Part 3: How to AirPlay from Android with DLNA? This knowledge finally brings us to the question we are trying to address, which is how to AirPlay from Android with DLNA. Please note that the files discussed here are the ones that are stored locally. So, it all comes down to how good your wireless network is. The video file is to be transferred into the Apple TV Cache and there would be some waiting time before the transfer is complete. On the other hand, the video streaming uses the conventional H.264 mpeg format without any compression (this does not include the compression the actually video file). The Apple Lossless format streams your music at 44100 Hz up to two stereo channels, which means that as a user, you don't have to worry about loss in quality.
One can quote the example of internet radio or any online video streaming service.Ĭonsidering the example of an audio file or video that is located on an iOS device. Firstly, let us understand why or how we would use an audio or video file.ġ) In order to stream or play an audio or video file on an iOS device.Ģ) We could also use AirPlay to stream music or any video that we located on the internet from an iOS device. However, the audio files and video are a little more complicated to explain in AirPlay. However, the WiFi and megapixel count of the image would be crucial in determining the time taken for streaming to complete. Please note that there is no loss in image quality because the file size is small enough to be sent to the cache of the Apple TV box.
Talking about the images, one can deduct, that the images are streamed through a device using iOS to the TV Screen through the Apple TV box. AirPlay (without including AirPlay Mirroring) can be subcategorized into three separate entities.