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Is a Mac Mini with external storage quick enough to stream to Apple TV?
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<blockquote data-quote="mike6432" data-source="post: 1533173" data-attributes="member: 276012"><p>Hi there.</p><p></p><p>I wish to stream DVD's using home sharing on iTunes to my Apple TV. Previously I did it with my mid 2011 iMac but I no longer have that machine.</p><p></p><p>I recently upgraded my networking in my basement and I want to throw a Mac Mini down there for space limitations to act as the shared library.</p><p></p><p>I see Mac Mini's on eBay for less than $100 but they are powerPC based. For a short while, I had a Power Mac G5 Tower to do this but I quickly sold it after noticing the OS was 10.3.x and iTunes sharing started in 9 I believe, and itunes 9 needs OSX 10.4 at least I think.</p><p></p><p>I obviously want to spend as little as possible. I considered getting a newer mac mini with a 1TB storage but for cheaper, I can pick up 2TB external NAS for around 100 or a little more, then spend around 100 or less for a powerPC mac mini with at least OSx 10.4 on it.</p><p></p><p>I would be streaming to my Apple TV 3rd Gen and possible attempting to run Plex media server on it for my Roku.</p><p></p><p>I have gigabit ethernet and I'd hard wire the external HD and the mac mini. I have at minimum cat 5e cables. My Apple TV gets it signal from my Apple Airport express (cat 6 connecting it's LAN to the gigabit switch).</p><p></p><p>So if i get a powerPC mac mini and external NAS, would it run quickly enough? Basically I need the mac mini to always be on, or able to wake up and I am streaming my DVD collection that I ripped and I want the videos to be able to run smoothly.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure if RAM on the mini is a real factor or not? </p><p></p><p>What are some suggestions, would this work? Thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mike6432, post: 1533173, member: 276012"] Hi there. I wish to stream DVD's using home sharing on iTunes to my Apple TV. Previously I did it with my mid 2011 iMac but I no longer have that machine. I recently upgraded my networking in my basement and I want to throw a Mac Mini down there for space limitations to act as the shared library. I see Mac Mini's on eBay for less than $100 but they are powerPC based. For a short while, I had a Power Mac G5 Tower to do this but I quickly sold it after noticing the OS was 10.3.x and iTunes sharing started in 9 I believe, and itunes 9 needs OSX 10.4 at least I think. I obviously want to spend as little as possible. I considered getting a newer mac mini with a 1TB storage but for cheaper, I can pick up 2TB external NAS for around 100 or a little more, then spend around 100 or less for a powerPC mac mini with at least OSx 10.4 on it. I would be streaming to my Apple TV 3rd Gen and possible attempting to run Plex media server on it for my Roku. I have gigabit ethernet and I'd hard wire the external HD and the mac mini. I have at minimum cat 5e cables. My Apple TV gets it signal from my Apple Airport express (cat 6 connecting it's LAN to the gigabit switch). So if i get a powerPC mac mini and external NAS, would it run quickly enough? Basically I need the mac mini to always be on, or able to wake up and I am streaming my DVD collection that I ripped and I want the videos to be able to run smoothly. I'm not sure if RAM on the mini is a real factor or not? What are some suggestions, would this work? Thanks. [/QUOTE]
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