With AirPlay will I be able to stream to iPhone, iPod Touch, and/or iTunes, or is it only to Apple TV and 3rd party speakers?
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this is a duplicate of apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3820/…– Kyle CroninCommented Nov 23, 2010 at 0:38
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No it's not exactly, that is about streaming to old Apple Tv I'm want to know about streaming to a Mac or iPhone– Jonathan.Commented Nov 23, 2010 at 8:26
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OK, I've edited your question to make that clearer and I'm reopening– Kyle CroninCommented Dec 12, 2010 at 5:44
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Yes.
Airplay is really a technology platform that allows for streaming media on a local network. It isn't concerned with the type of device that is producing the media or consuming it.
To start with, support may be limited and may not come from Apple. However, certainly that will change with demand. For example:
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1Reading the AirPlayer link, that doesn't use Apple's AirPlay—it uses UPnP or DLNA. Hence, AirPlay devices such as the AppleTV cannot stream to the (unfortunately-named) AirPlayer iOS app. Commented Apr 23, 2011 at 19:33
Looks like Banana TV is a currently shipping Mac app (not just a proof-of-concept) that will play Airplay video or images from your iPhone/iPad.
Airserver allows you to stream Airplay audio and video from your iOS device to your Mac. Works great.
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Locked to to a dispute about edits. Please add a comment if you see the need for a further edit and either mention me or flag for mod attention.– nohillside ♦Commented May 17, 2023 at 16:12
You can Airplay to Windows, Mac, Android, or Amazon Fire using Reflector 2. It claims to support sending rom iOS 9 devices also (but I personally haven't tested the iOS 9 support yet).
Reflector installs an app that acts as an AirPlay and Google Cast receiver. The app is available for Windows, Mac, Android, or Amazon Fire. Since Reflector supports receiving both AirPlay and Google Cast it can receive audio/video from iOS or Android.
It's from Squirrels, the same company that makes the excellent AirParrot app (which allows you send AirPlay audio and video from Windows and Mac to AirPlay and Google Cast).
