3tb time capsual and Apple tv performance issues

I have just upgraded my airport extreme 1st gen to a 3tb 4th gen time capsule. I did it becuas of growing performance issues with apple TV's 1st and 2nd gen. I thought the dual band and improved power would solve the issue. I've tried all sorts of set ups to the time capsule and I'm getting just as irratic performance. Has anyone got any advice on the best set up for optimum performance please?

To successfully stream, either audio or video, the key for uninterrupted performance is adequate bandwidth between the media source and the playback device. Your current network is primarily dependent on wireless connections. The extended network alone loses some bandwidth to maintaining the extended network itself. Also, any non-"n" clients (including the 802.11b/g AXs) will "slow down" the "n" network in order for them to be able to communicate at their top speed.
Of your 802.11n gear, only the 4th generation TC (& I believe the ATV2) are full implementations of the 802.11n standard. Both 802.11n AXns are draft "n." This too would have an overall effect on the available bandwidth.
Again since your network is primarily wireless, there are at least four areas to go after to look for improvements:
You must have enough available bandwidth between the media source and destination. You can use utilities like iperf or jperf to do this. You will want to make some data transfer (throughput) measurements both between the media source and destination, and segments between them to find out where actual bottlenecks occur.
You must have a clear wireless radio channel. Use a utility, like iStumbler to determine the other Wi-Fis operating in the vicinity that may be competing with yours. Specifically look for those with the strongest signal value and note which channels they are running on. Then change yours to be at least 3-5 channels away to prevent Wi-Fi interference.
Know the media's bandwidth requirements. Looking at the worst-case scenario of what your ATVs can support, which would be 720p 30fps HD format. This would equate to around a minimum of 6-7 MBps (48-56 Mbps) of bandwidth between the video file source and the video player. Actually, I would recommend 20+ MBps as the minimum. 802.11g (at its best) would offer 6.75 MBps (54 Mbps), so 802.11n would be required for anything beyond SD video.
Re-code the media if possible. If the data transfer peaks exceed the available bandwidth, the audio/video will experience drop-outs. You can always try re-encoding the media source with one that uses a tighter compression schema. However, as you can imagine, the greater the compression, the poorer the audio/video quality.

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I bought a 3tb Time Capsule and would like to stream movie from it to my Samsung Smart TV. Do I need Apple TV or Another App?

I bought a 3tb Time Capsule and would like to stream movies from it to my Samsung Smart TV. Do I need Apple TV or Another App?

TC is not a media device.. it has no media smarts at all.
And Apple TV is not a media player .. it is strictly a streamer.
Apple have built their entire media system around itunes.. so without itunes running on a computer nothing will happen.
The TC is unsuitable as location for your iTunes library as well.. you are simply slowing down the access to the library and making streaming more prone to glitches.
TC is for TM backups.
Use your Mac with iTunes library on an external hard disk if it is too big to fit in the internal disk.
The samsung TV cannot use the TC either because it needs a DLNA server extension on the storage.
There is however one way.. and not recommending it.. just saying it can be done.
Depending on how your media files are formatted.. you can use a WD live TV.
Because WD TV is a full media player and can play raw media files (almost any format) directly from a media source without DLNA, you can play your movie files.. but IMHO it is much easier to simply get a WD MyCloud or any cheap NAS.. that has built in DLNA media server.. almost all do.. and then your TV can play the media directly without any other player.

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Question 1. I know apple tv can not directly stream from time capsule, but if I have my iTunes library stored on my time capsule can it be streamed via my MacBook pro to apple tv?
Question 2. If I connect time capsule and apple tv to my Wifi modem via Ethernet will it be the fastest option for streaming?

but if I have my iTunes library stored on my time capsule can it be streamed via my MacBook pro to apple tv?
Yes. But, if you move your iTunes library to the Time Capsule drive, have you thought about a possibly troubling fact?..... Your "original" library is now on the Time Capsule drive......and you have no backup when...not if...the Time Capsule drive has a problem.
In other words, if you move the iTunes library to the Time Capsule, how will you backup that important data?
A better plan might be to add an external FireWire or USB drive and connect that directly to your MacBook Pro. Move the iTunes library to the external drive. Then Time Machine will backup your MacBook and the external drive.
Then you have "originals" on one drive....and backups on another, so your data is safe when a drive acts up.
Question 2. If I connect time capsule and apple tv to my Wifi modem via Ethernet will it be the fastest option for streaming?
Yes, probably at least 3-5 times faster than wireless.

I was using my bros account for icloud, he changed & forgot the pass now i want to sign out & put mine but i'm not able to do that and he couldnt recover bcz he did it long time ago and apple support are not sending a recovery email to his email?

i was using my bros account for icloud, he changed & forgot the pass now i want to sign out & put mine but i'm not able to do that and he couldnt recover bcz he did it long time ago and apple support are not sending a recovery email to his email... what shall i do now to sign out?

Tell him to contact the Apple account security team for his country and ask for assistance changing the password: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5699. If his country isn't listed, he can try contacting iTunes store support by filling out this form: https://www.apple.com/emea/support/itunes/contact.html.

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WHAT ARE DATALOADING PERFORMANCE ISSUES WE NEED TO TAKE CARE PLEASE EXPLAIN AND LET ME KNOW T CODES PLZ URGENT
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1)Identify long-running extraction processes on the source system. Extraction processes are performed by several extraction jobs running on the source system. The run-time of these jobs affects the performance. Use transaction code SM37 Background Processing Job Management to analyze the run-times of these jobs. If the run-time of data collection jobs lasts for several hours, schedule these jobs to run more frequently. This way, less data is written into update tables for each run and extraction performance increases.
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(Sorry if this has been asked) I wanted to know if you could set up the time capsule as basically a centralized itunes server and connect to it from multiple apple tv's at the same time to stream music to different rooms( 3 rooms at most) if not will this work one stream at a time?

If you go into File, Preferences, and click ADVANCED, you will see a checkbox that says
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I have researched the net to death and my only solace is I don't appear to be alone. I have a 3TB Time Capsule that has a Denon and Pioneer receiver attached to it by ethernet. Also connected to the time capsule our three apple TV's. I can use airplay with my iPhones and iPads to the Apple TV but can't get either the Denon or the Pioneer to show up as Air Play options on any IOS Devices or my two Mac's.
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I have to admit we are stuck in our development: We have written a Phothoshop Plugin unsing extensive JavaScript and Flash Panels / Action Script.
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TS3972 How can I access the files(movies,music,etc) in my Apple Time Capsule(4th Gen) from my Apple TV(3rd Gen). This is very frustrating Apple has not provided a basic feature, and me buying the Time Capsule and Apple TV is an complete waste of bucks.

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(2) Connected to the Apple Time Capsule - USB - is an external hard drive (not for backup with Time Machine.)
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(6) Under Network I switched to bridge mode.
(7) And since August 2, 2014 my time capsule has not been backup.
If you got ATT to turn off router function in their modem..
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You must have it set to dhcp and nat.
That is also why you cannot backup.. the TC is off the network.
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Ensure the internet tab shows dhcp and you create a wireless network.
Then power down the TC... power down the ATT modem.. wait about 20min (you can try 5min.. but it might not be long enough).
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http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2010-word/office-2010-slow-opening-files-from-network-share/d69e8942-b773-4aea-a6fc-8577def6b06a
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http://blogs.technet.com/b/office2010/archive/2009/12/16/office-2010-file-validation.aspx
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