[remoteman45]

Hi Guys
I have a question about streaming from multiple computers. I'm hoping you can help me with it.
I have an AppleTV 160gb running 2.1 or 2.2 that I stream to from 2 computers. One is a Mac Pro 8 Core w/ 10 gig of ram and when I stream from it in iTunes 8.0 everything works great. It's running the latest Leopard version. I stream over my network w/ an Airport Extreme base station. That computer's iTunes has an option in the bottom right corner of the window to turn on the AppleTv for streaming or keep the content on that Mac by selecting computer. Like I said, that computer streams fast and works great.
My other computer I stream from is a Mac Mini Intel Core 2 Duo also running Leopard. I have 2 external hard drives connected via firewire that hold my media for the AppleTV - mostly movies. I have no problem seeing this computer on my AppleTV and it plays uTube stuff just fine and gets content from the iTunes store w/o a problem. It'll play my music from my playlists just fine w/ no delay and AppleTV will see my shared movies file on this computer but the problem is that movies take f o r e v e r to stream from this computer. I don't see the option in the bottom right corner of iTunes on this computer to turn on the AppleTv or Computer settings and I'm wondering how I get that to show up as I suspect that to be the problem. I've been searching the forums and tried everything I can think of to no avail. Any ideas ?
Thanks for your time, Frustrated in Utah

[Big Mac]

Aside from the fact that your Mac Pro is a million times (well, not literally) faster than your mini, I'm wondering why you have your media drives connected to your mini instead of your Mac Pro. I don't know precisely why the mini's network transfer rate is so much lower. You don't specify how your computers are networked, so there's no enough information to draw too many conclusions from.

[Spheric Harlot]

g-standard wireless vs. n-standard wireless?

[remoteman45]

I use the Mac Mini because it's located right in my entertainment center. I'm connected wirelessly with an Apple Airport extreme base station. Music and podcasts stream just fine and iTunes store content comes over just fine including YouTube stuff. My problem is just in streaming my movies which are all in iTunes format.