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We did this to specifically shift the complexity of the “adapter” bit into the adapter itself, leaving the host hardware free of any concerns in regards to what was hanging off the other end of the Lightning cable. Contrary to the opinions presented in this thread, we didn’t do this to screw the customer. There is no clever wire multiplexing involved. The reason why this adapter exists is because Lightning is simply not capable of streaming a “raw” HDMI signal across the cable.
I wish I could offer more details then this but I’m posting as AC for a damned good reason. There’s a set of kernel modules that handle the low level data transfer and HDMI output, but that’s about it. It boots straight into a daemon designed to accept incoming data from the host device, decode that data stream, and output it through the A/V connectors.
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There’s no shell in the image, there’s no utilities (analogous to what we used to call the “BSD Subsystem” in Mac OS X). The firmware environment doesn’t even run launchd. It is true that the kernel the adapter SoC boots is based off of XNU, but that’s where the similarities between iOS and the adapter firmware end. Interestingly, an anon “Apple Engineer” also commented at Panic:Īirplay is not involved in the operation of this adapter. All apple specs point to the device in some sort of USB host/device configuration. We are hard at work on providing line out /dac on our upcoming Braeburn pro.
AirPlay seems conceivable, but my bet is on the adapter using the iOS device in data mode. If you can zoom in on the lightning plug there should be markings, a,b,c, or d. The adapter probably gets a command from the iOS device to play a data stream. Most likely the adapter uses a variation of USB slave mode. Update: Our friends at Braeburn and an anonymous Apple Engineer sent along their takes on the situation below: Rather than making a larger Lightning cable, it sacrificed on wired video-out quality and HDMI (And VGA?) cable costs. Why would Apple do this? It’s likely Apple wants to move people to AirPlay wireless streaming to Apple TV, so this is just a stopgap solution.
How? Panic thinks that it is actually streaming an AirPlay network signal through the cable, and the ARM processor is decoding it. We knew way back in September that the 8-pin adapter wouldn’t carry video natively, but Apple was able to build a cable.
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What’s more interesting is that they split open the cable and found a full ARM processor with 256MB of RAM to process video signals inside the adapter cable.
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In fact, when mirroring, Apple says the optimum resolution is 1,600-by-900, and, when that signal is shown on a 1080p display, it is likely up-converted, showing artifacts consistent with streaming and uncompressing video data
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The fine software developers over at Panic are working on some new AV software, and they are investigating Apple’s new-ish Lightning Digital AV Adapter. What they found is that unlike the earlier 30-pin module, the Lightning adapter doesn’t carry a native 1080p signal.
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Model A1621 supports HDMI 1.4b at these resolutions and refresh rates when used with macOS Sierra 10.12 or later or iOS 12 or later:Īfter connecting your display, TV, or projector, video from your Mac or iPad Pro should appear within 10 seconds.The hacked apart cable costs as much as a Roku because it has the same kind of horsepower Retina iMac introduced in 2017 or later.13-inch MacBook Pro with four Thunderbolt 3 ports introduced in 2020.15-inch MacBook Pro introduced in 2017 or later.3840 x 2160 at 60Hz with these devices:.It also supports HDR video in HDR10 and Dolby Vision formats when connected to a compatible playback device and display, TV, or projector. It supports HDMI 2.0 at these resolutions and refresh rates when used with macOS Mojave 10.14.6 or later or iOS 12.4 or later. Model A2119 is the newest model of this adapter. The model number is printed on the retail box and the side of the adapter, near the ports. It's HDCP compliant and supports the specifications below, depending on the model of the adapter. Use the HDMI port of this adapter with a display, TV, or projector that connects using an HDMI cable.