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Is it possible to stream any video formats directly to the new Apple TV?
In short the answer is NO ;(
Since the Apple TV has been announced yesterday, I did wonder if you would be able to stream any video format to it in some way. I don’t see the point of owning the Apple TV if I cannot stream any video formats to it, or at least convert on the fly the video in a format compatible to the Apple TV and stream the video feed to it.
Two companies have Server and iPad/iPhone/iTouch App that convert and stream on the fly any video formats to your device from your computer. It’s Air Video (before called Wi-Fi Video) and StreamToMe.
It means that if you have a TV OUT cable for your iPad or iPhone than you can turn it into a media center by connecting it to your TV. But what if I just don’t want to bother with that and simply send the video feed directly to the Apple TV. I had to write to InMethod, the maker of the amazing Air Video to know if it would be possible.
Hi,
Ok I know you must have been asked this question a couple of times since the new release of the Apple TV yesterday, but I need to know.
Since we can turn our iPad and iPhone into a media center by connecting it to our TV and stream any video to it with your Air Video server/app, I wonder if you see any way to stream any video format directly to the Apple TV with the new AirPlay?
I guess we would be able to use our iPad or iPhone as middleware with the 4.1 firmware update, pushing the video currently playing on the iPhone/iPad to the Apple TV with the AirPlay functionality, but I was wondering if your already tough about how to stream directly to the new Apple TV?
Thanks in advance guys and thank-you for having made this AMAZING product.
And their sad, but true answer:
Hi,
AirPlay will most likely be closed product not available to 3rd party apps.Sorry.
Kind regards,
Matej Knopp
InMethod
So we have to stay tune… I guess the new Apple TV would be almost impossible to hack, without opening it since there is no USB port on it.
