No Airfoil for iPhone or Android devices, just Airfoil Satellite - if you have a Windows Pc or Mac with Airfoil you can transmit to an IOS or Android device running Airfoil Satellite.
> On 4 Jan 2017, at 3:50 pm, Mary Otten <maryot...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Thanks for the tip. I haven't used airfoil in ages. I was a devoted airfoil > user. Then airplay came along. And I migrated. But what about from your eye > devices, such as phones or iPads? I guess there isn't an airfoil for the > iPhone is there? I've never heard of it. > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 3, 2017, at 7:23 PM, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote: >> >> Yes, that problem hit me fair and square when I removed my Airport Express >> but I found a way around it and I’m glad you mentioned this as I had >> intended to dedicate a post to this problem. >> All one has to do to stream Apple Music to a Chromecast is to use the >> Airfoil App, both Windows and Mac versions recognise the Chromecast. >> There are other options as well but Airfoil is by far the easiest and most >> configurable. >> >>> On 4 Jan 2017, at 2:14 pm, Mary Otten <maryot...@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>> Nice idea. But if you have a Mac and a bunch of music in the Apple cloud, >>> it's not practical. You can't Chromecast anything from Apple unfortunately. >>> Not that you can't use an Apple device with the Chromecast audio. It's just >>> that you can't Chromecast anything from Apple Music or your Mac running >>> iTunes. Since that's where a whole lot of my stuff is, I still have my >>> airport expresses working fine if a bit old. Mary >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Jan 3, 2017, at 6:03 PM, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Yep, time to say goodbye to the Airport Express units which I've been >>>> using for so long - well one far longer than the other actually -. >>>> I bought my first Airport Express -first generation - in 2009 and the >>>> newer generation in 2013 and that's the latest and last Airport Express >>>> generation to be made. >>>> Unfortunately the Airport Express has not kept up with current Wi-Fi >>>> trends or perhaps the simple answer is that it can't? We now have Wi-Fi >>>> AAC for example which is a huge step forward. >>>> Once aupon a not so long ago, I used the Airport Express as a router >>>> however what the Airport Express was capable of then has now been totally >>>> eclipsed by other routers from the big names such as Asus and so on. >>>> So what am I using in the place of the Airport Express to receive audio >>>> streams? The new Google Chromecast Audio which arrived today. >>>> Its simple to set up thanks to the Google Home App on both Android and >>>> IOS, I used Android for the setup Operating System this time and found the >>>> Google Home App easy to navigate. >>>> Only thing that does worry me is how good the receiver in the Chromecast >>>> Audio is as it described the Wi-Fi network I connected to as having a >>>> "Weak Signal" and I was advised to connect to another with a stronger >>>> signal, well we'll find out later today just how robust the connection >>>> really is when I put the Chromecast Audio through its paces. >>>> The Chromecast Audio looks very similar in size to the current generation >>>> of the Chromecast but instead of a HDMI port it has a 3.5MM audio port >>>> which is capable of providing both analogue and digital output, if the >>>> Chromecast were only an analogue output device then I would never have >>>> considered purchasing one. >>>> I paid $60 Australian for the Chromecast Audio and that to me represents >>>> excellent value, I don't expect top notch audio for my $60 but I'm quite >>>> sure I'll get reasonable - if not very decent - audio when I connect the >>>> Chromecast Audio to my Rotel DAC, I might even connect the Chromecast >>>> Audio to my new MM1 Speakers. >>>> >>>> >>>> ********** >>>> >>>> Those with negative attitudes are a problem, those with positive outlooks >>>> are the solution. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> ********** >> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the >> halfwits in this world behind. >> >> >> > > ********** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind.
