Easy way to send content from desktop to TV (AirPlay-like)

[ruler]

Guys,

I'm amazed by how easy it is to send stuff like photos or YouTube videos from iOS devices to Boxee using AirPlay. This absolutely trumps using the remote + apps, I can barely believe I was not using this before...

Now the million-dollar question: if it takes me two taps to send content from an iOS device to my Boxee Box... There *must* be a way to do something similar from a desktop Mac. There has to be a comparably easy, real-time solution for sending, say, a YouTube video I have open on my desktop browser to my Boxee Box.

...right?

Please shed some light into this dark soul.

Thanks!

[rokcarl]

Yes, please, me too!

I've been trying to find something like this for the last two hours, but no luck. AirParrot only works with iOS devices.

[benkunz]

I'm looking for answers to this question too. Ruler, maybe you've foud out the answer since March. Could you share the answer. btw I'm running mountain lion.

[ruler]

I'm looking for answers to this question too. Ruler, maybe you've foud out the answer since March. Could you share the answer. btw I'm running mountain lion.

I wish I had good news... The watch later feature is still not usable for me because it's not fast enough (takes forever for a new item to make it to the queue on the TV) and AirPlay is not very consistent on Boxee. Although I still love Boxee and use it quite often I ended up buying an Apple TV as well just for Airplay, especially now that Mountain Lion has "native" support for it : /

[benkunz]

AirPlay is not very consistent on Boxee

So you're saying airplay is supposed to work on boxee but it does not ?

[ruler]

So you're saying airplay is supposed to work on boxee but it does not ?

It does work for things like pictures and Youtube videos, but for other things (like AirParrot on OS X Lion and, I believe, Mountain Lion's "native Airplay" feature) I have been unable to make it work.

[benkunz]

For things that work like pictures, how do you see them on boxee ? do they have to be in a library that you can browse with a built in viewer, or do you see on tv the finder and you can go to your picture folder and open them with the program you want ?

[AminB]

I wonder what happens when Youtube is not on ios devices anymore ....

[darcilicious]

Not to worry, Google is already working on a stand-alone app. http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/06/y...tion-official/