2011-07-10, 05:31
So currently I have an AppleTV2 setup with the newest version of XBMC. Then I have all of my media on an Ubuntu 10.10 desktop. I setup my media drives to share via SMB, as it's extremely easy to setup (there's a gui), and I can connect to the ATV2 just fine. Most videos will stream without an issue. I can play HD .mkv files no problem... until they get to be too large of files, and then I run into stuttering and frame drops.
For instance I've got one show where the episodes are 1 hour, h.264 .mkv at about 1.10GB per episode. Those will play just fine without an issue. Then I have another show where the episodes are again, 1 hour, h.264 .mkv at about 2.20GB per episode. Those videos will not play fine at all.
From what I've been told my issue is that SMB is too slow to be streaming these videos over, and that I should be using NFS. However no matter how hard I try, I can't figure out how to set up NFS. I'm sure most linux users will cringe when I say this... but I wish there was an easy gui like there is for SMB...
So anyways, I'm looking for assistance or better suggestions. If you know how to setup NFS, your help would be greatly appreciated... or if you think you know a better protocol to use, feel free to suggest it!
Thanks for any help!
For instance I've got one show where the episodes are 1 hour, h.264 .mkv at about 1.10GB per episode. Those will play just fine without an issue. Then I have another show where the episodes are again, 1 hour, h.264 .mkv at about 2.20GB per episode. Those videos will not play fine at all.
From what I've been told my issue is that SMB is too slow to be streaming these videos over, and that I should be using NFS. However no matter how hard I try, I can't figure out how to set up NFS. I'm sure most linux users will cringe when I say this... but I wish there was an easy gui like there is for SMB...
So anyways, I'm looking for assistance or better suggestions. If you know how to setup NFS, your help would be greatly appreciated... or if you think you know a better protocol to use, feel free to suggest it!
Thanks for any help!