[mythtv-users] 0.27 and AirPlay

[Craig Treleaven]

At 1:20 PM +1100 10/9/13, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
>Hi
>
>On Wednesday, October 9, 2013, Craig Treleaven wrote:
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>  the audio only in frontend -> Setup ->
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>I don't know what to say.  It was working for me but now it's 
>not...more correctly, parts are working and other parts not.  Maybe 
>some more people can report their experiences and we either figure 
>out what I/we need to do differently.  Or maybe there is some bit of 
>code that needs to be tweaked to work in different cases, 
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>There's one thing you should be aware: what an iPhone shows as 
>airplay device has *nothing* to do with the airplay code.
>All it shows is what is broadcast by Bonjour/zeroconf.
>
>iTunes on the other hand, test all devices before showing them in 
>the list. By testing I mean that iTunes will connect to the device; 
>attempt a communication and immediately report if there's an issue.
>
>The iPhone on the other hand; doesn't. It queries the DNS for a 
>particular service and display it as-is. Even when selecting the 
>device nothing happens until you actually try to use it.
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>So if the myth airplay device isn't showing in the list; there's no 
>need to delve into myth frontend. That's not where the problem will 
>be. The issue will be your network infrastructure; the current rDNS 
>setup, the DNS things like that.
>
>There are a few mac utilities to browse bonjour services on the network.
>
>If your system is a frontend/backend combo; make sure in 
>mythtv-setup -> general that the stuff to listen on all link local 
>address is on.
>
>If you have IPv6 setup on your network and that isn't link-local; 
>make sure your frontend is set to listen on those addresses. The IPs 
>myth is listening on will be shown when the frontend is starting.
>But this is only useful to troubleshoot why an iOS device would see 
>myth; but wouldn't connect.
>Again; if the airplay device doesn't show in the list: the issue is 
>elsewhere: not in myth

Or maybe it is an iOS issue on the iPhone 5?

http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/appletv/index.html#d09oct2013

 From iTunes 11.1 on my MacBookPro, I can play Movies and Podcasts 
(both audio and video) to mythfrontend running of OS X 10.7.5.

Also, tested with our old iPad 1 (iOS 5.1.1!).  Again, a YouTube 
video streamed to the above frontend with no problems.  Tried Photos 
but it again displayed the slash-O--I think this may just be because 
it is an old version of iOS.  When one of the kids get home with 
another device, I'll check again.

Craig