Slow downloading movies on Apple TV 2

Same as mxgren. My apple tv was performing great and movies starting straight away. Last few have been extremely slow. i.e 5 hours to load or 10 hours to load. Absolutely silly. Got the apple tv to do a speed test which it did, but does not show the results.

I tested my network download at 7.76 Mbps, teste the house network at 116 to 130 Mbps (wireless). We are in New Zealand also and ISP is slinshot.

Any ideas, family is ready to toss the apple tv. decide to watch a movie one night and have to wait till the next for it to download !!!!!!!!!!!

Same problem here. Apple TV was working great until the latest software update. Anyone know if there is a solution to this?

Just been through a couple of weeks of back and fourth with Apple Care on this very issue. Was put through to the head of support in Singapore. Helpful at first, but the next day all communication via email between us ceased. Continued another case, as they had closed my last one without saying anything, and they now recommend I take my unit in for testing. It's good to know I'm not the only one with this issue. But less comforting to think Apple probably do not care about NZ. I am going to reapproach Apple, having now found this thread, and will let you know how it goes. I'm a long time user of Apple products and I really think, just lately, their "care" is a lot less than it used to be.

Same problem here. Having to wait 2 hours for a movie to download. Definitely not a problem with my connection which is above average. No more sponaneous rentals until this is corrected. Seems to be tied to the last update which I waited to download until a few weeks ago.

I've never had fast intrent, 1 Mbps until about 18 months ago, around 4 Mbps or so now.

I've learned to live with AppleTV1/2 and their download issues in this regard, but I would quite agree that the last update has done something. Last time I rented a movie it gave no indication of download/buffering progress at all which was very frustrating and did not allow me to restrat after pausing without rebuffering.

AppleTV1 was streets ahead in terms of rentals on slower connections as it could actually store the stream on its hard drive so there was never a ned to rseatrt the buffering if you stopped midway.

HI All. Had enough with the latest movie download. It showed as fully downloaded and then when we played it it got to 9 minutes and 34 seconds and blanked. No matter what we did, it would go no further. So went back through itunes store, purchases had a link - report a problem - so we did with all the movies we have had issues with 3 in the last little while. They could offer no reall solutions but hve refunded all 3 movies. Under there terms and conditions they have no obligation to do this so figure they must know they have a problem. Give it a try. They will be able to tell at there end if anf how long a movie took to download. We included a network speed test to show we had no issues. Apple TV network setting speed check should also be able to show download speeds.

Just had another round with Apple Care -- this time with a replacement unit, 3rd gen ATV. WOW, got my first bad experience with a support person, who decided to hang up on me. Got through to another person who seems more helpful. The case is ongoing, but needless to say, it still doesn't work. And the company I took the original unit to did not do any testing, just gave me a new one. How is Apple supposed to learn about this issue with no testing? Anyway, will let you know what happens, again.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3947488?start=0&tstart=0

And this thread does not fill me with confidence. Not just NZ it seems.

I discussed the problem with my ISP (TelstraClear) and changing the DNS settings seems to have fixed the problem. The last few movie downloads has had short download times.

Hi Bevan

My ISP is also TelstraClear. Have checked my DNS with them a couple of times, but to no avail. Any chance you could clarify: are you streaming or fully downloading before viewing? Are you going through a router, and if so, what make and model? Just curious, as we have a fairly intricate setup here. Will not go in to it yet as I have only just sent off another report to Apple.

Cheers

Hi, to answer your questions

1. The DNS TelstraClear gave me was 203.97.78.43 and 203.97.78.44 which was different from the one in the automatic settings

2. I am streaming movies (when I had problems, it would say that 3+ hours before I could start to view the movie)

3. Yes I am using a router, it was the one provided by TelstraClear - a Nettcom ADSl2 + WiFi N300 Gateway

Good luck, I am not entirely sure if it is just a concidence that mine is working again or not.

sorry to join this thread just now.

I am in Italy; I have(I have 6Mbps band, Airport Extreme+Airport Express, working fine with other downloads.

I have been trying trying to download a movie with SD and I am experiencing a very slow dowloads (from 6hrs->24hrs). Problem seems to be in common with many users, since very long time (I have seen forums on this subject from 2008). I have 2 questions:

- I have understood that slow download might be caused by DNS setting. How do I fix it?

- I do not see in my iTunes library the movie I rented (and I am tryng to see) . I can I do?

cheers