Apple's AirPlay technology was developed, a secure wireless way, audio or video over wireless networks between devices and peripherals transmitted: from your Mac to your TV or your iPad on your stereo system, for example. The technology is proprietary, and you have working with Apple, your device on the list of AirPlay compatible devices to get. Until now. Developer James Laird has managed to reverse engineering of the Airport Express private key, which means that with him, each device set can, an AirPlay compatible device.
Apple has fairly tight control over the technology up to this point, only compatibility work with a handful of commercial partners AirPlay in their home sound or record video equipment. We wanted a way to stream audio or video of the device iOS or a home theater PC, TV or stereo system, had to your Mac you use another technology as a whole such as DLNA, or a 3rd party solutions, to send and receive media DLNA or use their own client/server applications.
The fact that is the Airport Express of private key in the wild means, that someone can create a device or application, the iTunes can stream media to directly, without the technology work with Apple first to develop. Apple can always the private key change, but the work required, to the firmware, some components of the software update as many Apple devices making unattractive it at least for now.
In the meantime, the button can à ' ffentlich third-party developers to create their own applications that work with AirPlay. It is unlikely, that compatible devices is build hardware partners such as JBL, Denon, and iHome AirPlay without working with Apple: they already have agreements with Apple, licensing the technology, as well as advertising rights to market their devices based on AirPlay compatibility. Other manufacturers are likely to the official line go, only to the up-and-up remain in Apple changes.
The most people interested in the key application developers will, by third-party AirPlay would like to add compatibility to their list of the features home theater and media-streaming Suites such as they. Developer behind apps like VLC, XBMC, plex, and Boxee are all likely love the ability to claim that you can stream media from your iPad or iPhone directly to a set-top box or computer with their home-theater-suite.
How quickly this new applications come to market remains to be seen, but Laird has already created an Airport Express emulator, called Shareport, that the development community shows what is possible with the key. He was also the key to the VLC developers mailing list, if someone wanted a head start.
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