Whatever the nuance here, it’s sure annoying and a lot of people have bumped into this limitation of DVD Player. The concept behind this is probably something to do with the definition of “broadcast” rights with a consumer DVD playback system according to some Byzantine MPAA regulation that Apple has to follow so as not to get in trouble with the big players in Hollywood.The fact that you can still plug in your TV directly via HDMI and watch a movie full screen (particularly easy if you have an HDMI plug on the Mac directly, as the latest generation sports) presumably falls under some other nuance of the law as that’s an alternative approach to having the DVD in your computer but the movie shown on the TV. You can see that’s the case because you can watch an iTunes movie via AirPlay without the slightest hiccup. What about the opposite?Recently, we discussed the opposite, that is, playing music from iTunes on a single Mac or PC and streaming that audio output to multiple devices using AirPlay, which has the ability to create a surround sound-type system and also lets you listen to the same music in different locations from a single central location.There’s actually nothing broken in the configuration you specify, what you’re hitting is a built-in limitation of DVD Player that’s tied to digital rights management (DRM) requirements for the Apple DVD playback code. This is a useful indicator because it lets you know that the power is active, so if you don’t hear anything, it’s probably because the speakers are down or off at the receiving end.

You can also find out if the AirPlay feature works because the AirPlay logo on your iOS device starts to glow orange. Adjusting the volume slider on your iOS device in Music also changes the volume on your device, and all the usual features of the music player app work as intended. The sound should now start playing immediately through the speakers of the AirPlay receivers, whether it is a computer or a TV.

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