When using airplay from mac to apple tv it lags/freezes, but works fine with iPhone

I had the same issue too - disabling the Apple Wireless Direct Link interface (awdl0) seemed to help at least.

You need to open up terminal to disable it, so type terminal into spotlight and hit the top hit, or locate it through finder, it's in Applications/Utilities.

Type sudo ifconfig awdl0 down into the console, then hit enter/return, type in your password (if prompted) and hit enter/return.

This works for the current session, so you'll need to repeat this every time restart/power down but pressing the up key in terminal will show last used command.

You could also try using Extend Desktop instead of Mirror Built-In Display in the AirPlay Menu, this also reduced lag for me.

Hi Daniel, last part of your solution worked for me, but in a bit different way:

I've changed "Region" setting (Wireless->Wireless Settings via router's web interface) in my TP-Link TL-WR941ND router to "United States" (however I live in Europe), accepted message that I might be violating local law 😟 and it worked!

I guess this is related to different frequencies used in the US than in Europe (mentioned by you). This router works in 2.4 GHz frequency.

I've also changed Channel Width to 20 MHz.

Hope this helps.

Maciej.

I have the same problem with my brand new iMac (Yosemite 10.10.2) and ATV3. Today a guy from Apple Care told me that this lagging when mirroring or extending desktop to ATV3 is "normal behavior". I just bought the wrong product.... In fact it appears that streaming movies from iTunes on my iMac is flawless. According to this guy this is the way ATV is supposed to be used, and mirroring or extending desktop is a bonus. For Powerpoint presentations - without moving images - this will work fine; for more dynamic streams lagging will be the result.

In my opinion this is unacceptable. When re-reading the product page of ATV nothing of this kind is mentioned. I think I will try to get my money back, though Apple's reputation on this is questionable.

I can't believe that this problem has something related to my hardware or my network. I have an early 2013 mac book pro retina, an iPad, Apple TV and my router is a 3TB time capsule.. The lag is tremendous.. But, if i use an app like beamer, the mirroring flows perfectly.. Unless the Beamer app has the power to change all my router and hardware configuration, its very clear to me that the problem it`s between the mac and the apple tv..

Hi Sheila, Please answer this question to me:

When I mirror my MAC it sends the image and sound to the Apple TV properly. I have also connected an Airport Extreme to the Apple TV to send the sound to an external speakers.

In this case, the Apple TV doesn't send the sound to the Airport Extreme. WHY? The Airplay Sound in the Apple TV is well configured as it works for content which is in Apple TV. But not when I use Airplay mirroring for my MAC.

Why it happens?

If I use third party apps as Beamer it works properly.

Just another frustrated consumer here. Cannot mirror a full screen video from my MacBook Pro to my Apple TV via Verizon FiOS wifi.

Tried connecting the laptop to router with a Ethernet cable but that didn't matter.

The video lags, hangs up, freezes, stutters … anyway, it's useless.

It's absurd that we pay premium prices for Apple products and cannot get their devices to work as promised.

+1. Switching bluetooth off seems to take care of the lag issues.

So I have to sacrifice my wireless mouse and keyboard to get airplay mirroring? No ideal!

UpDate to my Post 2 days ago:

I actually APOLOGIZE to Apple for claiming that my above issue was theres... It wasn't.. The problem was that my XFINITY Cable Modem that must have done an update and changed something in its NETWORK Settings.. The fix for my AIRPLAY Problem was to RESET My Xfinity Modem to defaults, then LogIn to the Firmware and change the MODEM to BRIDGE MODE.. Evidently I had a "DOUBLE NAT and Dualling DHCP Servers" going on.. What I figured out is: If you have your own WIFI ROUTER other than your ISP provided one, then one of them needs DHCP/NAT turned off and the other needs to be in BRIDGE MODE. I turned my Cable Modem to Bridge Mode and set my Apple Airport Extreme to Issue the DHCP with NAT.. I first Reset all Hardware Items to FACTORY DEFAULTS just to make sure.. After performing all the above steps it was a BREEZE to reconnect all ITEMS.. I now have 6 (six) airplay devices and they work flawless AGAIN... Thanks APPLE, sorry for the previous negative post.. Mike

it's now 2015 and I'm having the same issue. I have a great TV w/ identical resolution - NOT THE TV's PROBLEM. Wow. Same with the router and Internet I have 20mbps down and 5mbps up NOT HTE PROBLEM LOL. I've run my dell pc over air stream to multiple apple tv's for years and NO PROBLEMS. The first time I go to stream over my brand new MacBook Pro there is immediate jumping, skipping, stalling, every 1-2 seconds, not 20 seconds. I can't get out of a frame. It's horrible. If this issue is not resolved or blog abandoned shame on APPLE. That's terrible. If anyone has figured this out please help!!! Thank you!

it's now 2015 and I'm having the same issue. I have a great TV w/ identical resolution - NOT THE TV's PROBLEM. Wow. Same with the router and Internet I have 20mbps down and 5mbps up NOT HTE PROBLEM LOL. I've run my dell pc over air stream to multiple apple tv's for years and NO PROBLEMS. The first time I go to stream over my brand new MacBook Pro there is immediate jumping, skipping, stalling, every 1-2 seconds, not 20 seconds. I can't get out of a frame. It's horrible. If this issue is not resolved or blog abandoned shame on APPLE. That's terrible. If anyone has figured this out please help!!! Thank you!

I Have found my Problem and its solved. I hope this can possible work to solve your issues too.. I found that my MacBook WIFI Card had interference issues with a 2.4ghz WiFi Camera that was installed with my VIVINT home Swcuriry system. I started using my 5ghz WiFi in my AirPort Extreme and logged my MacBook onto it and my problem stopped immediately!!! It also stopped when Inunplugged the Cameras. Hope this helps everyone. Good Luck.

MIke.

I just tried mirroring and extending desktop to ATV with my brand new MacBook Pro (NVDIA version) and tried playing several video files through VLC. No matter what type - mp4, mkv, mov, nothing worked smoothly. I was never able to do this with old MacBook Pro either, but stumbled across third party software that allowed me to stream movie files to ATV without many hiccups. Good news - still works with new MBP. So far, anything but video works with mirroring/extending to ATV. Do yourself a favor and get Beamer - http://beamer-app.com. It's not free, but so worth the money.

omg thanks!! this helped solve the lagging problem on my mbp. i had upgraded to the latest OS too before applying this setting change. 🙂

THis worked for me

THanks

turning off bluetooth solved my issue as well, but i shut it off on the apple tv side so i can still use bluetooth on my mac.