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On a MacBook Pro, there is a AirPlay icon at the top of the screen. When you use that, is there a way to view just the video that is playing on the computer so it appears on my Apple TV? I don't want a screen mirroring effect when it displays the entire computer screen. I want just the video to appear on my TV. Is this possible?
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017), iOS 11.2.2
Compatible (MP4?) embedded (Vimeo, YouTube, JW Player, …) video on web pages on Safari [sample] may have their own AirPlay icon, sending just that video to the Apple TV, full screen. Even if the web controller lacks this icon, sometimes you can Ctrl-click the video to ‘Enter Full Screen’ and get a different controller that has a working AirPlay icon. [And on certain sites the web controller suggests AirPlay availability, but doesn’t work (spinning loader on the tv).]
QuickTime Player also has its own AirPlay icon in the floating controller.
iTunes has its own AirPlay icon.
Non-Apple applications seem to be excluded, though.
So don’t use the upper-right menu bar icon if you want something different that mirroring or separate display. But use the other AirPlay icons elsewhere.
Compatible (MP4?) embedded (Vimeo, YouTube, JW Player, …) video on web pages on Safari [sample] may have their own AirPlay icon, sending just that video to the Apple TV, full screen. Even if the web controller lacks this icon, sometimes you can Ctrl-click the video to ‘Enter Full Screen’ and get a different controller that has a working AirPlay icon. [And on certain sites the web controller suggests AirPlay availability, but doesn’t work (spinning loader on the tv).]
QuickTime Player also has its own AirPlay icon in the floating controller.
iTunes has its own AirPlay icon.
Non-Apple applications seem to be excluded, though.
So don’t use the upper-right menu bar icon if you want something different that mirroring or separate display. But use the other AirPlay icons elsewhere.
Thanks for the help. I wish that the icon in the menu bar showed just the video playing. So, basically what I am looking for on videos is that little AirPlay icon, correct? That is the only way if I want just the video to play.
that depend on the player you use
in iTunes when you start a movie an airplay box will appear beside the volume control of the movie
AirPlay icon on MacBook Pro
