Just updated to the second preview of Mavericks to find that Airplay has been enabled. I am on a 2009 Mac Pro with i970 Hex Core and a 7950 ATi card. I had heard that Airplay was not possible using the Mac Pro's architecture but it would seem this is not now the case
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Mavericks adds Airplay to the Mac Pro
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You changed the processor with an i7 right?
That is why it is enabled now....
Mac Pro with Xeon processors AFAIK are not able to Airplay due to lack of Intel's Quick Sync technology inside the processor....
That is why it is enabled now....
Mac Pro with Xeon processors AFAIK are not able to Airplay due to lack of Intel's Quick Sync technology inside the processor....
Not all i7's have integrated GPUs. The i970 is not particularly different than the Xeon 3500/3600 series. The "i7" label is a bit muddled in that it covers two different micro-architectural implementations ( and sockets). It is not one uniform implementation.
Expanded Airplay support would come from Apple extending Airplay functionality to non Intel graphics cards ( which can compress video too... just requires some work. )
I would suspect that possibly Apple implementing with OpenCL for the AirPlay feature as well as the Intel QuickSync in OSX Mavericks.
If you are putting two GPU's that are OpenCL performers then may as well make use of them and there has been quite a bit of loud complaints from Mac Pro owners here on the forums about not being able to Airplay.
And who says Apple "never" listen to their users
If you are putting two GPU's that are OpenCL performers then may as well make use of them and there has been quite a bit of loud complaints from Mac Pro owners here on the forums about not being able to Airplay.
And who says Apple "never" listen to their users