iPad 2 hdmi mirroring doesn't work for videos

I was having some issues as well with getting HDMI video out on my iPad2 using the Apple adapter. It worked once the other day the first time I tried it, but then last night it failed to generate video, although audio was working. Tried all sorts of cable voodoo but nothing seemed to work. ( Yet I knew the cable path was all good since plugging into the PS3 worked fine ).

Then earlier, I was "cleaning up my applications", that is, double-clicked the button, and held on the running apps so I could kill off some. Had it connected to my HDMI monitor while I was doing this, and after I deleted a couple of running apps, voilla, video suddenly appears on my monitor. Huh?

So I tried replicating this behavior, to see if I could perhaps nail down some offending app. I got it back in a state where it wouldn't feed video ( killing some apps, letting it go to sleep when feeding, then waking it up, and/or disconnecting/reconnecting the cable seems to have this effect ). Then I started up the apps I killed off, and then started killing them again, 1 by 1, and no appreciable effect. Frustrating. Then tried this and that for a bit, restarted it, etc. No good. Then decided to just start running a bunch of my usual apps, and see what happens. About my 8'th or 9'th app, voilla again, video snaps on.

So the bottom line seems to be, starting/killing apps can have some sort of effect ( the dark side of multi-tasking? ). Try either going in and deleting some running apps or running more ( 9 seems to be some magic number for me ) and see if that doesn't bring your video back from the abyss.

- Howard -

I've tried everything on this iPad2 and hdmi adaparter...can only get sound...even tried switching betwee pal + ntsc on video out in the preferences...nada..nothing..zilch......also tried killing some of the apps (all of them)....nothing....can mirror anything...not even the home screen....the second most valued company on this planet is disappointing me 😟

I tried to mirrow on 2 different tv's without any results. Took my Ipad2 to Best Buy and they found no problems. Put on my 75 year old thinking cap and decided it may be my hdmi cable. Bought a new and more expensive hdmi cable, took it home, hooked it up and the mirrowing function worked like a charm. Who would thought the problem was a cheap cable?

it only works on 1080p, if your proyector or HDTV only outputs up to 1080i (or 720p) it work work, you'll only hear audio