Take 2 Update Causes Crashes, Freezes, Glitching

I'm not in the UK, but I am having the exact same problem on a 40 GB box.

I'm having many of the same issues myself. I also am not in the UK and have a 160gb that has over 100gb's of free space and still I'm having these issues.

Here's my post detailing my problem:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1396313&tstart=0

Bottom line is Apple would've been better off to delay v2.0 until they had the kinks worked out. (As info here folks, I wasn't one of the ones that was upset and frustrated by the delay in the release of v2.0. No doubt I was anxious, but as with most, the joy of the release is overshadowed by the frustrations of sub-standard software version.)

I too am having problems with the sluggishness of ATV since the 2.0 update. Just thought I'd add my complaint to the pile. Apple, please fix this thing up and get us a 2.1 quick!

I am having problems too with the update - I can no longer turn on the music from my iTunes while running the photos from my shared photos streaming. If I turn on iTunes music it runs by itself, if I turn on photos, it runs by itself. big letdown.

I am having the EXACT same problems with my 40GB Apple TV. Tonight was my first opportunity to sit down with it post 2.0 update and after 20 minutes of cursing I concluded that Apple TV take 2 is a flat out pig. I will probably go through the downgrade tomorrow because this is absolutely intolerable. Trying to watch a tv show results in a freeze. Music video? Same result. Hopefully it won't be another year before an update.

Same here. I have a friend down the street that bought a ATV the same time I did, same model.... He's fine. His works great. Mine is having all the troubles. It's really frustrating because I was so looking forward to this update.

2.0 is indeed very rough around the edges.

1. Rarely I get some video glitches when playing music. The album/display "flip" will produces some weirdness. It doesn't affect music playback so it is purely cosmetic.

2. Music artwork will show as a generic music note icon even though the artwork is present. Again, cometic.

3. The biggie is this molasses slow interface bug. I wasn't affected until a few days after upgrading. I simply unplugged the Apple TV and re plugged it in. (cursing Apple's vanity to not include a power switch as if to say "this thing never crashes") After the restart and flashy movie everything was back to normal. Hasn't come back yet... we'll see.

When it works, which really is most of the time, it is amazing. Buying content from your sofa makes browsing from your computer seem like the dark ages. It gives me that "this is how it's supposed to be" feeling. And this is how it will be. The days of movies and music becoming computer nerdified will be a blip in history.

I have the feeling Apple was in a tough position and decided to pull the trigger. The media would have eaten them alive if they delayed any longer. They weighed that against releasing software that was 90% ready. I'm sure they are working on 2.1 as we speak.

Now, as to why the slow interface bug affects some people all the time and others like myself intermittently, I have no idea. My advice is to pull the plug and let it restart. Sounds low tech but it worked for me. However, I would try and pause any downloads before doing so.

I noticed that Apple TV isn't a very good multi-tasker. For example, when watching video, downloading stops. When syncing the interface slows way down. When doing the first sync (large amounts of data) the interface slows to a crawl. After it has finished syncing things go back to normal.

This maybe the problem some people are having when first getting their Apple TV. On a wireless G network that first sync could take a very long time and tie up the system. I am thinking that after that initial sync things will go a lot smoother... I hope.

Apple TV 1.0 was better at syncing and chewing gum at the same time. But it also wasn't having to dynamically update its database while it was syncing. Take 2 combines synced and streamed files into one database (which impresses me). This might have something to do with it.

Just throwing that out there...

One thing I noticed that HAS helped was to reboot ATV. My most recent reboot has fixed most of the freezes and sluggishness, at least for the time being. Give it a shot, it only takes a minute or so to reboot...

Apart from the horrible top level menu, they seem to have completely screwed up the smmothness of the old interface.

It's either unsresposnive or too responsive depending on what you want to do.

As others have said it seems to stutter at times, especially with the album cover art flipping animation.

This is a real step backwards all round.

Even the store 'coveeflow-esque' animation is naff - far better for the focus of interest to lie in the center than at one edge of the screen.

Getting ready to revert to 1.1 at the minute.

AC

Alley_Cat wrote:

As others have said it seems to stutter at times, especially with the album cover art flipping animation.

I've experienced this, too -- album cover art almost "sticking" as it flips, as well as weird scrolling lags in the screen saver when set on "Albums."

Not sure if this is a real fix, but it SEEMS to have stopped after I changed my output resolution from 1080p to 720p. (FWIW, I changed back because the picture on 1080p looked a little less sharp than on 720p -- and I have a full HD set.)

YMMV, obviously. Mine could, too.