AirPlay allows an iDevice to stream videos to the Apple TV or compatible devices but not everyone has got the Apple TV. Fortunately, someone has had a hack, come up with an app called AirPlayer which allows your iPhone, iPod or iPad to stream videos directly to your Mac computer.
Basically the AirPlayer creates and advertises a custom Bonjour AirPlay service that pretends to be an Apple TV, tricking the device into streaming video to it. Currently, the AirPlayer is at its early stage which could be pretty buggy but the good news it does not require your iDevice to be jailbroken. The alpha ad-supported version is available for download. The video below shows how a YouTube video on the iPhone is beamed over showing on a big screen of the Mac.
via ubergizmo
March 30th, 2011 at 7:27 am
[...] AirPlay lets you stream wirelessly from your iDevice to the Apple TV at a resolution of 720p HD only. Forget about AirPlay, if you want to stream wirelessly at higher quality, such as 1080p full HD. [...]
April 11th, 2011 at 9:38 am
[...] unlikely that hardware manufacturers will use the unauthorized info to make their devices AirPlay-compatible, as a patch release from Apple will send their devices back to incompatible [...]