Okay... I've got my late 2011 MacBook Pro laptop running Mountain Lion and successfully sending wireless video / audio to my 2nd generation Apple TV using AirPlay mirroring... but the video and audio breaks up every 15 seconds or so even though I have FULL wireless signal strength on my laptop and Apple TV. Is anybody else having that issue? Any suggestions? Thanks for your time and help 🙂
OS X Mountain Lion
I have a similar set up, but using Feb 2011 MacBook Pro. Was experimenting last night. Streaming video via Internet to my lap top and then mirroring to the TV seemed to present problems. For example, streaming from PBS website and mirroring has video stop/start issues. However, streaming via the PBS iPhone app and mirroring to the Apple TV seemed to work fine, so it doesn't appear to be a bandwidth issue. Also watching streamed video on my computer was a lot smoother than streaming said content to computer and then sending it to the Apple TV. Need to try many more variations to pin point the problem and figure out if there is a fix. Maybe my computer needs to be closer to the wireless router? Would more ram help (currently have stock 4GB)? Is all the traffic on my wifi network a problem? I have yet to try mirroring downloaded and stored video - although this has worked perfectly via airplay within iTunes. Anyway, will probably learn more as experiment over time.
my 2011 mid air with ATV3 have no problem.
My Apple TV 2 streams everything just fine. I can also mirror iTunes from my computer with no problems. However, playing AVI files on mplayerx or VLC or trying to mirror TV shows available on websites is a choppy affair indeed. I don't know what to do. It's annoying.
Know what? I think this is a matter of processor speed. I have the same problem with my 3rd-gen ATV and Late-2011 13-inch MBPro (w. M. Lion)
Anybody else experiencing laggy AirPlay mirroring?
