Q: Mirroring problems from iMac to TV when playing video using VLC Player
At the end of 2015 I bought a 4th generation (32GB) Apple TV and an iMac with OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
When I try to Mirror my display fro my iMac to the TV using Apple TV the video (playing through VLC) is jumpy and disjointed. I spoke to Apple Support and they concluded that playing video through VLC was the problem and that VLC need to make updates for the new Apple TV. I was told that Quicktime was the only guaranteed program to watch video through, but lots of the file formats I have aren't compatible with Quicktime. I know Quicktime converts files now, but sometimes they take forever and some files just will not finish converting. The Apple Support guy told me of another way to convert the files but I can't remember what he said now! I have done all the latest VLC updates and am finding this really frustrating as this was the reason I bought the Apple TV in the first place. Any suggestions on a quicker way to get around this?? Thanks!
Posted on Aug 12, 2016 8:57 PM
Hi. Mirroring is not the best way to view video, since it has to create a new video from the screen and transmit it continuously. Instead, you could use VLC on the ATV and access the files from your computer using Home Sharing or one of the other methods VLC supports.
Posted on Aug 15, 2016 3:31 AM