Now Click on the AirPlay icon and select your Windows Machine name from the list of available servers.
The Icon will be shown on Mac OS as shown below – AirPlay icon on Mac OS
On Mac OS X and Macbooks, the AirPlay icon will automatically appear on the top-bar when both the devices are on same WiFi and 5kPlayer is running on the Windows system.
The AirPlay icon appears on swipping bottom to up on iPhone in the control center when on the same WiFi as shown below –.Now, on the AirPlay sender or AirPlay transmitter which is either our iPhone, iPad or Mac.The Black background on icon denotes that 5kPlayer is in Receiver mode, and red indicates AirPlay sender mode. Make sure that AirPlay icon has black backgroundĭo make sure that the AirPlay icon on 5kPlayer as highlighted in the above image has a black background. It will now show up a welcome screen as shown in the below image –.Get both of your devices connected on the same WiFi before launching 5kPlayer. First of all download and install 5kPlayer on your Windows System and open it.Method to Turn Windows 10 into AirPlay receiver – You can even create a hotspot on your Windows machine and get the iPhone / iPad and Mac connected to your Windows’s hotspot. Both your iOS Device or Mac Device and your Windows Machine should be connected on the same WiFi Network.For installing the compatibility we recommend you to install 5kPlayer as its free and contains the required AirPlay drivers as well –Ĭlick here to Download 5kPlayer AirPlay receiver for Windows 7,8.1 and Windows 10. Now, Windows doesn’t support AirPlay protocol by default hence we need to add the required AirPlay compatibility.Tutorial to use Windows 7, 8.1 and Windows 10 as AirPlay Display – Here’s a simple tutorial which will help you setup your Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10 System as a wireless AirPlay Display. But there is a way to get it running on Windows 7, 8.1 and windows 10 too. Now, for mirroring iOS or Mac Device screens we need to use their own AirPlay protocol which is confined only to Apple TV devices. Sometimes we might need to stream iPhone, iPad or Mac OS Screen onto Windows Computers.