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AirPort Express Streaming Audio From Any Program

Posted by Zonk on from the showing-off-my-tmbg-collection dept.

Foobaz writes "Until now, the only application that can play audio on Apple's AirPort Express has been Apple's own iTunes. But Rogue Amoeba, makers of Audio Hijack, just released Airfoil, a program that lets you redirect anything to your AirPort Express, like streaming audio from mplayer, RealPlayer, or VLC."

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  1. Don't the French suck ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    No really, don't they ?

    1. Re:Don't the French suck ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      You confuse them with fat, ugly, "hip", Appel-worshipping, Kerry-voting, low-quality iPod-listening US-Americans losers.

    2. Re:Don't the French suck ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Yes.

    3. Re:Don't the French suck ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Change that to Bush-voting and you're on the money.

  2. I don't want to troll but: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why is it that there are each day 3 new mac stories on the frontpage of slashdot, considering that only 3% of all computer users use a mac....

    1. Re:I don't want to troll but: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Because Taco and that fat streak of shit CowboyNeal consume semen from Steve 'Rim' Jobs on a regular basis. Its fucking obvious

  3. Stream anything? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    "But Rogue Amoeba, makers of Audio Hijack, just released Airfoil, a program that lets you redirect anything to your Airport Express, like streaming ..."

    Does that include streaming diarrhea?

  4. Gaaah! by Dracolytch · · Score: -1, Troll

    I don't get it... With such a cool device, why would they limit its use to just iTunes? I'm sorry, but I don't like iTunes... I don't like some of the moves Apple's been making with their software locking people into their platform. I'm not interested in buying their overpriced hardware... A simple wifi device to let be broadcast my music wherever? Yeah, I might be interested in that... But it requires iTunes, so there's one more thing that I'm not going to buy from apple.

    With a 3rd party hack, I could buy the device, use it how I'd want to, and then ~hope~ they don't start producing versions with firmware that will prevent me from using the device the way I want to. I think I'll just save my money and look for an alternative.

    I just want to use the devices in a flexible way. Why do I have to be submitted to all your beurocratic overhead garbage that goes with it?

    If I buy a Chevy vehicle, I want it to work with any gasoline that's been refined properly. I don't want to buy Chevy gasoline, or gasoline from an "approved Chevy distributor". Same goes for my music... If I buy something that plays music, I just want it to play my goddamned music... Not music from store A, or through service B.

    I honestly didn't think this crap was that hard to grasp. Until things change, Apple ain't seeing a dime from me.

    ~D

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  5. Still valid point. by Sebastian+Jansson · · Score: 0, Troll

    It wasn't apparent on the site that that is the case, so it's good that he informs anyone, who otherwise would have downloaded and tried, that it's just a waste of time if you aren't going to buy it.

  6. not open by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    not worth it

  7. someone make a GPL version by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    All the little shit apps for Mac want $10-20. And where are the cool updates? There's pretty much aren't any. I'd rather give my $10 or $20 as a donation to a GPL project that continually improved the product.

    Some of the stuff is less complex than a shell script, but has a pretty GUI made with Xcode. Sad.