popular vlc video player is getting airplay support

VLC will make it easy to stream to Apple TV from anywhere..   VideoLan, the team behind it, also plans to make it easier for users to switch to VLC from iTunes..   you can be sure it will work VLC..   What's more, VLC will soon be able to stream content to your Apple TV over AirPlay..   But with AirPlay support VLC, you'll be able to stream from third-party platforms, too..   It will be easier than ever to stream audio and video from Windows and even Android smartphones and tablets to any AirPlay device.   And VLC will become one of the first apps to make this happen, following Apple's decision to open up AirPlay to more companies..   Jean-Baptiste Kempf, one of VLC's lead developers, told Variety that we can expect AirPlay support to arrive in about month..   Kempf explained during demonstration at CES Las Vegas this week that VideoLan reverse-engineered VR headsets to support video through VLC app.   Relying on third-party SDKs would have added hundreds of megabytes of code to VLC, and the team's own solution increased the app's overall footprint by around 1 megabyte...   Read more