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Q: How to make Beamer work on Apple TV with Mac

Hello, I have recently downloaded Beamer to stream videos from my Mac to my Apple TV, however it only loads briefly if at all. Does anyone know how to fix this?

THank you

Apple TV (3rd generation)

Posted on Oct 13, 2014 4:33 PM

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Q: How to make Beamer work on Apple TV with Mac

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  • by xdabit,

    xdabit xdabit Oct 20, 2014 8:23 AM in response to Winston Churchill
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    Oct 20, 2014 8:23 AM in response to Winston Churchill

    My point is that we have identified two possible causes to this problem:

     

    1. The wifi signal is not strong enough where the ATV is located

    2. There is a problem with Beamer

     

    Now, if both beamer and ITunes airplay and Beamer use the same protocol and iTunes is able to send a video while Beamer is not, then Beamer has an incomplete/buggy implementation of that protocol.

    If iTunes fails fails too then most probably is a network problem.

     

    I wrote:

         .......both iTunes and beam use the same protocol .....

    So I am just trying to document this assertion

  • by Winston Churchill,

    Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Oct 20, 2014 3:44 PM in response to xdabit
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    Oct 20, 2014 3:44 PM in response to xdabit

    I'm not sure how you arrive at those conclusions.

     

    So far as I'm aware nobody has confirmed there is a problem as yet. AirPlay and Beamer are not the same thing, they may use the same port and transmission methods but that's where any similarity ends, AirPlay is based on hardware and sets minimum standards so you know what to expect, Beamer isn't dependent on hardware and doesn't have minimum standards so there is no way of knowing whether the OP is seeing expected behaviour given the equipment they have or not.

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