ITunes 7.6.2 and QT 7.4.5 - network sharing still not working

Question

Hi,
I want to share on my local network my iTunes library which is on a Leopard 10.5.2/Intel computer. The other computer is a G5 running Tiger 10.4.11
It does not work, I'm getting the -3259 error (the shared computer blocks port 3689).
In Leopard I can't just open up a specific port like in Tiger's sharing pref pane. My firewall
settings are "Allow only essential services" with Itunes added as an app that is also allowed.
The other way - from Tiger to Leopard - it works fine, because I can open 3689 for iTunes sharing.
Any idea how to fix this?
Thanks, Michal

Answer 1

Not sure about opening ports but I have no firewall and I was hoping the new itunes 7.6.2 and QT 7.4.5 would finally fix the streaming video problem. Why is it Front Row works fine for streaming video but itunes still slowly loads the tv show 640/480 size for ipod and it just get's hung and does not play. My work around this is to access my tv show folder and mount it on the remote computer then open the shows in quicktime and it plays almost immediately and you can jump chapters or move to different locations easily within the video that is streaming. Itunes even when it worked did not do that well and if you wanted to get to another part of the video or skip a commercial it was always slow and glitchy. Does not Compute! This started happening with the last two or three updates for itunes. Do Appletv's have this issue with streaming I wonder. Must look at the discussions for that, my guess is no because it is using front row. Cmon Apple this has been a problem for a long time. I think they want everyone to buy an Apple tv and not use their macs hooked up to a tv. My duel 1.8 g5 powermac is hooked up via dvi to my Sony HD tv and thanks to my Radeon 800xt video card and ATI diplays conrtol panel it is perfectly scaled to 1080i resolution with no over scanning. All the menus and dock are where they are supposed to be just as if you were hooked up to a computer monitor. And it does way more than an Apple TV. I am upset that Apple is only offering the HD movies for the apple tv and not for your mac. "Imagine" a new mac mini with blueray and or dvd drive, a real video card, and dvi or hdmi plus hd downloadable movies. That to me would be the dream mac for TV. You could surf anything on the web, play games, do anything you do on your mac now on your tv.
I know I am not supposed to suggest or speculate so I will stop.... but cmon apple and fix this itunes streaming bug that has been around for about eight months or so. I love apple and just bought a new Mac Pro 2.8 8 core arrives tomorrow. If I wanted to hook that up to the tv I will be stuck with the overscan/underscan issue because the new nNvidia Geforce 8800 does not have the drivers or control panel to scale the res to fit the tv. ATI has not upgraded the control panel for intel computers and there is no download available unless you get the latest version that is universal but was written for the duel core g5's.
One last thing. Is there anyone out there that does not have streaming problems with itunes sharing over a wireless network playing 640 /480 h264 videos made for ipod. I have the airport extreme G and two airport expresses G. I do stream audio with no issues via itunes out to my airpost expresses.