Peer-to-Peer AirPlay is a new feature that allows users to stream content to an Apple TV without having to be connected to the same wireless network.
Guests can AirPlay from their Mac or iOS device directly to your Apple TV (model A1469 or later) without connecting to your wireless network.
Libratone’s Zipp offers a great Scandinavian Design, AirPlay capabilities, portability and good sound. Of course, there are cheaper options (see budget options for AirPlay Speakers), but if you want a nice Apple-like product, check out the Libratone Zipp AirPlay Speakers.
MKV is a common file format for videos. In this article I will show you how what options exist for bringing .mkv on your Apple TV.
If you are looking for a cheap “budget amp” for your AirPlay Setup, have a look at the Lepai LP-2020A+. It’s a really small mini amp which can be combined with “passive” speakers for a small and cheap AirPlay Setup (see also How to “enable” existing Speakers for AirPlay).
Apple TV offers a “Conference Mode”. It is helpful in business or school situations and gives people in the room some hints how to stream content to the Apple TV (via AirPlay).
In this article, I will show you how to wirelessly send the audio signal of your Apple TV to alternate AirPlay Speakers (e.g. another Apple TV or an AirPort Express).
Officially, your Mac can send AirPlay streams, but can’t act as an wireless AirPlay receiver. For receiving AirPlay streams on your Mac, additional software is needed. One of the solutions for that is AirServer, which allows you to mirror your iOS display or stream content from your iOS devices to your Mac. So it works similar to an Apple TV, just on your Mac.
For a long time, I was looking for an easy way to play DVDs with my Apple TV without the time-consuming task of ripping the DVDs before watching them. In this article, I will show you how to immediately stream DVDs to your Apple TV with the help of AirPlay Mirroring.
AirPlay lets you stream audio (and video) from iTunes on Mac or your iOS Devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod) to any AirPort-enabled devices at home. This article focuses on using existing speakers or systems you already have (and perhaps paid a lot of money for them) and “enable” them in an easy and cheap way for AirPlay.
Although AirPlay Mirroring is easy to setup, you can run into performance problems while using it. Especially harder use cases like watching videos can cause performance problems like:
Here are some tips that could help you improve the overall performance of AirPlay Mirroring.