This project is a GPLv3 open source unix AirPlay2 Mirror server for Linux, macOS, and *BSD. It was initially developed by antimof using code from RPiPlay, which in turn derives from AirplayServer, shairplay, and playfair. (The antimof site is mainly inactive, but periodically posts updates pulled from the main UxPlay site).
-UxPlay is tested on a number of systems, including (among others) Debian 10.11 “Buster” and 11.2 “Bullseye”, Ubuntu 20.04 and 21.10, Linux Mint 20.2, Pop!_OS 21.10 (NVIDIA edition), Rocky Linux 8.5 (a CentOS successor), OpenSUSE 15.3, Arch Linux 5.16.8, macOS 10.15.7, FreeBSD 13.0.
+UxPlay is tested on a number of systems, including (among others) Debian 10.11 “Buster” and 11.2 “Bullseye”, Ubuntu 20.04 and 21.10, Linux Mint 20.2, Pop!_OS 21.10 (NVIDIA edition), Rocky Linux 8.5 (a CentOS successor), OpenSUSE 15.3, Arch Linux 5.16.8, macOS 12.3 (Intel and M1), FreeBSD 13.0.
Its main use is to act like an AppleTV for screen-mirroring (with audio) of iOS/iPadOS/macOS clients (iPhones, iPads, MacBooks) in a window on the server display (with the possibility of sharing that window on screen-sharing applications such as Zoom) on a host running Linux, macOS, or other unix. UxPlay supports a “legacy” form of Apple’s AirPlay Mirror protocol introduced in iOS 12; client devices running iOS/iPadOS 9.3.5 or later are supported, as is a (non-free) Windows-based AirPlay-client software emulator, AirMyPC. (Details of what is publically known about Apple’s AirPlay2 protocol can be found here and here).
The UxPlay server and its client must be on the same local area network, on which a Bonjour/Zeroconf mDNS/DNS-SD server is also running (only DNS-SD “Service Discovery” service is strictly necessary, it is not necessary that the local network also be of the “.local” mDNS-based type). On Linux and BSD Unix servers, this is usually provided by Avahi, through the avahi-daemon service, and is included in most Linux distributions (this service can also be provided by macOS, iOS or Windows servers).
Connections to the UxPlay server by iOS/MacOS clients can be initiated both in AirPlay Mirror mode (which streams lossily-compressed AAC audio while mirroring the client screen, or in the alternative AirPlay Audio mode which streams Apple Lossless (ALAC) audio without screen mirroring (the accompanying metadata and cover art in this mode is not displayed). Switching between these two modes during an active connection is possible: in Mirror mode, close the mirror window and start an Audio mode connection, switch back by initiating a Mirror mode connection. Note that Apple DRM (as in Apple TV app content on the client) cannot be decrypted by UxPlay, and (unlike with a true AppleTV), the client cannot run a http connection on the server instead of streaming content from one on the client.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cc3f4eb..80c6290 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ mainly inactive, but periodically posts updates pulled from the [main UxPlay sit UxPlay is tested on a number of systems, including (among others) Debian 10.11 "Buster" and 11.2 "Bullseye", Ubuntu 20.04 and 21.10, Linux Mint 20.2, Pop!\_OS 21.10 (NVIDIA edition), -Rocky Linux 8.5 (a CentOS successor), OpenSUSE 15.3, Arch Linux 5.16.8, macOS 10.15.7, FreeBSD 13.0. +Rocky Linux 8.5 (a CentOS successor), OpenSUSE 15.3, Arch Linux 5.16.8, macOS 12.3 (Intel and M1), FreeBSD 13.0. Its main use is to act like an AppleTV for screen-mirroring (with audio) of iOS/iPadOS/macOS clients (iPhones, iPads, MacBooks) in a window diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index e8043e8..a70524e 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ UxPlay site](https://github.com/FDH2/UxPlay)). UxPlay is tested on a number of systems, including (among others) Debian 10.11 "Buster" and 11.2 "Bullseye", Ubuntu 20.04 and 21.10, Linux Mint 20.2, Pop!\_OS 21.10 (NVIDIA edition), Rocky Linux 8.5 (a CentOS -successor), OpenSUSE 15.3, Arch Linux 5.16.8, macOS 10.15.7, FreeBSD -13.0. +successor), OpenSUSE 15.3, Arch Linux 5.16.8, macOS 12.3 (Intel and M1), +FreeBSD 13.0. Its main use is to act like an AppleTV for screen-mirroring (with audio) of iOS/iPadOS/macOS clients (iPhones, iPads, MacBooks) in a window on