Time Capsule+stream movies

HipHopTrex · Jul 18, 2012

Hello,

I've been looking into getting a time capsule and putting all my movies on it, all my non-iCloud streaming compatible ones. Basically Fox movies and rips of older movies.

So my question is, could I put movies onto a time capsule, and stream them to my jailbroken :apple:

tv2? And would I need to use Plex, or any program in particular? I'm finding mixed replies on other forums. So I thought I'd make a thread here.

carl0sian · Jul 18, 2012

HipHopTrex said:
Hello,

I've been looking into getting a time capsule and putting all my movies on it, all my non-iCloud streaming compatible ones. Basically Fox movies and rips of older movies.

So my question is, could I put movies onto a time capsule, and stream them to my jailbroken tv2? And would I need to use Plex, or any program in particular? I'm finding mixed replies on other forums. So I thought I'd make a thread here.

I have this setup. Apple TimeCapsule with external USB hard drive. I have all my media stores in the external hard drive. I use my Apple TV 3 to stream the content onto my TV. Some of the drawbacks to this setup is that iTunes disconnects from the Apple TV therefore you need to physically restart iTunes before being able to see your media on your AppleTV. Another drawback is that the external hard drive sometimes goes to sleep or needs a few seconds to wake up. I don't store my media directly on my TimeCapsule since it will get filled very quickly. I also don't use Plex. I just have home sharing turned on iTunes. My Apple TV is not jailbroken. Hope this helps.

HipHopTrex · Jul 18, 2012

carl0sian said:
I have this setup. Apple TimeCapsule with external USB hard drive. I have all my media stores in the external hard drive. I use my Apple TV 3 to stream the content onto my TV. Some of the drawbacks to this setup is that iTunes disconnects from the Apple TV therefore you need to physically restart iTunes before being able to see your media on your AppleTV. Another drawback is that the external hard drive sometimes goes to sleep or needs a few seconds to wake up. I don't store my media directly on my TimeCapsule since it will get filled very quickly. I also don't use Plex. I just have home sharing turned on iTunes. My Apple TV is not jailbroken. Hope this helps.

Thanks for the quick reply.

So I would have to have iTunes running on a computer to be able to do this?

Major bummer, if so. but thanks for listing the drawback. Is there anything else I should know?

golf1410 · Jul 18, 2012

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jay47 · Jul 18, 2012

Yes , you can stream movies from a time capsule to a jailbroken apple tv2 without needing a computer running .

If using xbmc to stream from the time capsule to the apple tv you will need to connect via SMB .

You can also use media player to stream but that requires a seasonpass jailbreak with apple flash black installed .

HipHopTrex · Jul 18, 2012

jay47 said:
Yes , you can stream movies from a time capsule to a jailbroken apple tv2 without needing a computer running .

If using xbmc to stream from the time capsule to the apple tv you will need to connect via SMB .

You can also use media player to stream but that requires a seasonpass jailbreak with apple flash black installed .

Ah terrific! that's what my ultimate goal is. Thank you ! I was pretty sure I could do that but wasn't entirely certain.

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