I have the Windows version. :( it is not very accessible but usable. How is
this on the mac? You say it is not accessible in parts. Please elaborate.
Thanks!
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From: "Paul Erkens" <paul.erk...@gmail.com>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 10:01 AM
Subject: here's a tip for audio lovers
Hi listers interested,
In case you did not yet come across it, here's something to try. Itunes
airplay is usually the only way to stream music and other audio to your
airport express, or to your airplay speakers. Outside itunes, you're out of
luck. Your iphone can do more as far as I have experienced, but not your
mac.
Well here's a solution. It's not in the app store, because these are things
Apple doesn't want you to do. It's called airfoil. I picked up that name in
the mac power users podcast. If you google it you'll find it.
So what does it do? Basically, it lets you choose your sound output to play
music on, as if airplay restrictions just were not there. So if you have a
stereo connected to an airport express, just turn that on, start airfoil,
choose your airport express as the destination inside airfoil, and choose
the audio source, in my case that is the vlc media player also from the
airfoil program window, and start playing. Rather than the sound coming from
your internal mac speakers, it now sends it to the airport express. Any file
can thus be played, without bothering with itunes and its library.
But there's even more. I tried it, and it is a perfect solution if you want
to hear what goes on in the room that the mac is sitting in, all around your
house, as long as you have a windows or mac computer, or airplay speakers
where you are listening, because airfoil can also take your internal mac
mike, and transmit that off to an airport express. Even better, to another
mac in the same lan. This is done by running a supplementary little app
called airfoil speakers, on the mac that you would like to listen on. So,
you can have a mac transmiting music from any media player, or from its
internal mike, and have it sent to another mac, or airplay devices. There is
also an airfoil speaker app available for windows, so that even a windows
computer can become a destination for your audio. I thought that was just
awesome. It just works.
The airfoil interface is not accessible everywhere, but if you study it for
a minute or five you'll probably love it. Airfoil is not free.
Paul.
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