Netflix work around airplay peer to peer

That would be something the developer needs to work out. There is no workaround for that.

It would be the Netflix developers. Airplay is a protocol developed by Apple. The same tools are given to all, if there is a an issue it will be up to the specific app developer (in this case Netflix) to fix it.

The issue is that AirPlay simply hands over connection details and expects the AppleTV to do the heavy lifting (actually pulling the data from Netflix), so this is by design. In order to be able to AirPlay Netflix, the AppleTV itself must have an internet connection. "Mirroring" the iOS device would probably work, but is not ideal for movie watching.

It would be getting a network connection from the phone via peer to peer AirPlay. The issue is with the Netflix app operating under these conditions, the developer would need to issue a fix.

I don't believe the ad-hoc wireless network created to facilitate "direct" airplay shares the iPhone LTE Internet connection - it works in similar fashion to peer to peer AirDrop. The AppleTV must have Internet access itself in order for HTTP Live Streaming to work. The same thing will happen when one tries to AirPlay YouTube, Vimeo, etc from an LTE-only iPhone to a peer to peer AppleTV without an active Internet connection - it's not just Netflix.

Other apps are working just fine, it's only Netflix that's giving the issue

Maybe I'm missing something or have a peculiar configuration that's giving me a red herring. I ran this experiment quickly this morning:

- Unplugged router (airport extreme)

- Waited for iPhone to go to 4G/LTE

- Verified I could AirPlay a photo from my photo library

- Attempted to AirPlay a video from the YouTube App

- As expected, the AppleTV just kept spinning, unable to play the video

Turning back on the router (thus providing the AppleTV with Internet access) immediately allowed AirPlay of the YouTube video.

mrgroovymann wrote:

AppleTv definitely does not *have* to have an Internet connection. Without connecting AppleTv to a wifi connection (using AppleTv only as a mirror) I can stream and mirror content beautifully from my iPhone to my tv from several websites, including Hulu, NBC, FOX, CBS, Amazonf Instant, all while ONLY using the phone's LTE connection and using AirPlay/AppleTv only as a mirror.

vazandrew is correct. The issue with with Netflix itself not building this functionality into its app. They really need to get it together, since Hulu and the rest clearly have it figured out.

Airplay and Airplay Mirroring it is not the same service. If you use Airplay Mirroring, Netflix will worked too. If you only try to use Airplay, it looks like connection to the Internet for Apple TV is required.

It looks like the same requirements which applies for streaming iTunes content via Peer-to-Peer connection from iOS device to Apple TV, also applies for a Netflix - as per: Use AirPlay to wirelessly stream content from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

Use peer-to-peer AirPlay

With peer-to-peer AirPlay, your iOS device and Apple TV don't have to be on the same Wi-Fi network.

To use peer-to-peer AirPlay, you need one of these devices with iOS 8 or later:

• iPhone 5 or later
• iPad mini or iPad (4th generation or later)
• iPod touch (5th generation or later)

You can stream content to your Apple TV (3rd generation rev A, model A1469 or later) with software version 7.0 or later. Find out which Apple TV model you have.

Make sure that both devices have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth turned on.

If you want to stream iTunes Store content, you also need an Internet connection.

rstocker wrote:

The issue is that AirPlay simply hands over connection details and expects the AppleTV to do the heavy lifting (actually pulling the data from Netflix), so this is by design. In order to be able to AirPlay Netflix, the AppleTV itself must have an internet connection.

It doesn't do that. Standard Airplay relays a pre-rendered stream or device copy to AppleTV - to do so the stream/copy has to be AppleTV compatible.

Standard Airplay does not expect AppleTV to fetch the data, the Airplay device does it and relays it.

This might be an issue with Airplay of Netflix's rate adaptive stream.

I agree that Airplay and Airplay Mirroring are not the same thing and it seems that Mirroring should simplify the situation and make Netflix work...but, it seems that the Netflix app disables Mirroring and tries to send the video via true Airplay.

I have set up iphone to ATV via peer to peer. Then I turn on Mirroring and the iphone is successfully projected to the TV. Then as soon as I start the Netflix app on the iphone the Mirroring goes away and the screen just turns to the spinning wheel until an error comes up minutes later. Actually it works sometimes and other times it doesn't. To me, it seems that certain episodes work and others do not.