On 31 Dec 2005, at 22:14, Grant wrote:
...
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/35816.html
is about a programmer cracking the device and it says:
"Johansen's efforts will enable users to escape the exclusive lock on
iTunes music and stream music in AAC format (used in iTunes) from
other applications."
That sounds like the wrong kind of data is sent from the computer to
the Airport. I just want the raw to-be-processed-by-sound-card data
to be sent from the computer to the external sound card. That way I
can use any digital source of music I like.
Gentoo+VMware+Windows+Musicmatch+OnDemand is my favorite.
Hi there,
That article is, I think, slightly misleading. For all I know the
sound being transferred to the Airport Express may (or may not) have
some kind of AAC wrapper 'round it, but it is streaming audio - you
don't send filenname.mp3 to the device.
If you look at DVD John's homepage you'll find the the release notes
for his original "JustePort" software; in two examples I think you
can see Ogg & AAC files being piped to JustePort. I think this
implies that any audio can be piped to it - see how JustePort.exe
takes the argument "-" to indicate read from stdin?
http://nanocrew.net/software/justeport/
This blog discusses more about the Linux port, raop-play. Although on
its homepage it advertises itself as a GUI music player the blog
author suggests that JustePort remains underneath, "to stream your
music to AirPort", so presumably piping is still possible.
http://bulknews.typepad.com/blog/2004/12/airport_express.html
http://www.usr.com/products/device/p-device-product.asp?sku=USR6003
That's much more like it, but it broadcasts from the
computer+transmitter to the receiver by way of FM radio. That will
hurt sound quality.
Indeed. It _is_ nice, cheap & simple, tho'.
Have you seen anything like that that operates
via 802.11?
Ideally, this device would receive the to-be-processed-by-sound-card
data from the laptop in the digital realm. It would then convert it
to an analog signal and output it via standard RCA cables.
I'm sure this IS how Airport Express works.
Stroller
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