many thanks for your reply. actually for Q5, was concerned what happens if the RAID controller or the WD-SS fails but all 4HDD's are intact. how do you recover your data.

i guess it will be similar to how are you going to migrate from your 4x1TB system to your 4x2TB system? i do not think you can just swap your drives one-by-one. this is the disadvantage of the WD-SS compared to Drobo

btw, your setup was referenced to at the Apple Discussion Forums

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?m...021759�

I guess for your question is you'd need another Wd Sharespace, and do as per what suggested on that link. I would think the same has to be done too when a Drobo fails, you still have to find a way to salvage it by ....buying another Drobo?

Nice to know someone's benefiting from my setup there. The question asked by that link referring to my setup is still unanswered though.

Stringfellow,
Nice job on the set up. I was wondering if u could give me a hand on a little issue. here is my setup.....
Wdsharespace to time capsule-
time capsule to iMac running leopard (ethernet)-
iMac synced to tv using wireless network

the 2 issues i am having are......

1, i tunes seams to be loading the content (40gb music - 87 movies) very slow on the iMac.

2, my tv says that it cannot read the format of my movies in itunes when it did before this setup.

Any Ideas? please let me know.

Thanks for all your help thus far.

Rob

1. Are your syncing the contents into your Apple TV or streaming it? My setup requires little(if any) syncing, as it loads the library details for streaming only. If you choose to sync to Apple TV, the first time sync is always slow. You can alleviate this by using a wired connection to your Apple TV, and plug that Ethernet cable out once you are done. Be mindful that the Apple TV sometimes goes on a fritz once in a blue moon, and when that happens, if you choose to sync, the same procedure applies again. It will take that long to sync again. The beauty of streaming it to the Apple TV that is does not require the content to be in your Apple TV , it stays in your WD Sharespace (which I assume where your contents are). When this happens, iTunes only loads the content table and where in the library those media files in your library is located, so the sync is short.

2. This happens when there's network congestion. I have a couple of occasion on this very same error you mentioned, that is because the system has yet to load up the file extension of the movies you are loading, hence giving out that error. Most of the time, this happens when there is "cross-traffic" of sorts, for example, you are backing up using Time Capsule while loading large movie files. I notice that for Time Machine backups that are small in size (incremental backups), this will not effect your Apple TV loading those movie files. Also, avoid accessing files off your WD Sharespace if you can, while you are streaming content off the WDSS to your Apple TV, especially when you are on the "G" network. I have had no such errors anymore once I've upgraded my Time Capsule to "N"/"G" dualband. This setup and network overhead is more forgiving while on the "N" networkl.

I hope that answers your question. Otherwise, dont hesitate to post them here again, or PM me. Good luck!

Bro falsemove, UGPM. I hope it answers your queries on your current setup.

Stringfellow,
Man oh man, just cant seem to get this thing right. I though "what the hell" let me give this another shot. I redirected my itunes library to the WDSS and its working ok on my iMac, just a couple of seconds of delay. Now i'm trying to get the tv to stream to this library and this is what I get:
Error 3689 cant comunicate with tv.

There is NO firewall. I have read forum after forum to get this to work and I found one article that seemed to help while my library was on my mac,

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1447?viewlocale=en_US

And it works, RARELY, or when it wants too.

Any ideas?

I'm on my way to pic up a new airport extreme, give that a shot.

Thanks a lot

Just wondering if anyone manage to see anywhere in KL selling WD sharespace?

Just repaired my Time Capsule, and it's now streaming content to the Apple TVs AND doing incremental backups WITHOUT hiccuping up the streamed contents. Have an extra Time Capsule from the previous RMAed unit Apple gave me back for free (brand new btw), so that's probably either going to a purchaser or WDSed to expand wireless coverage to the bottom floor of the house.

The system's getting finicky, but with resetting the TC and setting it up again, it's back up and running. Three SSIDs, The "N" for streaming content to the Apple TVs, "B/G" to legacy devices and iPhones, and "Guest Network" when guests come over.

Nice setup. Find out how much power your entire setup uses ...

bro string!

thx to giving comment on my post last few days and immediately i got and grap a set of 500gb TC which is offering by switch for only rm699.

tide of budget... :-)

loving it now.

I'm glad you took comments from all side and decide. All the other comments I've read on your previous post all only post anecdotal instead of actual experiences. Your TC is the old version, or the simultaneous dual band version? The non-simultaneous version only either transmit at N or compatible N/G/B mode. If you're connecting using the older B/G devices , it'll bring down the throughput to that repsective level. If that does not bother you, and/or if you just want wireless coverage and/or access to the HDD wirelessly, then it shouldn't matter.

hem, not really sure about the dual band thing... model number is: a1254, MB276ZP/A.

can help me check?

now connect using MBP and iphone for wireless... no problem at all.

Not much I do with that model number. Either way, as long as you find the performance satisfacoty, it shouldn't matter. Your current usage of iPhone + MBP would probably bring down the wireless network throughput to Wifi "G" since you're using the iPhone, unless you have the simultaneous dual-band model.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Jun 3 2010, 06:45 PM

Apple is holding a Special Event on September 1st. It's about time they're refreshing the Apple TV, but I'm not too excited about the rumor of them down-speccing the Apple TV to "720p- only". My Apple TVs are getting long in the tooth already, but they've been faithful and worthwhile in providing ample entertainment throughout the household.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Aug 26 2010, 02:11 AM

@ stringfellow: i dunno man, 720p seems to make sense, considering our very slow lines, for most parts of this country, but having video in 1080p also makes sense, but only when you set up the theater system (or television) properly. This detailed post makes perfect sense of this.
http://carltonbale.com/1080p-does-matter

I'm speaking of the rumored spec, not our line capability bro. I want that option of being able to do 1080p, even though the current iTunes HD offerings are only 720p in nature. Reason being, I get my content not from the net all the time, and these contents are 1080p in nature. For example, my newly acquired Panasonic HDC-HS700 camcorder records exclusively in 1080-flavours be it the 1080i or 1080p. Down-speccing the rumored new Apple TV to 720p only means I have to downsample the vacation footages to 720p, thus making my acquisition of that 1080p camcorder kinda redundant.

Mmm, point taken.. What if the videos (or iTunes media) themselves are scaled down to 720p,
and the soon-to-be Apple TV (or iTV?) has the capability of 1080p?
Would that sound like what Steve would do, in your opinion?

Steve likes to cover all the necessary bases, but I'm not sure my inclination towards 1080p is shared by him as well. He likes talking about the 326ppi of the Retina Display being "comfortably over" the 300ppi limit of human retinas, but some of his preferences on other devices are according to what he perceives as "what he thinks the general public wants" and not what "actually" the public wants. Case in point? Blu-ray. If he's the man of "options", he's be allowing Blu-ray as CTO long time ago into the MBP lineup.

In any case, it depends on what the rumored new AppleTV/iTV spec is gonna be. If it is a down-specs but with other perks like the ability to install apps from AppStore, I'm gonna see if the benefit outweigh the downgrade in specs. If the pricetag sticks at USD99, it shouldn't be much of a decision, I'd probably get one, but only one. If they maintain the 1080p capability, then all three of my current AppleTVs will get replaced.

Yeah, i believed we had the Blu-ray part sometime back. Agreed on that too..
I think that the new Apple TV/iTV would have a smaller hard disk (presumably for the Darwin / iOS, apps and some system "junk", if you may)
Apple's gonna put that North California facility to good use, with all that cloud streaming thingy.
Now, talking bout apps, they sound like a very good prospect for the new Apple TV/iTV,
but would there be a chance at all that there will be such a thing as Apple TV/iTV 'optimized' apps?
Besides, the USD99 price tag sounds so tempting bro..

Malaysia will most probably not be in the list of country to get Apple TV. However, if I've got friends who have Netflix service in the state and willing to share the account, will it be possible to use Apple TV in Malaysia. If for IP detection, can we use US vpn for this?





More info: http://www.apple.com/appletv/