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AirPort Express Streaming Audio From Any Program
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."
Do I need an airfoil hat to use this?
Has anyone used this? Are there any sync issues if running audio from (as an example) VLC from a video file?
Sharpies don't just sniff themselves.
It emits noise after using for ten minutes, unless you purchase the "pro" version
I want to be able to use my computer as an AirTunes sink, not a source. I'm not about to buy an Airport Express, but I'd like to be able to pipe audio from my girlfriend's iBook to my desktop's speakers.
Then yeah, I'd like to be able to do it with DVD Player.app as well as iTunes.
There are no trails. There are no trees out here.
Airfoil looks like a great product,however, I can't quite tell if it is something that Apple will dislike given how proprietary Apple can be.
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That will work nice for those who have airport express, but when will other hardware makers put the ability to stream music to a stereo on their routers so the price won't be such a factor?
How do they accomplish this? Is there any sort of conversion on the fly being done to the audio? Are they piping it through iTunes somehow or implementing this on their own? Does this involve encryption algorithms?
Let's play video games with mailmanZERO
They don't like to share their toys with outsiders.
Don't flame me. I'm an Apple user. So I know what I speak of.
I think I speak for all of us when I say AWESOME!
Kudos to the hackers though..
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From the site, under "Buy" on the right:
*Before purchase, noise is overlaid on all transmissions longer than 10 minutes.
Only if you fly with TWA.
That is dishonest marketing. JustePort has been doing that for quite some time. It's even more dishonest when Rogue Amoeba probably relied on JustePort to write the AirFoil.
It's lossless, but there's lag.
There are no trails. There are no trees out here.
Sure. Look into the hardware from El Gato.
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mplayer, RealPlayer, or VLC...
Or... Doom3. Wonder how long it will take for the neighbors to call the cops.
I purchased Audio Hijack to rip AAR to my iPod (you know... before the election) It was crashing on my iBook however. Rogue's support was great, we went back and forth with emails of things to try for a few days. The conclusion was me getting a new build that cured the problem. YMMV of course, but I'd buy from them again.
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I've been using this solution for playing DIVX files from my laptop (which is connected to my projector, while the audio is routed to AirPort Express) for some time, and works well, thanks to the author's knowledge, and the power of VLC !
...considering that only 3% of all computer users use a mac...
When did we get that extra 1%?
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This is totally wrong. No one should EVER modify Apple products without express consent from Apple. We all know that Apple makes the best products out of the box and that no modifications could ever be necessary.
You think you own the product, so you should be able to do what you want with it? Sorry, but no, it's an Apple product and such notions do not apply to Apple products. Unless Steve Jobs gives the go ahead and gives it his blessing.
I would like to be the first to say that this is unethical, immoral, and wrong. Since when could another company profit off of hacking another companies product? Since when did you gain the 'right' to modify or change the operation of something you own, even if it isn't a physical modification?
I, for one, say Apple should sue the crap out of this company like that sued that college kid.
Exactly why would I want to stream audio from Notepad.exe?!
If someone says he and his monkey have nothing to hide, they almost certainly do.
And also routers that can do this? Its a cool feature that i'd like to have but dont want to switch to macs
I don't know about routers, but you can do what I and a lot of others do and have a media server hooked up to your home theater setup through either wireless or (preferably) wired ethernet (still better than wireless for speed and stability). I'm sure there are probably some NAS devices that can act similarly at a lower cost than a full-fledged PC. I admit that I don't quite "get" what's so special about AirPort Express because it seems to actually do quite a bit less than what I'm used to, but maybe it's just the convenience of having this thing that's "always on", I don't know. And of course it's sort of cheap (though not that cheap).
But if you're bent on using Windows and/or Linux and you don't mind paying a little more for actually greater functionality, then get a cheap little server box, stick a good sound card in there and hook it up to your stereo. I've got mine running iTunes, which I can then pipe either to my laptops around the house or through my main stereo speakers. (It'll obviously work in reverse too, pulling any music I've got on my laptops and playing it through the stereo speakers.) Of course, it also streams video and whatever else I want to throw at it, and displays it all on my TV.
I can control it through Windows Remote Desktop Connection, so I have no need for a separate monitor. If you're running Linux, you can do the same with a VNC client (though VNC is a lot slower and is harder to deal with as a real remote desktop).
---But it requires iTunes, so there's one more thing that I'm not going to buy from apple.---
You do realize that iTunes is free, and works just fine with all sorts of file formats you can rip from your own cd's or buy elsewhere right? It'll even convert your WMA files to AAC.
---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.----
Sounds pretty much like iTunes fits the bill for you then, as long as you avoid buying music downloads from any seller with proprietary DRM (pretty much everyone selling major label songs for download, Apple included).
--- Until things change, Apple ain't seeing a dime from me.---
You should really stick it to them by downloading it and using it for free then.
What's that you say? I can't? Proprietary bastards!
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Hey. In case anybody cares, there really isn't a need for VNC, as long as you're not using Windows 98 on your media server. Or maybe XP Home too. Windows NT-based operating systems (i.e. 2000 & XP Pro) allow you to use Terminal Services as you're doing to get into them. There's a Remote Desktop client available for both Linux and Mac OS X (www.rdesktop.org).
If you're using Linux as your media server, just connect to it using a remote X-Server. It might be a little less intuitive for a Windows user to understand, but you can locally display your programs on your client that are actually running on your server. The client can be Windows, Mac OS X or Linux. On free windows X server can be obtained at www.cygwin.com.
I'm sure you know all this, but this is just in case anyone else is reading your post looking for options.
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