derhuerst/play-on-apple-tv

support the PIN code of recent Apple TVs

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#2 opened on Feb 24, 2018

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Description

When I try to connect, I can't authenticate:

The error is:

Error: Unexpected response from Apple TV: 403
at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (~/airplayer/node_modules/airplay-protocol/index.js:155:43)
    at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:293:19)
    at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
    at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:191:7)
    at HTTPParser.parserOnIncomingClient (_http_client.js:522:21)
    at HTTPParser.parserOnHeadersComplete (_http_common.js:99:23)
    at Socket.socketOnData (_http_client.js:411:20)
    at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:191:7)
    at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:178:18)

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Research direction
Investigate the Apple TV PIN authentication method used by recent models. The error 403 suggests a handshake failure. Check the airplay protocol library for PIN support and update it to handle the new authentication flow.
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javascriptnodejs
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cli
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