2011-06-13, 19:37
From the tests i made, the CIFS/SMB server used by Airport Extreme/TimeCapsules aren't recommended to our setup, ATV2 accessing it directly via SMB.
Maybe when we see AFP support via XBMC it could work OK, but i had nothing but trouble using it.
Also, i had setup my Macbook to share a SMB folder, while using the Airport Extreme shared via AFP, and it worked OK, no buffering. But here, see the difference: Mac OS X uses Samba as CIFS/SMB server (Airport/TimeCapsules don't -- IIRC they use NetBSD plus an Apple daemon for CIFS/SMB), and the Macbook uses AFP instead of SMB. So, Samba makes the difference here.
Since i changed my NAS to a LaCie one, its Linux based and uses Samba as CIFS/SMB server, i got everything working smoothly with XBMC. I can even stream 1080p movies when needed.
Maybe when we see AFP support via XBMC it could work OK, but i had nothing but trouble using it.
Also, i had setup my Macbook to share a SMB folder, while using the Airport Extreme shared via AFP, and it worked OK, no buffering. But here, see the difference: Mac OS X uses Samba as CIFS/SMB server (Airport/TimeCapsules don't -- IIRC they use NetBSD plus an Apple daemon for CIFS/SMB), and the Macbook uses AFP instead of SMB. So, Samba makes the difference here.
Since i changed my NAS to a LaCie one, its Linux based and uses Samba as CIFS/SMB server, i got everything working smoothly with XBMC. I can even stream 1080p movies when needed.