No Audio when Airplay Mirroring from Mac to Apple TV

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No Audio when Airplay Mirroring from Mac to Apple TV

I have a 2011 MBP running Mountain Lion and the latest ATV. When I use airplay mirroring I can see the display on my TV but no audio. It works just fine if I airplay from itunes, just not when I have a quicktime movie playing and try to mirror my desktop. I even tried manually changing the output selection from internal speakers to Apple TV in audio preferences, but for some reason it wouldn't let me. It kept just switching back to internal speakers. Please Help!!

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Aug 1, 2012 7:55 PM

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jonvid

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Aug 5, 2012 9:42 PM in response to tdnorton

I had this same problem and I think I just found a solution. Turn on your Apple TV. BEFORE turning on the mirroring, change the output audio on your computer to Apple TV in System Preferences. After that, turn on the mirroring and the sound should be coming out of your tv.

Again, if you don't change the output before mirroring it will not work.

Hope this helps.

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MatSM

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Aug 1, 2012 8:32 PM in response to tdnorton

Try changing your output sound setting to Apple TV. AirPlay mirroring only puts your screen to your TV I think. EDIT: heh nevermind I should have read your post in full before replying. Anyway, changing the sound out to Apple TV works fine for me.

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thxchs

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Aug 2, 2012 4:08 AM in response to tdnorton

Exact same problem I just found out as I'm trying out Mountain Lion for the first time.

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tdnorton Author

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Aug 6, 2012 10:31 PM in response to jonvid

Thanks jonvid, that did it!

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