ITunes, Apple TV and Time Capsule streaming questions

I have a question about how to handle an Apple Tv with my new Time Capsule setup.
Setup is as follows
Macbook with 29g iTunes library, mostly music and purchased iTunes Music Videos. Some movies converted via Handbreak. All of that synced to my 160g ATV.
Time Capsule with 300g of movies converted via Handbreak.
Macbook Pro that has the movies on the TC as it's library, shared to stream to the Apple TV.
I am connected with the Macbook by G, the Macbook Pro by N, the Time capsule by N. assume that the Macbook is off, so that everything is N.
If I stream a movie, does the path go Macbook pro reads time capsule, time capsule sends the data to the MPB, and then the MPB streams to the ATV?
Or, does the ATV read the path of the music on the TC, and stream it direct from there?
I tried to play an online game (World of Warcraft) while watching a movie on the ATV that is on the TC that hitched / studdered / buffered like crazy.
I want to eventually set up 2 ATVs both reading the media on the TC to stream. From the looks of things now, I wont be able to stream 2 at the same time, and definately not while playing online.
I know there are a lot of threads out there about iTunes and wht not, i've read them and did my best... but i'm not a pro at networking. Not sure if I have settings wrong, or can improve something, or if i have just bad luck
Any and all info, with the Idiots Guid explanation, is appreciated
Thanks

Update .... fixed this problem. 3 words:
LINE OF SIGHT
I had full signal on both my Laptop and my ATV before the fix. I figured with my tiny 900 sq foot home with the TC no more than 30 feet unobstructed from the ATV and Laptop that I would be fine since the signal was full.
However, on a whim i moved the LAPTOP into the room with the TC and streamed to the ATV... and it worked FLAWLESSLY. I then logged on my online game, and it still worked flawlessly. I then opened Ventrillo (basically VOIP program to chat w people) ands till streamed flawlessly. I then opened up Adium and loaded Yahoo/AIM and it was still streaming fine.
I then moved the laptop back into the next room, and it instantly hung.
So i picked up the Time Capsule that was on a desk next to a wooden box that i use to store CDs in, and put it on top of the box. I then reloaded everything and streamed with laptop back int he next room and it was perfect. I was able to have all the above open AND surf the web (so we are not talking a DECENT amount of traffic on the same laptop that streams the movie to the ATV) and it was fine. I did notice a 1-2 second video hitch (not audio and no rebuffering) whenever I opened a website that had more than 40 photos on it or any video... i guess that coupled with the game, VOIP and IM software was too much traffic.
So, I am happy to annouce that i have no problems streaming itunes or streaming movies from the time capsule to my apple tv. i am so happy. I was prepared to go and buy a mac mini and wire that and the apple tv to the tc. Instead, I am probably going to buy a second ATV for the bedroom.

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can i directly wire apple TV to time capsule to stream movies?

A Time Capsule.. (TC) has no media ability whatsoever.
And the ATV is purely a streamer.. it is not a media player.
You can store your media files on the TC.. and you can plug the ATV into the TC.. and it is completely useless.. The TC has no way to stream video to the ATV.. and the ATV has no way to find files on the TC. Neither work in the way a proper NAS with media extensions work.. or the way a media player works. Everything must be handled by iTunes.
So it is possible to store the movie on the TC.. pick it up on an ipad.. stream it back to the ATV via the TC. If this is what you mean. All smarts have to be in the software on the ipad to do it.. because the ATV and the TC have none.

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Ive had an Apple TV for about 1.5 years. I have been using an Airport Extreme as my home router with Comcast High Speed interet, and they have worked great together.. The speed was flawless.. and neve had to wait more than 10 seconds to start playing a movie.
I just replaced my AE with a 2GB Time Capsule because my back up drive had broken. Ever since my internet speed on Apple TV has gone to crap. I use Itunes Radio alot, and now I can't get it to continuously stream. I also use iTunes Match, and it constantly stops and starts while playing music. As for movies, forget it... It takes forever to get it started, and when it does, it buffers every 3-5 minutes during the movie...
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You do need to spend a bit of time checking the speeds of everything involved.
Exactly what model was the Extreme you were using??
If you still have it available you can rearrange the network and run both the AE and TC.
Certainly the AC model Extreme and TC are identical design and firmware, so there should be no real difference between them. The older models did have differences.. they used fairly different boards and different chassis.. I find placed side by side the Gen4 TC was slightly better wireless signal wise than Gen5 AE. (The TC is one Gen behind.. so they are the equivalent).
To start to figure out your problem you need to do some work to figure out where the problem is.
The WAN connection of the new TC has been reported as slow. The issue may not be the wireless, or lan side at all but the WAN connection to the modem. What model is the modem??
Please do some testing to check if you are getting full WAN speed. Test by using a computer with ethernet only connection.. wireless off.. to an internet test site. If this shows full speed, then next test:
Try by wireless with ethernet disconnected.
Test the laptop in the same location as the ATV. What link speed do you get?
Is the speed poor in this location?
Give some feedback and we can think up some more ways to test the problem.
There is one simple solution though.. plug the extreme back into network and run the TC in bridge behind it.

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You can't add additional storage directly to the tv by its USB port.
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It is pretty simple..
Setup the TC in bridge and plug it into the Netgear.. I would leave the netgear as the main router for now, although in the future you can swap things around. The netgear firmware may have issues with bonjour and airplay/airprint?? Does your ipad print ok now?
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Bridge mode is set differently depending on the version of the utility. This is v5 and how the windows one will look (at least similar to).
v6 will be as
With the TC in bridge you will still create a wireless network.. and give it a different name from the netgear.. then all the apple devices can connect to it. Use ethernet rather than wireless if the imac is on the desktop with it. Much faster and better for using Time Machine backups.
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I have the 160gig ATV, but I am not even close to finished copying my DVD library to my IMac and already have the 500gig full.
I read that the Time Capsule can be used as a general network storage drive.
My thoughts at this time is to put the Time Capsule on my home network and plug my IMac and the AT direct to it via wired Ethernet connection and only use the 1tb Time Capsule for media storage.
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Welcome to the  Discussion Forums.
If the time capsule can indeed be used for general storage then yes you can use it for your itunes library. I'd been wondering whether the time capsule HD can be used for general storage as well, I'd been hoping it could but didn't really know.
The library would still need to be associated with itunes and itunes would need to be open to stream from the time capsule.
One more thing to consider is that network storage is much slower than local storage, it should be OK for streaming to the tv for viewing although some have had problems, but you certainly won't be able to load full length movies onto it in a minute or so as you would with a local drive. This may not actually be a concern to you though as adding content to your library is pretty much a background process anyway.

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Hello apple community,
This is my first post ever, so here goes nothing..
I have a 2010 MBP and I want to do a clean install of lion. The reason is: 1. I just want to, and 2. I have noticed some performance issues due to all the crap I have downloaded throughout my time in college.
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Hi.. I'm new to mac, I've got a mac book air and time capsule is it possible to save music,video from iTunes Store directly to time capsule leaving my 128GB Mac free? If so please help..

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You can move your iTunes library.. Apple have explicit instructions to do it. If the library is moved to the TC and accessed over wireless, the efficiency of the whole system will drop dramatically..
A file you download goes.. Modem---TC--Laptop--Back to TC--Store on disk. Double looping the wireless slows it dramatically..
As far as using TC for your iTunes.. you CAN.. but SHOULD YOU?
Store files on the TC.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/24380694#24380694
This is asked several times a day.. obviously people are struggling with their latest SSD being too small.
The TC is not suitable for network file server.. but many people having no choice press it into service as such.
It cannot be partitioned. It was and is and ever shall be a backup device for Time Machine.
Major issues.
1. No backup.. no way Time Machine can backup a network drive. No place to backup to.. So all your files will be at risk. And you will need to buy a third party like CCC to do backup.
2. The TC cannot be partitioned and mixing TM backups and data is not great.
3. The drive is slow to spin up and quick to spin down.. there is no controls.
4. iPhoto in particular can easily corrupt its entire library with wireless networking causing a disconnection to one photo. Even if you do this;;; do not move your photo library... you have been warned!!
5. iTunes will constantly lose connection to the library. The disk is too slow to respond.. itunes on the computer will constantly spit out errors. Even in the midst of streaming the TC can spin down the disk due to caching.
6. Do not use any live files on the TC no matter what else you do.. if you edit files in whatever program the file must be on the local hard disk.
7. The only suitable location for most libraries is a computer. You can plug in an external hard disk.
Read pondini for some work arounds.
Q3 here. http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html

Just bought an apple tv and it wont stream music from my imac. when i click on the apple tv music icon it goes straight into the itunes store and so i can only access the music i have bought from itunes not the music i have stored in itunes on my computer

i just bought an apple tv and it wont stream music from my imac. when i click on the apple tv music icon it accesses the itunes store and brings up only that music i have purchased from apple instead of all the music i have stored in itunes on my imac.

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can i use time capsule to backup movies and see them wireless without redirecting my itunes library to the time capsule?

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