I had to connect to a different WiFi router/network and then back to my original network - worked like magic...
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Any way to cut the lag in screen mirroring over AirPlay?
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Just got done reading a bunch of the posts in here and thought I'd add some additional color.
The further away you get from your router the quality of the connection you get drops down significantly, weakening the strength and speed of your signal. You can improve this by by connecting over 5.0GHz, which is normally a different network than the standard 2.4GHz network. This can vary though.
Personally depending on how many devices you have, and how big your home is I'd recommend some form of Mesh home network. Eero, and Plume in my opinion make the best. I lean towards Plume since their Superpod is a triband device that can fit in a wall socket compared to the dual band Eero Beacon. Your mileage may vary. A well developed Mesh network will give you a more consistent connection across your home assuming that distance is the problem.
I may have misread this, but I believe you said you're Apple TV is from 2012. If this is the case, I'd recommend upgrading. The new Apple TV 4K has a much more powerful processor and is night and day better compared to the 1080P model that came before that. If my model memory serves me correctly I think yours is the 720P model before Siri remote.
We have a virtually all Mac household, with 4 Apple TV 4Ks running on 4 4K TVs, and have very little issues with video playback or Airplay. The only issue I've personally had with Airplay, is with Airplay Mirroring where there is a few ms delay compared to a wired monitor. Video isn't a problem as I've used Airplay to watch training videos while I work before.
One other thing, keep in mind Popcorn Time is torrent based, and playback is dependent on your ability to get access to a peer that has the content available to stream to you. If one isn't around this could contribute to video playback being bad.
here's a fix that may work for some of you that have already tried turning off Bluetooth, have bought a new router and cables and still no change:
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In this post we will show how to fix Airplay mirroring lag that some of you may experience. Our client's computer is connected to a router by a gigabit Ethernet cable. The router creates two Wifi
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I was having this video lag problem when mirroring my macbook pro 13" (2016) with Catalina and an AppleTV (generation before 4K). The video lag was worse when I mirrored the two displays. For what it's worth, when I switched to using airplay as a separate display the video lag problem seemed to go away. It was only when I tried to mirror the displays that the lag was so bad.
Is this working fine now? whats the easiest chefapest way to get airplay to work great for gaming (zero milisecond lag)?
I am looking into either buying a chromecast / airplay dongle, or getting an older used apple tv - and using it only for airplay.,, wht would you advose me to do?
I am looking into either buying a chromecast / airplay dongle, or getting an older used apple tv - and using it only for airplay.,, wht would you advose me to do?
there is no 0ms lag. if you can wire your computer to your tv, just get an HDMI cable. You'll never get a good enough link over wireless for gaming if you're playing an FPS game or anything that requires low latency.