[Crossmax]

Hello all....I'm a total newbie to XBMC so forgive me if I ask some really stupid questions. I recently bought an Apple Mac Mini (OS X, 16Gb Ram, Intel i5 processor). Been slowly adding movies to my library. Noticed today that when I watch a movie that it starts to stutter and says that it is buffering, I have 3 1Tb and 1 2Tb drives connected to the Mac via a powered usb hub. Have I connected it up wrong, is there something in the settings I should change? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[DStu]

Welcome.

But to tell you if you've connected it wrong, you might like to tell us how you've connected it!

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[Crossmax]

Hi DStu...I have connected the drives to the Mac via a usb powered hub....I've also notice that it only seems to buffer when watching movies.

[David Harry]

If you play the files via another media player, VLC for instance, do you still get buffering on the same files? Is it buffering or a data rate problem? USB two is easily fast enough to play HD from, so maybe try a speed test on your external drives. If you transfer the USB files that buffer/stutter, to your internal drive, how do they play? It may just be a process of elimination with your hardware.