Q: Screen share from MBP to Samsung TV
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Sep 5, 2013 7:19 PMby xtremecarbon,Here is the exact cable I have. Works great! Passes sound through if you have a 2010 or newer Mac.
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Sep 5, 2013 7:21 PMby Scotch_Brawth,HelpfulEvery MacBook Pro has a video output connection. If you look down the left hand side you'll see it. Probably a DisplayPort or Thunderbolt port, and you can get cheap and effective adapters to HDMI for both. Thunderbolt will also send audio, so make sure you get an adapter that sends both audio and video if that's what you have.
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Sep 8, 2013 4:54 PMby DavidG21,I purchased the following cable:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/HA825ZM/A/belkin-mini-displayport-to-hdmi-cabl e-2-m65-ft?fnode=51
It got the mbp screen up on my samsung tv easily. The purpose was to get the online streamed direct tv sunday nfl ticket on to my tv from the computer screen. The problem i had was that the audio would not come through the tv. Note: i play my tv audio through external speakers. I tried every different audio output option on my receiver and still could not get the audio to play through the speakers.
Any ideas on how to get the audio working? Did i purchase the right cable?
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Sep 9, 2013 1:08 PMby Scotch_Brawth,HelpfulDisplayPort does not send audio. You need a Thunderbolt port if you want to send audio and video through the same cable. I did mention that earlier. If you have a Thunderbolt port but erroneously only bought a DisplayPort cable, just swap it for the Thunderbolt version. If you only have a DisplayPort port, then you can't send audio to the TV that way. You'll have to cobble something together using the Headphone port.
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Sep 9, 2013 1:55 PMby Network 23,Yes, DisplayPort can send audio but it must be the right hardware version.
Here are the official Apple details for whether your specific MacBook Pro is able to send audio through DisplayPort/Thunderbolt to HDMI.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4241
If your MacBook Pro is too old to send audio over DisplayPort, just get a 3.5mm (1/8") stereo audio cable and run it from your MBP headphone jack to your TV or receiver audio input using an appropriate adapter. A 3.5mm stereo cable starts at 85 cents at monoprice.com.
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Sep 9, 2013 10:51 PMby Network 23,DavidG21 wrote:
Thanks for the tip. I bought the MBP in 2011 so i thought the display port would work. I might actually have the stereo cable i need and will give that a try. Would Apple TV solve these issues?
AppleTV is a much more expensive way of solving this problem. According to Apple, you should be able to connect an AppleTV to your TV and then use a MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer) to send video to the TV using AirPlay Mirroring. However, that is a $99 solution.
It's fine to solve this with AppleTV, if you think you can make use of its features and content and don't mind spending $99.
I haven't gotten an AppleTV and can successfully do it with $15 worth of cables.
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Sep 10, 2013 6:51 PMby DavidG21,I ended up going back to apple and buying a mini display port to hdmi adapter. then i connected an audio cable from the headphone jack of my mbp to my audio receiver to get audio. the apple employee i spoke to today said that the display port rarely sends audio, thus the need for the audio cable.
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Sep 11, 2013 3:17 PMby xtremecarbon,I'm glad you got your problem solved, but the Apple employee is wrong. It should always send audio, unless:
*the cable does not support such, whether an older version of HDMI or one of those male MiniDP to male HDMI cables (the latter is a lot more likely to cause a problem)
* you explicitly tell your Mac in the Audio preferences not to send audio over HDMI
*your computer hardware is out of date, (which is obviously not the issue here)
