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AirServer adds mirroring for supported iOS devices
Earlier this week Erica told you about Reflection, a new AirPlay client for the Mac that supports mirroring from capable iOS devices (the iPad 2 and the iPhone 4S). For anyone capturing iOS screens for video or webcasting use, Reflection's capability means you can do away with complex cabling and expensive hardware in favor of a $14.99 app. Now one of the previous entrants in the AirPlay client market has released an update to add mirroring support: AirServer, which Steve reviewed back in October of 2011. Also $14.99, AirServer includes hardware accelerated video and works with Android devices running the doubleTwist utility as well. Existing AirServer users can update to version 4 for $3.99. Here's a brief demo video from our buddy Doc Rock: Unfortunately, AirServer doesn't offer a demo version, while Reflection does let you test for 10 minutes per day in demo mode. Nevertheless, if you've got a preference or if you're already an AirServer user, check out the new version. [Per Reflection developer David Stanfill, the mirroring code in AirServer is the same as it is in Reflection; it was licensed.]
AirServer brings AirPlay streaming support to Lion, iOS 5
Streaming audio, video, photos, or slideshows from your iOS device to your Mac is now a lot easier. AirServer 3.0 for Mac (US$7.99) was released yesterday, and gives the popular streaming app Lion and iOS 5 compatibility. AirServer basically streams anything you can run on your iOS device to your Mac. iTunes video and audio? Check. AirPlay-enabled applications? Yep. Audio and video streaming? Ditto. Photo and slideshow streaming? Yes, indeed! YouTube streaming? It'll do that, too. What's the use case for a Mac app like AirServer? It's very useful in those situations where you have something on your iPhone that you want to share with your officemates. With AirServer for Mac running on your favorite Apple desktop or laptop, you can beam content from any iOS device right to the Mac. This has been done before, with BananaTV ($7.99), so AirServer isn't exactly breaking new ground. Fellow TUAW blogger Erica Sadun did much of the discovery work on how to stream to Mac, blogged about it on TUAW, and developed BananaTV a while back. AirServer can be purchased directly from the AirServer website. For a great demo of the app at work, be sure to check out the video below:
