[mythtv-users] Anybody use Airplay Mirroring with MacOS FE and Apple TV?

Matt Emmott memmott at gmail.com
Tue Nov 12 21:55:27 UTC 2013


On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>wrote:

>  On 11/12/2013 3:21 PM, Matt Emmott wrote:
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> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>wrote:
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>> On 11/12/2013 1:31 PM, Matt Emmott wrote:
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>>> I have an aging Core Duo iMac FE in my kitchen. I've been planning to
>>> replace it with an HDMI monitor and some extenders back to my main FE in
>>> the basement, however after using Airplay mirroring today in our boardroom
>>> with my Macbook, I may have other ideas.
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>>> My Macbook has an 0.26 FE on it that I rarely use. I was thinking about
>>> purchasing an AppleTV, running Myth on it, and using Display Mirroring to
>>> send the video to the kitchen monitor. I'd expect some sort of loss of
>>> picture and / or audio quality but since it's a kitchen tv, I'm fine with a
>>> little fuzziness.
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>>  MythTV does not run on the AppleTV, nor does the AppleTV run OSX.
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>  Right. But MythTV runs on my MacBook, and I can use Airplay Mirroring to
> send my display to an AppleTV device. So I was wondering if I could send my
> MythTV session to the AppleTV.
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> Ah, I misunderstood.  I thought you were trying to use your existing iMac
> (and screen) as the output device, and run MythTV on an AppleTV to stream a
> screen to it.
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Sorry, my fault. I went back and re-read what I typed and really should
have proof-read before submitting.

As for the control question - I was planning on having the laptop in the
kitchen at the same time, so I would just use the keyboard to control Myth.
In an ideal situation I would make the AppleTV a second screen and run Myth
fullscreen on that, freeing up the laptop for laptop-esque duties.

I may end up going the HDMI route for now since it's cheaper... Plus I hate
to spend money on an AppleTV device since I already have a Boxee Box and a
plethora of XBMC devices. Unfortunately I don't think that anything else
supports the functionality I need besides the Apples to Apples (I'm funny)
scenario.
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