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I am excited as well in AirPlay Mirroring so i watched several times in the demo. It seems video plays with Quicktime. So lot's of video formats are not compati

I am excited as well in AirPlay Mirroring so i watched several times in the demo. It seems video plays with Quicktime. So lot's of video formats are not compatible like mkv's, iso's etc... If somehow i am able to mirror VLC i will run and buy Apple TV at once.

janus 15y ago
If you install Perian, Quicktime supports expands to include many more formats http://perian.org/ http://perian.org/ But I agree and would welcome the support for VLC too!
- orionlogic 15y ago
  I already have Perian. It's not supported well imho. Just try to open a 8gb mkv and it broke QT.
  - calloc 15y ago
    It didn't break Qt, it broke Perian. That being said, I've got a couple of 8GB MKV's and they all work perfectly. So caveat emptor and all that ... :P
- driverdan 15y ago
  Perian has never worked for me. I can't get Xvid or MKVs to play in QT. VLC is the only player I've found for OS X that actually plays everything.
Tyrannosaurs 15y ago
From what I can see it's just screen sharing isn't it? Play something in VLC in fullscreen and you're fine. They use Quicktime for the demo because it's an Apple product but I don't believe it's a limitation. If Apple have to throw Quicktime under the bus to sell more Apple TVs and Macs I think they'll happily do it.
- replax 15y ago
  What you are saying is true, however it is a rather messy solution. Assuming that the next AppleTV will support 1080p output you could not just mirror your screen to get the best quality. The source film is in 1080p, gets scaled down to screen res. which is transmitted to the AppleTV and then gets scaled up to 1080p again - resulting in a easily visible quality loss. I hope they treat the screen as a "second screen" which is mirrored...
emehrkay 15y ago
This says it will display whatever is on your screen, but if you're using itunes, drm will kick in. http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/16/2801047/mac-os-x-10-8-mountain-lion-preview-photos-video http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/16/2801047/mac-os-x-10-8-moun...
moe 15y ago
lot's of video formats are not compatible This will airplay pretty much everything you throw at it: http://beamer-app.com http://beamer-app.com
- orionlogic 15y ago
  thanks, didn't know this one. If only it could play burned dvd's like ISO files. Still, VLC integration is a must. With no compromise.
LokiSnake 15y ago
Looking at Apple's page, it seems like it doesn't only mirror output of apps such as Quicktime, but is able to do desktop mirroring, so you can play videos in VLC and mirror the entire screen.

janus 15y ago

If you install Perian, Quicktime supports expands to include many more formats http://perian.org/ http://perian.org/ But I agree and would welcome the support for VLC too!

orionlogic 15y ago
I already have Perian. It's not supported well imho. Just try to open a 8gb mkv and it broke QT.
- calloc 15y ago
  It didn't break Qt, it broke Perian. That being said, I've got a couple of 8GB MKV's and they all work perfectly. So caveat emptor and all that ... :P
driverdan 15y ago
Perian has never worked for me. I can't get Xvid or MKVs to play in QT. VLC is the only player I've found for OS X that actually plays everything.

Tyrannosaurs 15y ago

From what I can see it's just screen sharing isn't it? Play something in VLC in fullscreen and you're fine. They use Quicktime for the demo because it's an Apple product but I don't believe it's a limitation. If Apple have to throw Quicktime under the bus to sell more Apple TVs and Macs I think they'll happily do it.

replax 15y ago
What you are saying is true, however it is a rather messy solution. Assuming that the next AppleTV will support 1080p output you could not just mirror your screen to get the best quality. The source film is in 1080p, gets scaled down to screen res. which is transmitted to the AppleTV and then gets scaled up to 1080p again - resulting in a easily visible quality loss. I hope they treat the screen as a "second screen" which is mirrored...

emehrkay 15y ago

This says it will display whatever is on your screen, but if you're using itunes, drm will kick in. http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/16/2801047/mac-os-x-10-8-mountain-lion-preview-photos-video http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/16/2801047/mac-os-x-10-8-moun...

moe 15y ago

lot's of video formats are not compatible This will airplay pretty much everything you throw at it: http://beamer-app.com http://beamer-app.com

orionlogic 15y ago
thanks, didn't know this one. If only it could play burned dvd's like ISO files. Still, VLC integration is a must. With no compromise.

LokiSnake 15y ago

Looking at Apple's page, it seems like it doesn't only mirror output of apps such as Quicktime, but is able to do desktop mirroring, so you can play videos in VLC and mirror the entire screen.