Minor Video Stutter

Anyone tried today's 4.2 release to see if that incorporated a fix for the stutter.

Updated, seems better, but still happens occasionally. Yet to try it using ethernet connection.

If what you say is true, then this is a big disappointment.... "better but still happens occasionally" clearly indicates this is a software issue. The fact that the update helped improve, but not solve, is evidence of faulty software code.

The ATV remains, as always, the hobby that Apple has almost forgotten.

The main issue i was having is a slow down in picture when streaming from my iMac. I have changed the router, opened ports etc. I noticed it happening on my Xbox, so have put it down to my ethernet cable being faulty.

I then tried my AppleTV wirelessly & had an improvement in picture but experienced more of a stutter, skip occasionally. After updating today nothing really seems to have changed, so i'm hoping that when a friend makes me some new ethernet cables that this will solve the problem.

Also, when streaming from my Mac, has anyone noticed that your Max becomes practically unusable? My mouse won't hardly respond until i either pause or stop what i'm watching.

Updated my Apple TV 2 to iOS 4.1 yesterday too – the stuttering still exists.

It is stuttering with iTunes movie preview loaded 100% into the cache, stuttering with local movies…

Mine is connected via 100M Ethernet connection.

My Apple TV 2 arrived Oct 1st and waits since that day for a software fix and regular usage. I will call Apple support now.

The Apple TV 2 is connect via HDMI to LG 32LE5500 with newest firmware (updated last weekend). I am a German user.

OK, just upgraded to Apple TV iOS 4.1

The stuttering is still present. Having viewed some movie previews, I've noticed that the stutter is only present on the HD movies. Standard definition does not seem to have the issue.

I've tried via ethernet, wireless (Airport Extreme) with same results.

This totally stinks! I seriously expected that they'd have it solved by now. I hope to be able to test mine today but haven't had time yet.

The problem is that there's plausible deniability that the problem even exists. Those of us who have the eye to see it know it's there, can't NOT see it and it ruins the apple tv for us. Random people (let's be honest and call them trolls) on the forum here and other forums who don't have anything to gain by disproving it argue that it has something to do with our tv's or some weird setting that doesn't effect any of my many other digital devices (like bd players, hd dvd players, xbox, popcorn hour, apple tv 1), or a network connectivity issue, or the way we encoded the files (when files from apple are the only one's I'm testing any more)... my point is that if random nay-sayers can't be convinced then how will apple ever be convinced.

Apple didn't even publicize the release of the software. I can't find release notes from apple on this update anywhere online. I was hoping to find them and read that it was resolved.


Different test.. now that AirPlay is supported for video, is anyone seeing the issue when streaming from an iPad?

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I had a long call with Apple Support today and my problem was escalated to technicians. I should get feedback from Apple within the next 4 days.

So did the "minor video stutter" get worked out with the new update yesterday? Has anyone rented a movie since?

Ry0005 wrote:
So did the "minor video stutter" get worked out with the new update yesterday? Has anyone rented a movie since?

no change for me

Please see this post with my major stuttering problem:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12636726#12636726

This appears to have been resolved with the new s/w update.

Well. I've watched three of my stuttering movies and so far OK playing without fault.

I'll do some further checking.

OK...after extensive testing on HD content from iTunes store rentals on the Apple tv and streaming from my iTunes library, it appears that the issue of frame skipping (once the buffer is full) is fixed. I use to see that problem every single time I was watching that kind of content but since the update, the issue is fixed. Everything runs pretty smoothly.

I had an appointment tomorrow at the Genius Bar but I'll cancel it.

I agree. I've not encountered this issue since the update. It appears Apple has resolved this issue.

pcx99 wrote:
I agree. I've not encountered this issue since the update. It appears Apple has resolved this issue.

No, not for me as far I could test. Apple Support is handling my feedback at the moment. I wait.