Apple TV & VLC Media Player

I'm using VLC to view home videos (copied from a DVD) but I cannot get mirroring/airplay to show these on the TV. Any suggestions on how to get this working? (iTunes library and airplay for iPad and other programs on MacBook Air work fine - just can't get the videos to show.) Btw, I'm having the same problem with Quick Time Player 7. There seems to be a longer than acceptable lag in the refresh rate on the TV - even for other screens (i.e., this one)

Is there a compatibility issue with Apple TV purchased in Italy and a MacBook Air purchased in US? I believe the SONY TV was purchased either in Italy or Switzerland...Help!

Hello chsirt and welcome,

I understood that the movies need to be in your iTunes library and be saved in one of the formats compatible with ATV specifically H.264, MPEG-4 and M-JPEG. I don't think that purchasing you ATV in Europe will make a difference

There is some more detailed info here Apple - Apple TV - View technical specifications for Apple TV.

You may be able to use VLC to convert your files to H.264 and MPEG-4 audio using the 'Transcode/Save to File' and get them into iTunes that way.

Thanks - this is very helpful. I'll try the VLC conversation suggestion - maybe I'll get that family video on the screen for Christmas after all!

Later iPad models (and Mountain Lion for OS X) can mirror to an Apple TV, making it possible to use any program to view things via Airplay (such as VLC). There's obviously no VLC for iPad but I use another program called GPlayer that works fine for that.

Appreciate the tip on GPlayer - hadn't seen that one yet and will check it out.

hello.. i recommend Beamer... is the best app for airplay streaming, it works with avi, mpg, mkv, wvm.... i use it all the time

they have a 15 days trial i think.. this is the link

Beamer - The AirPlay Video Player for Mac

Yes you are right - there's no air play rectangular box to click within VLC, as Chas M says you need to mirror to the ATV - I initially had the same issue - I had to disable "lost watch" to prevent it going into screen saver mode 30 mins into the film