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:movie_camera: Command-line AirPlay video client for Apple TV
https://github.com/tomohiro/airplayer
airplay ruby
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:movie_camera: Command-line AirPlay video client for Apple TV
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/tomohiro/airplayer
- Owner: tomohiro
- License: mit
- Created: 2012-09-19T15:18:07.000Z (over 12 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2022-05-27T17:42:14.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-08T13:12:19.802Z (14 days ago)
- Topics: airplay, ruby
- Language: Ruby
- Homepage: https://rubygems.org/gems/airplayer
- Size: 144 KB
- Stars: 273
- Watchers: 16
- Forks: 31
- Open Issues: 17
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
AirPlayer
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Command-line AirPlay video client for Apple TV
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Requirements
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- OS X, Ubuntu, Arch Linux
- Ruby 2.2 or later
- Bundler 1.10.0 or later
- AppleTV 2G or later
- [youtube-dl](http://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/) (If you want to watch YouTube)
### For Arch Linux
[nss-mdns](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/nss-mdns/) package is required.
```sh
$ sudo pacman -S nss-mdns
```
or
```sh
$ yaourt -S nss-mdns
```
### For Ubuntu
```sh
$ sudo apt-get install rdnssd libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev
```
Installation
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### RubyGems
```sh
$ gem install airplayer
```
### Bundler
```sh
$ git clone git://github.com/Tomohiro/airplayer.git
$ cd airplayer
$ bundle install --deployment --binstubs
$ bin/airplayer version
1.1.0
```
Usage
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### Play online video
```sh
$ airplayer play http://heinlein.local/Movies/AKIRA.m4v
Source: http://heinlein.local/misc/Movies/AKIRA.m4v
Title: AKIRA.m4v
Device: Apple TV (10.0.1.2)
Time: 00:04:25 |= | 3% Streaming
```
### Play video
```sh
$ airplayer play '~/Movies/Trailers/007 SKYFALL.mp4'
Source: http://10.0.1.6:7070
Title: SKYFALL.mp4
Device: Apple TV (10.0.1.2)
Time: 00:00:20 |===== | 11% Streaming
```
### Play all video in specific directory
```sh
$ airplayer play ~/Movies/Trailers
Source: http://10.0.1.6:7070
Title: 007 Casino Royale.mp4
Device: Apple TV (10.0.1.2)
Time: 00:02:33 |==============================================| 100% Complete
Source: http://10.0.1.6:7070
Title: 007 Quantum Of Solace.mp4
Device: Apple TV (10.0.1.2)
Time: 00:02:01 |==============================================| 100% Complete
Source: http://10.0.1.6:7070
Title: 007 SKYFALL.mp4
Device: Apple TV (10.0.1.2)
Time: 00:02:36 |==============================================| 100% Complete
```
### Play video podcast XML
Example: CNN video podcast
```sh
$ airplayer play http://rss.cnn.com/services/podcasting/cnnnewsroom/rss.xml
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/services/podcasting/cnnnewsroom/rss/~5/z7DirHubdP0/exp-travel-insider-hilton-head-island.cnn.m4v
Title: exp-travel-insider-hilton-head-island.cnn.m4v
Device: Apple TV (10.0.1.2)
Time: 00:00:44 |============ | 39% Streaming
```
### Play YouTube video
```sh
$ airplayer play 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2-TGUlwu4'
```
### Repeat play
Repeat one
```sh
$ airplayer play '~/Movies/Trailers/007 SKYFALL.mp4' --repeat
```
Repeat all
```sh
$ airplayer play '~/Movies/Trailers' --repeat
```
### Shuffle play
```sh
$ airplayer play '~/Movies/Trailers' --shuffle
```
### Select Device
If you have multiple "AirPlay" devices, specifying the device number for the following play is available on any device.
Check the AirPlay device number
```sh
$ airplayer devices
0: John's Apple TV (10.0.1.2:7000) # John's Apple TV number is 0
1: Jane's Apple TV (10.0.1.3:7000) # Jane's Apple TV number is 1
```
Use `--device` or `-d` options
```sh
$ airplayer play --device 1 '~/Movies/GHOST IN THE SHELL.mp4'
```
Advanced Usage
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### Register to OS X Service
You can create Automator Service, that opens URL from your browser in airplayer.
Supported MIME types
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[AirPlay Overview - Configuring Your Server](http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/AudioVideo/Conceptual/AirPlayGuide/PreparingYourMediaforAirPlay/PreparingYourMediaforAirPlay.html)
File extension | MIME type | Ruby `mime-types`
-------------- | --------------- | -----------------------------
.ts | video/MP2T | video/mp2t
.mov | video/quicktime | video/quicktime
.m4v | video/mpeg4 | video/m4v
.mp4 | video/mpeg4 | application/mp4, video/mp4
LICENSE
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© 2012 - 2016 Tomohiro TAIRA.
This project is licensed under the MIT license. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.