In ClickToPlugin appeared AirPlay support for Safari

Makovody who do not mind to see the video from your web browser directly on their widescreen TVs may take advantage of a convenient solution from developer Mark Hoyoisa (Marc Hoyois), ClickToPlugin, more precisely, its an updated version. In addition, the utility allows you to disable the Safari browser any multimedia plugins, namely elements of Flash, Silverlight, Java, QuickTime, Flip4Mac, H.264.

According to MacStoriesLiterally on the developer prepared ClickToFlash plugin updated and expanded version of ClickToPlugin last week. In the latter there was a feature that Mac users have been waiting eagerly ever since the iOS 4.2 release. This technology support wireless broadcast media content, AirPlay.

Until recently, the AirPlay feature to work only with iTunes, but not with Safari. Only thanks to some clever and not entirely legal utilities video with Mac became possible to transfer to Apple TV or other devices that turned into AirPlay-receiver.

Now, this process is completely legalized, and the freshest update ClickToPlugin just transmits HTML5-video via AirPlay. For his work meets the video recognition option in HTML5 and another program from Hoyos, Media Center version 2.5.2. All you need to transfer video on your home network to Apple TV - is to specify in the settings ClickToPlugin name Apple TV host system (usually the name of the apple-tv.local, the default) or IP-address.

Once the plugin ClickToPlugin configured to transmit video in HTML5 instead of Flash, and it set-top box Apple is prepared to receive streaming via AirPlay (update supports AirPlay and passwords), you can begin testing in the translation process Safari. To do this, run the roller with videohostingovogo services like YouTube, and in the options selected AirPlay as a way to broadcast. As a result, content passes through the Apple TV to the big screen.

Senter Media app works in conjunction with ClickToPlugin. With his help and links to media content in HTML5 format is added to the context menu. It prompts the user to download a file option, run it in the QuickTime player, and finally send the video to Apple TV «over the air" via AirPlay.

Function plug-in principle, quite reliably, transferring content to 720p from YouTube directly on the Apple TV, while at the same time and the event of disconnection. Probably, the stability will be improved with the Lion update to version 10.7.2, Safari 5.1.1 and the release of the new iOS assembly for Apple TV.

[via MacStories]