AirPlay NAS server

AirPlay

— NAS server support for AirPlay technology.

This is an Apple proprietary development, originally created for wireless broadcasting of audio and video content from Apple technology to TVs, audio systems and other playback devices; however, nowadays, the role of the transmitter can also be performed by electronics from other manufacturers. This is what we are talking about in this case: AirPlay support allows you to broadcast video and/or audio content stored on the server from the NAS server to external devices. To do this, the NAS and the AirPlay-compatible signal receiver must be on the same network, and the signal receiver must be connected via Wi-Fi. Such a broadcast is usually controlled either through a browser on a computer or through a proprietary application on a mobile device that plays the role of a remote control. Also note that, in addition to the original AirPlay, compatibility with AirPlay 2 can also be provided — this is an improved version of this technology, which introduced, in particular, the ability to work in the multiroom format (simultaneous broadcast of different audio tracks to different devices within the network).

A similar development from Google is called Chromecast. For more information about it, see the relevant paragraph, but here we note that these technologies are very similar to each other, and many NAS servers support two wireless broadcast formats at once.