AirPlay lagging with MBA but ok with ipad

When I use my new macbook air to stream movies with airplay to atv3 quality is very bad. It is lagging a lot and general poor quality.
However if I use my ipad it works perfectly every time.
Any ideas regarding this problem?

There's nothing that you can do on the ATV or MBA end to improve the throughput of the connection, there's no settings or adjustment everything is automatically negotiated. That being said there are numerous threads across all the portable sub-forums with user reporting identical problems: Portable laggy, iOS device not laggy.
These movies you're attempting to stream, are they not in iTunes? If they're in iTunes why not use the Home Sharing of iTunes option?
You can try some router adjustments, making sure it's set to 5GHz (if your router is new enough to support that) try adjusting channels, moving the machine closer to the router, reducing router transmission interference in the immediate area, etc.
There's also the method of wiring the AppleTV to the router via Ethernet or the machine to the router via Ethernet to improve throughput on one of the two ends.

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Since updating my Apple TV software, I can't use airplay mirroring with my iPad 2. I need it for a presentation in a couple of hours. Why doesn't this work anymore?!

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Try the following steps, check whether things are working after each step where appropriate, before trying the next.
Check AirPlay is turned on on the Apple TV (turn it off and on if it already is)
Check that both devices are on the same network (Settings > Wifi, on the mobile device and Settings > General > Network, on the Apple TV).
Restart the Apple TV (Settings > General > Restart).
Restart the Apple TV by removing ALL the cables for 30 seconds.
Restart your router. (Also try removing it’s power cord for at least 30 seconds)
Restart your mobile device.
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Recommended Wi-Fi settings
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You may also find some help on this page, where I’ve collected some of the more unusual solutions to network issues.
When making adjustments to your network for better optimisation, you may find some of the points mentioned on this page helpful.

Some lags with iPad Air 2

I have a brand new iPad Air 2 64 GB running iOS 8.1.2.
While testing my new iPad, I've noticed lags with some apps:
Quite irregular / bad FPS (usually stays above 45 FPS though)
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Some dropped frames
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Rare dropped frames
- Asphalt 8
For these test, only one app was running at a time.
When I quit demanding apps, there are sometimes some dropped frames with the home screen animation too.
I've run some benchmarks (using geekbench 3 and 3DMark) and I get about the same scores than other people.
Is this behavior "normal" or was I unlucky enough to get a defective unit ?
Thanks.

To clarify, my questions are:
- Are these lags caused by a hardware issue (defective iPad) or a software issue (iOS 8.1.2 and/or unoptimized apps) ?
- Has anyone experienced such lags ?
I'd really like to know before my warranty expires.
Thanks in advance.

HT201335 How to do AirPlay mirroring with iPad mini and ATV2?

My iPad mini and my Apple TV 2 (both up to date) don't want to do AirPlay mirroring. Why? Regular AirPlay works. I can't even see the AirPlay button in the taskbar.

That document is describing what you say you are already seeing. It is talking about enabling the air play button in "apps like Videos, Music etc" as you described. So if you have the AirPlay button showing up in the iOS music and video players is it working as it is supposed to. So what is it you are not seeing?

Airplay works with macbook but don't with iOS devices (iPhone, iPad)

I have 2 airport expresses, I can play music over airplay in both with my macbook, but one of them ONLY works with tha macbook... I try to stream music from my iPad or iPhone over Airplay to this airport, but it does not work, I can connect to it, but when it plays there's no sound, different from my macbook, that I can easily stream music over Airplay, to this Airport.
Resume: My iOS devices stream music over airplay with ONE of my TWO airport expresses, in the other one OLNY my macbook can stream music.
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Thank you, I've tried the support tips (resetting the network, checking security settings, etc.) and rebooting the network devices several times to no avail. I've actually been working on this for several days (when I can afford to have the network down).
What I have to determine is what has changed in the setup...from when it WAS working just fine with all devices.

HT204291 My iPad 4 does not show up on my TV screen when in AirPlay mirroring mode using WiFi. The iPad displays AirPlay set to TV with the Mirroring On (green). My iPad IOS software is 8.2 and my Apple TV software is at 7.1. The TV displays the Apple

My iPad 4 does not show up on my TV screen when in AirPlay mirroring mode using WiFi. The iPad displays AirPlay set to TV with the Mirroring On (green).
My iPad IOS software is 8.2 and my Apple TV software is at 7.1. The TV displays the Apple Menu. The “Settings” does however displays the General menu allowing me to see:
Apple software: 7.1 (7003)
Apple TV: Model No. A1464, Part No. MD199B/A
Signal Strength shows 5 circles.
It does not display the iPad screen but when I use the BT Sport App I can hear the sound but there is no video. I have searched the internet for a solution to no avail. The problem first arose when the IOS was at 8.1+ but it worked correctly briefly when I updated to IOS 8.2. Can you help please?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Try the following steps, check whether things are working after each step where appropriate, before trying the next.
Check AirPlay is turned on on the Apple TV (turn it off and on if it already is)
Check that both devices are on the same network (Settings > Wifi, on the mobile device and Settings > General > Network, on the Apple TV).
Restart the Apple TV (Settings > General > Restart).
Restart the Apple TV by removing ALL the cables for 30 seconds.
Restart your router. (Also try removing it’s power cord for at least 30 seconds)
Restart your mobile device.
If you are still having problems, the following article(s) may help you.
Troubleshooting AirPlay
Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections
Recommended Wi-Fi settings
Wifi Diagnostic Software (for Mac users)
You may also find some help on this page, where I’ve collected some of the more unusual solutions to network issues.
When making adjustments to your network for better optimisation, you may find some of the points mentioned on this page helpful.

Is airplay or reflections better for projecting an iPad 2 with volume?

Is airplay or reflections better for projecting an iPad 2 with volume? What cable do you need to connect an iPad 2 and apple tv so you can hear the iPad?

Barring special circumstances, I doubt that either will be better in terms of volume than the other. But you would use Reflector (which is what I presume you mean) only if you want to show your iPad's screen on a computer. If you have an Apple TV, you don't need Reflector.
As to cable, you don't connect an iPad to an Apple TV via a cable. It works via WiFi.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4437
Regards.

Can you do AirPlay Mirroring with the Apple Ipad 1 with the Apple tv

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Wow, please use a smaller font next time!!
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IPad airplay crashes with large video library

Is anyone else having issues with airplay and the Video app on the iPad? I have 2 apple TV's and an iPhone 3gs where airplay via home sharing works great for video. On my iPad 2 however using the video app it crashes every time I try to browse in my TV shows. I will give you the fact that I have a huge library but it does work on my 3gs which is the lesser of all my devices.

OK, I may have an idea here. I just updated the software on my Apple TV and now it can't read my library. It just says there are no music/movies.
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So I thought I would just do the "File > Library > Export Library" to get a new XML file and rebuild my Library. It looks like it's working but then no file results.
The only other option I can think of is to start from scratch again. I should mention, I do have a very large library of Movies and Music, almost 1TB and it is stored on an external drive. Sadly, my 100 playlists will have to be rebuilt manually
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Things that don't work:
Apple TV reading playlists
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AirVideo reading playlists

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I updated my IPhone 3GS to the new 5.1 operating system and have since had a range of problems with not only my phone but also my IPad.
Programs (Safari, mail, messages) keep crashing, mail will not delete properly (some will keep popping into my inbox again for no reason!!!), slow, settings lock up etc. etc.
This only seemed to become an issue once I updated to ios 5.1 and funnily also affected my Ipad even though i hadn't updated the software yet. I have since updated the software on my ipad thinking it might help too but that only made things worse!! So I am not sure if it's an ICloud issue, but when i try to disable ICloud my devices lock up as well.
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I looked in the phone and ipad log and there do seem to be low memory reports though i don't know why these are occuring now when they never have before??
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but you should have a backup in itunes.
Every time you sync your iOS device iTunes creates a backup. go check if its there, iTunes Preferences >Devices. and there you should see if you have a backup, and in case from which date the backup is.
And ofcourse you can get your icloud data back by just logging in with your Appleid under icloud in settings on the iphone.
But anyway, if the iPhone works when you restor it as new: try adding your backup, and see if the issue comes back. And experiment with your backup and try to work out what is causing the issue, my guess is that its some app! Good Luck!

HT1535 I own an iPhone4, an iPod 3rd generation and an iPad 2. I use the same iTunes library but unfortunately synced iPad with a different computer before syncing to my own. Do I risk losing the films/apps I've downloaded onto my iPad if I sync with my i

I don't want to sync what is on my iPod to my iPad. (I have a 32gb iPod but only 16gb on iPad. The iPod I use mostly for music.) I can't seem to add the films I have downloaded onto iPad to iTunes. If I could do that, I could erase them from iPad to create more storage.
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Question.....
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