2011-09-16, 06:21
I ask because I've used Plex exclusively for two months, until it was broken by the latest firmware update. Now I'm relying on xmbc.
From what I understand, they way Plex works is that the media server on my PC does the bulk of the heavily lifting - doing the transcoding, I mean - while streaming that data to my appleTV 2. If I'm inaccurate on this count please correct me.
If, on the other-hand, I'm being correct, is there an equivalent for xmbc? i.e. a program/media server that does most of the work? I ask because while my xmbc can play most media well, it stutters with larger 720p files. Seeking/fast-fowarding is also agonizingly slow. I have no idea if this has to do with the fact that xmbc is using the appleTV2 hardware instead of my PC hardware, but if so...well, I return the question that I asked at the beginning of this paragraph.
Thank you =)
From what I understand, they way Plex works is that the media server on my PC does the bulk of the heavily lifting - doing the transcoding, I mean - while streaming that data to my appleTV 2. If I'm inaccurate on this count please correct me.
If, on the other-hand, I'm being correct, is there an equivalent for xmbc? i.e. a program/media server that does most of the work? I ask because while my xmbc can play most media well, it stutters with larger 720p files. Seeking/fast-fowarding is also agonizingly slow. I have no idea if this has to do with the fact that xmbc is using the appleTV2 hardware instead of my PC hardware, but if so...well, I return the question that I asked at the beginning of this paragraph.
Thank you =)