[opendtv] Re: 5 Reasons Why Apple TV Is (Still) Boring
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 08:15:05 -0400
P.s. does anyone know how the AirPlay option is supposed to work when it
gets here? It kind of looks like you continue to stream through your
iThing and the ATV acts like a remote display.
Air Play is a re-branded extension of an existing Apple technology
called Air Tunes. Air Tunes allowed you to stream music to an Airport
Express WiFi base station that includes stereo outputs that can be
connected to your home stereo system or TV.
In essence, any Mac or PC running iTunes, or iOS device running
version 4.2 (due in November) will be able to send music, video,
photos and related data to devices that support the AirPlay protocol.
Given all of the third party devices that have already indicated they
will support it, it appears that Apple has published the protocol,
although I cannot find a link.
These third party devices are typically iPod speaker docks, and A/V
receivers and stereo systems with a WiFi interface and support for
the protocol.
There is some additional information here
http://www.apple.com/itunes/airplay/
Looks like you will run an app on an iOS device to stream content to
one or multiple devices including AppleTV. Macs and PCs will be able
to control/send streams to AirPlay devices via iTunes.
There is no reason why a cable STB could not support the protocol and
stream content from iOS devices, although this might require some
codecs that may not exist in the STB (specifically h.264 video and
MP3, AIFF, WAV, MPEG-4, AAC (.m4a) and Apple Lossless audio.
Hope this helps...
Regards
Craig
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