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danielagos

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Mar 13, 2015
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Hey everyone! I would like to know if you are having trouble with using AirPlay to stream video to LG TVs. I recently bought the LG 43UN7400 and streaming videos from the iPhone's Photos app works but they stutter every second. When trying to stream MP4 files from my Mac, no video is streamed yet the Mac gets hot and the fans start working after a while (until I stop AirPlaying), whereas the LG TV simply opens the AirPlay screen and stays there.

Note that other AirPlay functionalities seem to work all right, including screen mirroring from iPhone/Mac (a bit laggy but works) and audio, YouTube video and Apple TV+ content streaming (they work fine and without stutters).

In my parent's house, I do not have these same issues using a Samsung TV with AirPlay 2. So maybe it is my WiFi network or the TV. If it is the TV itself, I would like to replace with a TV with better AirPlay 2 support. Another alternative would be to buy an Apple TV, but one of the factors of why I bought this TV was its AirPlay support...

So what do you think? What are your experiences with using AirPlay 2 in LG TVs?
 
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