Airplay mirroring with airport express

As my title says , can i use airport express to wirelessly mirror my Macbook Pro with Retina display to my tv or i need an apple tv?
Is there any other solution to use airplay mirroring without apple tv?
Thank you in advance

As a minimum you need the following for AirPlay Mirroring to work:
iPhone 4S (or later), iPad 2 (or later), iPad mini, or iPod touch (5th generation)1
Apple TV (2nd or 3rd generation)
Wi-Fi (802.11a/g/n) network
For the last item, you could use an AirPort Express, but you will still need an Apple TV to get the audio/video to the TV.

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