[mythtv-users] How-to AirPlay question

[A Desai]

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 4:26 PM, A Desai <ashu.desai at gmail.com> wrote:

> After installing "avahi-utils" - when I give "avahi-browse -a" command, I
> now see airplay being enabled. On my iTunes, I do see now the icon. I am
> not home, but this looks very promising.
>
> I had to do "git pull", then just for the heck of it, i did a disctlean
> and reconfigured, compiled - and it seems good so far. Will send out an
> updated email once I am home.
>
> A rather stupid question -- "Where" do I need to be on mythtv when I am
> doing airplay? Like, do I need to be on "Play Music" when trying to do
> music? Or "Watch Recordings" when I am trying to push a video from my
> iPhone?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ash
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 4:05 PM, A Desai <ashu.desai at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Jason McLeod <jason at mcleods.me> wrote:
> >> You can add it to your /etc/environment file and it will be preserved on
> >> reboot and set for all users.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 2:45 PM, A Desai <ashu.desai at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Apr 19, 2012, at 1:33 PM, jk90090 <jk90090 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On 4/18/12 10:42 PM, Christopher Kerr wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Just out of curiosity, what version of iOS are you running on your
> >>> devices? I believe AirPlay streaming of videos wasn't implemented until
> >>> 4.2.1 or thereabouts. (This shouldn't prevent your devices from
> streaming
> >>> audio to MythFrontend, though, so I don't think it's actually the
> problem)
> >>>
> >>> - Chris
> >>>
> >>> The MYTHTV_AIRPLAY="1" only tells the frontend to register a *second*
> >>> device, this second one being a 'Video' device, in the LAN broadcasts.
> >>> Without it, the audio-only device still will be registered.
> >>>
> >>> -JK
> >>>
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> >>>
> >>> Do I have to give this export command every time I boot? Can I do some
> >>> persistent command?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>>
> >>> Ash
> >>>
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> -Jason
> >>
> >> I enjoy the massacre of ads. This sentence will slaughter ads without a
> >> messy bloodbath.
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
> > Thank you. The file /etc/environment was empty; I put in "export
> > MYTHTV_AIRPLAY="1" in it; saved it.
> >
> > Appreciate it.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ash
> > --
> > http://about.me/adesai
>
>
>
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>
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