PhpAirPlay
, (*1)
Mirror your desktop to an Apple TV device using this PHP command line utility., (*2)
This utility will repeatedly take a screenshot of your desktop and put it on your Apple TV., (*3)
Usage
Just run this command, but replace the IP address 192.168.0.69 with
whatever the IP address of your Apple TV is., (*4)
$ php bin/airplay mirror 192.168.0.69
Most of the time, you can simply run., (*5)
$ php bin/airplay mirror Apple-TV.local
Features
Mirroring
Mirroring will repeatedly take a screenshot of your desktop and put it on your Apple TV.
Depending on your system, a number of utilities can be used to capture the screenshot., (*6)
Syntax:, (*7)
$ php bin/airplay mirror [host] --utility=[imagemagick|osx|gnome|shutter]
Video Playback
Currently work in progress, this is the next feature of PhpAirPlay., (*8)
Installation
This utility requires the following to be installed on your machine., (*9)
- PHP 5.4
- cURL
- Git
- Imagemagick
Then run these commands from the terminal to install., (*10)
$ git clone https://github.com/archfizz/phpairplay.git
$ cd phpairplay
$ curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
$ php composer.phar install
Add to existing Composer project
Add to your composer.json, (*11)
{
"require": {
"archfizz/phpairplay": "dev-master"
},
"config": {
"bin-dir": "bin"
}
}
Then run from the root of your project, (*12)
$ bin/airplay mirror Apple-TV.local
Caution
This was a quick proof-of-concept, so I haven't test-driven this project.
The next update will use testing tools, so the commands may change., (*13)
Roadmap
- Add automated tests (PhpSpec, Behat).
- Allow any screen capture utility to be used.
- Allow for advanced configuration.
- Add functionality for all AirPlay features.
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