I want to Airplay pre-recorded video from my Mac to AppleTV – because my internet connection is down right now.
AppleTV says: "The Internet must be connected to use AirPlay."
Why is an internet connection needed to stream a video from Mac to AppleTV over ethernet?
Apple TV 4K, tvOS 16
You can download on “authorized” computers, so that it is available offline, and then it wouldn’t need to call home.
Connecting the TV to the Mac by HDMI would not have any AirPlay restrictions. The TV would be like a secondary monitor. It wouldn’t need to call home.
You can download on “authorized” computers, so that it is available offline, and then it wouldn’t need to call home.
Connecting the TV to the Mac by HDMI would not have any AirPlay restrictions. The TV would be like a secondary monitor. It wouldn’t need to call home.
Commercial content, such as a movie from the iTunes Store, will need to contact online servers for authentication, when playback is not on the device where it was downloaded to (such as with AirPlay).
For non-DRM content, if you home network (router) is functionally active, you should be able to use AirPlay without internet connectivity.
I figured that was the most likely explanation for purchased movies or TV episodes (although it still seems a stretch when I am playing the video on the machine that purchased and downloaded it) – but it won't even let me Airplay a home video that I took on my own camera / iPhone (unless I have an internet connection).
In fact, I was unable even to SET UP Airplay on my LG TV without an internet connection!
I have not yet tried to tell the AppleTV or the LG TV to use my iPhone hotspot – I don't even know if that is possible. If we are talking of "certifying" video that is already on my hard drive, that would not require much data transfer at all.
Another thought.
If I connect my Mac directly to the TV with an HDMI cable, and play the video on the Mac, should that work without the internet to "call home" to Apple?
If the Mac has a Wifi connection to an iPhone hotspot, would it use that to call home if needed?
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Airplay video from Mac to AppleTV needs an internet connection?
