Why is apple tv streaming really bad?

I rented " man on ledge 23 days ago. It took many days just to get it play. The streaming was the worst. I checked my wifi connection and signal which were good. Terrible service.

Usually the bottleneck is the internet connection.
AppleTV2/3 do not have any permanent storage.
On a slower connection they download enough of a movie (hwich is fixed size) to play without pauses before allowing playback.
If you use AppleTV for other things the partially downloaded/buffered portion is erased and it has to start over.
First thing to do is test your internet speed and check itunes Store settings on AppleTV to see if you're configured for SD or HD rentals.
Check internet speed at spedtest.net on a computer.
You need:
2.5 Mbps for SD to play near instantly, 6 Mbps for 720p HD and 8 Mbps for 1080p HD.
Any slower for a given quality setting and you have a wait of minutes to hours or longer.
Netflix works differently and lowers stream quality to match the connection.
If the film is available to rent in iTunes it can better to do it there if your connection is slow. While it has to fully download to play on AppleTV (under Computers>iTunes>Rentals), iTunes does not delete the rental until your rental/view time expires which benefits repeat playing on a slow connection too.
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So, When are you planning to correct all these error?
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You're not addressing apple, and none of us know the answer to those questions. I you have synchronized your iPhone before then you should have copies of your evokes. If those were purchases then they can be easily downloaded again in iBooks.
Maps is not the finest thing apple has ever done, they even acknowledge that, and there's other apps that can do the work you need, such as Waze and google maps, both are free so maybe give them a try.
Anyway, yeah. These forums are not read by apple staff members so nothing we can do.

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Because Apple update iTunes to do it that way. Apple has not said why.
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Why can't Apple TV stream movies like the iTunes store can?

I'm in the UK with an Apple TV 2nd Gen. 9Mb/s broadband speed checked and have conclusively failed to rent one single movie since I bought this a year ago. Every time I log in, select the film, purchase it, hit play and all I get is "connection error please try later" Playing movie trailers and everything else is fine. Surely the point of renting a movie online is so you can watch it straight away. Lovefilm works just fine via my PS3.
The other day I tried again on Apple TV with the same error so figured I'd try and rent the movie direct from iTunes Store on my laptop, hey presto, 2 mins later I'm watching my film via my Macbook Pro hooked up to my TV.
So the big question is: Why can not Apple TV stream a movie like the iTunes Store can? Of course I appreciate that a certain amount of buffering has to happen but that is never evident on Apple TV.
Anyone got any ideas?
Thanks.

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Intermittent problems
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AirPlay
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3689
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5297
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5289
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5353
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49159
UDP
MDNS (Win)
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49163
UDP
MDNS (Win)
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helpmemama wrote:
Why do the photos in my first InDesign project look really bad? Noticed as I "placed" them, some PDFs or JPEGs (not photos, but PDFs converted to JPEG) looked pretty distorted. Went ahead with the 60+ page project, converted to PDF, sent to client. He converted to a flipbook to proof and really didn't like the photos. Here's the irony. Upgraded to InDesign for this client. Was using Publisher as a standby until I could afford InDesign. Signed up with the Creative Cloud because job was overwhelming Publisher.
I started the job without a whole lot of knowledge (or patience for the tutorials) and figured I just wing it (and get InDesign for Dummies). Am thinking somethingw as screwed up in the initial setting up of the job. So how do I figure out if this is the issue and can I fix it without redoing all 60+ pages. If anybody has an answer, please let me know.
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etresoft wrote:
gloriastitz wrote:
I'm sure I'm not the only one having these frustrations.
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