Q: Netflix work around airplay peer to peer
Has anyone established a workaround for watching Netflix using peer to peer mirroring on Airplay? I have no Wi-Fi, but I have an unlimited LTE data connection on my phone. The unlimited data only applies to the phone though, and not to personal hotspot/tethering (or I would just connect my Apple TV to my phones Internet-not that simple unfortunately).
I have the most updated equipment (iPhone running 8.4 and apple tv 3rd gen rev A with the most up to date software). What I want is to mirror my iphone screen to my HDTV using apple TV AirPlay mirroring. I have it all set up and it works fine, but when I try to play a Netflix vid, I get a couple of different error messages. Netflix customer service has told me that Netflix doesn't work with airplay, but that they are working on it. Something about my data connection not having enough strength to send the proper resolution to the HDTV. But really it's just a Netflix hasn't figured it out yet, because I can use both the NBC iPhone app and the Hulu iPhone app, and they both work great with great resolution and no lag while using peer to peer airplay mirroring
I hope Netflix can figure it out, but I thought I'd come here to all you geniuses and see if anybody knows a workaround.
thank you!!
b
iPhone 5, iOS 8.4
Posted on Aug 7, 2015 10:59 AM