Why is local video streaming to Apple TV jerky?

Video streaming to Apple TV (v 3) has always been smooth. No matter what the online source -- from YouTube to Netflix -- the video is consistently good. Video streamed from Macs, though, is jerky to the point of unwatchable. Even when I stream it from a a Mac connected by ethernet with wi-fi off, the result is unwatchable. I cannot think what the problem could be. My wi-fi signal is strong (from two bridged Apple Extreme units) so when I stream wirelessly network shouldn’t be the problem, and I’m just a few feet from both ATV and AE.

Seems that if it's network related, this is going to be a hard nut to crack. I assume you can bring your Airport Extreme in to be checked out, but if you are using another brand of wireless router, you won't get much help there. I know wireless interference can play havoc with signals and one of the things I'd check out with some sniffer software is that possibility. Just sitting here in my kitchen I can see signals from 15 different wireless routers in my neighborhood. Using 2.4 GHz channel selection can make all the difference between good and poor performance. Granted those 15 access points in many cases aren't close enough to interfere, a couple are and I've seen performance on my Macbook Pro suck sometime because a close by wireless router pops onto or close to the same channel I'm on. That's a lot why I bought an Airport Extreme and use the 5 GHz side as much as possible. In the case of my Apple TV and all my Apple devices, I run on the 5GHz side. Signal strength is good and when I get the slow downs when using Airplay, the reboots of the streaming devices usually resolve the issues.

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