Airplay is, or seems to be, exclusively used on an Apple TV.
All the information I could dig up on the Apple site refers only to the Apple TV as the device to stream video to
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Someone told me I cannot do that. Really?
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Someone told me I cannot do that. Really?
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Airplay is, or seems to be, exclusively used on an Apple TV.
All the information I could dig up on the Apple site refers only to the Apple TV as the device to stream video to
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I think, Yes, you can do that! Since I've done a same thing before by using
5KPlayer which is a Free airplay supported video player.
You can head to their sites and learn more about it.
Here still I make a summing up of airplay methods.
Before airplay Youtube videos:
First, we need to know Mac is not like Apple TV that we could not airplay videos to it directly. So you need a software which is equip with airplay technology.(5KPlayer solves this issue)
Second, we need to know airplay has limitations of video formats. Only MP4, M4V, MOV, MP3, M4A and AAC are compatible. As for other formats like MKV, AVI, WMV, FLV, DivX, XviD, MPEG etc which are not supported by iTunes, AirPlay fails to handle either. You may need do a video conversion before airplay.
At last, videos played in Youtube App cannot be airplayed. Try to play it in a webpage.
If all things above set, you may start airplay now.
Step 1: Download and launch this AirPlay freeware on Mac.
Note: ensure that your Phone6 and Mac are in the same Wi-Fi network.
Step 2: Go to Control Center on the display of your iPhoone6 and click AirPlay. A list of AirPlay receivers will pop up, and select your Mac .
Step 3: Play the video you want to stream from iPhone6 to Mac. And in the mean time you are free to go online shopping and do otsher things on your Mac.
You can also stream your videoS from iPhone 6 to Apple TV and Mac to Apple TV like the steps above.
Post was last edited on August 29, 2015 9:01 AM PDT