I bought an ATV2 a few months ago and set up XBMC 11b2 with all the defaults; it's fantastic. No problems at all, aside from the normal config issues with XBMC.
I love it. Better than a Boxee Box, better than a WDTV Live Streamer, better than a hacked PBO. (I owned all four.)
I've streamed your average-sized .h264-encoded 1080p MKV file (~8-10GB) without any issues.
I must be doing something wrong then. I have the latest XBMC installed, and am trying to stream both 720p and 1080p h.264 MKV's ranging from 3GB to 25GB. I don't expect the larger ones to work, but why am I getting stutter on the smaller files? 480p files work fine, and I am using a gigabit network. Any ideas?
Again, one needs to know more data.
3GB for a 3 hours movie - ie 1GB/hour of video playback? If so, and it's a normal .MKV, your ATV2 with XBMC 11b2 should easily be able to handle that; mine works great.
It's a different story for the 25GB over 3 hours (8GB/hour) videos; I have seen them stutter.
You're sure you have a good network connection?
You can put a computer there, using the same network connection, and it plays perfectly?
These are standard .MKVs?
XBMC 11b2?
What's the bitrate per hour?
I suggest you post on the XBMC ATV2 forums, as developers hang out over there and can actually help you.
8-10GB for 10 minutes, 3 hours, or 50 hours of playback?
That's the sort of data one needs.
SL, what iOS version are you using? Is it 4.4.1 (iOS 5) or is it older?
Wouldn't you normally make a fairly strong assumption that my use of the word "average" means a 10GB file is not going to be 10 minutes or 50 hours?
When I rip my Blu-Rays, I typically do the math to get it to 2 hours ~= 8GB and adjusted if the movie is shorter or longer.
Wouldn't you normally make a fairly strong assumption that my use of the word "average" means a 10GB file is not going to be 10 minutes or 50 hours?
When I rip my Blu-Rays, I typically do the math to get it to 2 hours ~= 8GB and adjusted if the movie is shorter or longer.
It's 4.4.1. I just realized I was on eden beta 1, not beta 2. Updating now, will see if that fixes things.
EDIT: Even with b2, it is still buffering HD content.
So you'll watch it for a little while then it pauses, is that right?
You're using wired networking, you have a 4GB/hour or less MKV you're playing, and your media share is SMB, no DLNA or other nonsense is involved, and you've tested that network drop and that network cable with a computer and it works fine... given that, XBMC ATV2 forums is about all I have left; I can only say mine works great.