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Airflow is by far the fastest and most reliable AirPlay implementation I've seen. It's lightning fast. Truly excellent. The app is also super fast for things li

Airflow is by far the fastest and most reliable AirPlay implementation I've seen. It's lightning fast. Truly excellent. The app is also super fast for things like video scrubbing. I wish the app was a more native feeling UI, and I feel they could be doing deeper integration to enable more video playing. I'm a little worried that the app is out of development, but hoping they keep it going for new versions of macOS and AirPlay.

mrtesthah 2y ago
>I'm a little worried that the app is out of development Why? The last app release was Jan 3rd 2025, so about 3 weeks ago. But even if it was older, once an app fulfills is purpose and is free of bugs and security holes, does it still need to be updated constantly?
- Y-bar 2y ago
  > But even if it was older, once an app fulfills is purpose and is free of bugs and security holes, does it still need to be updated constantly? Subscription-based software: "Hold my beer!" (This isn't one of those, which is great, I might buy a license just to support the ecosystem of regular paid apps).
- danpalmer 2y ago
  That's good, I hadn't seen that update! I've been using the app for 5+ years and it doesn't appear to have changed its feature set or UI in that time. My main concern is OS updates and AirPlay protocol changes breaking it, which would mean that it would no longer fulfil its purpose. AirPlay, being a proprietary protocol, is ripe for breaking third party integrations.
  - latexr 2y ago
    > My main concern is OS updates and AirPlay protocol changes breaking it Then you can safely ignore your other concern: > doesn't appear to have changed its feature set or UI Those things aren’t related, you don’t need to change the UI or features to maintain core functionality.
  - formerphotoj 2y ago
    Just a side note: I hoped AirPlay was stable after so many years, but everyone may already know that AirPlay 2 is a change that at least in my use case, made all my old Macs running older macOS and AirPlay 1 incompatible with newer third party hardware and hardware that updated firmware to AirPlay 2. Yes, I'm talking about iTunes! At least all my Airport Expresses still work fine! lol
- unsupp0rted 2y ago
  I wouldn't have known that because their "check for updates" function doeesn't seem to work, even when triggered manually. I'm on 3.3.6, which is just a couple point versions behind latest. I've been a happy paid AirFlow user for about a decade now, but I realize it's small indie sometimes buggy software.
tiagod 2y ago
I use it with an LG TV (WebOS) and while it had some trouble in the past, it now works pretty well. Sometimes I need to disconnect&reconnect to the TV if I paused for too long and/or left my laptop sleep, but mostly just works. The way it turns 5.1 audio into stereo (optionally boosting dialogue) is also quite good for some shows, I wish something as good was available in other players. I don't think it's out of development. I thought of posting this specifically because I got an update banner when I opened it.
whazor 2y ago
I concur, in particular, being able to quickly scrub a 54GB 4K HDR video and see it flash by on the television is insane. It also works fast on ChromeCasts.

mrtesthah 2y ago

>I'm a little worried that the app is out of development Why? The last app release was Jan 3rd 2025, so about 3 weeks ago. But even if it was older, once an app fulfills is purpose and is free of bugs and security holes, does it still need to be updated constantly?

Y-bar 2y ago
> But even if it was older, once an app fulfills is purpose and is free of bugs and security holes, does it still need to be updated constantly? Subscription-based software: "Hold my beer!" (This isn't one of those, which is great, I might buy a license just to support the ecosystem of regular paid apps).
danpalmer 2y ago
That's good, I hadn't seen that update! I've been using the app for 5+ years and it doesn't appear to have changed its feature set or UI in that time. My main concern is OS updates and AirPlay protocol changes breaking it, which would mean that it would no longer fulfil its purpose. AirPlay, being a proprietary protocol, is ripe for breaking third party integrations.
- latexr 2y ago
  > My main concern is OS updates and AirPlay protocol changes breaking it Then you can safely ignore your other concern: > doesn't appear to have changed its feature set or UI Those things aren’t related, you don’t need to change the UI or features to maintain core functionality.
- formerphotoj 2y ago
  Just a side note: I hoped AirPlay was stable after so many years, but everyone may already know that AirPlay 2 is a change that at least in my use case, made all my old Macs running older macOS and AirPlay 1 incompatible with newer third party hardware and hardware that updated firmware to AirPlay 2. Yes, I'm talking about iTunes! At least all my Airport Expresses still work fine! lol
unsupp0rted 2y ago
I wouldn't have known that because their "check for updates" function doeesn't seem to work, even when triggered manually. I'm on 3.3.6, which is just a couple point versions behind latest. I've been a happy paid AirFlow user for about a decade now, but I realize it's small indie sometimes buggy software.

tiagod 2y ago

I use it with an LG TV (WebOS) and while it had some trouble in the past, it now works pretty well. Sometimes I need to disconnect&reconnect to the TV if I paused for too long and/or left my laptop sleep, but mostly just works. The way it turns 5.1 audio into stereo (optionally boosting dialogue) is also quite good for some shows, I wish something as good was available in other players. I don't think it's out of development. I thought of posting this specifically because I got an update banner when I opened it.

whazor 2y ago

I concur, in particular, being able to quickly scrub a 54GB 4K HDR video and see it flash by on the television is insane. It also works fast on ChromeCasts.