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Hello, can I use VLC to send video files through apple tv? most movies i have are not in Itunes format and I would prefer not to have to covert them. they are in .avi and .mp4 formats. If VLC is not the right software, is there another one that I can use? thanks, Ron
AppleTV 2, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
Hi efrommi - I had that same problem - is your iPad running iOS 4? It seems that AirPlay only works for audio on iOS 4 - you need to upgrade to iOS 5 to get it to stream video as well. Once I ran the update, StreamToMe worked fine. You've probably sorted it out by now, but if not, hope that helps :-)
I just wanted to add that there is also a VLCStreamer app available. The streamer app runs on your Mac and does streaming and/or transcoding on-the-fly, so you can then watch anything on your iPad (via the iOS VLCStreamer app). The free iPad app also has a "stream to Apple TV" button I think. I haven't tried it but maybe someone else can test and post their feedback here?
Just got the iPad3 VLC Streamer works fine to atv for me (.avi files). 🙂
Now I'd just like the standard VLC on my macbook to stream directly to atv so my iPad3 is taken out of the equation.
Have you looked at AirParrot? Anyone tried it and got the audio *and* video to work?
Just downloaded AirParrot ($9.99 / £6.63). Works perfectly. You can send your whole display straight to Apple TV, whatever's on it, so good for PDF presentations for example as well as sending .avi files. No need for overhead projectors - just use Apple TV and AirParrot. You can also use it to add your TV screen as a second display to your Mac. Not sure if I'll be doing that anytime soon, but potentially handy. Or you can send just one specific app to the TV.
Snazzy, and for a few extra pennies well worth it - cut out all that server / streaming / coding on the fly nonsense!
I just bought stream to me from itunes for £1.99 and it works a treat. You will need serve to me installed too, which is free. You can't stream to your tv directly from your mac but you can stream to your iphone or ipad, and from there you can hit the airplay button to send it to your apple tv. That's how I've done it anyway. This video may be helpful to you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5JK9xzyIYU&noredirect=1
Of course, this discussion is out of date now, since VLC is now available for iOS in the app store :-D
You are a genius! That worked perfect!
from vlc to apple tv
