Boxee HD Movie Optimisation Help ??

[wellzi]

Hello,

I have myself a freshly restored Apple TV 1st Gen 160gb running the latest Boxee media centre, and I was just wondering:

Most of my movie collection is comprised of High Definition movies (*.mkv format), exceeding 5gb.

Boxee has no trouble with 720p movies that are around 2-3gb, but when I go up to 1080p, or a movie exceeding 3gb, I get some serious lag.

Would anyone be able to tell me how to optimise this?

My setup consists of a wireless N connection (D-Link DIR-615), and a 4TB networked drive (D-Link DNS-323).

I'm assuming the problems are either:
- The wireless is transferring to slow for the Boxee ATV to keep up
- The Boxee ATV cannot handle downscaling from 1080p to 720p in real-time.

Does anyone know any way I can optimise my HD movies, or am I just going to have to deal with it? Thank you!

[nuggyblake]

Hello,

I have myself a freshly restored Apple TV 1st Gen 160gb running the latest Boxee media centre, and I was just wondering:

Most of my movie collection is comprised of High Definition movies (*.mkv format), exceeding 5gb.

Boxee has no trouble with 720p movies that are around 2-3gb, but when I go up to 1080p, or a movie exceeding 3gb, I get some serious lag.

Would anyone be able to tell me how to optimise this?

My setup consists of a wireless N connection (D-Link DIR-615), and a 4TB networked drive (D-Link DNS-323).

I'm assuming the problems are either:
- The wireless is transferring to slow for the Boxee ATV to keep up
- The Boxee ATV cannot handle downscaling from 1080p to 720p in real-time.

Does anyone know any way I can optimise my HD movies, or am I just going to have to deal with it? Thank you!

Im afraid that's as good as it gets unless you want to mod the atv to run a video encoder (minus the airport card).

[dantasnet]

Im afraid that's as good as it gets unless you want to mod the atv to run a video encoder (minus the airport card).

How?? coz I've got the same problem...Is there any way to fix it??

Appletv 1g v.2.02
Apple wirelles 2.4g and 5g band..

[nuggyblake]

How?? coz I've got the same problem...Is there any way to fix it??

Appletv 1g v.2.02
Apple wirelles 2.4g and 5g band..

Its a function of the hardware and the limited video encoding. The only way to improve your 1st gen atv are with a broadcom crystalHD card installed. You remove the airport card, install the card, install special OS/XBMC version and running hardwire ethernet, you have a 1080 streaming beast. Google will provide all the info you need.