Airplay connection for Pordenone silent film festival

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Airplay connection for Pordenone silent film festival

Before purchasing an online pass to this festival, which starts today, I must run a connection test. I

am trying to use Apple TV via AirPlay. I am getting only sound and no video when I test AirPlay with a movie on the Criterion Channel. What should I do?

To ensure a good streaming quality, please run the connection test. We recommend using the latest Chrome version on PC, Mac and Android devices; Safari on iPhone and iPad. Use Chromecast or Apple TV via AirPlay to access the festival on your TV.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Oct 1, 2022 12:13 PM

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Marco Klobas

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Oct 2, 2022 8:41 AM in response to Yanos529

Do you own an iPhone or iPad to use as a source instead of your MacBook Air? Just to see if it works from an another device.

For your information: both my iPad and my Apple TV aren't the latest models.

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Oct 2, 2022 12:33 AM in response to Yanos529

It's quite ironic that you get only sound when testing a connection to watch a silent film festival.

I don't have experience with Criterion Channel. Anyway, I see that there's an Apple TV app:

https://www.criterionchannel.com/help/using-the-apple-tv-app

Maybe you can try directly with the app without going the AirPlay route.

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Oct 2, 2022 2:20 AM in response to Yanos529

If this is for web access to the festival content, then please provide an URL for the connection test page, so that some of us here can also try to use AirPlay with that, and see what is going on with that. I.e. where did you get that recommended connection test advise?

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Yanos529 Author

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Oct 2, 2022 8:08 AM in response to Marco Klobas

You're correct about the irony! I was trying to use a film from the Criterion Channel to run my own test of the AirPlay. I also tried with a Kanopy film, but neither worked. Hopefully Urquhart1244 will be able to run the test from the link I provided.

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Yanos529 Author

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Oct 2, 2022 8:34 AM in response to Marco Klobas

I'm using a MacBook Air to an old Phillips HDTV with an Apple TV device. I checked everything, rebooted my modem, unplugged and restarted the tv set up, restarted my laptop. Everything is on the same network. There must be something I'm doing wrong.

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Oct 2, 2022 8:40 AM in response to Yanos529

Thanks for the URL.

The test did work good on iPhone and iPad with AirPlay Screen Mirroring. But it would not work for me on Mac (macOS 12.6) with AirPlay Screen Mirroring (tried Safari 16 and Chrome 106 and Firefox 105). Safari and Chrome showed white with audio, Firefox did stream the video but not smooth. I guess you have to stream from mobile to get it on your TV.

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