads and affiliate links. Here's what nitoTV said just 2 weeks ago. 
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I don't think the ATV3 will ever be jailbroken. I just use mine for iPad mirroring and iTunes Home Sharing my kids shows. Might redo my XBMC HTPC into a Plex setup and grab a Roku for the bedrooms.
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FCKGW posted:No, it hasn't. Sorry about the bad source. Was excited about the potential only to have it poof away. Glad I still have my ATV2
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Anyone wanna throw down me some repositories for my freshly jailbroken ATV2? There doesn't seem to be a good single site for all this crap. Or should I throw this in the JB thread? My concern is that the JB thread seems very much less focused on the ATV than it is iPhones, iPads, iPods.
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averox posted:Anyone wanna throw down me some repositories for my freshly jailbroken ATV2? There doesn't seem to be a good single site for all this crap. There really is no central repository full of apps for the apple TV or anything like that. Check the OP for a list of popular things to do with your apple TV and follow the links to tutorials etc.
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I'm gonna be selling both my jailbroken ATV2s. Got sick of all the buffering issues that I could not fix no matter what and hooked up my Acer Revo back up and enjoying OpenELEC with 0 issues.
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Dec 7, 2012 02:17
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Anyone having issues connecting their AppleTV to their iTunes Home Share since going to iTunes 11?
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Is your ATV up to date?
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Yeah, I've checked it several times.
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Thwomp posted:Anyone having issues connecting their AppleTV to their iTunes Home Share since going to iTunes 11? Updated the ATV first then itunes. I had to reboot my computer after that. Can't remember if I did anything else but it worked after that. I still haven't tested the new features.
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Thwomp posted:Anyone having issues connecting their AppleTV to their iTunes Home Share since going to iTunes 11? Yes. Just had this issue at a clients house. Have not fixed it yet. Using an AppleTV 3 and iTunes 11 running on an iMac with Mountain Lion.
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