AirPlay Audio Only

Hi,
I have an iPad 2 and AppleTV (both of which are updated with the latest versions) but 3rd party apps on my iPad like HBO GO only stream audio to my AppleTV. Does anyone know how I can get the video to be sent also? I called apples helpline but the guy wasn't helpful at all.

The answer as of today is NO. The HBO GO app does not support the streaming of video over AirPlay. In the HBO GO app, click the gear in the upper-right corner; then help; then technical. There's an FAQ about AirPlay, here's what it says:
"HBO requires a level of content protection that is not currently supported by Airplay/Apple TV. We hope to offer this capability in the future."
I think the reason you're getting sound is because sound is on be default for AirPlay, but video is not. The AirPlay recognizes the content and allows streaming, but HBO hasn't enabled the video because they don't want people to copy "their" movies and shows. So you get sound, but no video. HBO could probably have disabled the sound feature, but why? I mean, who wants to record only the audio from a movie. And it's just another feature they would have to re-enable when they finally enable video streaming.

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