PC (Win 7) Screen Mirror to AirPlay (AppleTV) software

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#126967 25-Jul-2013 11:47

I know this is technically the wrong forum for this, but I anticipate Apple users have more experience in this. Searching the web AirParrot is the main hit for this, but does anyone have any other preferences / recommendations for doing this.

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#865773 25-Jul-2013 12:11

I haven't tried it, I downloaded the trial app but installed. It will be useful for displaying everything other than iTunes (as it has AirPlay capability built in).

I think it is the only application out there for Windows to do AirPlay Mirror.

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#865864 25-Jul-2013 13:35

Sadly could not get it to see the AppleTV, maybe iPhone Tethering WiFi network does not allow the traffic accross. My projector is HDMI only while my Laptop only has VGA, I was hoping to use this software with AppleTV as a work around to get the Laptop onto the projector.

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#865874 25-Jul-2013 13:40

Not an issue with the tethered WiFi, can send AirPlay content from the iPad to the AppleTV via the tethered network.

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#865993 25-Jul-2013 16:21

Firewall port on Windows 7 system?

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#866008 25-Jul-2013 16:35

I would ask the support team directly at AirParrot. I had no issue using this to mirror my Win 7 laptop to the TV via Apple TV. In the past I have found that AirPlay issues are almost always to do with the router. Using an iPhone as a router is unusual, I would tell them about that.

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#866349 26-Jul-2013 09:12

Changed over to an AirPort express (I find I have the greatest success with Apples own access point) but still no luck. Looked at the AirParot logs and it finds the Apple TV and believes that it is steaming to it, but nothing appears. The Apple TV also recognises the incoming connection, I've verified that by having the iPad streaming, then selecting the Apple TV from AirParot and the iPad stream is discontinued, but nothing comes through.

Maybe my laptop is just not powerful enough (Vaio VPCX117LG)?

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#866454 26-Jul-2013 11:16

Here's the log if there are log readers out there

Debug Log Started
System timing minimum resolution: 1 ms
Virtual Screen: 0, 0
Found Monitor 0 1366x768 (origin 0, 0)
Running in trial mode
1374793867-636364: Received response in resolve callback with no error
1374793867-637364: About to get the IP of an AirPlay device
1374793867-646364: About to process result for the IP of an AirPlay device
1374793867-647365: About to get the TXT Record "deviceid" for the AirPlay device
1374793867-647365: About to get the TXT Record "password" for the AirPlay device
1374793867-748370: Received response in resolve callback with no error
Connecting to selected service Apple TV Bedroom (Address? 172.20.10.3), Should Give Up? 0
Beginning AirPlay Connection...
The system should not sleep (display)
Main Mirroring Connection Established
Dictionary {
height => 1080,
overscanned => true,
refreshRate => 0.016667,
rotation => true,
version => 160.10,
width => 1920,
}
Video capture has started
CPU Features: MMX 1, SSE 1, SSE2 1, SSE3 1, SSSE3 1, SSE41 0, SSE42 0

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#871608 4-Aug-2013 16:14

I wiped and reinstalled the laptop, installed Air Parrot and it worked, however, the CPU load well exceeds the capability of my laptop.

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#871613 4-Aug-2013 16:34

AirPlay Mirroring on OS X uses hardware video encoding built in to the Sandy Bridge & Ivy Bridge Core processors. AirParrot does this in software to enable it on Windows & older Macs, so it's very CPU taxing.

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#871716 4-Aug-2013 20:30

Yes. Yes it is.