Watch YouTube on TV, but audio thru Earpods?

[gloryunited]

I want to watch some YouTube clips on the big TV screen at night. But since I don't want to disturb others sleeping, and I have a nice pair of Earpods, connected to an iPhone 5, installed with a YouTube app, could I somehow stream the YouTube video to the TV while playing the audio through my Earpods?

PS. My Apple TV is the 720p one and not jail-broken.

Cheers.

 

[FreakinEurekan]

No, but it's a popular feature request. I hope that Apple listens.

 

[institute]

You might be able to set up your iPhone to receive audio from the ATV. This works like Roku 3's "Private Listening" function.

There is a Macoxshint http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20130312010845251&msg=15 that tells you how to do it.

Easy if your iPhone is jailbroken. I also imagine that Apple will build this in to the Remote App at some point.

 

[blueroom]

PS. My Apple TV is the 720p one and not jail-broken.

Cheers.

Sell it and buy maybe two ATV3's

 

[gloryunited]

Sell it and buy maybe two ATV3's

What do you mean by that?

 

[mynamesreallong]

What do you mean by that?

He meant that the prices of ATV gen 2 are in high demand because of its JB capability. And you can prob sell it for the cost of 2 ATV3's.

 

[blueroom]

Exactly, if you don't jailbreak your ATV2 upgrade to a 3. ATV2's go for about $200 on eBay and the like.

 

[gloryunited]

He meant that the prices of ATV gen 2 are in high demand because of its JB capability. And you can prob sell it for the cost of 2 ATV3's.

Oh, never knew that ATV3 is different in the JB department! I probably should JB that thing now then. I always think ATV got HUGE potential but Apple somehow hindered it from flaring.

I bought mine from overseas coz back then ATV wasn't even sold in where I live. So if I unfortunately bricked it, I couldn't have it fixed in the local Apple Store where no ATV is sold.

Thanks for the input lads!

 

[APlotdevice]

Easy if your iPhone is jailbroken. I also imagine that Apple will build this in to the Remote App at some point.

They may run into patent issues with Roku if they try to implement this feature. (assuming Roku has patented it of course)

 

[institute]

I doubt it since it won't be a physical remote control with a headphone jack. You will be using an iDevice with an app to do it. You will be simply leveraging the existing Airplay and using the iDevice as an Airplay receiver, which doesn't even require an ATV to be useful. Further, the ATV, itself, has had this ability to push audio via Airplay since well before the Roku 3 was released.

 

[Mjpetersen]

Well if you look under airplay settings, there's an option for where the audio is coming out so maybe you can set it to come throught the iPod iPhone iPad ect. Instead of the Apple TV speakers

 

[institute]

As I have written you need an app to allow the iPhone or ipad to be an Airplay receiver. They exist but Apple has kicked them out of the AppStore and you can only use them on a jail broken device. See my early post and the link to MacOSXHints.

 

[Uofmtiger]

As I have written you need an app to allow the iPhone or ipad to be an Airplay receiver. They exist but Apple has kicked them out of the AppStore and you can only use them on a jail broken device. See me early post and the link to MacOSXHints.

I hope Apple adds this feature. I have Airfoil speakers app and they updated it to remove the feature. However, they included a roll back feature in settings to get it back, so I can do this without a jailbroken iPhone. The main issue is that it doesn't seem to allow you to connect to it when it is running in the background, so you have to have the app up on the screen. Apple could do it better.