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I've had one since they 1st came out. I'm using it as my main source for CD-quality music. I ripped all my CDs to an extra computer (with an external drive) in Apple lossless & I just set my Apple TV to stream the remote library instead of syncing files to the small internal drive. I'm using the Toslink to feed a Lexicon MC-12B.
To connect the Apple TV to a computer, you need a network connection. I'm using an Ethernet cable for speed/immunity to interference, but it also supports 802.11n wireless.
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main system > Melos SHA-1 > Grado HP-1 original owner of the Melos & Grados, have had for ~15 years
computer > M-Audio Audiophile USB > AKG K 701 Under construction: AMB B22/S22/E12 & Tangent Modified Linkwitz Crossfeed
iPod > Etymotic ER-6i or Sony MDR-E888
OK, I got mine all set up, but the iTunes library just sits there and says "Syncing Apple TV" but nothing is on my Apple TV yet...been this way for 40 mins...
OK, I got mine all set up, but the iTunes library just sits there and says "Syncing Apple TV" but nothing is on my Apple TV yet...been this way for 40 mins...
I take it you configured wireless or direct ethernet. I think the USB is just for future use (or maybe they use it to repair).
If you look at the iTunes screen on your laptop, it should tell you at the top what song X out of Y is syncing and how far along it is (if memory serves). I just set it up at the end of a day, let it sync overnight, woke up and I was in business. But, that was 33GB worth.
Oh yeah, one other thing, you won't get the full 160 available for songs. There's OS partition overhead in there. How much total do you have available out of 160?
Rats. I am stuck somehwere. Everything looks perfect, I see the Apple TV in iTunes, and it says "Syncing" but it really isn't. It has not loaded one single song on in over 3 hours. I have the playlist down to 143gb, and the Apple TV will hold 144GB, but it doesn;t even start to actually sync - just spins. iTunes and the Apple TV "make contact", but there is no file transfer. Any ideas? I am searching Apple's site...
Well, I can't get my work computer to sync, but it sync'd fine with my "family" computer. So I am copying a bunch (150gb) files and bringing the drive down there.
The Apple TV, though, I discovered, can STREAM music from the PC running iTunes, in addition to what it holds on it's own hard drive. This works flawlessly for me. In fact, a stream of a lossless music track that was ripped from an HDCD, when fed from the Apple TV via it's digital connection to my Rotel, gets decoded in all it's HDCD glory! Supercool! So I can actually access my WHOLE iTunes library from my stereo via the Apple TV, as long as my PC is on and running iTunes. TOO COOL.
Wow, I don't know much about HDCD (for instance, is it multi-channel?). Is there a lossless audio codec supported by Apple that would capture all of the info on an HDCD? Additionally, if this is wirelessly streamed, can the wireless bandwidth handle the constant bitrate?
Originally Posted by Skylab
Well, I can't get my work computer to sync, but it sync'd fine with my "family" computer. So I am copying a bunch (150gb) files and bringing the drive down there.
The Apple TV, though, I discovered, can STREAM music from the PC running iTunes, in addition to what it holds on it's own hard drive. This works flawlessly for me. In fact, a stream of a lossless music track that was ripped from an HDCD, when fed from the Apple TV via it's digital connection to my Rotel, gets decoded in all it's HDCD glory! Supercool! So I can actually access my WHOLE iTunes library from my stereo via the Apple TV, as long as my PC is on and running iTunes. TOO COOL.
Skylab, I'm holding you personally responsible for reminding me I need to get this ATV upgrade done. Has curiosity gotten you to try hooking this up as a source for amp -> headphones?
Not to rain on your parade, but what does the AppleTV do (as a music server) that the Squeezebox doesn't already do? I have a Squeezebox, and I have access to all my music (streams it wirelessly from my hard drive[s]) without the need of a TV...
Not to rain on your parade, but what does the AppleTV do (as a music server) that the Squeezebox doesn't already do? I have a Squeezebox, and I have access to all my music (streams it wirelessly from my hard drive[s]) without the need of a TV...
Well, I can take my laptop on the road (or turn it off or reload the OS because it's $#^@*#$* windows) and my wife can still listen to a ton of tunes on the hard drive.
I turn the TV off once I pick the first album. It does its random picks from there. Does the squeezebox do digital directly to optical output? To be honest, I never looked at it.
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