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Video play back from server

I have a few videos on a windows home server that I thought would play back fine with this device. The Apple TV can do it... But the video chugs. I have it hard wired so wireless speeds are not an issue. Does anyone have any experience with this?

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enigmata

enigmata

I primarily use the bundled Nero Mediahome UPnP/DLNA server on Win7 64bit and have had no such issues playing various video files up to 1080p H.264 in MKV, MP4, and AVI containers. No stuttering or chugging, all smooth as silk. Hardwired as well.

I did initially try streaming off of SMB/CIFS net shares (w/ latest firmware), but had problems with discovery of some media files. That's when I went to MediaHome and haven't looked back. I intend to try some other UPnP servers and see how they fare as well. But in my experience -- so far! -- UPnP/DLNA seems to work best for me.
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kengantimd

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I have this wireless synched with my Apple Time Capsule (running Wifi N). I have multifunction DLNA device!
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