No -- just a cable between the MacBook and the projector, which has always 
worked in the past. 
Same projector, same MacBook, same cable. (Though we did try a different cable, 
thinking perhaps the cable might be the issue.)
Christine
On Jan 27, 2014, at 4:53 PM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote:

> That which I described before happened when I connected my HDTV through my AV 
> receiver and connected my Iphone via HDMI directly to my AV receiver.  Just a 
> thought, but, have you attempted to pass the signal from your movie playback 
> source, (Mac or Iphone ETC) to an AV receiver and then to the projector?
> 
> 
> Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind 
> built-in!
> 
> Sincerely,
> The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user!
> 
> On Jan 27, 2014, at 3:40 PM, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Sounds a bit odd. What was the connection from your MacBook to the 
>> projector? I know there is a bag of hurt around HDMI and HD video DRM but if 
>> you were using the analog VGA connection that shouldn't have had anything to 
>> do with it.
>> 
>> CB
>> 
>> On 1/27/14 2:28 PM, Christine Grassman wrote:
>>> Hello all. In the past, I have been able to connect my MacBook to a 
>>> projector and play any movies in my iTunes library.  However, (and it has 
>>> been months since I did this), today it did not work. The movie would play 
>>> on the computer itself, but as soon as the projector was connected, it 
>>> would stop. (The projector is not broken; it plays when connected to other 
>>> devices.)
>>> 
>>> I had two tech-savvy individuals try to get it to play, using mirroring,  
>>> VLC, and connecting to an Apple TV in our building's media lab.  However, I 
>>> am told that:
>>> 1. Because of the Motion PIcture Association of America, Apple has placed 
>>> new restrictions on movies downloaded from the iTunes store, and it is no 
>>> longer possible to connect them to a projector and play them easily. (This 
>>> makes no sense, since from what I understand from others, movies bought 
>>> through Google, Amazon, Hulu, etc., play just fine when connected to a 
>>> projector.)
>>> 2. The Apple TV must be one that I myself can log onto; essentially, I 
>>> cannot use any but my own Apple TV to play my movies.
>>> 3. My only other option is to get an Apple projector.
>>> Is this all accurate? Is there a workaround?
>>> Christine
>>> 
>> 
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