[APPLETV2] movies lagging
#1
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Hi guys.

I bought a apple tv2 to put on XBMC. I have never used XBMC before but heard good things about it. I got XBMC to work with seasonpass.

My problem is that when I play a mkv movie the movie is lagging all the time - it also keeps buffering.

My ATV2 is attached to a Synology DS211 (with cable). And when playing the CPU and memory on the NAS is fine.

Do you guys know what could be wrong?

Looking forward to hear from you.

/Danster
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#2
Hi,
I have experienced the same problems (see my post). After days of testing and trancoding the best what I could achieve is a transcoded BR with DVD Fab for iPad. Anyway it runs better but still not smooth.

My experience shows that there are three possible bottlenecks:
1. APTV2 itself - which isn't made for high quality videos (see tech specs for APTV) - and even high quality audio
2. XBMC - has some flaws and I hope that the next offical release will fix some of them.
3. LAN environment: I have tested it
- POWER LINE adapters (Netgear XAV5501) - bad troughput - at least in my environment
- n WiFi twice better then Power Line
- direct cabled - best perfomance(but ugly cables lying around)

Summary to me is that APTV2 is a nice gadget with limited performance - which offers some nice possibilities with XBMC - but you must invest time and effort in order to get it run your way. If you want high performance media Center you should look for another solution.

Have Fun!
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