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2012-07-25, 23:11
(This post was last modified: 2012-07-25, 23:18 by toymachine2009.)
Not really sure what section this should go under.
Anyways I am sure alot of you are aware the new Version of Mac OSX Mountain Lion was released today. My xbmc is on a Windows PC but my laptop is a Mac. One of the new features is you can Airplay Mirror your laptop or Mac onto the TV with an Apple TV. I know xbmc has the airplay feature as well and just curious if anyone has tested it out and how its working for you.
Only reason I want to update my laptop to this new OSX is for the Airplay Mirroring feature. But if it doesnt work all that great with xbmc not a big deal to update then.
Just wondering what you guys opinons on Mirror your Mac on the TV with xbmc.
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without ever having used airplay, i can 99.9% guarantee you that apple has added obfuscation in some way and that it won't work before hackers liberate the protocol again.
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Oh alright Well I shall wait then. Would be a very cool feature IMO.
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As noted on the
AirPlay (wiki) page on the XBMC Wiki, XBMC does not support being an AirPlay Mirroring server.
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This would be a fun idea. I test out of lot of my XBMC add ons and hacks on my newer Mac before transferring them to my HTPC/old MacBook.
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Ah, I know immediately upon upgrade I DID see just briefly the Display drop down in the Status Menu up top but its since never shown.
Upon rereview of the Wiki I see it does state that:
AirPlay mirroring is currently unsupported.
But YouTube searches seems to show AirPlay mirroring w/ Macs and an Apple TV2, are those supported?
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2012-07-26, 10:20
(This post was last modified: 2012-07-26, 10:21 by Ned Scott.)
Mirroring is unsupported when XBMC is the AirPlay server.
When using native Apple TV 2 (or 3) AirPlay server (jailbroken or not), then the desktop mirroring from 10.8 will work. There's nothing for apps to actually support with desktop mirroring to a native AirPlay server, as everything in the OS is mirrored.
I have not tried 10.8 yet, but I had tried a 3rd party app that enabled desktop mirroring on my mac, and for XBMC it worked great.
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Hey Guys,
Just letting you know, that Airplay mirroring works with XBMC with Moutain Lion. I will try upload a video shortly.
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Ok thanks for answering that question I was interested too!
Now one more please- does Mountain Lion+XBMC work perfectly with apple remote?
just press the menu button on the remote and it starts fine with no errors at all??
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A few companies/groups have, but so far none of them have made it open source or told us any hints (I asked at least one of them myself).
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Ok thanks, It's nice to know you are trying!
Chris.
