cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 months 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-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-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@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squarethefactremains@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·6 months 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-squareunalivejoy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months 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.