Stream Practically Anything to an Apple TV With These 5 Apps – AppleTV 4 Jailbreak (appletv4jailbreak.com)

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You’ve got your shiny new Apple TV hooked up to a big display… so how do you get all the videos you own up there on screen? Easy enough for your iTunes movies, not so straightforward if your content’s on a Windows laptop or an Android tablet. Here’s how to get almost anything streamed to your Apple TV.

We won’t take you step-by-step through getting iTunes content up on your Apple TV as you can no doubt figure it out yourself—try the built-in TV shows or Movies apps if you’re stuck. In fact, getting anything from another Apple device is super straightforward because your Apple TV acts as a big AirPlay receiver.

If you’re not using Apple hardware or buying from Apple’s store then the key is to pick the right app. With limited access to the tvOS file system (thanks, Apple), third-party apps are the key to getting your content up on the big screen, and these are the best ones for the job.

YouTube

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We’ll start with an easy one: YouTube. If you just can’t figure out any other way to get your videos to an Apple TV, upload them to YouTube and watch them that way (you can keep clips private to your own account if you don’t want them seen by the whole world).

There’s more though—the YouTube app for Apple TV gives you access to any TV show or movie you’ve bought through Google Play Movies & TV.

There’s no official Google Movies & TV app for Apple TV, but you can find all your purchased content in the YouTube app: go to My YouTube using the top menu then scroll down to Purchases to find your shows and films.

Alternatively use the Google Play Movies & TV app on an iPhone or iPad and AirPlay your purchased content over that way.

Plex

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We’re huge fans of Plex and once again the app can work wonders when it comes to getting your music, movies, photos and everything else from a non-Apple device to an Apple TV.

Sign up for a free or premium account, build a library of content on your machine (it works for Mac, Windows, and Linux), and the Plex app will stream it to your Apple TV for free—as long as you leave the computer on.

Alternatively pay up for a Plex Pass and you can store all your shows and movies in the cloud rather than on a local machine.

The Plex app for Apple TV is slick and straightforward and works a lot like your personal Netflix. Anything you’ve added on the server side at the other end will show up and can be streamed straight to your Apple box.

AllCast

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If you fork out for the premium version of AllCast on your Android device then you can beam pretty much…

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