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An Apple technology to wirelessly stream audio and video between home entertainment devices.

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How can you stream music from Ubuntu to AirPlay speakers on your network with Ubuntu?

We have AirPlay speakers on our network, that can only be controlled using iTunes for Windows. As I'm booted into Ubuntu, I'd like to be able to control the music being played. Is there any way to do this other than getting a VirtualBox to boot…
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Stream from PC to Kodi (xbmc)

Does anybody know is it possible to stream movie from PC (using VLC or similar) .. to Kodi (XBMC) .. perhaps via AirPlay or something similar ? .. I want to be able to push stream from PC to Kodi (like AirPlay does) .. NOT to create shared folder…
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Repeating mDNS/Bonjour requests from eth0 through a tunnel (tun0)

To start off, I am quite new at both networking and Unix/Ubuntu/Linux distros. Just a warning, for any setup/code may look a bit ugly. Basically, my end goal is to successfully AirPlay Mirror to a remote Ubuntu server from my iPhone on a different…
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Can you use AirPlay to show an extended desktop?

I just installed Mountain Lion and it has the new AirPlay Mirroring feature. Is there an option to extend the desktop, as you would with a second monitor, instead of mirroring?
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Macbook to Apple TV: Airplay possible?

Have a 2nd generation Apple TV hooked up. Am able to AirPlay with my iPhone, but not with the Macbook. Not sure if this is even possible, but Googling around seems to return some chitchat about it, but nothing concrete.
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AirPrint and AirPlay on FreeNAS

I would like to add AirPrint support to a legacy Brother network printer and, if possible, also have AirPlay audio streaming to a stereo on the same shelf. I ran across a great tutorial on how to do just that by installing CUPS (for AirPrint) and…
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Airport Express Airplay Over Existing WiFi Connection

I am trying to use my Airport Express as an Airplay adapter (play to speakers through iOS device) connected to my existing (not-Airport-Extreme) wireless network. The Express is the kind that you plug into the wall - not the new model. In one…
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Run application in login window

I am looking for a way to run an application like Reflector or AirServer on both a Mac and PC before the user login occurs, the application is pretty much GUI-less until someone starts sending data to it, at which point it goes full screen. Is there…
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Starting airplay from command line, to send output of 'Say' Mac OS X command to airplay

Ok, Sunday question :) Trying to make a little joke... 1) if you open a terminal, and type "say -a ?", Mac OS X will give you the list of devices it can send spoken words to. On mine, it says: 39 AirPlay 47 Built-in Output 2) I have a Denon…
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Mirror your display to another computer on your network

I have a computer I am using for showing media, running windows 7 (XBMC). It is hooked up with a projector. I want other computers on my network to have the opportunity to mirror their display to this computer.(without the media computer having to…
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802.11ac mixed with 802.11g devices- will this cause slowdowns?

I'm looking to upgrade to 802.11ac on my home wifi network, and have noticed that most airplay certified wireless speakers only contain 802.11g chips. Will including one or more of these 11g devices cause problems or slowdowns with the 802.11ac data…
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How can I enable Mountain Lion Airplay mirroring through command line?

I want to enable/disable airplay mirroring with an script and I don't know how to find what commands are executed when Airplay is activated. Any idea about how to do it or where to search? Thank you!
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Use iMac as a networked second display for Windows 10

I've spent an extensive amount of time researching and trying various solutions to use an iMac as a second networked display for Windows 10. Both systems are connected to the network via Ethernet on the same network (same VLAN). Solutions I've…
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Using Reflector 2 between iPad Air 2 and PC Laptop

I'm having some issues with a user in my office who is looking to present her iPad screen to a laptop. The iPad is an iPad Air 2 running iOS 9.1 and the laptop is a Lenovo T440p running Win7 Enterprise. The laptop currently has installed the…
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How to make my Mac screen a mirror of iPhone using AirPlay

I'm new to AirPlay. I want to find a good tutorial to learn about Airplay and its APIs and how I can use it for sharing my iPhone screen on my Mac device. What I learned: iPhone 4S+ will support AirPlay, but how can I make my Mac capture the…
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