Using Airplay to mirror; got no audio!

theslaz · Jan 16, 2013, 09:43 AM

I have a AVI movie that I want to stream from my MacBookPro via Airplay. The picture comes in fine; but there is no Audio. I’m using VLC to play the movie on the MacBookPro and streaming it to a ATV3. The MacBookPro communications fine with the ATV3 using Ituness.
Is it the avi format that the ATV3 does not like? I assumed that when you mirror a movie to the ATV3; the movie format didn’t matter!

Thanks

Macman45 · Jan 16, 2013, 09:50 AM

AVI is simply a container...Conversion using Handbrake which is free, is an easy job:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread...rt=15&tstart=0

Handbrake and VLC are the two popular apps used by many here.

theslaz · Jan 16, 2013, 10:38 AM

I know all about Handbrake. Have converted over 2 hundred files with it. Nothing better!
What I was really asking; is it possible to mirror movies from my MacBookPro via AirPlay without converting and of course not going through iTunes.

Pug72 · Jan 16, 2013, 10:48 AM

Tried switching on Airplay mirroring before opening VLC?

theslaz · Jan 16, 2013, 11:09 AM

Didn’t work.
I’m going to try and copy the avi file over to my desktop and try it there. My desktop does work mirroring files to the ATV3. It’s just that I don’t have any avi files on it to try.

Pug72 · Jan 16, 2013, 11:15 AM

There's also an option in the VLC audio tab to select output device as Airplay I think.

theslaz · Jan 16, 2013, 11:58 AM

Couldn’t find such a option.
Tried the avi file on my desktop; there was no sound at the tv. Tried a m4v file and it worked perfectly.

Does this mean that only files that are compatible with iTunes will work?

Pug72 · Jan 16, 2013, 12:04 PM

technowar · Jan 16, 2013, 12:10 PM

You could try AirBreeze.app. Just search it in the Mac App Store. Good luck!

theslaz · Jan 16, 2013, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pug72

There's also an option in the VLC audio tab to select output device as Airplay I think.

Thanks for your patients. Seems when I looked for that option before; I did not have the movie playing and that option was greyed out. This time; I opened the movie and the option was there for me. However; Airplay was already checked.
A previous poster suggested running AirPlay before I opened the movie. I tried that with my laptop and it didn’t work. However; I tried it with the desktop and it does work! I now have sound.
On the laptop; not!

Jan 16, 2013, 09:43 AM	#1
theslaz macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Calgary; Alberta; Canada	Using Airplay to mirror; got no audio! I have a AVI movie that I want to stream from my MacBookPro via Airplay. The picture comes in fine; but there is no Audio. I’m using VLC to play the movie on the MacBookPro and streaming it to a ATV3. The MacBookPro communications fine with the ATV3 using Ituness. Is it the avi format that the ATV3 does not like? I assumed that when you mirror a movie to the ATV3; the movie format didn’t matter! Thanks
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Jan 16, 2013, 09:50 AM	#2
Macman45 macrumors G4 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Somewhere Back In The Long Ago	AVI is simply a container...Conversion using Handbrake which is free, is an easy job: https://discussions.apple.com/thread...rt=15&tstart=0 Handbrake and VLC are the two popular apps used by many here. __________________ Time And Tide Wait For No Man
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technowar macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Cebu, Philippines	You could try AirBreeze.app. Just search it in the Mac App Store. Good luck! __________________ Mac mini Server 10.8 Mid 2010 \| iPhone 5 iOS 7 \| Apple TV 3
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Jan 16, 2013, 10:38 AM	#3
theslaz Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Calgary; Alberta; Canada	I know all about Handbrake. Have converted over 2 hundred files with it. Nothing better! What I was really asking; is it possible to mirror movies from my MacBookPro via AirPlay without converting and of course not going through iTunes.
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Jan 16, 2013, 10:48 AM	#4
Pug72 macrumors member Join Date: Mar 2012	Tried switching on Airplay mirroring before opening VLC?
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Jan 16, 2013, 11:09 AM	#5
theslaz Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Calgary; Alberta; Canada	Didn’t work. I’m going to try and copy the avi file over to my desktop and try it there. My desktop does work mirroring files to the ATV3. It’s just that I don’t have any avi files on it to try.
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Jan 16, 2013, 11:15 AM	#6
Pug72 macrumors member Join Date: Mar 2012	There's also an option in the VLC audio tab to select output device as Airplay I think.
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Jan 16, 2013, 11:58 AM	#7
theslaz Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Calgary; Alberta; Canada	Couldn’t find such a option. Tried the avi file on my desktop; there was no sound at the tv. Tried a m4v file and it worked perfectly. Does this mean that only files that are compatible with iTunes will work?
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Jan 16, 2013, 12:04 PM	#8
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