AppleTV 6.0 requires Fairplay-DRM Airplay Sources

Since 10.8, OS X has had native Airplay support. Even if your Mac doesn&#x27;t have the hardware to do Airplay video, you can select Airplay as a sound output device. Applications can output to Airplay via the CoreAudio API, documented at<a href="http://joris.kluivers.nl/blog/2012/07/25/per-application-airplay-in-mountain-lion/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;joris.kluivers.nl&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2012&#x2F;07&#x2F;25&#x2F;per-application-air...</a>.<p>Of course, Windows users are pretty screwed.

Apple TV, which requires me to ruin my media-collection with iTunes and only get content from the iStore: It was no thanks before. It&#x27;s certainly no thanks now.

I don&#x27;t see why Apple would do this when the chromecast is out there...making a useful device and creating strong network effects for iOS and OSX hardware by making streaming anything from those devices onto tvs seems like a wiser choice than bending over for the media companies. It isn&#x27;t as if labels will pull their music from iTunes Store at this stage of market penetration; if they were going to withdraw their consent they would have done it early.

Reminds me of this:<p><a href="http://static.fsf.org/nosvn/stickers/DBD-Sticker_002-jmt.svg" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;static.fsf.org&#x2F;nosvn&#x2F;stickers&#x2F;DBD-Sticker_002-jmt.svg</a>

This is rather fucked up. The author does not provide any proof that Fairplay is the reason their app is not able to play. Of course HN crowd do not need proof to bring out the pitch forks. If they can show me proof I will definitely fall in line. In fact if the guys want some help fixing their app they should try talking to Apple and not try to sensationalize things and make false accusations.

Does anyone known if Beamer ( <a href="http://beamer-app.com/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;beamer-app.com&#x2F;</a> ) still works with the update? I&#x27;m putting off updating until I know because I use Beamer all the time.

I&#x27;m seriously getting sick and tired of all the peripherals and differing standards for every OS I need to buy and use just to play a goddamn song on my surround sound.

I&#x27;m confused. If I upgrade to Apple TV 6.0 will I still be able to Airplay DRM-free video that I&#x27;ve imported to iTunes?

On a side note, does anyone who has updated know if this adds 1080p mirroring yet or is it still ridiculously restricted to 720p?

Between Google Chromecast, Amazon&#x27;s new &quot;micro-console&quot;, numerous other Android &quot;mico-consoles&quot; and Roku, Apple&#x27;s &quot;hobby&quot; project may be in for a real battle. Locking down the usability scenarios right now is not a good idea.

I never understood why anyone would buy an AppleTV when there are cheaper, much more capable alternatives that will play just about anything you can throw at it...without idiotic DRM restrictions.

Stupid is as stupid does.