@cheese_greater to Ask Lemmy • 1 year agoWhen you AirPlay a show you're streaming to your TV, does the site send it to your Mac's VPN IP or do they get your own IP from the receiving device?message-square11arrow-up127arrow-down15
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareWhen you AirPlay a show you're streaming to your TV, does the site send it to your Mac's VPN IP or do they get your own IP from the receiving device?@cheese_greater to Ask Lemmy • 1 year agomessage-square11
minus-square@thefactremainslink7•1 year agoThe site streams to the IP of the router then to the Mac and the Mac sends it over the Wi-Fi to the local IP address of the TV.
minus-squareunalivejoylinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoIf you do it through the app, like YouTube, it may have special code to connect directly to the TV and tell it to run in the app.
The site streams to the IP of the router then to the Mac and the Mac sends it over the Wi-Fi to the local IP address of the TV.
If you do it through the app, like YouTube, it may have special code to connect directly to the TV and tell it to run in the app.