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by zxvkhkxvdvbdxz 513 days ago
Back in the stone age when I used macOS there was an app called Beamer for this [1]. Then it got competition from AirParrot [2].

And now this, apparantly.

Maybe it should be a feature included in macOS itself?

1: https://softorino.com/beamer

2: https://www.airsquirrels.com/airparrot/

3 comments

I wish the feature could be rolled into VLC.
There's something similar-ish... if you have an Apple TV and install VLC, there's a feature that allows you to upload whole video files across your local network, and then play them directly from the Apple TV. It's a bit less conveient than Beamer used to be, but still good enough.
Seems highly out of place to me. In macOS and linux it’s in the a/v stack.
Another past paying Beamer user here. I used it until it stopped working, didn’t update, then was bought by another company for redevelopment and incorporated into a horrendous subscription scheme, compete with hard sell sales.

I’ve used VLC on the AppleTV since then.

Beamer user for a very long time. Now, I just Airplay.