Launch: Teleplayer
After reading about the in-house analog cable channel project, I thought I’d do something similar for the next Chinese New Year when my relatives come over. Since I don’t have the engineering skills to follow the cable channel project, I figured I’d just AirPlay a bunch of videos to the TV.
For some reason, QuickTime Player can’t play multiple videos as a playlist, and VLC and IINA don’t support AirPlay. So I thought, how hard can it be to make my own video player? Turns out, it’s pretty hard:
It’s Big Buck Bunny. It’s always Big Buck Bunny.
Teleplayer is a video player with one main purpose, which is to AirPlay a list of videos to an Apple TV.
If you have a collection of TV shows, you can create your own personalized TV channel. If you have music videos, you can recreate the old MTV channel. Or you can turn your homemade videos into a screensaver to play when you aren’t watching anything.
To keep things simple, I use the system video player and only play video formats Apple TV supports natively. Teleplayer doesn’t use mpv for playback or FFmpeg to transcode videos on the fly. This means it can’t play mkv or avi videos, but you can use Subler to convert mkv to mp4 and Handbrake for other formats. So no big deal.
During AirPlay, if your Mac goes to sleep, the playback stops. To prevent this, Teleplayer will keep your Mac awake while the app is running.
Other than that, the app has no features. It doesn’t even have a settings screen. Don’t expect it to have feature parity with other video players. It works pretty well for what I need, though. Give it a try. I hope you find it useful.
Teleplayer Pricing
Teleplayer is available for $9.99 on the App Store. There are no subscriptions, in-app purchases, ads, or tracking.
Teleplayer Privacy Policy
Teleplayer doesn’t collect, store, or transmit any personal information.
Teleplayer Support
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me via email or Mastodon. I read all my emails and Mastodon mentions, but sometimes I’m too socially awkward to reply. Sorry about that in advance.