[ATV2] Play 1080p without buffering XBMC vs Media Player vs Plex (with Time Capsule)

[ATV2] Play 1080p without buffering XBMC vs Media Player vs Plex (with Time Capsule)

Scott R
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#69

2011-07-30, 17:11

Question for those of you reporting positive results streaming 1080p MKVs using aTV Flash (black): Is there a server-side component which is transcoding the video (a la Plex), or is it streaming the file as-is?

I haven't played a ton of movies on my XBMC ATV2 yet, but have had good results with DVD .ISO files and 720p MKV files. My straight Blu-ray ripped MKV files (20GB+) play, but not without issues. My latest test (Rango) pauses numerous times over SMB and, with my latest test, using an NFS server on my Acer Revo running XP. With Filezilla server, I can play the movie without pauses, but I get frequent video slowdowns/dropped frames (audio plays fine).

I just recently bought a new desktop (i7-2600) for the main purpose of downconverting my movies to a more ATV2-friendly format. With the rumors of an A5-based ATV (which I'm skeptical will happen this year), I am tempted to hold off a bit, as I'd prefer to keep my Blu-ray rips in 1080p format. But lately I've been thinking that I should just save myself the headache and use Handbrake to bring them down to 720p MP4 files that can play on a stock ATV2. Obviously, though, even with an i7-2600, I'm looking at quite a bit of time to encode all of my movies.

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[ATV2] Play 1080p without buffering XBMC vs Media Player vs Plex (with Time Capsule) - by johndo - 2011-06-03, 01:22

[No subject] - by RosevilleHT - 2011-06-03, 03:32

[No subject] - by davilla - 2011-06-03, 04:15

[No subject] - by Ned Scott - 2011-06-03, 07:08

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[No subject] - by davilla - 2011-06-05, 06:01

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[No subject] - by activate - 2011-07-03, 04:59

[No subject] - by 6corewhore - 2011-07-03, 17:56

ATV Flash works, XBMC Does not - by nutsofamily - 2011-07-04, 05:23

[No subject] - by 6corewhore - 2011-07-04, 05:25

[No subject] - by ktjensen - 2011-07-04, 14:24

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[No subject] - by Scott R - 2011-07-30, 17:11

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