iPhone video on HDTV with AirVideoEnabler Cydia app
Would you like to watch videos from your iPhone or iPad on your Apple TV?
As we have written before you can do so with the new iOS 4.3 with AirPlay. But downside of this is that AirPlay will work only with certain apps like Youtube app. But recently some developers have demonstrated their abilty to stream different videos from iPhone to the Apple TV. They claim that it was enough to change a single line of code to make this possible.
For those of us who are not coders we can now enjoy similar capabilities as there is a new app in Cydia named AirVideoEnabler which was developed by Martin Rosinski. You can download from Cydia and install this app and it will enable you to enjoy video streaming from your iPhone to your Apple TV from any app including videos from other apps and even videos on various websites which you can open with your Safari browser.
If you want to use this app you will need to jailbreak first in order to get Cydia. When you jailbreak you must add this repo to Cydia sources: cydia.zone-mr.net and when you refresh and search Cydia you will find this app available as a free download.
So if you would like to stream your favorite videos to your big screen TV you can install this app on your jailbroken iPhone or iPad and enjoy variety of videos available on your iDevice.
Users report that while video on Safari plays nicely through this app, most of them have aknowledged that it wont work with third party apps like Netflix, Hulu, AirVideo and other. If you decide to jailbreak it is always advisable to backup all your data and proceed carefully. You can find usefull guides and instructions in our blogs archive.
If you prefer to jailbreak your iPhone please do not update to iOS 4.3 as no jailbreak is yet available for it.
You can see a Youtube video demonstrating this app on an jailbroken iPhone
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