Buffering issues

[geoffpalmeruk]

Hi All,

I have an apple TV3 linked up to my wifi network, I have all my media on an external HDD connected to a G4 Mac Mini.

I used to be loving it but now it takes so long to buffer even a single SD episode (last time i timed it it was around 17mins for a 35 min show)

I have rebooted the router, Rebooted the mac mini and turned off the HDD and back on, I have reset the Apple TV and run disk checks (Verify) on both the internal hdd and the external one.

Still no change. Any further advice?

It may be co-incidence but i noticed it taking a lot longer since the broadband got disconnected.

 

[Macman45]

It could be the HDD, or your router...If it worked before, then these are the likely culprits here.

borrowed HDD with a couple of movies on it should answer point one.

As for point two, well, if the HDD is not the issue then I guess you have the answer.

Things you can try as a maybe fix:

SMC reset:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US


PRAM reset:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379


I doubt these are the issue, but they are worth a shot.

 

[PM-Performance]

Have you tried wired?

Also check your IP address. I had some problems with other devices connecting and stealing the IP that my ATV had. I had to set it with a static address on my router to alleviate this from happening again.

Same sypmtoms though. Would just randomly start buffering and disconnect. Quick look at my connected devices showed a guest at my house connected to my wifi and took the IP slated for my ATV.

 

[lexvo]

Yes, check your network first.

If it isn't the network, try downgrading the firmware of the Apple TV to 5.3. This helped me when I had Airplay issues.