I got my iPad Air 4 a few months ago and have been wanting to test the AirPlay functionality on it. However, as I am on Manjaro Linux - a Linux distribution based on Arch Linux, I was unable to get the native support that MacOS has.
I stumbled upon UxPlay as a potential solution for this problem.
UxPlay is an AirPlay Unix mirroring server that acts like an AppleTV for screen-mirroring on the machine that is running the server. It only works on UNIX systems.
The README is quite verbose and only contains the package names for Debian, Red Hat, Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, FreeBSD distros.
So, this guide aims to help install UxPlay on Arch/Manjaro.
Installation
Install the necessary dependencies.
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Clone the UxPlay repository.
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Build and install the server.
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UxPlay will be installed to /usr/local/bin/uxplay
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Run the server.
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That’s all there is to this!
Optimizing for GoodNotes 5
One of the main uses I have for AirPlay is to annotate and write notes in GoodNotes 5 without having the worry about the size constraint. Typically, I would use a 50:50 layout, where one side hosts my annotated notes (like a textbook) and the other is a notebook for my notes.
However, with AirPlay, we can configure GoodNotes 5 to mirror only the notes side (displaying it on screen). The other side will remain the same. This way, the layout can be 25:75 without sacrificing the readability of the notes as the notes are displayed on a bigger screen while still being controlled via the 25% on the iPad.