Is there a way to change the Airplay to something more friendly like "Living Room"? Right now the default name is XBMC (openelec) for me. I can see how to change the XBMC name, and the openelec host name, but it seems like the name will always be xvmc_name (device_name). I did read this dev thread a while back, but thought I'd see if anything has changed:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=118104&page=2
thanks!
system -> services -> devicename.
beside that - this is the ios forum - when you talk about openelec i'm sure you are not using ios...
My question more related to the use of Airplay on XBMC then about running xbmc on an iOS device. Since AirPlay is an apple feature I figured this might be the best place to post, but perhaps I should have posted in general support.
Regarding your response, I am aware how to change the device name as you mentioned, but the airplay broadcast name always seems to appear in the format "xbmc_device name (system_host_name)". I was ideally hoping I could just have the airplay name advertised as something like "Living Room" and not "Living Room (system_host_name).
Thanks. Turns out it was an issue with my dlink wireless router and bonjour. After I reset my router it works just like you said!