open-airplay

A collection of libraries for Apple's AirPlay protocol. The Java library also requires JMDNS if you want to support searching/bonjour auto discovery.

Examples

The library can be used by another application, but it can also be used for some basic tasks from the command line or directly (by double clicking):

Build:

cd Java && ant

Send a photo:

php airplay.php -h hostname[:port] -p file
java -jar airplay.jar -h hostname[:port] [-a password] -p file

Stream desktop:

php airplay.php -h hostname[:port] -d (mac only)
java -jar airplay.jar -h hostname[:port] [-a password] -d

Stream desktop - GUI dialog for selecting available apple tvs (bonjour discovery) and resolution:

Download supplementary library jmdns.jar (stored in folder Java/lib)

Execute from folder with downloaded jars by

java -cp "airplay.jar:jmdns.jar" com.jameslow.AirPlay

Servers (Receivers)

Name	Description	Open Source	Mirroring
AirServer	The best app for turning your Mac into an AirPlay screen	-	✔
Reflector	Turn your Mac or PC into an AirPlay screen	-	✔
Banana TV	Another app to turn your Mac into and AirPlay screen	-	-
Casual Share	Mac AirPlay receiever	✔	-
AirMac	Turns you Macintosh into an Airplay receiver (Objective C)	✔	-
Airstream Media Player	C# based AirPlay screen for windows and AirPlay server source code	✔	-
Play2Wifi	An AirPlay server written in Python	✔	-
Totem Plugin AirPlay	Plugin enabling AirPlay video playback in the Totem media player (Python)	✔	-
Slave in the Magic Mirror	Open source implementation of AirPlay Mirroring.	✔	✔

Clients (Senders)

Name	Description	Open Source
Beamer	Send any video to an AppleTV	-
AirParrot	Send the screen of your Mac to an AppleTV (AirPlay Mirroring)	-
Erica's Air Play Utilities	A collection of Mac utilities for streaming video and photos	-
doubleTwist AirSync	Stream music/videos from your Android phone over AirPlay	-
AP4J	Java AirPlay video client	✔
PascalWAirplayer	A Python based library	✔
elcuervo/airplay	Airplay bindings to Ruby	✔
xmms2-plugin-airplay	Debian AirPlay library	✔
AirPlay NMW	AirPlay plugin for Network Media Tank written in C	✔
AirMyPC	AirMyPC Windows AirPlay mirroring client	-

Links

• Stream DVDs - Stream DVD's from a Mac using Erica's AirFlick and VLC
• Stream Desktop - Stream your Mac's desktop using Erica's AirFlick and VLC (Audio not supported due to limitations in VLC)
• lifehacker - Make your entire home AirPlay compatible