Streaming iTunes movies to Apple TV with mid 2009 MBPro?
I have mid 2009 MacBook Pro with mountain lion and successfully stream movies in iTunes to iPad 3 and iPhone 4 via hie sharing. I would like to do the same to my tv via an Apple TV. However, lots of advice says that you need a. 2011 MBP or later to do this. I am not fussed about mirroring the screen just want to watch movies and listen to music like I do currently with home sharing on iPad and iPhone. Can I use my current MacBook for this? Thanks
Andreas Jung1 wrote:
I have a bunch of videos I downloaded in AVI format
it's probably a codec issue. do you have Perian installed ?
anyway, i recommend you use this app to convert the files to mp4 rather than mov. if you have TV2, select the preset for it.
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